Victor Morton
Articles by Victor Morton
Mark Rosen named IMF executive director
President Trump picked Mark Rosen, a Connecticut businessman and former investment banker, to lead the International Monetary Fund, the White House said Wednesday. Published March 28, 2018
Corey Feldman not stabbed, police say
Corey Feldman was all over the media and social media Wednesday, giving an account of being stabbed by a "wolfpack." But the Los Angeles Police Department is now saying he was never stabbed. Published March 28, 2018
Terry Albury, FBI agent, charged with leaking classified documents to The Intercept
The Justice Department has filed charges against a former FBI agent accusing him of leaking classified documents to a news outlet. Published March 28, 2018
Groupon apologizes after N-word used on website
Groupon apologized Wednesday after people noticed that the use of a racial slur in the color descriptions on its website. According to screenshots posted to Twitter and Instagram, a pair of Women's Fringed Suede Moccasin Boots was available in Apricot, Black, Brown, and [N-word]-Brown. Published March 28, 2018
San Francisco driver intentionally runs people over, flees scene
An apparent road rage incident in San Francisco has killed one person and left three other victims with life-threatening injuries. Published March 28, 2018
World Cup boycott: Seven nations’ governments protest Russia over nerve-agent attack
A boycott of this summer's World Cup in Russia over the nerve-agent attack in Britain has reportedly been joined by seven governments. Published March 27, 2018
C. Anthony Muse office in Largo, Maryland, scene of hazmat investigation
A Maryland state senator's campaign office was apparently targeted by a bag containing suspicious white powder. According to a report on WRC-TV channel 4, three people were being treated by a Hazmat crew at the Largo offices of state Sen. C. Anthony Muse. Published March 27, 2018
Caroline Sunshine, former Disney actress, joining White House press office
A 22-year-old who acted in the movie "Marmaduke" and on the Disney Channel show "Shake It Up" has a new role -- the White House press office. Caroline Sunshine is joining President Trump's team as a press assistant. Published March 27, 2018
Kentucky bill to ban abortions after 11 weeks headed for governor’s desk
A bill to ban the commonest form of second-trimester abortion after 11 weeks of pregnancy passed Kentucky's House on Tuesday. Published March 27, 2018
Chinese space station Tiangong-1 set to crash to Earth, European Space Agency says
The European Space Agency predicts a final crash between Saturday and Monday morning -- a very large window in these matters so close to the event. Published March 27, 2018
2020 census citizenship question prompts California to sue Trump administration
The California-Trump war opened up a new front Monday evening. Published March 26, 2018
Heineken pulls ‘sometimes lighter is better’ ad slammed as ‘terribly racist’
Heineken experienced a social-media backlash that accused an ad for its light beer as being racist because it said "lighter is better" and the complexions of the people in the clip. Published March 26, 2018
Brett Bruen, Obama official, says NSC slept on his 2014 Russia warning
An Obama administration official said he warned the National Security Council in 2014 that U.S. elections would be targeted by Russia, only to be met with resistance. Published March 26, 2018
Suspicious packages sent to military, intelligence offices around Washington, D.C.
Federal law-enforcement officials said Monday that they are investigating a wave of suspicious mailings to government offices in and around Washington. Published March 26, 2018
Stormy Daniels kept dress from alleged Trump affair, Alana Evans says
A friend of Stormy Daniels said Monday that the adult-film star has the dress she wore on the night she says she had sex with future-President Donald Trump. Published March 26, 2018
Linda Brown of Brown v. Board of Education case dies at 76
The girl who ended segregation in America's public schools has died. Linda Brown brought the lawsuit against the segregated schools of Topeka, Kansas, that eventually became the landmark 1954 case Brown vs. the Board of Education, in which the Supreme Court outlawed segregation in public schools as "inherently unequal." Published March 26, 2018
Donald Trump approval rating highest in nearly a year, CNN poll finds
Amid a week of a burgeoning sex scandal and another round of Cabinet shuffles, President Trump's popularity has surged to an 11-month high in a CNN poll. Published March 26, 2018
Stormy Daniels suing Michael Cohen, Trump lawyer, for defamation
Stormy Daniels has expanded a lawsuit against President Trump to accuse his lead lawyer of defamation. Published March 26, 2018
Andrew Cuomo blasts rhythm of Jews, Catholics at black church
The Democratic governor of New York, a Catholic, went to a predominantly-black Baptist Church in Harlem on Sunday and apologized for his own church's lack of dancing chops. Published March 25, 2018
Stormy Daniels hints at evidence to back claim on Trump affair
Stormy Daniels and her attorney hinted Sunday that they have hard evidence beyond her mere word that would prove she, not President Trump, is telling the truth on the matter of whether they had an affair a decade ago. Published March 25, 2018