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Former FBI Director James Comey Will Testify in Open Hearing Before Senate Intelligence Committee
Former FBI Director James Comey has agreed to testify in an open hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee to discuss his role in the investigation probing Russia’s involvement in the 2016 presidential election. NPR reports that the hearing will be scheduled for after Memorial Day. “The committee looks forward to receiving testimony from the former…
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Colo. Governor Pardons Man Who Won Release From Prison and Was Picked Up by ICE the Same Day
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper heeded the call of lawyers and activists who asked him to intervene in the case of Rene Lima-Marin, the man who was awarded his freedom Tuesday, only to be picked up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials Wednesday and detained for deportation. Hickenlooper pardoned Lima-Marin on Friday but said he does…
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#Flint: City Council Votes to Stop Issuing Tax Liens to Residents for Unpaid Water Bills
When news broke that more than 8,000 residents of the city of Flint, Mich., were threatened with the loss of their homes over unpaid water bills, the public outcry was loud and swift. Penalizing residents who didn’t pay a bill for water they couldn’t use was indeed ridiculous, and on Wednesday, the City Council voted…
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The End of the Internet as We Know It: FCC Votes to Dismantle Net Neutrality
The Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to dismantle Obama-era regulations on internet service providers, otherwise known as net neutrality rules, which have kept cable and telecom companies under strict FCC oversight since 2015. The vote was 2-1 along party lines, with FCC Republicans looking to loosen the regulations on the industry, NPR reports. Dozens of…
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Car Drives Into Pedestrians in NYC’s Times Square, Killing 1, Injuring 22
A man who police say has a history of drunken driving arrests rammed his car into a crowd of pedestrians in New York City’s busy Times Square early Thursday, killing one person and injuring 22 others before being taken into custody. The maroon Honda that 26-year-old Richard Rojas was driving came to a stop after…
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Inmate Who Won Release From Prison Taken Into Custody by US Immigration
Updated Thursday, May 18, 2017, 1:33 a.m. EDT: Rene Lima-Marin’s family was heartbroken Wednesday when, on the day he was to be released from prison per a judge’s order, he was taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. CBS Denver reports that Jasmine Lima-Marin surprised her sons Tuesday with the news that their father…
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Betty Shelby Found Not Guilty in Shooting Death of Unarmed Black Motorist Terence Crutcher
The jury in the trial of Tulsa, Okla., Police Officer Betty Shelby deliberated for nine hours Wednesday before finding her not guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of unarmed black motorist Terence Crutcher. KTUL reports that the Crutcher family is expected to address the media with the district attorney after a brief meeting. Crutcher’s…
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Former House Majority Leader McCarthy Told Paul Ryan, Others, ‘I Think Putin Pays’ Trump: Report
Last year, while Donald Trump was working to win the Republican presidential nomination, one of his closest allies, then-House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, told fellow GOP leaders in a private conversation on Capitol Hill that he believed Trump might be receiving payments from Russian President Vladimir Putin. “There’s two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher…
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Justice Department Appoints Special Counsel to Oversee Probe of Russian Interference in Election
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced Wednesday that the Department of Justice has appointed a special counsel, Robert Mueller, to oversee the investigation into whether or not associates of President Donald Trump and Russian officials coordinated last year to interfere with the U.S. presidential election. Mueller is a former prosecutor who also served as FBI…
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Judge Rules Cop Who Killed Philando Castile Cannot Re-Enact Shooting While Jurors Watch
The trial of the police officer who shot and killed Philando Castile last summer is set to begin later this month, and on Tuesday a judge heard motions from both sides, offering a glimpse into the strategies of both and setting the stage for what will likely be a contentious court battle. Ramsey County, Minn.,…
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