The Chickens Roost: President Trump returned to the White House yesterday and gathering clouds over his administration after a checkered 9-day foreign tour. Trump is reported to be collecting a private legal team to deal with inquiries into possible Russian …

Ban the Ban: Hawaii and the State of Washington are leading a pack of states suing to block President Trump’s latest order banning travel from six predominantly Muslim countries. They argue that the new order is only a slight rewrite …

EgyptAir: The Egyptian military says it has found debris and personal belongings of passengers from the EgyptAir flight lost in the Mediterranean. So far there’s only speculation about what brought down the passenger jet with 66 people on board. It’s …

Juiced: In possibly the biggest athletic doping scheme since the fall of the East German athletic empire, the World Anti-Doping Agency in a 323-page report accuses Russia of running a state-sponsored athletic doping operation that involves athletes, coaches, trainers, and …

Jobs: New unemployment claims fell to a seven-year low last week, feeding optimism that the economy is coming out of a winter freeze and growing. Unemployment claims dropped by 32,000 to 300,000, much better than expected. Nyet: Armed men holding …

SOTU: President Obama vowed last night in his State of the Union message to pull an end-around on an obstructive Congress with executive actions. He said he will increase the minimum wage for federal contract workers from $7.25 to $10.10 …

National: Detroit yesterday became the largest city in American history to file for bankruptcy. The country’s fourth largest city has only 700,000 people but a $400 million budget deficit and $18 billion in long-term debt.  Detroit’s emergency manager Kevyn Orr …