The family of the 2-year-old Georgia boy in desperate need of a kidney transplant said in a press conference Friday that they are hopeful that the decision on whether his father will serve as the donor will be made in a meeting with Emory University Hospital staff on Monday. The […]
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What you may have missed in the GOP’s new tax bill
The House Republican tax bill is more than 400 pages, with changes to the country’s tax code both big and small, impacting both the wealthy and the poor. On Friday, House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, released a so-called “Chairman’s mark,” a substitute amendment, which replaces the bill […]
Can NYC terrorist suspect be detained in Gitmo?
President Donald Trump appeared to be moving away from his previous suggestion that he would consider sending the suspect in the recent New York City terrorist attack to the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba. Trump’s main qualm with sending the suspect, Sayfullo Saipov, to Guantanamo Bay is that prosecutions […]
Franken: Sessions has ‘terrible memory’ or ‘is deliberately not telling me the truth’
In light of new court documents unsealed in the special counsel’s investigation, Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., and other top Democrats are pushing Attorney General Jeff Sessions to explain his testimony to Congress about his knowledge of Trump campaign contacts with Russian officials. According to documents unsealed Monday, Trump campaign foreign […]
Mueller estimates 3-week trial for Manafort: Court records
Special counsel Robert Mueller estimates his prosecutors will need three weeks to present their case against ex-Trump campaign officials Paul Manafort and Rick Gates to a jury, according to a court filing made public Friday. Responding to a federal judge in Washington, Mueller prosecutor Kyle Freeny wrote that the government […]
‘El Chapo’ suffering hallucinations, memory loss in stringent jail conditions: Lawyer
The drug kingpin known as El Chapo is suffering from deteriorating mental health due to the special restrictive conditions under which he’s being held at a federal jail in New York City, his attorneys said in a new court filing that requests a psychological evaluation of their client. Joaquin Guzman […]
WATCH: Daylight saving: The basics
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President Trump slams Bowe Bergdahl’s sentence: ‘Complete disgrace’
President Donald Trump called the news that Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl will not be facing any prison time a “complete disgrace” today, but that’s far from the harshest comment he’s had on the issue. “The decision on Sergeant Bergdahl is a complete and total disgrace to our Country and to […]
Trump won’t rule out firing AG Jeff Sessions
President Trump is hammering the Justice Department over a lack of an investigation into Democrats and isn’t ruling out firing Attorney General Jeff Sessions if the department doesn’t take action against Hillary Clinton. “I don’t know,” Trump told ABC’s Jonathan Karl when asked if the president would fire Sessions if […]
Bowe Bergdahl will receive no prison time, judge rules
Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the soldier turned captive who pleaded guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, will not receive prison time. A military judge sentenced Bergdahl on Friday to a reduction in rank to private (the lowest level), forfeiture of $1,000 a month for 10 months and a dishonorable […]