Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe Fired Days Before Scheduled Retirement
Jeff Malet/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired Andrew McCabe, the former deputy director of the FBI, on Friday evening, less than two days before he was scheduled to retire. The extraordinary dismissal, which could potentially deprive McCabe of his pension, follows months of attacks from President…
Steve Mnuchin Spent Nearly $1 Million in Taxpayer Dollars on Eight Flights
Michael Reynolds/CNP via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A new set of documents obtained by the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington shows that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin spent nearly $1 million in taxpayer dollars on eight trips, opting for military aircraft over commercial flights. Through a Freedom of Information Act…
These California High School Kids Were All Set to Protest Gun Violence—and Then This Nightmare Happened
Students at San Leandro High prior to the lockdown.Julian Lucero via Twitter Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Students at California’s San Leandro High School planned to be among the thousands of students who walked out of class on Wednesday to honor the 17 people killed at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas…
A Federal Judge Just Ruled Against the LAPD and Delivered a Big Win for Civil Rights
May 24, 2016 – CA, USA – San Diego, CA. May 24, 2016 | I.C.E. agents release the handcuffs on a man being deported to Mexico, as the Mexican official waits at the junction of the two gates opening between Mexico and the U.S. Several times a week, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement takes individuals…
Betsy DeVos Wants to Eliminate the Very Programs She Thinks Will Help Stop School Violence
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos speaks at a news conference following a visit to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Wednesday, March 7.Lynne Sladky/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As students across the nation walked out of class Wednesday to demand gun control, Ryan Petty, the father of one of…
Democrats May Seek Prosecution of Witnesses Who Misled House Intelligence Committee
Blackwater founder Erik Prince arrives for a closed meeting with members of the House Intelligence Committee, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017.Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee are reviewing transcripts of interviews conducted during the panel’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election…