Legislation to stop parade introduced
WASHINGTON — Two Democrats in each chamber of Congress are pushing legislation to prevent President Donald Trump’s proposed military parade.
Rep. Brad Schneider of Illinois and Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland both introduced measures on Thursday that would make it difficult for the president’s show to go on.
Mr. Schneider’s legislation, called the Preparedness Before Parades Act, would prevent any military parades if they negatively affected the military’s readiness, according to a news release.
Mr. Cardin introduced partner legislation in the Senate and urged colleagues in a letter to oppose parades as well.
MSU to ax adminstrator
LANSING,Mich. — Michigan State University said Friday it plans to fire a high-ranking administrator who told police he never followed up after ordering sports doctor Larry Nassar to have a third person present during certain treatments.
It is the first major personnel action announced by interim President John Engler, who was hired after Lou Anna Simon resigned under a storm of criticism about the university’s handling of Nassar, who is serving decades in prison for molesting girls and women and for possessing child pornography.
The scandal has led to numerous people being forced out of their jobs.
Minnesota rep to retire
WASHINGTON— Minnesota Rep. Rick Nolan announced Friday he won’t run for re-election, opening up a top targeted seat for Republicans in 2018.
“There is a time and a purpose for everything and now is the time for me to pass the baton to the next generation,” Mr. Nolan said in a statement.
The Democratic-Farmer-Labor congressman, who’s serving his sixth nonconsecutive term, represents Minnesota’s 8th District, home to the Iron Range, where President Donald Trump won by 16 points in 2016.
Mr. Nolan carried the district by half a point the same year.
Mr. Nolan faced a challenge for the DFL nomination from former FBI counterterrorism analyst Leah Phifer.
Ga. police officer killed
ATLANTA — A 26-yearold Locust Grove police officer was killed and two Henry County deputies injured Friday while attempting to serve a criminal warrant, according to investigators.
The man who was supposed to be arrested also was killed in the shootout, police said.
Officer Chase Maddox, a five-year veteran of the Forest Park Police Department, died from his injuries.
The death was the first of the year for Georgia officers in the line of duty. Officer Maddox was a married father, and his wife is expecting the couple’s second child, the city’s mayor said.
Drug czar nominee
President Donald Trump plans to nominate the White House deputy chief of staff to be the nation’s drug czar.
Jim Carroll would be the first Trump appointee to lead the Office of National Drug Control Policy. The president’s first pick, Rep. Tom Marino, RPa., withdrew his nomination after The Washington Post reported that he was the chief advocate of a law that weakened DEA enforcement against drug manufacturers who aggressively peddled opioids.