March for Our Lives DC crowd smaller than organizers’ estimates, imaging company says

Organizers of the March for Our Lives demonstration in Washington, D.C. claimed Sunday that some 850,000 people attended the pro-gun control event, but an imaging company said the turnout was much less. Virginia-based Digital Design & Imaging Service Inc., which … Read More

Why Trump’s latest steps heighten risk of a global trade war

WASHINGTON –President Ronald Reagan once likened trade wars to the pie fights in old Hollywood comedies. One pie in the face leads to another. And then another. Pretty soon, Reagan said in a 1986 radio address, “everything and everybody just … Read More

Trump Signs Spending Bill, Reversing Veto Threat and Avoiding Government Shutdown

WASHINGTON — President Trump, hours after threatening to veto a $1.3 trillion spending bill and throwing the capital into turmoil, signed it into law on Friday, yielding to advisers and Republican leaders who urged him against manufacturing a government shutdown … Read More

Lone resource officer’s quick action stopped the Maryland school shooter within seconds

(CNN)The school shooting was over in seconds. But it could have dragged on longer and proven deadlier were it not for the rapid response of a school resource officer. When a 17-year-old gunman walked into Maryland’s Great Mills High School … Read More

Package explodes in San Antonio, then Austin police respond to reports of another incident

(CNN)[Breaking news update, published at 9:26 p.m. ET] One person was injured at a site where an incendiary device was found Tuesday night in Austin, Texas, but the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said no package bomb was … Read More

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