| Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar joins St Patrick's Parade Posted: 17 Mar 2018 12:18 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar joined along as Manhattan's Fifth Avenue came alive with the sound of bagpipes, trumpets and lots of green Saturday during the 257th running of New York City's St. Patrick's Day parade.
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| Ex-CIA Boss John Brennan Tears Into Donald Trump Over Andrew McCabe Firing Posted: 17 Mar 2018 10:28 AM PDT  Former CIA chief John Brennan did not mince his words when taking aim at
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| Duke and Duchess of Cambridge watch traditional St Patrick's Day parade of the Irish Guards Posted: 17 Mar 2018 09:14 AM PDT  The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge faced down snowfall and ferocious winds to watch a traditional St Patrick's Day parade of the Irish Guards. William, who is Colonel of the Irish Guards, and heavily pregnant Kate braved icy gusts to visit the 1st Battalion at their base in Hounslow, west London. Some 350 soldiers arrived on the Parade Square in their red regalia, led by Irish wolfhound Domhnall. Kate, who is due to give birth to the couple's third child next month, wore a green Catherine Walker coat and a Gina Foster hat as she presented the shamrock to officers and warrant officers. Duchess of Cambridge Credit: Getty Betraying no awareness of the biting temperature, she smiled and chatted to each of the military men in turn, finally fastening a shamrock to the collar of Domhnall. William took the salute as the regiment continued a march-past and three thunderous cheers were then declared to the royals. Earlier, Domhnall's handler, Drummer Aidan Cathcart, jokingly expressed reservations that his charge would behave. He said: "Domhnall's role is very monumental - he is the first guy on the parade. He is the main guy on the march, it's a pretty important day for him." Asked if he was confident Domhnall would perform as planned, he replied, bluntly: "No." The wolfhound - the regiment's longest serving mascot since 1985 Credit: Paul Grover for the Telegraph The wolfhound - the regiment's longest serving mascot since 1985 - had been doing test runs all week to prepare for his moment in front of the royals. It is the fifth time he has received the shamrock and the second time he has been handled by Drummer Cathcart. The Irish Guards were well prepared for the surprise turn in the weather, having recently conducted the Changing of the Guard in heavy snow during Storm Emma. Also among the guests on Saturday was the Irish Defence Force's most senior military officer, chief of staff Mark Mellett.
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| Ex-FBI deputy McCabe, Trump target, fired days before retirement Posted: 17 Mar 2018 08:22 AM PDT  Former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe, who has endured a year of withering attacks from President Donald Trump, was fired by the Justice Department Friday just days before he was to retire. McCabe pushed back hard at the decision, saying he was the victim of a "war" by the Trump administration against both the FBI, and the special counsel probing allegations of Russian election meddling. Announcing McCabe's ouster, the Justice Department said an internal investigation found that he had made unauthorized disclosures to the media, and had not been fully honest "on multiple occasions" with the department's inspector general.
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| Donald Trump sacks ex FBI deputy Andrew McCabe days before retirement Posted: 17 Mar 2018 04:28 AM PDT  Donald Trump has expressed his delight at the sacking of former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, calling it a "great day for democracy". Attorney General Jeff Sessions said he sacked Mr McCabe two days before his scheduled retirement date on the recommendation of FBI disciplinary officials. But the career FBI official said his dismissal was part of the Trump administration's "ongoing war on the FBI" and Mueller investigation. It comes ahead of an inspector general report expected to conclude that Mr McCabe was not forthcoming with the watchdog office as it reviewed the bureau's handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation. Though McCabe had spent more than 20 years at the FBI, Mr Trump repeatedly condemned him over the last year as emblematic of an FBI leadership he contends is biased against his administration. How can FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, the man in charge, along with leakin' James Comey, of the Phony Hillary Clinton investigation (including her 33,000 illegally deleted emails) be given $700,000 for wife's campaign by Clinton Puppets during investigation?— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 23, 2017 FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe is racing the clock to retire with full benefits. 90 days to go?!!!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 23, 2017 Mr Sessions said in a statement that investigators "concluded that Mr. McCabe had made an unauthorised disclosure to the news media and lacked candor - including under oath - on multiple occasions." Mr McCabe immediately disputed the findings in his own statement, saying the firing was part of a Trump administration "war" on the FBI. "I am being singled out and treated this way because of the role I played, the actions I took, and the events I witnessed in the aftermath of the firing of James Comey," Mr McCabe said, referring to the former FBI director who was fired by Trump last May. The White House had said the firing decision was up to the Justice Department but seemed to signal this week that it would welcome the move. Mr Trump rejoiced at the news on Twitter and renewed his attack on the FBI. Andrew McCabe FIRED, a great day for the hard working men and women of the FBI - A great day for Democracy. Sanctimonious James Comey was his boss and made McCabe look like a choirboy. He knew all about the lies and corruption going on at the highest levels of the FBI!