THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1754 – THE FIRST NEWSPAPER CARTOON APPEARED IN BEN FRANKLIN’S PENNSYLVANIA GAZETTE
1864 – UNION GENERAL JOHN SEDGEWICK WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY A CONFEDERATE SHARPSHOOTER — HIS LAST WORDS REPORTED TO BE, “They couldn’t hit an elephant at this dist–“
1914 – MOTHER’S DAY BECOMES A HOLIDAY
1964 – A LASER WAS BOUNCED OFF THE SURFACE OF THE MOON FOR THE FIRST TIME
1974 – THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE BEGINS FORMAL IMPEACHMENT HEARING SO PRESIDENT NIXON
News and The Politics out of D.C.
PRESIDENT TRUMP MOCKS ‘MAYOR PETE’ AT FLORIDA RALLY
REVEALED: DONALD TRUMP JR HAS BEEN SUBPOENAED TO TESTIFY TO A SENATE COMMITTEE
BARR BATTLE ESCALATES AS HOUSE PANEL VOTES TO FIND THE AG IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS
HELLO JERRY — NADLER CALLS CONFLICT WITH TRUMP WHITE HOUSE AND BARR A ‘CRISIS’
SPEAKING OF A CRISIS…THE FEDS RELEASED 168,000 FAMILY MEMBERS INTO COMMUNITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY
BIDEN SAYS AMERICA IS OBLIGATED TO PAY FOR HEALTHCARE FOR UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS
SHOCK: NINTH CIRCUIT COURT APPROVED TRUMP’S ‘WAIT IN MEXICO’ POLICY FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS
1% OF THE POPULATION OF GUATEMALA AND HONDURAS HAS ENTERED AMERICA SINCE SEPTEMBER
IF YOU CAN’T FIX IT, OWN IT — MITCH MCCONNELL’S CAMPAIGN IS SELLING ‘COCAINE MITCH’ T-SHIRTS
U.S.-CHINA TRADE TALKS — THE LATEST ROUND STARTS TODAY IN D.C. — TARIFF DEADLINE LOOMS
BREAKING: NORTH KOREA LAUNCHED AN UNIDENTIFIED PROJECTILE AROUND 3:30AM EASTERN TIME
General News
COLORADO COMMUNITY MOURNS A HERO WHO DIED TAKING DOWN A SCHOOL SHOOTER
THREE OTHER STUDENTS ALSO HAILED AS HEROES FOR DISARMING SHOOTER
FLORIDA SCHOOLS CAN ARM TEACHERS UNDER NEW LAW
JUDGE ORDERS 3-YR OLD TO BEGIN CHEMOTHERAPY DESPITE PARENTS’ OBJECTION
DENVER NARROWLY VOTES TO DECRIMINALIZE ‘MAGIC MUSHROOMS’
WORLD’S RICHEST MAN SET TO TALK ABOUT HIS SECRETIVE ‘BLUE ORIGIN’ SPACE PROJECT TODAY
R. KELLY’S INABILITY TO READ SPARKED JUDGE TO REVERSE A JUDGEMENT AGAINST THE DISGRACED FORMER STAR
Strange News Catching My Eye
HOW BORED ARE WE? STUDY SHOWS AMERICANS ARE BORED 131 DAYS EACH YEAR
CALIFORNIA COUPLE ORDERED TO PAY ALMOST $600K AFTER REMOVING AN OAK TREE ON THEIR OWN PROPERTY
A NEW GAME SHOW RECORD IS SET (AND, IT DOESN’T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH ‘JEOPARDY!’)
FLORIDA WOMAN PULLS ALLIGATOR FROM HER PANTS DURING TRAFFIC STOP