R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, who died yesterday at age 76, was bigger than her own music. She was a figure in civil rights, women’s rights, and even comforting soldiers in Vietnam with the power of soul. Known as the “Queen of Soul,” …

Insecure: President Trump revoked the security clearance of former CIA Director John Brennan, a pointed critic of the President who has questioned his judgement, fitness for office, and basic human decency. Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanderssaid Trump took Brennan’s clearance …

Confession: Leaders of the Catholic Church in New Jersey covered up sexual abuse by hundreds of priests for at least 70 years, according to a grand jury report released yesterday. The 900-page report says it has identified at least 1,000 …

You’re Fired: The FBI has fired longtime agent Peter Strzok for his string of anti-Trump text messages to a fellow employee with whom he was having an affair during the 2016 campaign. Strzok has been a frequent target of Trump …

Omarosa: Don’t mess with the reality show star who goes by the single name, Omarosa. She revealed yesterday on NBC’s Meet the Press that she had secretly recorded her firing by White House Chief of Staff John Kelly in the …

The White Right: Washington is braced for violence today as white nationalists plan to demonstrate on the one-year anniversary of the Charlottesville, Va. rally and riot. Counter demonstrators are likely to ratchet up the heat. In Charlottesville, traffic is limited …

Skyjacking: An unhappy employee at the Seattle airport last night hijacked an empty Horizons Airlines twin prop and later crashed it, killing himself. For a while, he was being chased by fighter jets while doing stunts with the plane. Over …

Space Cadets Wanted: Vice President Mike Pence yesterday announced the administration’s plans for a sixth branch of the military in a speech at the Pentagon. In an attempt to add drama to the moment, Pence said, “Just as we’ve done …

To Russia, With Love: The Trump administration announced new sanctions on Russia in retaliation for the nerve agent attack on a former Russian double agent and his daughter in England. Former agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter nearly died in …

Red Flag Warnings: In a harbinger for what may come in November, a Trump-backed candidate for Congress in Ohio’s traditionally Republican 12thth district appears to have barely squeaked by. Officially the race between Troy Balderson and Democrat Danny O’Connor is …