Sessions won't testify at congressional budget hearings but at ...
Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Saturday that he will not appear before open congressional appropriations subcommittee hearings this week and will send his deputy instead. (Susan Walsh/AP) Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who had agreed to testify this week before the Senate and House appropriations subcommittees about the Justice Department budget, wrote the chairmen of the committees Saturday and said he was sending his deputy to testify instead. Sessions was scheduled to testify be..>> view originalGunmen kill 2 police in Pakistan
By Associated Press By Associated Press June 11 at 5:11 AM QUETTA, Pakistan — Police say gunmen have shot and killed two officers and wounded two other people in a hit-and-run attack in southwestern Pakistan. Police spokesman Shazada Farhat says two attackers on a motorcycle opened fire Sunday on a police post in Quetta, killing one officer on the spot and wounding two others before fleeing. He says one officer died on the way to hospital while the other is in critical condition. Farhat s..>> view originalQatar, in regional crisis, hires former US attorney general
John Ashcroft in 2013. (Charles Dharapak/Associated Press) By Jon Gambrell | AP By Jon Gambrell | AP June 11 at 9:58 AM DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Qatar has paid $2.5 million to the law firm of a former attorney general under U.S. President George W. Bush to audit its efforts at stopping terrorism funding, a matter at the heart of the Gulf diplomatic crisis that erupted last week. John Ashcroft personally will lead his Washington-based firm’s efforts “to evaluate, verify and as nec..>> view originalThe Latest: Powerball winner sold at California retailer
By Associated Press By Associated Press June 11 at 4:43 AM DES MOINES, Iowa — The Latest on the Powerball drawing (all times local): 3:21 a.m. California lottery officials say the sole winning ticket for the $447.8 million Powerball jackpot was sold in Sun City. The Lottery says on its website Sunday morning that the winning ticket was sold at Marietta Liquor & Deli in southern California’s Riverside County, about 80 miles (128.74 kilometers) south of Los Angeles. Officials say the earlie..>> view originalObama granted her clemency. Less than a year later, she's going ...
President Barack Obama speaks to reporters during a July 2015 visit to the El Reno Federal Correctional Institution outside Oklahoma City. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) Carol Denise Richardson was sentenced to life in prison in 2006. Her crime? Possessing 50 grams or more of cocaine. Prosecutors said she intended to distribute the drugs. But what she had was crack cocaine and, like many in prison, she claimed the chunks of cocaine were to feed her own addiction — that she had no intention to shar..>> view originalAnti-sharia demonstrators hold rallies in cities across the country
NEW YORK — Anti-Muslim activists hoisted American flags and delivered fiery speeches in rallies across the country Saturday, facing off against crowds of counter-demonstrators in several cities and exposing the visceral rage that has come to define America’s political extremes. ACT for America, a lobbyist organization with close ties to the Trump administration, organized nationwide marches to oppose Islamic law, which the group says is a threat to U.S. society. The turnout was relatively smal..>> view originalTrump's deputy press secretary tweeted pure gibberish. The world ...
Well, this was probably inevitable: ⚓️⚓️ :/9//&⛩ #lolaklkk⛲️ — Sarah H. Sanders (@SHSanders45) June 10, 2017 That dispatch came Saturday morning from the official Twitter account of a deputy White House press secretary. Anchor, traffic light. Traffic light, traffic light. Traffic light, anchor. Maps and castles, planes and boats. And almost dead center in the middle of the message: an ancient and pale stone face of Easter Island. What does it mean? Does it mean anything? Does deputy press se..>> view originalCapital Pride parade disrupted by protesters; revelers rerouted
(Alejandro Alvarez/Twitter) The D.C. Capital Pride Parade was disrupted by protesters Saturday who say the event is too corporate and marginalizes minorities and the very community the tradition was created to celebrate. Protesters from No Justice No Pride linked arms to block the parade route near 15th and P streets in Northwest Washington about 5:30 p.m. With a pink, turquoise and yellow banner stretched across the street, the protesters shouted “What side are my people? What side are..>> view originalWhat's next for Comey? Maybe law, corporate work, politics
WASHINGTON — So what’s next for James Comey? The former FBI director boldly challenged the president who fired him, accused the Trump administration of lying and supplied material that could be used to build a case against President Donald Trump. But after stepping away from the Capitol Hill spotlight, where he’s always seemed comfortable, the 56-year-old veteran lawman now confronts the same question long faced by Washington officials after their government service. His dry quip at a riveting ..>> view originalCapitals' Justin Williams becomes a naturalized US citizen
Washington Capitals right winger Justin Williams became a U.S. citizen in Virginia on Saturday. (Photo Courtesy of USCIS) Justin Williams made the short drive from his home in Arlington to Mason Neck on Saturday morning, arriving alone at the historic Gunston Hall estate shortly before 11 a.m. to finally become a naturalized United States citizen. Most didn’t recognize him as a member of the Washington Capitals as he found his seat near the front steps of George Mason’s former home, where he..>> view original
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