THE STROKE OF MIDNIGHT: The federal government shut down at midnight after congressional Republicans refused to negotiate over Democratic demands for healthcare spending and nutrition. The Democrats drew the line over expiring health care subsidies and Medicaid cuts enacted in President Trump’s …

THE STROKE OF MIDNIGHT: The federal government is on the brink of shutdown at midnight unless congressional Republicans make concessions or some kind of deal with the Democrats.   Leaders from both parties emerged from a meeting yesterday with President Trump without …

THE SHOOTING GALLERY:  A Mormon megachurch was destroyed yesterday in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan after a man crashed his car into the building and opened fire. At least four people were killed, 8 wounded, and more victims may have been left inside the …

ENEMIES Of THE STATE: As the Justice Department goes after President Trump’s perceived enemies,  prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia are preparing to present a grand jury with a perjury case against former FBI Director James Comey, the Washington Post reports. …

KIMMEL LIVES: ABC’s late night host Jimmy Kimmel returned to the air last night explaining but not apologizing for the joke that got him suspended. He opened a lengthy monologue with, “As I was saying before I was interrupted.”   But minutes …

TAKE TWO AND CALL: President Trump and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced yesterday that they believe there is a link between autism and pregnant mothers taking the painkiller acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, despite all previous science on the …

MARTYRDOM: Assassinated right wing activist Charlie Kirk was enshrined in martyrdom yesterday at a 5-hour memorial service at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona attended by an estimated 73,000 people.    President Donald Trump addressed the crowd saying, “On that terrible day September …

SILENCED: A day after ABC pulled late Jimmy Kimmel from the air for his remarks following the Charlie Kirk murder, President Trump said that federal regulators should revoke the licenses of broadcasters whose late night hosts speak overly negatively about him.     …

SILENCED: The ABC television network pulled late night host Jimmy Kimmel from the air after the chair of the Federal Communications Commission said he might take action over what Kimmel said about the murder of right wing activist Charlie Kirk.   Kimmel …

FACING DEATH: The young man accused in the killing of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk was formally charged yesterday with aggravated murder and prosecutors said they would seek the death penalty.   Tyler Robinson, 22, also was charged with felony discharge of a firearm, …