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 17, 2018 The termination is symbolic to an extent since Mr McCabe had been on leave from the FBI since last January, when he abruptly left the deputy director position. But it comes just ahead of his planned retirement, on Sunday, and puts his ability to receive pension benefits into jeopardy. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House of Representatives' Intelligence Committee, said the dismissal had an "odious taint". In the absence of the IG report, it's impossible to evaluate the merits of this harsh treatment of a 21-year FBI professional. That it comes after the President urged the DOJ to deprive McCabe of his pension, and after his testimony, gives the action an odious taint. https://t.co/rpZqqxFp4u— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) March 17, 2018 Mr McCabe came under scrutiny from the Justice Department's inspector general's office over an October 2016 news report that revealed differing approaches within the FBI and Justice Department over how aggressively the Clinton Foundation should be investigated. The watchdog office had concluded that Mr McCabe had authorised FBI officials to speak to a Wall Street Journal reporter for that story and that he had not been forthcoming with investigators about that - something Mr McCabe denies, according to one person familiar with the matter. Officials at the FBI's Office of Professional Responsibility had recommended the firing, leaving Justice Department leaders in a difficult situation. Youre fired: Who Donald Trump has sacked and who has resigned during his time as president Mr Sessions, whose job status has for months appeared shaky under blistering criticism from Trump, risked inflaming the White House if Mr McCabe were to not be fired. But a decision to dismiss Mr McCabe two days before his firing carried the risk of angering his rank-and-file supporters at the FBI. Mr McCabe, a lawyer by training, enjoyed a rapid career ascent in the bureau after joining in 1996. He was the FBI's top counterterrorism official during the Boston Marathon bombing and later the FBI's national security branch and its Washington field office, one of the bureau's largest, before being named to the deputy director position. But he became entangled in presidential politics in 2016 when it was revealed that his wife during an unsuccessful bid for the Virginia state Senate had received campaign contributions from the political action committee of then-Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, a close Clinton ally. The FBI has said Mr McCabe received the necessary ethics approval about his wife's candidacy and was not supervising the Clinton investigation at the time the contributions were made. Timeline Donald Trump and James Comey He became acting director following the firing last May of Mr Comey, and immediately assumed direct oversight of the FBI's investigation into possible coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign. As a congressional hearing two days after Comey's dismissal, Mr McCabe contradicted White House assertions that the Trump campaign investigation was one of the "smallest things" on the FBI's plate and also strongly disputed the administration's suggestion that Mr Comey had lost the respect of the bureau's workforce. "I can tell you that the majority, the vast majority of FBI employees, enjoyed a deep and positive connection to Director Comey," Mr McCabe said. Mr McCabe was among the officials interviewed to replace Comey as director. That position ultimately went to Christopher Wray. On Thursday, White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters the decision was up to the Justice Department but said "we do think that it is well documented that he has had some very troubling behaviour and by most accounts a bad actor and should have some cause for concern",
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| Read Andrew McCabe's Response To Being Fired Two Days Before His Retirement Posted: 17 Mar 2018 01:42 AM PDT  Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced on Friday evening that he had fired
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| Clarification: California Adviser-Immigrant story Posted: 17 Mar 2018 12:02 AM PDT ![Clarification: California Adviser-Immigrant story]( "Clarification: California Adviser-Immigrant story") SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — In a story March 15 about a statewide appointment in California, The Associated Press reported based on information from the California state Senate that Lizbeth Mateo was the first person living in the U.S. illegally to receive a statewide appointment. Gov. Jerry Brown in 2016 appointed to a state board a recipient of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which gives protection from deportation to people brought the U.S. illegally as children.
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| Chopper flights with open doors, tight restraints grounded Posted: 16 Mar 2018 06:01 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Federal regulators, spurred by a deadly helicopter crash into a river, ordered a temporary nationwide ban on open-door flights that have tight seat restraints that could trap people during emergencies.
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| Mexican man acquitted of murder wants federal case thrown out Posted: 16 Mar 2018 05:27 PM PDT  Juan Garcia Zarate, an illegal immigrant, was acquitted of murder for the death of Kate Steinle on a San Francisco pier. Now, he's suing the federal government, claiming additional charges against him are "vindictive." CBS News correspondent John Blackstone explains.
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| Palestinian kills 2 Israeli soldiers in car-ramming attack Posted: 16 Mar 2018 02:32 PM PDT  JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian killed two Israeli soldiers and badly wounded two others when he rammed his vehicle into them in the West Bank on Friday, the military said.
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