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Posted at 12:17 am on June 2, 2017 by Caleb Howe Various news outlets, including the Detroit Free Press, report tonight that the FBI has raided a home in Dearborn, Michigan on a matter of national security. Citing sources within the investigation, the report indicates that suspects in an incident at another location were tracked to the home.

Posted at 4:00 am on June 2, 2017 by Kimberly Ross In a week that included plenty of speculation on Jared Kushner and Russia, and a tweet typo called “covfefe”, you might not expect much of anything on the positive side coming out of the White House. If you’re a member of the hand-wringing Left, you’re still feeling that way.

President Trump misunderstood a Massachusetts Institute of Technology study he cited during a speech on Thursday announcing the United States' withdrawal from the Paris climate accord, university officials told Reuters. The study in question, "How much of a difference will the Paris Agreement make?," was published in April 2016 and states that, if countries upheld their co

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The White House may have granted Chief Strategist The New York Times reported Thursday. If, in fact, the waiver was granted after an ethics complaint took aim at Bannon's discussions with Breitbart editors, the White House could be in violation of federal ethics rules. “There is no such thing as a retroactive waiver,” Walter Shaub, the director of the Office of Government Ethics, told the Times.

The Trump administration late Thursday asked the Supreme Court to reconsider its travel ban that would block citizens from six Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S.  The administration filed two emergency applications with the Supreme Court justices seeking to block lower level court rulings that had previously halted Trump's March 6 executive order Reuters reported Thursday.

Americans for Prosperity (AFP) on Thursday announced that it is launching a six-figure advertising effort urging lawmakers to pass tax reform. The effort calls for reform that lowers rates, reduces the number of tax brackets and eliminates preferences for special interests. The ads encourage the public to tell lawmakers to “support AFP’s plan to un-rig the economy!” The ads will appear on digital platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, a spokesman for the free-market group said. The ads are part of a 

Frederic Lyman’s prep school teaching career spanned just six years, and four schools. On Wednesday, allegations of inappropriate behavior against him surfaced at Kent Denver, a private day school in Colorado, which means that Mr. Lyman now stands accused of misconduct with students at three of those schools, across three states. Mr.

KABUL, Afghanistan — All around Kabul, the broken glass was being swept and the dead were still being buried on Thursday.

WASHINGTON — Two Democratic senators disclosed on Thursday that they had asked James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, to open a criminal investigation into whether Attorney General Jeff Sessions perjured himself when he falsely said at his confirmation hearing that he “did not have communications with the Russians” last year. The senators, Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont and Al Franken of Minnesota, released three letters to the F.B.I. that they privately sent in March, April and May.