DHS Reports About 2,000 Minors Separated From Families
By COLLEEN LONG , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 2,000 children have been separated from their families at the U.S. border over a six-week period during a crackdown on illegal entries, according to Department of Homeland Security figures obtained Friday by The Associated Press. The figures show that 1,995 minors were separated from 1,940…
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Justice Report Provides Ammo For Both Trump, Critics
By JONATHAN LEMIRE and ERIC TUCKER , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Justice Department watchdog report has turned into Washington's latest Rorschach test. President Donald Trump and his critics are cherry-picking its findings to either discredit or defend investigators conducting a probe into the White House. The 500-page report offered a nuanced conclusion about…
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Trump Tweets That Firing Comey Was A ‘Great Service’
By ERIC TUCKER and CHAD DAY , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former FBI Director James Comey will "now officially go down as the worst leader, by far, in the history of the FBI," President Donald Trump declared on Twitter Friday. "I did a great service to the people in firing him," he wrote. It's…
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Horrific Grenfell Tower Fire Haunts Britain A Year Later
By JILL LAWLESS , Associated Press LONDON (AP) — In the shadow of London's Grenfell Tower, the pain is as fresh as the newly laid flowers for the dead. One year ago, the residential high-rise was destroyed by a fire that killed 72 people. It was the greatest loss of life in a fire on…
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Comey Disagrees With Parts Of The Report
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former FBI Director James Comey says he disagrees with some of the conclusions of the Justice Department's inspector general about his handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation. But Comey says in a tweet that he respects the inspector general's work and believes the conclusions are "reasonable." He says "people of good…
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