Over 50 Dead, More than 500 Injured in Las Vegas Shooting

A gunman in a Las Vegas hotel opened fire Sunday night at a concert outside, sending thousands of people fleeing as SWAT units searched for the attacker. At least 50 people were killed and more than 200 others injured, hospital officials said.
The shooting happened near the Mandalay Bay Resort…

Facebook Forks Over Russian Ads

Facebook will release copies of 3,000 Russian-bought ads to congressional investigators today, executives said.

“The big picture is that we’re stepping up tomorrow to help Congress understand foreign interference on the ad platform and to make improvements to the ad platform to enhance transparency,” said Joel Kaplan…

Puerto Rico Is Doing "Great" According to Trump

President Donald Trump on Sunday scoffed at “politically motivated ingrates” who had questioned his administration’s commitment to rebuilding Puerto Rico after a pulverizing hurricane and said the federal government had done “a great job with the almost impossible situation.”

The tweets coming from a president ensconced in his New…

Another One Bites The (White House) Dust

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price resigned under pressure from President Donald Trump on Friday in an uproar over Price’s use of private charter planes for government business.
His abrupt departure was announced an hour after Trump told reporters he was disappointed in Price’s use…

Texting Pics of His Weiner Lands Congressman in Jail

Former U.S. Representative Anthony Weiner was sentenced to 21 months in prison on Monday for sending sexually explicit messages to a 15-year-old girl, setting off a scandal that played a role in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
Weiner, 53, started to cry as soon as the…