Sunday, June 4, 2017

Trump biography author recalls president's answer to 'Do you believe in God?' and other top stories.

  • Trump biography author recalls president's answer to 'Do you believe in God?'

    Trump biography author recalls president's answer to 'Do you believe in God?'
    President Trump has not been seen frequenting church services since his assuming office, but his outward rhetoric on God has changed as of late.The president and first lady Melania Trump attended Easter service at Bethesda-by-the-Sea Church in Florida on Sunday, making it the fourth official religious appearance for the commander in chief. As people close to the president and outsiders looking in conjecture as to how Trump's religious views have changed, one man recalls a moment in which he ask..
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  • Why Gorsuch May Not Be So Genteel on the Bench

    Why Gorsuch May Not Be So Genteel on the Bench
    And male justices, perhaps not surprisingly, interrupt female justices far more often than the other way around. “Even though female justices speak less often and use fewer words than male justices,” the study found, “they are nonetheless interrupted during oral argument at a significantly higher rate.” Tonja Jacobi, a law professor at Northwestern University who conducted the study with Dylan Schweers, a law student there, said the ideological disparity reflected the balance of power on the co..
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  • The White House Easter Egg Roll's rich history and tradition is now in President Trump's hands

    The White House Easter Egg Roll's rich history and tradition is now in President Trump's hands
    One day a year, since 1878, the White House grounds truly belong to the people. The little people. The White House Easter Egg Roll is a tradition that began as the solution to a problem that Victorian children created. See, Victorian kids did things to annoy adults, too. The 1870s version of bottle-flipping or the cups song was egg rolling. Kids did it for hours, rolling hard-boiled eggs with wooden spoons on the Capitol grounds, tearing up the lawn. Then Congress had enough and passed legislat..
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  • The Berkeley rally aftermath: Mass arrests, a stabbing and weaponized Pepsi

    The Berkeley rally aftermath: Mass arrests, a stabbing and weaponized Pepsi
    Supporters and protesters of President Trump clashed on Saturday, April 15 in Berkeley, Calif. (Reuters) A news station called it “something resembling a war zone.” A woman told the Los Angeles Times that it was “more of a riot.” In any event, on Saturday, Berkeley, Calif., hosted its third recent clash between demonstrators who support President Trump and those who oppose him. A park that normally sees produce stalls on the weekend was the scene of a stabbing, as reported by ABC 7, as w..
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  • Democrats think they can ride Trump fury to a congressional takeover

    Democrats think they can ride Trump fury to a congressional takeover
    Democrats need more voters like Sandi Strasberg if they want to avoid another shellacking. For nearly 20 years, this loyal Democrat did what most of them do: She went to the voting booth only for presidential contests and ignored everything from congressional elections to governor’s races. But now, this 50-year-old mother of two intends to take her anger at President Donald Trump out on the Republicans running for Congress. “Everything changed when Trump got elected,” said Strasberg, a residen..
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  • Trump asks why people are still talking about his taxes a day after protesters asked for his returns

    Trump asks why people are still talking about his taxes a day after protesters asked for his returns
    President Trump on April 16 issued two tweets in which he criticized protesters who marched the day before to demand that he release his tax returns. (Bastien Inzaurralde/The Washington Post) President Trump lashed out Sunday at the protesters who took part in marches across the country Saturday to demand that he release his tax returns, declaring on Twitter that “The election is over!” Trump’s comments followed a nationwide Tax March that drew thousands of people in dozens of cities on ..
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  • He hugged his family and said, 'I'll see you next time,' before being gunned down on Facebook video

    He hugged his family and said, 'I'll see you next time,' before being gunned down on Facebook video
    Cleveland Police on April 16 said a suspect murdered a man while streaming the crime live on Facebook. (Bastien Inzaurralde/The Washington Post) On Sunday morning, before he gained an unwanted fame on Facebook as a homicide victim, Robert Godwin, 74, visited his son, Robert Godwin Jr. “He hugged my wife and me and said ‘I’ll see you guys next time,'” Godwin Jr. told Cleveland.com. “I said ‘OK, enjoy your Easter.’” The elder Godwin, a retired foundry worker with nine children and 13 grandc..
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  • Virginia Tech marking 10 years after shooting that killed 32

    Virginia Tech marking 10 years after shooting that killed 32
    FILE - In this April 28, 2007 file photo, a memorial board sits under a tent with items that were placed in front of it, on the Drillfield on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Va. Ten years after a mentally ill student fatally shot 32 people at Virginia Tech, survivors and families of the slain are returning to campus to honor the lives that were lost that day. Virginia Tech is holding a series of events Sunday, April 16, 2017 to mark the anniversary of the deadly campus shooting on April ..
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  • Teen shoots two Detroit cops through door

    Teen shoots two Detroit cops through door
    A Detroit cop was critically wounded during a shooting after a 19-year-old reported a break-in attempt. (Ivan Bliznetsov/Getty Images/iStockphoto). BY Nicole Hensley. NEW YORK DAILY NEWS. Monday, April 17, 2017, 5:35 AM. A teen gunman in Detroit ...
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  • Melissa McCarthy, Alec Baldwin return to 'SNL' as Spicer and Trump

    Melissa McCarthy, Alec Baldwin return to 'SNL' as Spicer and Trump
    Alec Baldwin was back as President Trump in "Saturday Night Live's" cold open, which included an appearance by host Jimmy Fallon as Trump advisor and son-in-law Jared Kushner.The sketch opened with Baldwin sitting at a desk going over his list of accomplishments as president to date with Vice President Mike Pence, played by Beck Bennett. "Have you seen my tweets on North Korea? This could all be over by Monday," Trump says after Pence reminds him he has more than 1,300 days to go in his preside..
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