Victor Morton
Articles by Victor Morton
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
Michael Avenatti, Stormy Daniels’ attorney: Michael Cohen acted for Donald Trump
Stormy Daniels' attorney says he has proof that Michael Cohen was acting on behalf of Donald Trump, contrary to his public claims, when he gave the porn star $130,000 in October 2016, the same month she signed a non-disclosure agreement. Published March 25, 2018
Stormy Daniels lied on statements about affair with Donald Trump
Stormy Daniels acknowledged lying in public statements in which she said she never had an affair with Donald Trump in 2006. Published March 25, 2018
Stormy Daniels: Trump used Apprentice appearance to bait porn star
Stormy Daniels said that in 2006, when she was having an affair with Donald Trump, the real-estate mogul dangled out the prospect of an appearance on "The Apprentice" if she would go to bed with him. Published March 25, 2018
Stormy Daniels threatened, told to keep silent on Trump alleged affair
Stormy Daniels said that in 2011, a few weeks after a magazine spiked an interview she had given about having had an affair with Donald Trump, she was threatened by a man in a Las Vegas parking lot. Published March 25, 2018
Rick Santorum urges Parkland students to take CPR classes instead of marching for gun control
Former Sen. Rick Santorum had some advice for the anti-gun student marchers who invaded the District of Columbia over the weekend -- learn something practical. Published March 25, 2018
Michael Avenatti, Stormy Daniels’ attorney, implies hard evidence of Trump affair in cryptic tweet
Stormy Daniels' attorney implied Thursday night in a cryptic tweet that he had pictures that would prove his client has had an intimate relationship with President Trump, contrary to White House denials. Published March 22, 2018
Black Lives Matter activists block Sacramento Kings fans from entering game
Black Lives Matter turned its anti-racism sights Thursday night on ... the NBA. As a result, the Sacramento Kings and the Atlanta Hawks played a game before a largely empty arena. Published March 22, 2018
Karen McDougal sorry to Melania Trump about alleged Donald Trump affair
Karen McDougal, the Playboy Playmate who claims to have had an affair with Donald Trump more than a decade ago, wants first lady Melania Trump to know -- she's sorry. Published March 22, 2018
Jaelynn Willey brain dead
Jaelynn Willey, the teenager shot Tuesday at a Maryland high school, was declared brain dead Thursday evening by her mother. Published March 22, 2018
China retaliates with tariffs on U.S. imports
The trade war is on. In a statement Friday, China's Commerce Ministry gave reporters in Beijing a list of the U.S. goods on which it would slap reciprocal tariffs unless Washington negotiates a settlement as soon as possible. Published March 22, 2018
Spirit Airlines apologizes to Parkland survivor Kyle Kashuv for flight attendant gun control speech
A Florida school-shooting survivor who supports the Second Amendment was subjected by a flight attendant Thursday to a speech in favor of this weekend's gun-control march. Kyle Kashuv, who attended Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and has appeared on Fox News to support gun rights since, said the incident happened on a Spirit Airlines flight to Thurgood Marshall Baltimore-Washington International Airport. Published March 22, 2018
Democrats more educated than Republicans, Pew Research Center survey finds
According to a Pew Research Center poll released this week, Democrats are now the party of college graduates, especially those with post-graduate work. Meanwhile, people with a high-school degree or less, by far the larger group, slightly lean toward Republicans. Published March 22, 2018
Mark Conditt, suspected Austin bomber, recorded 25-minute confession, police say
According to the Austin police chief, serial-bombing suspect Mark Conditt recorded a 25-minute confession before his reign of terror ended with his death Wednesday morning. Published March 21, 2018