May 12, 2017
Good morning from Washington, where speculation runs wild on President Trump's pick for FBI director, even as the president sets up a commission on the scope of voter fraud. White House correspondent Fred Lucas has both stories. With the administration pledging to go after the notorious MS-13 gang, Josh Siegel runs down the facts. Plus: Brett Schaefer on why the U.S. should pay less for U.N. peacekeepers, and Bob Moffit on the import of insurance giant Aetna's exit from Obamacare. It's Military Spouse Appreciation Day.
"The MS-13 motto is kill, rape, and control,"says Attorney General Jeff Sessions. "Our motto is justice for victims and consequences for criminals. … Prosecute them, and after they've been convicted, if they're not here lawfully, they're going to be deported."
There's no shortage of familiar names floating to be the next FBI director, after President Trump's controversial firing of James Comey earlier this week.
The experience with Obamacare has been a financial disaster for Aetna, one of the nation's largest insurance companies.
President Trump signed an executive order Thursday establishing a panel to investigate voter fraud, a commission he first talked about in early February.
Currently, the U.S. peacekeeping assessment is about 28.5 percent. This is more than 185 other U.N. member states combined and more than all of the other permanent members of the Security Council combined.
The company once hailed as Europe's largest solar panel producer filed for bankruptcy Wednesday, blaming cheap Chinese panels for flooding the market.
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