The manhunt ends for the suspected shooter who killed four people at a Waffle House in Tennessee. 1/26 James Shaw Jr., who wrestled away the suspect’s AR-15, has since raised thousands of dollars for the victims’ families. 2/26 More than half of the world's
The Comey memos, composed after the FBI Director's meetings with President Trump, have gone public. 1/17 In one of the memos, the President suggests jailing journalists to prevent stories from getting out of his leaking White House. 2/17 No one's talking about the new
Before Facebook, before Cambridge Analytica, Peter Thiel's Palantir began mining your data, and it's never stopped. 1/19 Online echo chambers aren't real. Research shows social media exposes us to more perspectives, not fewer. 2/19 A nascent social network, Minds, represents a post-
As potential grows for direct talks between Trump and Kim Jong Un, Trump gives himself an escape hatch: "If we don't think it's going to be successful, we won't have it. If the meeting when I'm there isn't fruitful,
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made a secret visit to North Korea recently, becoming the most senior US official ever to meet with Kim Jong Un. 1/16 Barbara Bush dies at 92, one of only two women in American history (her and Abigail Adams) to be both wife and
Following last week's FBI raid on Trump fixer Michael Cohen's home, office, and hotel that resulted in the seizure of multiple documents and devices, yesterday a Manhattan judge blocked Cohen and Trump's request to review all documents before prosecutors. 1/19 During the Cohen
France, Britain, and the United States launch coordinated bombing strikes against Syria. Trump quickly says, echoing W., “Mission accomplished!†1/22 Members of Congress insist the White House needed to consult with them first. 2/22 Russia claims the strikes were ineffective, saying most of the missiles were
After exiting the Trans Pacific Partnership soon after entering office, Trump now wants back in—if he gets a better deal than Obama. It might not be so easy, though, since the other countries have already renegotiated a plan that doesn't include the US. 1/20 Rummaging for
Steve Bannon is back, or he’s trying to be: pitching White House aides and Trump allies on a plan to kill the Mueller probe. 1/16 Worth noting: Trump's recent tweets on Russia mirrored the conversation and storylines, in near real-time, from an episode of Fox
Russia and the US rattle sabers over Syria, with military maneuvers by both nations—as well as a pair of Trump tweets that travel from aggressive to conciliatory within an hour of each other. 1/19 The midterms just got bleaker for Republicans, as House Speaker Paul Ryan tells colleagues
