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So is Donald Trump secretly recording conversations or not?
Still, the former F.B.I. director set in motion a number of questions about Donald Trump and his associates that the administration may struggle to answer. Comey stop investigating anyone". Dianne FeinsteinDianne FeinsteinSenate panel not ruling out Comey subpoena The Hill's 12:30 Report OPINION: It's not Comey versus Trump - it's Putin versus America MORE (D-Calif.) about why he wa... [Full Article...]
Trump '100 Percent' Willing to Testify Under Oath
Asked if he would speak to the issue under oath, Trump said: "100 percent". Their request, submitted via a letter, asked that the copies of any such materials be given to the committee by June 23. He added: "Oh you're going to be very disappointed when you hear the answer, don't worry". And legal experts have questioned whether Comey's leak broke any law. [Full Article...]
Shooting came at practice for Congressional Baseball Game, a century-old tradition
Media reports said the 66-year-old owned a home inspection business. The man calmly asked which party's lawmakers were practicing and Duncan told him they were the Republicans. Davis, who was at bat at the time of the shooting, said he hopes Wednesday marks a turning point in how lawmakers engage in the future. "He is grateful for the fearless actions of US Capitol Police, first responders, ... [Full Article...]
Palestinians, Israelis contest Tillerson on "martyrs' fund"
On Tuesday, a former Palestinian minister and current member of the Fatah Central Committee, Hussein Al-Sheikh told an interviewer that the Palestinian Authority would not halt payments to terrorists or their families and that the issue was "not under discussion by any party whatsoever". [Full Article...]
Shooting at UPS centre in San Francisco kills four
UPS said that the incident took place at the sprawling facility which employs 850 people. Police are advising people to avoid the area. Gaut said the facility's employees were dismissed from work once the lockdown was lifted and that most had since left the building. [Full Article...]
Sessions testifies he was never briefed on Russian interference in election
Attorney General Jeff Sessions testifies before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on Tuesday. "Why don't you tell me", Sessions fired back, "There are none Senator Wyden , there are none!" Democratic Sen. Sessions responded, "I don't believe I had any conversation with Russian businessmen or Russian nationals", before Harris interrupted him with a follow-up. [Full Article...]
Sheriff: Lawmen 'desperately' searching for killer inmates
Authorities said the two inmates got into a "grass green", four-door 2004 Honda Civic with the Georgia license plate number RBJ-6601 and drove west on state Highway 16 toward Eatonton, southeast of Atlanta. The first call for help came in shortly before 7 a.m. Tuesday as inmates apparently took control of a prison bus on Ga. The Department of Corrections said Rowe , 43, has been serving l... [Full Article...]
Angela Rayner stays as shadow education secretary in Labour reshuffle
He retains the co-national campaign coordinator role alongside Mr Lavery. While Lesley Laird, who was elected for the first time last week, was made Shadow Scotland Secretary. Mr Corbyn said on Tuesday that his party should be in "permanent campaign mode" in light of Theresa May's attempts to form a minority government with the backing of the Democratic Unionists. [Full Article...]
Jeff Sessions denies secret meeting with Russians
His impassioned response came after Senate Democrats raised questions about whether Sessions privately met with Kislyak . "You're impeding this investigation", fumed Sen. Executive privilege is a power that can be claimed by a president or senior executive branch officials to withhold information from Congress or the courts to protect the executive branch decision-making process. [Full Article...]
London fire: Baby caught after being 'dropped to safety from tower'
London Fire Brigade (LFB) received multiple calls to the fire which affected all floors of the 24-storey building, from the second floor up. By mid-day, London police said six people had been killed and they cautioned the death toll was likely to rise. [Full Article...]
Healing America: Perhaps Dems, GOP Should Mix Teams in Congressional Baseball Game
Roger Williams , who is said to be in stable condition. The Democrats who practice at Gallaudet University do not have a senior leadership member on their team, and they do not have a security detail assigned to their practice. And while in sports and in life we know it really is "about winning or losing", after today's events, it's about how they'll play the game. Rep. Steve Pearce of New M... [Full Article...]
Merkel assumes United Kingdom to stick with its Brexit plan
May's Conservatives have lost their majority in parliament, party members blamed what one called a " just awful" campaign, training their ire on an election team that highlighted the 60-year-old's flaws by sticking doggedly to an agreed script instead of masking her weaknesses. [Full Article...]
DC police to charge 12 Turkish security agents
American officials strongly criticized Turkey's government and Erdogan's security forces for the violence; the State Department summoned Turkey's US ambassador to complain. The incident provoked a diplomatic scandal, coinciding with the US's announcement to arm Kurdish Syrian militants with small arms and military hardware. [Full Article...]
Family seek 12-year-old girl missing after Grenfell Tower fire
More than 16 hours after the fire started, crews were still trying to douse flames as they sought to reach the top floors. A witness, Samira Lamrani, said she saw a baby thrown from a ninth or 10th floor window of the Grenfell Tower . She says firefighters have only suffered minor injuries. "The more I looked up, floor upon floor". Mickey Paramasivan, who took his children out of the bui... [Full Article...]
London tower block fire death toll of 12 expected to rise
And actor and writer Tim Downie, who lives nearby, said the block looked close to collapse after being completely gutted. Fire services said they received the first call at 00:54 am on Wednesday (2354 GMT Tuesday) and were on scene at the Grenfell Tower public housing complex within six minutes. [Full Article...]
San Francisco UPS shooting leaves 4 dead, including gunman
In 2014, a man shot and killed two of his supervisors before turning the gun on himself at a UPS distribution centre in Birmingham, Alabama. " The company is saddened and deeply concerned about affected employees, family members and the community we share ", UPS says in a statement . [Full Article...]
Sessions Avoids Senate Intel Committee Questions Without Legal Reasons - Senator
Attorney General Jeff Sessions refused to comment Tuesday on whether he spoke to President Donald Trump about former FBI Director James Comey's handling of the investigation into coordination between the Trump campaign and Russian Federation during the 2016 presidential race. [Full Article...]
Colorado Rockies Select Eight Players on MLB Drafts Second Day
He was the Atlantic Sun Pitcher of the Year as a freshman in 2015 and has been a fixture in the Jaguars rotation ever since. Hall has committed to going to Texas A&M on a baseball scholarship. He was named a 2017 Rawlings-Perfect Game First Team Senior Preseason All-American and to the Southeast - All-Region First Team. McCoy, a former Washington High School and Illinois Central College st... [Full Article...]
Multiple victims in California UPS shooting
He said he ran away as fast as he could. Police say they believe the attack, which was carried out by one suspect, was not related to terrorism. A huge police response has gathered near 17th and Vermont, close to a UPS facility, which seems to be the source of the gunfire. [Full Article...]
Calgary police arrest man after women were filmed and posted on Twitter
Images and videos posted to the account-that had more than 17,000 followers before it was shutdown on Tuesday-appeared to have been taken in well-known locations across Calgary including CTrain stations, plus-15s, Prince's Island Park and the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo in April. [Full Article...]