Trump nominee for special counsel texted that MLK Day should be in ‘hell’ and used slur against Black people

The nomination of President Donald Trump‘s pick to lead the U.S. Office of Special Counsel has imploded after leaked racist text messages he sent were made public. Paul Ingrassia said the federal holiday dedicated to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. should be in “hell” and that it was Black people’s “natural state” to be victims, […]
Biden completes a round of radiation therapy as part of his prostate cancer treatment

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Joe Biden on Monday completed a round of radiation therapy treatment for the aggressive form of prostate cancer he was diagnosed with after leaving office, a spokesperson said. Biden had been receiving treatment at Penn Medicine Radiation Oncology in Philadelphia, said aide Kelly Scully. The 82-year-old Democrat left office in January, six months after […]
Man who planned to shoot up Atlanta’s airport is arrested in a terminal following a tip, police say

ATLANTA (AP) — Police arrested a man at Atlanta’s bustling airport on Monday after getting a tip from his family that he was planning to shoot up the place, and found an assault rifle and ammunition in his truck outside, the city’s police chief said. Billy Joe Cagle, of Cartersville, Georgia, had described his plan […]