Sessions issues sweeping new criminal charging policy

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Sessions issues sweeping new criminal charging policy

Washington Post
Attorney General Jeff Sessions overturned the sweeping criminal charging policy of former attorney general Eric H. Holder Jr. and directed his federal prosecutors Thursday to charge defendants with the most serious, provable crimes carrying the most

Ex-Florida Congresswoman Convicted of Taking Money Meant for Charity

New York Times
After she was convicted on Thursday, Corrine Brown, a former United States representative from Florida, said she disagreed with the jury’s decision and would seek a new trial.

FBI raids GOP consultant over 2013 Virginia governor’s race

Washington Post
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – FBI agents raided the office of a Republican consulting firm in Maryland in connection with an investigation into the 2013 Virginia governor’s race.

‘You are paddle-boarding next to approximately 15 great white sharks,’ chopper tells Calif. beachgoers

Washington Post
“You are paddle-boarding next to approximately 15 great white sharks,” Deputy Brian Stockbridge announced via a loudspeaker. Stockbridge was in a helicopter, flying off the coast of Dana Point in Orange County, Calif.

One Republican’s plan to save money: Turn 82000 non-English-speaking kids over to ICE

Washington Post
Republicans in the Oklahoma state legislature have a challenge on their hands: figuring out how to address a gaping, $900 million hole in the state budget without raising taxes.

Mormon Church will leave Boy Scouts’ teen programs

Washington Post
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which has long been both closely tied to the Boy Scouts of America and uneasy with the Boy Scouts’ increasingly liberal stance on gay and transgender men and boys, took a measured step Thursday toward …

Trump creates voter-fraud panel that critics label a ‘sham’

Washington Post
President Trump on Thursday launched a long-promised commission on “election integrity,” rekindling a controversy over the prevalence of voter fraud at U.S.

Trump’s approval numbers fall to near-record lows: poll

New York Daily News
Just 36% of voters approve of the job President Trump is doing as commander-in-chief, a new poll out Thursday shows. Nearly six in 10 (58%) voters said they disapprove of Trump’s job performance, the latest Quinnipiac Poll found.

Trump signs order on cybersecurity that holds agency heads accountable for network attacks

Washington Post
President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order on cybersecurity that makes clear that agency heads will be held accountable for protecting their networks, and calls on government and industry to reduce the threat from automated attacks on the …

Trump ‘Preference’ for Interest Deduction May Snarl GOP Tax Plan

Bloomberg
Donald Trump signs an Executive Order, identifying and Reducing Tax Regulatory Burdens, at the Treasury Building on April 21. Photographer: Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post/Getty Images.

In New Jersey, Democrats Hope No Good Health Care Compromise Goes Unpunished

New York Times
Representative Tom MacArthur angered constituents with an amendment on pre-existing conditions that helped the Republican health care bill pass in the House.

Tillerson, in Alaska, Gives No Hint on Paris Climate Accord

New York Times
Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson, center, met on Thursday with foreign ministers from other nations with Arctic territory. Credit Nicholas Kamm/Agence France-Presse – Getty Images.

Video captured students kicking boy, 8, as he lay unconscious, police say. Two days later he killed himself.

Washington Post
Security camera footage captured the scene in a Cincinnati elementary school bathroom on January 24. But as the school has so far declined to release the video, precisely what it shows is in dispute.

GOP senators pitch Merrick Garland for FBI director

The Hill
Merrick Garland, former President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, is gaining an unlikely ally: Senate Republicans. A pair of Utah lawmakers, Sens.

Trump effect on full display in the Senate Thursday with a majority embracing a trade-deal opponent

Washington Post
When it comes to trade, the Trump effect was on full display in the Senate on Thursday. Fully 37 Democrats voted to confirm the new U.S.

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