Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called on partners to maximize pressure on North Korea and combat the regime’s attempts to evade international sanctions. Sitting beside his counterparts from Canada, Japan and South Korea, Tillerson told top diplomats assembled in Vancouver, Canada, for a global summit on North Korea that they […]
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Meet President Trump’s new doctor Admiral Ronny Jackson
The note from President Donald Trump‘s current doctor may be less effusive than the one from his last. During the 2016 presidential campaign, then-candidate Trump had longtime physician Dr. Harold Bornstein release a letter in which he wrote that Trump “unequivocally, will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the […]
3 family members killed in California
Authorities in Southern California are searching for a suspect in the mysterious killing of three people over the weekend. On Saturday afternoon, police responded to a home in Palmdale after a family member asked them to check on his family, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office said. Inside the home […]
Homeland Security secretary grilled over Trump ‘s—hole’ comments
Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen faced intense questioning about her memory of the Oval Office immigration reform meeting last week in which President Donald Trump referred to African nations as “s—hole countries,” including by one of the senators also present when the comment was made. Nielsen, appearing before the […]
Japan public TV sends mistaken North Korean missile alert
Japan’s public broadcaster mistakenly sent an alert Tuesday warning citizens of a North Korean missile launch and urging them to seek immediate shelter, then minutes later corrected it, days after a similar error in Hawaii. NHK television issued the message on its internet and mobile news sites as well as […]
UK police say death of Dolores O’Riordan is not suspicious
The death of The Cranberries lead singer Dolores O’Riordan is not being treated as suspicious, British police said Tuesday. A friend said the singer sounded excited and “full of life” just hours before her death. O’Riordan, 46, was found dead Monday morning at a London hotel. Police initially said the […]
Steve Bannon arrives on Capitol Hill to meet with House investigators
Former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon arrived on Capitol Hill this morning for a closed door meeting with the House Intelligence Committee. Bannon is expected to face questions about the ongoing investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. This meeting comes after Bannon resigned as executive chairman […]
Clipper system bringing snow, ice and cold to entire eastern US
An Alberta Clipper — and cold front associated with it — continues to move through the eastern U.S. from the Midwest through the South and eventually into the Northeast late Tuesday into Wednesday. Up to 18 inches of snow fell in parts of Wisconsin yesterday while Chicago got up to […]
4 police officers shot after responding to domestic violence call
Four South Carolina police officers were hospitalized after being shot while responding to a domestic violence call late-Monday night, authorities said. The officers responded to the call at around 10 p.m. Monday just outside York County, South Carolina, the York County Sheriff’s Office said at a news conference today. York […]
The Note: Shutdown is the new ‘s-word’ as blame game begins
The TAKE with Rick Klein This week’s “s-word” is shutdown. The details of the expletive that still appears very likely to have been spoken by President Donald Trump don’t matter in the bigger picture. Neither do the declarations – “I’m not a racist” – or making fun of a senator’s […]