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Shot in the Back, Widow Acquitted

Saturday, March 31, 2018

The Police Beat: A private autopsy has fed outrage over the fatal police shooting this week of an unarmed black man in Sacramento, Calif. The autopsy commissioned by the family of 22-year-old Stephon Clark found that he had been shot …

In Touch With Russians, VA Secy. Fired

Thursday, March 29, 2018

Legal Briefs: Trump campaign aide Rick Gates had repeated contacts in the closing weeks of the 2016 election with someone connected to Russian intelligence services, according to a filing by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Gates identified the person, referred to …

Trump Ejects Russians, Stormy Sues Again

Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Get Out: President Trump ordered 60 Russian diplomats out of the US, joining western allies in punishing Russia for a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy and his daughter in England. The “diplomats” are all believed to be …

Stormy Says She Was Threatened

Monday, March 26, 2018

Stormy Out There: In an interview with Anderson Cooper on “60 Minutes” last night, porn actress Stormy Daniels said she kept quiet for years about a brief affair with Donald Trump because she was physically afraid. She said she was …

World March on Gun Violence

Sunday, March 25, 2018

The March: The turnout was in the hundreds of thousands of people yesterday in Washington, DC and in cities large and small across the country in marches to protest gun violence and call for stricter gun control. In Washington, the demonstration …

Fast Signing and Furious, March Day

Saturday, March 24, 2018

Big Talk: The NY Times headline says, “Trump Heads South, Leaving Washington Reeling.” At the end of a week of staff and legal shakeups, a CNN interview with a former mistress, and a tumbling stock market, President Trump threatened to …

Firing, Resignation, Stock Drop, Playmate Speaks

Friday, March 23, 2018

The White House Mess: The President fired National Security Adviser, HR McMaster; Trump’s primary lawyer representing him in the Russia investigation resigned; the Dow Jones dropped 724 points on news of President Trump’s new China tariffs. And the Playmate spoke. That …

Bomber Blows Up, The Trump Men

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

  Mad Bomber: The suspect in a series of bombings in Texas is dead after blowing himself up in his car as police closed in on him early this morning. One police officer was hurt in the explosion. The suspect …

Another Bombing, Driverless Death

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Mad Bomber: A package blew up at a Federal Express facility outside San Antonio overnight, the fifth in a series of bombings in Texas. One person was injured. Investigators say the incident is more than likely related to other explosions …

Another Austin Bomb, Trump Attacks Mueller

Monday, March 19, 2018

Mad Bomber: Another explosion injured two men on bicycles last night in Austin, Texas. The injuries were described as serious, but not life-threatening. Investigators were looking into whether the incident is related to three previous package bombs in the city …