Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity provided a private jet this week for former House Speaker Newt Gingrich to fly to Indianapolis to meet with Donald Trump about being vice president on the Republican ticket. CNN first reported the arrangement for Gingrich’s trip. Fox referred questions Thursday to Hannity’s Twitter account,… Read More
Congress goes home… leaving must-do legislation behind
Congress exited a sweltering Washington on Thursday, its dysfunction on full display as it left behind must-do legislation to combat the mosquito-borne Zika virus and a stalemate over lawmakers’ basic job of fulfilling agency budgets. The twin failures highlighted the one step forward, two steps back nature of the bitterly-divided… Read More
Ginsberg apologizes for Trump criticism
Conceding her outspoken criticism of Donald Trump was “ill advised,” Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg apologized Thursday in an effort to quiet mounting complaints that she improperly crossed a line into partisan politics. Promising to be more discreet in the future, the leader of the court’s liberal wing said… Read More
Officials warn of Republican Convention violence
U.S. national security officials said Thursday they’re concerned about the potential for violence at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland as tensions run high around the country after the recent police shootings of unarmed black men and the deadly ambush of police officers in Dallas. During congressional testimony, Homeland Security… Read More
1 in billion! Crazy shot fired by officer into suspect’s gun barrel
Investigators say an off-duty Colorado sheriff’s deputy fired a bullet straight down the barrel of a suspect’s gun, a shot they called “one in a billion.” The detail emerged in a letter from prosecutors Wednesday announcing that Arapahoe County Deputy Jose Marquez was justified in shooting the attempted-robbery suspect, who… Read More
Shoo! Cops move gator from bike path (pic)
People using a lakeside bike trail in central Minnesota might expect to encounter some wildlife along the way. But not an alligator. But that is what Crow Wing County Sheriff’s Lt. Joe Meyer’s department was called upon to capture Saturday afternoon on a trail southwest of Brainerd. Meyer says it… Read More
Illinois’s massive deficit proves conservatives right
A spokeswoman for Gov. Bruce Rauner says a report that Illinois will build up an $8 billion spending deficit this year shows that the Republican’s agenda for changing the state’s business climate is necessary. The legislative Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability issued a report, first provided to The Associated… Read More
Chance for freedom for ‘prison Houdini’
A man known as the “prison Houdini” for his numerous escapes was given a path to freedom Thursday, 36 years after being convicted of stealing mechanic tools his father bequeathed to him. Florida’s parole board voted 2-1 to set a July 26 release date, choosing to get Mark DeFriest help… Read More
Horror in France! Dozens killed in truck attack
NICE, France (AP) — A truck drove on to the sidewalk and plowed through a crowd of Bastille Day revelers who’d gathered to watch fireworks in the French resort city of Nice late Thursday in what some officials and eyewitnesses described as a deliberate attack. The president of the Nice… Read More
Trump picks his vice president
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will select Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his vice presidential running mate, according to Washington, D.C. paper Roll Call. Pence, 57, is a steady, staunch conservative who will help calm nervous establishment Republican that remain wary of Trump. He also could be a big help… Read More