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Cleveland fires one officer, suspends second involved in Rice shooting
Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association president Stephen Loomis say the union filed grievances against the disciplinary measures "within five minutes" after they were announced . Someone called the police, mentioning in the process that the gun could be fake. Chief Williams said Tuesday that the department and the city had learned a lot from Rice's death. [Full Article...]
White House communications director resigns amid tensions
Press secretary Sean Spicer briefed reporters on Tuesday following President Trump's first trip overseas. His departure comes amid White House plans for a larger strategic shake-up to tackle head-on allegations involving communication between Russian Federation and Trump's presidential campaign. [Full Article...]
Issa photographs protesters from office roof
The photo of Issa standing on the roof ricocheted around Twitter, with many comparing it to a scene from the popular television show " The Office ", and left-leaning media outlets quickly publishing headlines like " Darrell Issa Appears to Flee to Building Roof to Avoid Protesters ". [Full Article...]
Trump criticises Germany after Merkel questioned US reliability
Germany and France, two strong advocates of the landmark Paris climate change accords, oppose the Trump administration's initiative to potentially pull out of the agreement. With her statement, she seemed to be calling for German voters to get accustomed to a more active European role. "And above all else, we must not submit to Trump's arms-race logic". [Full Article...]
'Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner should have security clearance reviewed'
There is no indication Kushner is now a target of the FBI's probe and there are no allegations he committed any wrongdoing. "What's worrying me are the patterns we're seeing". Flynn served briefly as Trump's national security adviser before being fired in February. The latest reports in the Russian Federation matter said Kushner spoke with Russia's ambassador to the United States about setting u... [Full Article...]
Portland mayor wants 'Trump free speech' rally cancelled after attack
Despite all of this evidence that the man who committed the attack was not a Trump-supporting anti-sharia advocate, the mayor has targeted those two rallies, citing hate speech as a reason to shut them down. "Police confiscated a baseball bat Christian took to the rally". Gibson wants Wheeler to watch his speeches and videos. Christian is scheduled to be arraigned on Tuesday, police said. [Full Article...]
Trump meets European Union and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation leaders in Brussels
Politico confirmed that May rebuked the leaks and reported that senior United Kingdom official saying, "The prime minister expressed her view that the intelligence sharing relationship with the U.S.is hugely important and valuable but obviously the intelligence needs to be kept secure". [Full Article...]
Meet Scripps National Spelling Bee's youngest participant ever
Aplington sixth-grader Rebekah Zeigler, second from right, huddles with a group of spellers Tuesday in Washington , D.C., during the opening day of the Scripps National Spelling Bee . This year, the top spellers will take another written test that will be used as a tiebreaker if necessary. "There are a lot of fun things to do, and she's met a lot of people", Justin Fuller said. [Full Article...]