Month: May 2023

Trump calls Jan. 6 a “beautiful day” during CNN town hall Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email to get exclusive US coverage and analysis delivered to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email According to a report, the National Archives found a trove of records showing that Donald Trump and his advisers knew they were breaking the rules by taking classified documents to Mar-a-Lago. The agency sent a letter, obtained by CNN, to Mr. Trump this week in which he disclosed that it had found 16 records that showed he and his top advisers were aware of…

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis urged the nation to show Daniel Penny that “America has got his back.” Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley called on the governor of New York to pardon Penny, and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy donated $10,000 to her legal defense fund. Republican presidential hopefuls have lined up to support Penny, a 24-year-old U.S. Navy veteran who was caught on video pinning down a fellow subway passenger in the city of New York. The passenger, Jordan Neely, 30, later died of neck compression, according to the medical examiner. Penny has been charged with involuntary manslaughter. His lawyers…

The Democratic Party is following a standard strategy as President Biden seeks re-election: Do not publicly criticize him under any circumstances, unless he helps Donald J. Trump or one of his acolytes win back the White House for the Republicans. The only Democrat who seems to have missed the mark is Mayor Eric Adams of New York City. Mr. Adams has taken almost every opportunity in recent weeks to publicly blame Mr. Biden or his administration for the influx of migrants into New York from border states, many of them on buses sent by Republican governors. His eagerness to point…

One of the central issues of the recent Abilene City Council election, and certainly the most contentious, was the relationship between religion and government. Ryan Goodwin, James Sargent and Scott Beard received open support from several local churches. Both they and their supporters often tried to frame the opposition as those who believe our government should be completely free of Christian influence on the basis of the separation of church and state. As someone who opposed all three candidates, I find this characterization misleading. As a principle, the separation of church and state serves primarily to protect the church from…

LEXINGTON, SC (AP) – South Carolina Republicans on Saturday selected Drew McKissick as chairman for a fourth term at a convention where some of the party’s 2024 presidential hopefuls made pitches to voters in the first state of the southern primaries. McKissick has led the party since 2017 in a state where the GOP holds every statewide elected office, all but one seat in the US House and control of both legislative chambers. He defeated three rivals. Party officials said in a statement that under McKissick’s leadership, “more Republicans than ever before” had won elections. None of South Carolina’s presidential…

Human Rights Watch (HRW) published a statement It says on Saturday that Pakistani police have carried out mass arrests of more than 4,000 people, including members of the opposition party of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), following the protests over the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan. This statement has been corroborated by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) and Khan himself, who has condemned the repression. HRW called for the release of those arbitrarily arrested, while emphasizing the distinction between those who engaged in peaceful and non-peaceful political actions after Khan’s arrest. HRW Asia Director Patricia Grossman stated: “[t]The…

UPDATE: 4:35 The District sent an email stating that Vaughn Boatner has been suspended and that his badge no longer provides access to campus facilities. Vaughn Boatner, the director of fitness operations at the College of San Mateo, is currently wanted by the US Marshalls for the alleged murder of his ex-wife and the attempted murder of her partner. A district-wide alert was issued to all students and staff at the San Mateo County Community College District, warning of a murder suspect on the loose. Boatner allegedly shot his ex-wife and his partner at his residence on May 11 before…

Houston officials issued a precautionary shelter-in-place order Saturday morning after a chemical fire broke out at 6200 Royalton Dr., near the Bellaire area. The order covers a 1.5-mile radius, according to a tweet from the city’s office of emergency management. Joan Diaz of KHO 11 reported that the warrant, issued around 10:30 a.m., was put in place because emergency responders are not aware of what type of chemicals are involved. The Houston Fire Department first tweeted that firefighters were responding to a building fire at 6218 Royalton St. about an hour before. At the time, the department said no firefighters…