Mar 14 Parkland shooting suspect Cruz appears in court, remains silent when asked about plea By Curt Anderson, Associated Press The former student charged with killing 17 people at a Florida high school last month refused to announce a plea on Wednesday so a judge entered a not guilty plea on his behalf. Continue reading
Mar 14 Rick Perry denies interest in VA job as support for Shulkin fades By Hope Yen and Zeke Miller, Associated Press Two administration officials told The Associated Press that Shulkin's position is growing more precarious and that he could be out of a job within the week, but cautioned that nothing was finalized. Continue reading
Mar 14 Trump picks Larry Kudlow for top economic post By Associated Press WASHINGTON — CNBC commentator Larry Kudlow told The Associated Press in an interview that he has accepted President Donald Trump's offer to serve as White House economic adviser. Continue reading
Mar 14 4 experts grade Rex Tillerson’s short tenure as secretary of state By Harry Zahn Tillerson, the former CEO of ExxonMobil, served just more than 13 months as secretary of state. Here's what experts say he did, and did not, accomplish. Continue reading
Mar 14 FBI official: ‘We clearly should have done more’ in Florida shooting By Matthew Daly, Kevin Freking, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The FBI could have and should have done more to investigate information it received prior to last month's massacre at Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the agency's deputy director told a Senate panel on Wednesday. Continue reading
Mar 14 A guide to the gun bills in Congress By Lisa Desjardins Here's a look at the main proposals under consideration in Congress. Continue reading
Mar 14 UK expelling 23 Russian diplomats over nerve-agent attack By Jill Lawless, Danica Kirka, Associated Press LONDON — Britain announced Wednesday it will expel 23 Russian diplomats — the biggest such expulsion since the Cold War — and break off high-level contacts with the Kremlin over the nerve-agent attack on a former spy and his daughter… Continue reading
Mar 14 Trump’s pick to lead CIA to face questions about torture By Deb Reichmann, Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s pick to be the next director of the CIA is a career spymaster who oversaw torture at a secret prison during one of the darkest chapters in the agency’s history. If confirmed, 61-year-old Gina Haspel… Continue reading
Mar 14 U.S. students stage school walkouts to protest gun violence By Collin Binkley, Associated Press From Maine to Hawaii, students planned to walk out of school Wednesday to protest gun violence in the biggest demonstration yet of the student activism that has emerged in response to last month's massacre of 17 people at Florida's Marjory… Continue reading
Mar 13 House Democrats say there’s ‘significant evidence’ of collusion between Trump campaign and Russia, push back on GOP report By Associated Press California Rep. Adam Schiff said Democrats are writing their own report with conclusions from the intelligence panel's yearlong investigation into Russian meddling. Continue reading