Oath Keepers: The Oath Keepers militia on January 6th, 2021, attempted to interrupt the centuries-old tradition of peaceful transfer of power in the US, a federal prosecutor said during opening statements yesterday in the Oath Keepers’ trial for seditious conspiracy.   Federal …

Sunk: A US Navy nuclear engineer and his wife have been charged with trying to sell information about secret submarine technology to another country.    The engineer, Jonathan Toebbe, is accused of trying to sell information on the nuclear propulsion system of …

Something About Virginia:In a deepening scandal embroiling the top figures in Virginia’s government, the state Attorney Gen. Mark Herring admitted that he too once dressed in blackface while he was a student at the University of Virginia in 1980.    Herring was …

The Shipping News: President Trump announced that he has suspended the Jones Act for Puerto Rico, relaxing the 1920 law that says all shipping between two American ports must be on US-flagged vessels. The move theoretically allows more aid to …

Heavy Weather: A winter storm that stretches across the northern states from North Dakota to Maine and south through Illinois and Indiana is bringing snow and freezing rain. Power outages are expected in areas where rain turns to ice. Hundreds …

In Transition: Breaking with his campaign threat and the chant of supporters who said “Lock her up!” Donald Trump said he will not push for further investigations of his former opponent. Trump told a meeting of reporters and editors at …

Tax Code: Donald Trump’s front men are putting positive spin on his apparent lack of payment of federal income taxes after a $916 million business loss in 1995. “The man’s a genius,” former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said on …

Fear Itself: In the wake of the San Bernardino massacre, President Obama is scheduled to address the country tonight on the nature of current terrorist threats and what’s being done about it. After the Paris attacks Obama assured the country …

Charleston: Relatives of the Charleston church shooting victims spoke emotionally yesterday at the bond hearing for 21-year-old Dylann Roof, who is charged with nine racially motivated murders. Felicia Sanders, the mother of 26-year old Tywanza Sanders, who was killed, said …

Suspects: Russia’s security police have detained two men from the Caucasus as suspects in the murder of dissident politician Boris Nemtsov. Further details were not given. According to some accounts Nemtsov was shot in the back by a man hiding …