First Run News

Attorney General MORE. McCabe's ouster comes just days before he was scheduled to retire on Sunday, after more than 20 years at the bureau. McCabe had already stepped down under pressure in January and has been on a leave of absence since. In a statement MORE's investigation, in which he could be a potential witness. “The idea that I was dishonest is just wrong,” McCabe told The New York Times.

As a part of an exclusive and wide-ranging conversation with Breitbart News, Professor Gad Saad of Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, explained why social justice politics is designed to invite a religious-like adherence. “…It is a form of quasi-religious belief. The commonality between social justice quasi-religion and actual religion is that they both start off with revealed truths,” Saad began.

As a part of an exclusive and wide-ranging conversation with Breitbart News, Professor Gad Saad of Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, explained why social justice politics is designed to invite a religious-like adherence. “…It is a form of quasi-religious belief. The commonality between social justice quasi-religion and actual religion is that they both start off with revealed truths,” Saad began.

Donald Trump Jr. and his wife, Vanessa Trump, are separating. “After 12 years of marriage, we have decided to go our separate ways," the couple said in a joint statement. "We will always have tremendous respect for each other and our families. We have five beautiful children together and they remain our top priority." The couple, who married in 2005, went on to ask for privacy. The news was broken by The New York Post, which reported Wednesday that a divorce could be imminent. At 40, Trump Jr. is President Donald Trump's eldest child.

President Russian spy in the United Kingdom. “It certainly looks like the Russians were behind it, something that should never ever happen and we’re taking it very seriously, as I think are many others,” Trump said in the Oval Office when asked by ABC News’ Jonathan Karl if Russian President Vladmir Putin was to blame. Earlier in the day, the White House released a rare joint statement from the leaders of the U.S., France, Germany and the United Kingdom blaming Russia for the chemical attack on former Russian intelligence age

The Trump administration is hitting five Russian entities and 19 Russian citizens with sanctions for cyber activity, including their interference in the 2016 election. The sanctions represent some of the most significant actions by the Trump administration Steven Mnuchin said in a statement. It is also the first time the administration has punished Russia for its election interference using sanctions authorities Congress passed overwhelmingly last summer and spent months demanding the White House utilize.

Felix Sater is a lot of things. One of them, he says, is misunderstood. The Soviet-born American businessman, who says he was a “senior advisor to presidential campaign. “I know how to play it, and we will get this done,” Sater wrote to Trump attorney and confidant Michael Cohen, his childhood friend, in emails published by The Washington Post and The New York Times.

The TAKE with Emily Goodin The ground shook for Republicans on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue this week with signs there may be more tremors to come. On Tuesday morning, President Donald Trump fired his Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.

DATA: Twitter Daniel McLaughlin / Globe Staff © 2018 Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC

capital source “I know Mike Capuano as a champion and fierce advocate for those who have often been forgotten or left behind,” Lewis said in a statement.