States Move to Protect Cops With Hate Crime Laws
RealClearInvestigations
Hate crimes usually involve race, gender, religion, disability or sexual orientation. But three states - Louisiana, Mississippi and Kentucky - have expanded them to include law enforcement officers and other first responders including firefighters and emergency medical workers. So far this year, similar bills have been offered in 22 other states, both red and blue. Trump Reported to Reveal Classified Information to Russians at White House
Washington Post
During an Oval Office meeting last week with Russia's Foreign Minister and Ambassador to the U.S., President Trump revealed highly classified information from an intelligence-sharing arrangement considered so sensitive that details have been withheld from allies and tightly restricted even within the U.S. government, officials said. The White House called the report "false." Reckless Stock Trading Leaves Congress Rife With Conflicts
Politico
Tom Price, President Trump's pick to be Health and Human Services secretary, was criticized during his Senate confirmation hearing for buying stock in a small biotech company while sitting on House committees that could influence the firm's prospects. But within days of his being decried at the hearing and in the press, three other congressmen also bought stock in the same company. Leaked Emails Suggest Professors' Effort to Thwart Voter Fraud Panel
Washington Free Beacon
A leaked email shows a prominent left-wing professor's effort to form an academic commission to counter President Trump's voter fraud commission. "Could I ask you who gave you that email?" Lorraine Minnite of Rutgers, author of "The Myth of Voter Fraud," wrote a reporter. After refusing to name the source, the reporter asked again if she would like to comment. "Not unless you tell me who sent you the email," Minnite said. Debt Island: How $74 Billion in Bonds Bankrupted Puerto Rico
Bloomberg
San Juan's gleaming commuter train seemed like a coup -- the kind of big-ticket item many U.S. cities can only dream of. More than a decade on, the Tren Urbano is a monument to the folly and bloat that finally bankrupted Puerto Rico. Despite years of planning, it loses roughly $50 million a year. The cost so far: $2.25 billion, $1 billion more than planned. That, in a nutshell, is Puerto Rico's story. Illinois: When Chicago Cops Moonlight, No One's Watching
Chicago Reporter/CBS 2
The Chicago police department is the only one of 50 major departments nationwide that does not require its officers to get permission to work a second job. The lack of oversight exposes the city to potentially costly misconduct lawsuits when things go wrong. And now a slain man's family is suing the city. Most Americans Can't Identify North Korea on a Map
New York Times
A poll found that respondents who could correctly identify North Korea tended to view diplomatic and nonmilitary strategies more favorably than those who could not. But only 36 percent of those polled were able to correctly identify the country on a map.
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