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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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. […]
EPA Says Scott Pruitt Flies First Class Because Angry People Yell At Him Too Much Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt frequently flies in first and business class because he’s regularly confronted by angry members of the public during his travels, according to a report in Politico on Thursday. The […]
Senate’s Renewed Push for Sentencing Overhaul Hits a Familiar Roadblock A bipartisan group of senators pushing to revive legislation that would bring sweeping changes to federal sentencing laws cleared a key hurdle on Thursday, but the effort appeared likely to stall once again. Advocates of criminal justice overhaul from both […]
Judges Say Throw Out the Map. Lawmakers Say Throw Out the Judges. In Pennsylvania, a Republican lawmaker unhappy with a State Supreme Court ruling on gerrymandering wants to impeach the Democratic justices who authored it. In Iowa, a running dispute over allowing firearms in courthouses has prompted bills by Republican […]
Senators Strike Bipartisan Deal on Immigration Despite Veto Threat A broad bipartisan group of senators reached agreement Wednesday on a narrow rewrite of the nation’s immigration laws that would bolster border security and resolve the fate of the so-called Dreamers, even as President Trump suggested he would veto any plan […]
White House Let Rob Porter Keep Job Even After Receiving Final F.B.I. Report The White House changed its story on Tuesday about how it handled allegations of spousal abuse against Rob Porter, the staff secretary who resigned in disgrace last week, conceding that the F.B.I. told White House career officials […]
High-ranking Chicago officer killed; 5th cop slain in U.S. since last week A high-ranking Chicago police officer was shot and killed Tuesday after a downtown foot chase, the latest in a spate of law enforcement officers killed across the nation in unrelated shootings. Commander Paul Bauer, a veteran of more […]
Senate starts Dreamer debate and anything could happen The Senate voted to begin a free-wheeling debate on immigration Monday night — and no one knows how it will turn out. The goal is to find a bipartisan compromise that can get at least 60 votes in the Senate, the minimum […]
