Thousands of FEMA rescuers spent more time traveling, awaiting orders than on rescues The Phoenix Fire Department’s 80-person team of highly skilled rescuers crisscrossed the country last summer in a fleet of vehicles with an arsenal of tools, geared up to deal with anything hurricanes Harvey and Irma threw its […]
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Veterans group urges Trump to keep VA Secretary David Shulkin despite travel errors A least one key veterans’ organization is urging President Trump to keep Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin in place despite mistakes he made in misusing taxpayer dollars during a European trip last year. One of the oldest […]
John Kelly, Chinese officials caused commotion over nuclear football in Beijing, report says President Donald Trump has boasted repeatedly about his big and powerful “nuclear button” — but according to a new report, it almost got away from him last year in China. According to Axios, five sources said that […]
Florida school shooting survivors hit lawmakers who oppose gun control with ultimatum Shut up and listen! That’s the message seething students have for President Trump and other gun-friendly lawmakers as they gear up to march on Washington for firearms reform. The teens demanded the politicians stop making excuses and immediately […]
‘New Yorker’ says handwritten note by former Playmate details affair with Trump A former Playmate, who says she has been emboldened by the #MeToo movement and declining health, has confirmed to The New Yorker that she authored an eight-page, hand-written document about her alleged affair with Donald Trump that the […]
Why active shooter drills didn’t help in the Florida high school shooting Run, hide, fight. Shelter in place. If you see something, say something. We would love to believe that the horror of a school shooting could be kept at bay by a simple mantra, but as the massacre of […]
Calif. man created fake bank accounts, sold them to Russians, Mueller probe finds A California man accused of helping Russia meddle in the 2016 presidential election has pleaded guilty to identity fraud. The plea agreement was announced on the U.S. Department of Justice’s website under Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. […]
Baltimore County jury awards $37M to family of police shooting victim The family of a Maryland woman who was fatally shot by police in 2016 after a six-hour standoff in her apartment was awarded more than $37 million Friday. The jury took several hours to reach its decision in the […]
New White House security clearance policy could put ‘bull’s eye’ on Kushner White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly announced Friday that beginning next week, the White House will no longer allow some employees with interim security clearances access to top-secret information — a move that could threaten the […]
13 Russians Indicted as Mueller Reveals Effort to Aid Trump Campaign The Justice Department charged 13 Russians and three companies on Friday in a sprawling indictment that unveiled a sophisticated network designed to subvert the 2016 election and to support the Trump campaign. It stretched from an office in St. […]
