American clocks time of 54.33 seconds in Florida 23-year-old owns 13 fastest times in her event Gretchen Walsh bettered her own 100m butterfly world record for the third time in 12 months as she clocked 54.33 seconds in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the same event where she became the first woman to breach the 55-second mark. … Read more
This is part 2 of a series on California’s troubled Ivanpah Solar Power Plant in the Mojave Desert. SAN BERNADINO, Calif. – More than a decade after it opened, an Obama-era taxpayer-backed “clean energy” solar plant in California still burns fossil fuels and kills thousands of birds each year. The Ivanpah Solar Power Plant, a … Read more
Jon Jackson was scheduled to fly his last flight on Saturday when Spirit ceased operations – Southwest staff stepped in A Spirit Airlines pilot was given an emotional send-off into retirement by another airline after what was supposed to be his final flight was canceled amid Spirit’s sudden collapse on Saturday. Jon Jackson had been … Read more
Lionel Roseblatt, the United States foreign service officer who led a legendary, daring and completely unauthorized mission to rescue refugees from Vietnam, has died at 82. In 1975, Rosenblatt and his State Department colleague Craig Johnstone, wore disguises, forged documents and bribed local officials to ferry refugees out of Vietnam on small planes when it … Read more
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche tells Meet the Press the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey goes beyond an Instagram post showing seashells arranged to say “86 47,” terminology the Justice Department says threatens the president’s life.
US announced withdrawal of 5,000 soldiers last week after German chancellor said US was being ‘humiliated’ by Iran Donald Trump has threatened to withdraw more US troops from Germany after stunning European leaders and some senior members of his own party by last week announcing the withdrawal of 5,000 soldiers from Germany. The move left … Read more
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) tells Meet the Press he thinks the Justice Department’s case against former FBI Director James Comey is “likely to be thrown out even before it goes to a jury.”
Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue is suing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, accusing the Republican of using his office for “retaliation” to punish the group for its political work and asking a federal judge to block his investigations and litigation against the organization. “ActBlue is trying to take me down,” Paxton, who is running for Senate … Read more
76ers center leads team to playoff with over Celtics Sixers due to face rival Knicks in next round Joel Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers advanced to the Eastern Conference semi-finals, beating the Jayson Tatum-less Boston Celtics 109-100 on Saturday night to complete a comeback from a 3-1 deficit for just the 14th time in NBA … Read more
Meet the Press Moderator Kristen Welker joins Sunday TODAY’s Willie Geist to discuss how the Trump administration is working around the 1973 War Powers resolution that requires the president to get authorization from Congress to continue the war after the 60-day mark.
