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NJ cop on way to work killed in I-78 crash
The 29-year-old was the department's D.A.R.E. officer and was slated to participate in a graduation ceremony for the program for Summit's fifth grade students. Two other people were taken to Morristown Hospital in unknown condition. All lanes were closed as troopers investigated the crash. Tarentino and his wife have two children and were expecting their third child. [Full Article...]
Jared Kushner's worst week in Washington
When the sheriff's deputy arrived at the house, Godbolt looked as if he were about to leave, then reached into his back pocket, pulled a gun and opened fire, Mitchell said . "He will do the same if he is contacted in connection with any other inquiry", Jamie Gorelick, Kushner's lawyer and a veteran of the Clinton-era Department of Justice, said in a statement, CBS News reported May 25. [Full Article...]
WashPost: Trump Forming Legal Team for Russia Probe
Kasowitz has represented Trump on several high-profile legal matters over the past several decades, including sending threatening letters sent to the New York Times after they published a page from the then-candidate's 1995 tax returns and a story outlining numerous women's claims of sexual assault by Trump. [Full Article...]
HS Sec. Kelly: Kushner's Back Channeling 'Acceptable,' a 'Good Thing'
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News reports said the White House , reeling from the developments in the Russian Federation saga, is creating a new rapid-fire communications unit to respond to the controversy, led by Mr Kushner , senior presidential adviser Steve Bannon and White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus . [Full Article...]
Federal Bureau of Investigation deflects House Oversight Committee's request for documents
The statement from attorney Jamie Gorelick was issued Thursday amid reports that the FBI was investigating meetings Kushner had in December with Russian officials. In a letter to Oversight Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), the FBI's assistant director for congressional affairs, Gregory Brower, said the bureau can't provide the memo until it consults with Robert Mueller, the new special counsel... [Full Article...]
How Portland Is Reacting To Friday's Stabbing Attack
Christian's social media postings indicate an affinity for Nazis and political violence. Many note that Trump has a long record of calling attacks outside the nation terrorism well before local officials or others have sufficient evidence to be able to do so, yet here at home often ignores attacks when they are perpetrated by white Christian extremists. [Full Article...]
Meeting with Abbas, Trump calls Manchester attackers 'evil losers'
Trump also expressed an even loftier hope than an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement: "I also firmly believe that if Israel and the Palestinians can make peace, it will begin a process of peace all throughout the Middle East , and that would be an unbelievable accomplishment". [Full Article...]
Notre Dame Students Walk Out During Mike Pence's Commencement Speech
Pence had launched a bid for re-election in IN before he was tapped as President Donald Trump's running mate. The Catholic university traditionally invites the current US president of the United States to give the commencement address during his first year in office. [Full Article...]