NRA exec Wayne LaPierre alleges Oliver North trying to force him out…
Update: N.R.A. President Oliver North Steps Down Amid “Clear Crisis” Of Leadership...
April 27, 2019
Wayne LaPierre, the executive vice president and public face of the National Rifle Association, claims the organization’s board president, Oliver North, is trying to extort him into stepping down as the gun rights group faces infighting and turmoil in its ranks.
In a Thursday letter to NRA board members, LaPierre said North asked him to resign on Wednesday. North told LaPierre the NRA’s longtime advertising firm, Ackerman McQueen, planned to send a letter to the board through North that would be “bad for me” unless he resigned.
E. coli outbreak grows with 177 people now reported sick from ground beef…
April 27, 2019
Since the beginning of March, 21 of the 177 people infected with the strain of Escherichia coli O103 have been hospitalized, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. No deaths have been reported.
"Two companies have recalled ground beef products that were sold to restaurants and institutions because they may be contaminated with E. coli O103," the CDC said Friday. "Investigators continue to trace other sources for ground beef, and more product contaminated with E. coli O103 may be recalled."
The White House just reversed President Trump’s declaration of “fighting all the subpoenas”…
April 27, 2019
In a response to House Democrats, the White House announced late Friday that it will allow former White House personnel security director Carl Kline to record an interview for the House Oversight Committee.
The House Oversight Committee scheduled a vote Tuesday to hold Kline in contempt of Congress after he ignored their subpoena to appear before the committee.