Tammie Jo Shults, 56, may have drawn on her Navy skills when one of the two engines on her Boeing 737-700 blew and broke apart at 32,000 feet on Tuesday, forcing her to implement a rapid descent toward Philadelphia International Airport.
(Reuters) – Former Playboy model Karen McDougal reached an agreement on Wednesday with tabloid publisher American Media Inc that will allow her to speak freely about an affair she alleges she had with President Donald Trump, the company said in a statement.
Lawrence O’Donnell showed the Michael Cohen raid was totally avoidable if Trump would have done the smart and obvious thing of dropping the NDA with Stormy Daniels. Video: Lawrence O'Donnell shows how Trump's stupidity caused the avoidable Stormy Daniels scandal that could bring him down. https://t.co/TvRaVoRTwH #TheLastWord pic.twitter.com/bnIADSz0UJ — PoliticusUSA (@politicususa) April 19, 2018 O’Donnell…
“We have seen from other indictments in the Mueller case, for instance, how good federal prosecutors are at following the money. They’re gonna follow the money.”
By now we all have learned how American Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley appeared on Meet the Press on Sunday to tell the world that the United States was going to be imposing a new round of sanctions against Russia for their involvement in the Syrian crisis. Said Ambassador Haley: “You will see…
“The Russians have a very sophisticated defense system that they did not activate. The Syrians shot missiles after our missiles landed. And the Russians were not hit at all in any of those chemical weapons sites.”
If a new European law restricting what companies can do with people’s online data went into effect tomorrow, almost 1.9 billion Facebook Inc users around the world would be protected by it. The online social network is making changes that ensure the number will be much smaller.
Trump’s personal attorney is now threatening to turn on him if he gets slapped with any criminal charges, according to a new report.
A federal court jury on Wednesday found three men guilty of plotting to bomb a western Kansas apartment complex that is home to Somali immigrants and their mosque, in a crime prosecutors branded an act of domestic terrorism.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is considering extending the Senate workweek to give red state Democrats less time to campaign. The Washington Examiner reported: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., could seek to hold the Senate in session longer each week to keep vulnerable incumbent Democrats off the campaign trail. ….. “McConnell wants to increase…
“This is a hoax. … We want to get the investigation over with, done with, put it behind us,” Trump said during a joint press conference Wednesday.
In response, Daniels’ attorney Michael Avenatti said his client would likely update a lawsuit she has filed against the president to include a charge of defamation.
Trump was asked during a joint press conference about meeting with Kim Jong-un while three Americans are still being held in N. Korea. His answer made it clear that he wasn’t going to ask for more concessions and that the meeting was still on. Video: Trump was asked if he would ask for three Americans…
Nicolle Wallace needed just ten seconds to put Trump’s freak out over Nikki Haley saying that new sanctions were coming against Russia into the proper context. Video: Wallace said, “He freaked out that they were going to be tough on Russia. He threw the ambassador under the bus. He screams at the television. Sounds likes…
170 members of Congress in both the House and Senate have introduced resolutions calling on EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt to immediately resign. Read the Senate Resolution: [pdf-embedder url=”https://www.politicususa.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Senate-pruitt-res.pdf”] Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) said, “EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s conduct in office is a disgrace. He no longer holds the confidence of the American people, and…
Mike Pompeo’s nomination to be the next Secretary of State was already in trouble in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee when Trump decided to help his nominee by touting how well he gets along with Kim Jong-un. Video: After trying to put pressure on Rand Paul, who has the backbone of a wet dishcloth to…
Puerto Rico was left completely without electricity after an massive power outage hit the island on Wednesday. It is the largest power outage in U.S. history. Puerto Rico’s electrical grid experienced a major failure, leaving an estimated 1.5 million people in darkness. According to the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, restoring power could take between 24-36…
A new Quinnipiac Poll shows that Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke has pulled into a statistical tie with Sen. Ted Cruz in the Texas Senate race. According to the Quinnipiac Poll: – O’Rourke gets 87 – 9 percent support from Democrats and 51 – 37 percent backing from independent voters, as Republicans go to Cruz 88…
Unsurprisingly,  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said he won’t be bringing a bill to protect special counsel Robert Mueller from being fired to the Senate floor for a vote. The bill is a bipartisan effort that took months to work on. “I’m the one who decides what we take to the floor,” he said during…
A federal appeals court on Wednesday blocked an Ohio law that would cut federal taxpayer funding to 28 Planned Parenthood clinics, holding that it imposed unconstitutional conditions by denying funds to abortion providers.
President Trump and Fox News anchor Sean Hannity are apparently a lot closer than they already seemed to be. According to a Washington Post report published Tuesday, the two men talk on the phone numerous times every week giving each other mutually beneficial advice. Hannity is one of the few people who is immediately connected…
Republicans are trying to save themselves by requesting that the DOJ and FBI investigate Hillary Clinton, James Comey, and other former DOJ officials. ABC News tweeted: NEW: 11 House Republicans send letter to DOJ, FBI requesting criminal investigation of former FBI director James Comey, Hillary Clinton, and several former, current DOJ officials for "potential violations…
Sen. Bob Corker is refusing to campaign against the popular former Democratic governor, and current Senate candidate Phil Bredesen, who Corker said is leading the race by a real six points. Roll Call reported: Speaking at a breakfast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor, Corker said his instinct was that a Middle Tennessee State University…
President Donald Trump said he did not fire James Comey “because of the phony Russia investigation” Wednesday morning, contradicting his 2017 statement that he fired the former FBI director over the Russia investigation into whether Trump and his campaign coordinated with Russia to harm Hillary Clinton in the election.
U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, the top Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, said on Wednesday he would oppose President Donald Trump’s nomination of CIA Director Mike Pompeo to be secretary of state, in a blow to the nomination.
“The American people have a legitimate interest in understanding the extent to which U.S. telephone networks are vulnerable to surveillance and are being actively exploited by hostile actors,” the four said in a letter reviewed by Reuters.
U.S. government watchdogs rapped two members of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet on Monday over their spending last year, adding pressure on an administration already roiled by ethics complaints.
Many people have been surprised this week to see two tweets from President Trump citing his high approval ratings in a recent opinion poll.  It’s surprising because everyone who is paying attention knows that Trump’s approval ratings are the lowest in history for a president at this stage of his presidency.  (George W. Bush’s ratings…
In the 2016 presidential election Donald Trump won Wisconsin by about 22,000 votes. Much analysis has been done as to why Hillary Clinton lost Wisconsin, but most Democrats have agreed that one of the main causes for this surprising loss was the existence of a strict voter I.D. law that kept many Democrats from voting….
