Homeward Bound: Homeland Security Secretary Kiersten Nielsen has taken the fall for the swell of immigrants seeking asylum at the southern border that’s making President Trump very unhappy.   Nielsen resigned yesterday at the end of a meeting in which they were …

ChemWar: A chemical warfare attack appears to have been carried out in northwestern Syria, killing at least 58 people and injuring dozens. The victims display signs of having been exposed to nerve gas. Witnesses were not certain whether the attack …

Stormy Weather: At least 10 tornadoes touched down yesterday in Texas and Louisiana as a major storm system moves into the Southeast. Trees snapped and trailer homes were tossed. A mother and her young child were killed. At least 10 …

Disaster Beat: More than 200 people are dead after a landslide buried a village in southwest Colombia. The Red Cross says another 220 people are missing and 200 are injured. — A 1000-foot South Korean cargo ship is missing in …

1600: President Trump yesterday pulled his Twitter finger on the House Freedom Caucus, blaming them for killing the Republican healthcare bill. Trump wrote,  “Democrats are smiling in D.C. that the Freedom Caucus, with the help of Club For Growth and …

Yuge: Donald Trump told The Washington Post’s Bob Woodward and a fellow reporter that the US is headed toward a “very massive recession,” and that if he is elected President he could eliminate the country’s $19 trillion debt in eight …

School Attack: Twenty students were injured this morning in a stabbing spree inside a high school 30 minutes east of Pittsburgh. It happened in several classrooms before classes began. The assailant was captured. Authorities say none of the injuries appear …

Spring in Korea: About 100 Artillery shells from a North Korean live fire exercise landed in waters claimed by South Korea and the South Koreans returned fire, lobbing about 300 shells into northern waters. All the shells landed in the …

Ukraine: The official time in Crimea jumped two hours ahead last night as Russia’s newest acquisition switched to Moscow time. A crowd of flag-waving Crimeans sang the Russian national anthem as the clock on the main railway station in Simferopol …

Syria: A new report says Syria has systematically tortured and executed 11,000 prisoners since the start of its civil war. The report from three former war crimes prosecutors is based upon 55,000 digital pictures of victims brought to them by …