| No Images? Click here  Friday, March 8MANAFORT GETS JUST 47 MONTHS Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, was sentenced to less than four years in prison as part of the special counsel’s probe into the 2016 election -- shockingly short of sentencing guidelines of 19 to 24 years for his conviction on eight counts of tax and bank fraud. Judge T.S. Ellis said decades in prison would be “excessive” for someone who had “lived an otherwise blameless life.” The judge somehow overlooked Manafort’s long career as a lobbyist for some of the planet’s most notorious dictators. [HuffPost] [Tweet | Share on Facebook]REPUBLICANS REFUSE TO CONDEMN BIGOTRY Democrats looked to put the controversy surrounding Rep. Ilhan Omar’s latest comments behind them with a vote on a resolution condemning hate speech and bigotry — an indirect rebuke of the freshman Minnesota Democrat. However, 23 Republicans voted against the resolution, seemingly because it didn’t single out Omar, though many of the no votes came from some of the most far-right members of Congress. [HuffPost]KELLY ATTACKS IMMIGRATION POLICY HE HELPED FORGE Former White House chief of staff John Kelly tried to distance himself from Trump’s views on immigration in a speech at Duke University — even though the retired four-star general helped implement some of the most draconian White House policies. [HuffPost]COHEN SUES THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION Michael Cohen, Trump’s former personal lawyer, is suing the Trump Organization, accusing it of failing to reimburse him for legal fees arising from his work on the company’s behalf. [HuffPost]PORN STAR LOSES TRUMP LAWSUIT A federal judge has dismissed porn actress Stormy Daniels' lawsuit seeking to annul her hush money agreement with Trump. [AP]DEMOCRATS EDGE CLOSER TO TRUMP’S TAX RETURNS Democrats will request copies of Trump’s tax returns in a matter of weeks, according to a senior member of the tax committee in the House. [HuffPost]
 LIGHTS GO OUT IN VENEZUELA A major power outage hit crisis-stricken Venezuela — a problem the government of President Nicolas Maduro quickly blamed on “sabotage.” [Reuters]TENNESSEE APPROVES FETAL HEARTBEAT BILL Tennessee lawmakers approved a bill that would ban abortions the moment a fetal heartbeat is detected, following similar efforts in several other states. The state’s House of Representatives voted 66 to 21 in favor of the bill, which would give pregnant women a six-week window to have an abortion. [HuffPost]KILLER CHRIS WATTS REVEALS HORRIFYING DETAILS Chris Watts, the Colorado man convicted of murdering his pregnant wife and two young daughters, told investigators that he had been fighting with his wife about their relationship before strangling her and smothering their children. [HuffPost]RAPE CHARGES DROPPED AGAINST NYPD COPS Rape charges were dropped against two former New York detectives accused of sexually assaulting an 18-year-old woman in the back of a police van after arresting her. [HuffPost]TRUMP ‘DISAPPOINTED’ WITH NORTH KOREA Trump said that he’s a “little disappointed” by reports of new activity at a North Korean missile research center and long-range rocket site, and that time will tell if U.S. diplomacy with the reclusive country will be successful. [AP]TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO BUMP UP OVERTIME PAY The Trump administration announced that it plans to change labor regulations so that more salaried workers are eligible for overtime pay when they work long hours. But its proposal would benefit far fewer middle-class workers than the stalled plan that the Obama administration put forward just three years ago. [HuffPost]SENATE GIVES VOTING RIGHTS ATTACKER LIFETIME APPOINTMENT The Senate voted to confirm Eric Murphy to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, meaning a 39-year-old lawyer who repeatedly led efforts to make it harder for people to vote will now be a lifetime federal judge. [HuffPost]
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