The man police believe was behind the series of bombings that rocked Austin, TX for the past 19 days took his own life by blowing himself up as SWAT officers approached his car. But was he working alone? Police are still investigating. Donald Trump yesterday congratulated Vladimir Putin for his victory in the Russian presidential election. According to White House leaks, the congrats were against the advice of aides, who had reportedly written, “DO NOT CONGRATULATE,” on his notes. The president and WH Chief of Staff John Kelly are now reportedly enraged that someone leaked the news, and the pair has the inner circle singing Shaggy: “it wasn’t me.” Meanwhile, a porn star, a playmate, and a reality TV contestant are all in court battling to tell their story on their own terms about their respective relations and interactions with Donald Trump. As the world turns … To the Hill. Congressional Republicans missed another target to unveil a $1.3 trillion spending bill, as talks continued early Wednesday with just days remaining for House and Senate votes to avert a third government shutdown this year. The new target? By noon today. Current government funding expires at the end of the day Friday. And yesterday during a hearing on Puerto Rico, Congressman Mike Rogers (R-AL) followed Congresswoman Jenniffer González-Colón’s (R-PR) testimony by exclaiming, in his southern drawl, to the next witness that “it’s refreshing to finally have a witness who doesn’t have an accent.” True story. To the tube. Retired Lt. Col. Ralph Peters, a longtime analyst for Fox News, told colleagues he is done with the network he says has become “a propaganda machine” for Trump. In campaign news, a 70-year-old Holocaust denier described as a Nazi by the Illinois Republican Party, won the Republican primary on Tuesday in the state’s Third Congressional District -- a heavily Democratic district that includes part of Chicago and its suburbs. See who else won in the state’s primary below. Republican Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant is expected to announce his appointment of state Agriculture Commissioner Cindy Hyde-Smith to replace retiring Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS), who will resign next month. And on this day in 1965, two weeks after Bloody Sunday, Congressman John Lewis (D-GA) started his march from Selma to Montgomery to continue the drive for voting rights. The struggle continues. The nation's capital is buried under a snowstorm while people in the Northeast corridor of the country enjoy a snow day. We’re kicking off the second day of spring with this...
- Jesús “Chuy” García cruises to victory in race to replace Congressman Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL) and is on a path to be first Mexican American to represent Illinois in Congress. Other diverse candidates in IL win. Read more below.
- Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) shopping around book amid speculation of a presidential run.
- HUD Secretary Ben Carson tells congressional Committee to ask his wife about the dining set purchase.
- NBC's Lester Holt changes party affiliation.
- SCOTUS Justice Sonia Sotomayor to be honored by fashion icon Diane von Furstenberg.
- GOP wants to co-opt César Chávez’s birthday for border control.
- The Lily adds Mónica Castillo.
- Dems want to stop funding for family separation at the border.
- Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) pushes WH on NDAs and wants answers from Secret Service on former Trump aide John McEntee.
- Nilka Thomas to lead talent and inclusion at Lyft.
- Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) presses Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on racial bias in school discipline.
- There’s trouble at NABJ.
- Michelle Obama's portrait is so popular it had to be moved. Check it out in Blogs.
- Does Cali sound good amid this snowstorm? The California Bar Foundation is looking for an Executive Director!