HEARING REVEALS TRUMP, HANNITY SHARE LAWYER
YORK» Sean Hannity shares a NEW worldview with President Donald Trump and, on Monday, it was revealed, with some reluctance, that he shares a lawyer, too.
The Fox News Channel primetime host is Trump’s most vocal defender on television, and a week ago he was on the air criticizing the FBI raid on the president's personal attorney Michael Cohen as evidence that Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s “witch hunt” against the president has become a runaway train.
After it was revealed in a court hearing Monday that Cohen represented Hannity, Fox News did not immediately say whether it knew that ahead of time, or whether Hannity had any ethical obligation to reveal that relationship to viewers. A threat to Hannity is a threat to Fox: His show is the most-watched program on the network and he runs neckand-neck with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow as the most popular on-air cable news personality.
Monday's hearing before U.S. District Court Judge Kimba Wood in New York was about what should happen to seized material from Cohen.
Barbara Bush enters “comfort care” in Houston.
Former first lady Barbara Bush is receiving “comfort care” at her family’s home in Houston after deciding she wanted no further medical treatment for unspecified health problems.
The 92-year-old has suffered from congestive heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in recent years, and had surgery in 2009 for severe narrowing of her main heart valve. She also has been treated for decades for a thyroid condition called Graves’ disease, and had surgery on a perforated ulcer in 2008.
Poll: Democrats’ advantage in midterm election support is shrinking.
Democrats hold an advantage ahead of the midterm elections, but a Washington Post-ABC News poll shows that edge has narrowed since January, a signal to party leaders and strategists that they could be premature in anticipating a huge wave of victories in November.
The poll finds that the gap between support for Democratic vs. Republican House candidates dropped by more than half since the beginning of the year. At the same time, there has been a slight increase in President Trump's approval rating, although it remains low.
5 plead guilty in Florida State hazing death.
TALLAHASSEE,
FLA.» Five men have accepted a plea deal and will serve jail time for the hazing death of a Florida State University student.
The men originally faced up to five years in prison for a felony hazing charge before agreeing to plead guilty to a misdemeanor hazing charge.
The Tallahassee Democrat reports four of the men will serve 60-day jail sentences and a fifth will serve 30 days after cooperating with the investigation.
Bill Cosby’s accuser in sex-assault retrial denies framing him.
PA.» Bill Cosby’s NORRISTOWN, chief accuser at his sexualassault trial on Monday denied framing him and said she doesn’t know a key witness who plans to testify she spoke of leveling false accusations against a celebrity.
Andrea Constand told jurors she doesn’t “recall ever having a conversation with” Marguerite Jackson. Both women worked at Temple University around the time Constand says Cosby drugged and molested her at the comedian's suburban Philadelphia home in 2004.
Oklahoma wildfires kill 2; threat nears historic level.
CITY» Wildfires that OKLAHOMA have killed two people in western Oklahoma are nearing conditions not seen in at least a decade because of the mixture of high temperatures, low humidity and heavy winds, the National Weather Service said Monday.
Weather service meteorologist Doug Speheger said Tuesday's forecast represents the most potential for the spread of wildfires in the past 10 years of a database that considers a variety of factors.