1 Shooting At CO School Leaves One Dead, Eight Injured
Terror in a Denver suburb yesterday as two suspects opened fire inside a charter school. While both suspects are in custody, only one is being named – 18-year-old Devon Erickson. A second, juvenile suspect has not yet been identified. As for the aftermath at STEM School Highlands Ranch, a student who was killed hasn't been identified by officials, though they have confirmed he was 18-years-old. According to NBC News, the young man killed was Kendrick Castillo. Reports say that Castillo died a hero in engaging the shooters. Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock says the suspects students at the school and while there are no other suspects at this time, the investigation continues. When it comes to motive, sources say it went bullying and involved revenge and anger towards others at the school. According to reports, at least one of the suspects has been in therapy and was involved in drugs. As for the Erickson, sources say he wasn’t known for trouble with the law outside of traffic violation, but a news producer with CBS Denver, wrote that the “car towed from #stemshooting suspect’s home apparently has ‘F*** SOCIETY’ spray painted on the side. Also ‘666’ and a what looks like a pentagram sprayed on the hood.”
2 New Trump Tax Records Reveal He Lost More Than $1B In A Decade
New details are out about President Trump's finances that show his businesses lost more than a billion dollars over a decade. According to “The New York Times,” a review of Trump's tax records from 1985 through 1994 show that he claimed the most business losses of any American in a number of those years. In fact, they say that in 1990 and 1991, his core businesses lost more than 250-million each year – that’s more than double those of the next highest Americans claiming business losses. As such, Trump paid no federal income taxes for eight of the ten years because of his high business losses. To put that in perspective, Trump claimed interest income of nearly $53-million dollars in 1989 – though the source for that money has not been revealed. According to the newspaper, no public records show anything that he owned that could have provided him with that much interest income.
3 Senate Fight Over Mueller Report Goes On, White House Shuts Down McGahn
A Senate dispute over the Mueller Report shows no signs of ending anytime soon. Taking to the Senate Floor, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell declared the case against the President is “closed” and McConnell compared the need to continue the 22-month investigation to the movie, "Groundhog Day.” He also called continued investigations "unhinged partisanship" and divisive to the country. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was none to pleased and retorted that McConnell should be ashamed of himself for saying such things about the investigation. Talking with reporters, Schumer said McConnell wants to sweep Special Counsel Robert Mueller's final report under the rug. Undeterred, McConnell argues that many voters don't care about the Mueller report and are much more concerned about other pressing issues. Meanwhile…the White House is instructing former White House Counsel Don McGahn to ignore the subpoena for documents from the Democrat-controlled House Judiciary Committee. In a letter to Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, Counsel to the President Pat Cipollone says the "records remain legally protected" because they implicate Executive Branch confidentiality interests and executive privilege. Does that mean the President isgoing to declare executive privilege? Not yet, at least, but experts say that wouldn’t be out of the question at this stage.