Trumped Up: Attorney General Merrick Garland has moved to unseal the warrant used for the FBI’s search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida home because of “substantial public interest in this matter.” Garland also said he personally approved the warrant, which would …

War of Words: In a heated exchange at the UN Security Council, the US accused Russia of threatening world peace over Ukraine while the Russians dismissed concerns as fearmongering.   “This is as clear and consequential a threat to peace and security as …

Witness to an Insurrection: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has refused to cooperate with the committee investigating the January 6th insurrection. The committee had formally requested a voluntary  interview with McCarthy, in particular about a telephone conversation he’s admitted having with then President …

Five Alarm: Nineteen people died yesterday, nine of them children, in a fire in a West Bronx apartment building.   Another 44 were injured, 13 of them critically, after the occupants of the third-floor apartment where the fire started left in a …

Covid Nation: The Food and Drug Administration has voted to recommend that people who got the one-shot Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine can get a booster shot two months later.   The FDA might also consider allowing people who got the J &J …

The Coroner’s Report: Gabby Petito, the 22-year-old woman who went missing on a cross-country adventure with her fiancé and was later found dead, was strangled, according to the Teton County Coroner in Wyoming.   The circumstances keep pointing to Petito’s 23-year-old fiancé, …

Thrown for a Loss: Las Vegas Raiders football coach John Gruden has resigned after the revelation of hateful, racist, and just plain ignorant emails he had sent back when he was a color commentator for ESPN on “Monday Night Football.”   The …

Unfriended: The woman who worked for Facebook for two years before becoming a whistleblower about the company’s business practices testified before Congress yesterday that, “I’m here today because I believe Facebook’s products, harm children, stoke division, and weaken our democracy.”   Fraunces Haugen, …

In an act of resistance against President Trump, four federal prosecutors resigned yesterday after the Justice Department announced it will reduce their sentencing recommendation for former Trump associate Roger Stone.