Does Trump have the power to block Comey from testifying? Probably not.

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Does Trump have the power to block Comey from testifying? Probably not.

Washington Post
President Trump seems to have abandoned the idea of invoking “executive privilege” to prevent former FBI director James Comey from testifying before a Senate committee Thursday.

The Latest: Workplace shooter had record of DUI, drug crimes

Washington Post
ORLANDO, Fla. – The Latest on the multiple shooting in an industrial park in Orlando (all times local):. 5 p.m.. Court records show the suspect in the fatal Orlando workplace shootings had a series of run-ins with the law going back more than 20 years

The Real ‘Resistance’ to Trump? The GOP Congress.

Politico
Donald Trump’s young presidency is already prompting many Americans to dust off their high-school civics knowledge and think again about concepts like the “separation of powers,” interbranch “checks and balances,” and the proper functioning of the

Kellyanne Conway had a lousy Monday. Sean Spicer’s wasn’t much better.

Washington Post
If the White House is trying to embarrass Kellyanne Conway and Sean Spicer, it is doing a terrific job. In a media briefing Monday, deputy White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders first made Conway appear out of the loop and then contradicted …

Tough-Talking Sheriff Turned GOP Congressman on Suspected Islamic Terrorists: ‘Kill Them All’

NBCNews.com
Republican congressman Clay Higgins responded to Saturday’s terror attack in London with a Facebook post calling for the death of anyone even suspected of radical Islamic terrorism.

Oakland Ghost Ship Fire: Two Arrested for Involuntary Manslaughter in Connection With Blaze That Killed 36

NBCNews.com
Two people were arrested on involuntary manslaughter charges in connection with the deadly California warehouse fire that killed three dozen people more than six months ago, including the manager of the property, officials said Monday.

Evergreen State College reopens after violent threat and property damage on campus

Washington Post
The Evergreen State College, where angry protests over race have drawn national attention, reopened Monday afternoon with additional police officers stationed on campus.

Dems and GOP both bash Christie in NJ governor race

The Hill
The Democratic and Republican candidates for New Jersey governor don’t agree on much, but they do have one thing in common: Outgoing Gov.

EPA says Pruitt included other mining jobs when touting growth in coal

Business Insider
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt, incorrectly told a series of talk show hosts this weekend that the coal industry had added nearly 50,000 jobs since late last year, he was using figures

Police seek grandma suspected in stabbings that killed baby

ABC News
This undated photo provided by the Colton Police Department shows Nicole Darrington Clark, 43. Clark is a fugitive, being sought by authorities who say a 6-month-old girl was slain and her sister and mother were critically wounded in a stabbing they

In Portland, images of knives, brass knuckles, bricks show viciousness of protests

Washington Post
If you want to get an idea of just how high tensions are running in Portland, Ore., where rival protest groups have clashed repeatedly in recent months, you could start by looking at the caches of weapons seized by police at a demonstration over the

Aides wanted Trump to focus on infrastructure. Then he tweeted.

CNN
Washington (CNN) White House aides, facing a week focused on Thursday’s testimony of former FBI Director James Comey, told reporters over the weekend that President Donald Trump would spend his time focusing on a $1 trillion infrastructure plan.

In Killing by Police, a Jury Sees What the Dash Camera Saw

New York Times
Officer Jeronimo Yanez, second from left, with his lawyers outside the Ramsey County Courthouse in St. Paul last week. He is being tried on a charge of second-degree manslaughter.

Watch ‘extremely hangry’ woman fight McDonald’s employee

USA TODAY
DES MOINES – A woman gave new meaning to the word “hangry” Saturday as she fought with McDonald’s employees over the delivery of a meal at a Des Moines restaurant.

U.S. Supreme Court to rule on whether police should require warrants to obtain cellphone location data on suspects

VentureBeat
(Reuters) – Police officers for the first time could be required to obtain warrants to get data on the past locations of criminal suspects based on cellphone use under a major case on privacy rights in the digital age taken up by the U.S.

‘Just do it babe’: The suicide-encouraging text messages at the heart of a teen manslaughter trial

Washington Post
Sitting in his pickup truck one summer day in 2014, Conrad Roy III wavered about his plan to kill himself. He was scared, he texted his girlfriend.

Las Vegas police officer charged in death of man put in chokehold

CNN
(CNN) Las Vegas Metropolitan police officer Kenneth Lopera has been charged with involuntary manslaughter for his role in the Mother’s Day death of Tashii Farmer, authorities said on Monday.

DC-area forecast: Partly sunny and pleasant today, showers tomorrow into Thursday

Washington Post
TODAY’S DAILY DIGIT A somewhat subjective rating of the day’s weather, on a scale of 0 to 10. 7/10: Partial sunshine is fine and no big heat still a treat!

Disgruntled man dumps bed bugs in government office in Maine

Fox News
A man in Augusta, Maine who was angry with the service at a government office released hundreds of live bed bugs as payback. (Fox 32 Chicago).

VA to use same electronic health record system as military

The Hill
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will replace its legacy electronic health record system with the same commercial system currently used by the U.S.

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