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The White House said Wednesday it views the release of three Americans detained in North Korea as a “positive gesture of goodwill” ahead of President Trump’s summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Trump tweeted Wednesday that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who left for North Korea on Tuesday, was returning to the U.S. with the newly freed U.S. citizens, Kim Dong Chul, Kim Hak-song and Kim Sang Duk. [Read More]
Haspel says CIA won’t resume post-9/11 interrogation program under her watch (Fox News)
President Trump’s nominee for director of the CIA Gina Haspel promised Wednesday that, if confirmed, she would not restart the post-9/11-era detention and interrogation program — ahead of what is expected to be a tough line of questioning from Democrats about her role in the program.
Haspel spoke at the beginning of her confirmation hearing to replace now-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the agency’s helm, and sought in her opening statement to head off criticism about her role in the interrogation of terror suspects. [Read More]
‘Hey liberals’: Maryland billboard warns foes to grab guns if they try to impeach Trump (WJLA)
There is a lot to read these days when you drive down Solomons Island Road in Calvert County.
Politicians looking for votes, businesses looking for customers, and then one sign at Bowie Shop Road that is turning a lot of heads. [Read More]
New rule infuriates kids, parents: Everyone makes cheerleading squad or nobody does (WCVB)
A New Jersey high school is facing heat from students and parents over a new policy that either everyone makes the cheerleading squad or no one does.
Hanover Park High School in East Hanover enacted the change after a parent complained his or her child didn’t make the team after tryouts last month. [Read More]
Mormon Church Cuts Ties With Boy Scouts (Daily Wire)
On Tuesday, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon Church), which has more boys in the movement than any other religious denomination, announced it would sever its partnership with the Boy Scouts of America. Mormon boys comprise almost 20% of the Boy Scouts’ 2.3 million youth members, as The Washington Post reports. [Read More]
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