Ryan Bort | Andrew McCabe Says the FBI Discussed a Plan to Remove Trump From Office

14 February 19 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News "I BELIEVE IN WHAT YOU ARE DOING AT RSN" - A few years back I donated some money to a young black Senator. I have recently been donating money to an elderly white Senator and today I am donating money to Reader Supported News. Thank you for bringing me news I often don't find anywhere else. Best wishes. / Susan, RSN Reader-Supporter Sure, I'll make a donation! Ryan Bort | Andrew McCabe Says the FBI Discussed a Plan to Remove Trump From Office  Ryan Bort, Rolling Stone Bort writes: "Last month, the New York Times reported that after President Trump fired FBI Director James Comey in May 2017, the bureau opened a counterintelligence investigation to determine if the president was working on behalf of Russia. It was quite the bombshell." READ MORE Voters line up to cast their ballots. (photo: AP) Erin Banco and Betsy Woodruff | Trump's DHS Guts Task Forces Protecting Elections From Foreign Meddling Erin Banco and Betsy Woodruff, The Daily Beast Excerpt: "Two teams of federal officials assembled to fight foreign election interference are being dramatically downsized, according to three current and former Department of Homeland Security officials. And now, those sources say they fear the department won't prepare adequately for election threats in 2020." READ MORE Hundreds of federal workers and contractors rally against the partial federal government shutdown outside the headquarters of the AFL-CIO on January 10, 2019, in Washington, D.C. (photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty) ALSO SEE: US Congress Poised to Vote on Border Measure Without Trump Wall Trump Is Refusing to Pay Contractors for Work During the Shutdown Tina Nguyen, Vanity Fair Nguyen writes: "So far, despite all the hurried negotiations over the details of border-security funding, Congress seems to be in agreement that the government will not shut down again on Friday, and has agreed to backpay some 800,000 federal workers the salaries they missed during the previous 35-day shutdown." READ MORE Musician Ryan Adams. (photo: Suzi Pratt/Wire Image) Ryan Adams Dangled Success. Women Say They Paid a Price. Joe Coscarelli and Melena Ryzik, The New York Times Excerpt: "Some now say that Adams's rock-star patronage masked a darker reality. In interviews, seven women and more than a dozen associates described a pattern of manipulative behavior in which Adams dangled career opportunities while simultaneously pursuing female artists for sex." READ MORE 3D-printed gun. (photo: Eric Gay/AP) Texas Man With 3D-Printed Gun and 'Hit List' of Lawmakers Sentenced to 8 Years Matthew S. Schwartz, NPR Schwartz writes: "Eric Gerard McGinnis was not supposed to have a gun. After a violent altercation with his girlfriend, a Texas judge barred him in 2015 from possessing a firearm. A year later, McGinnis tried to buy a gun anyway, but the purchase wouldn't go through after a background check revealed the court order." READ MORE Palestinians walk next to the Israeli wall in Bethlehem, March 27, 2015. (photo: Ahmad Al-Bazz/Al Jazeera) Palestine's Other Open-Air Prison Jalal Abukhater, Al Jazeera Abukhater writes: "Under a debilitating siege for more than a decade, Gaza has been rightfully declared the biggest open-air prison in the world." READ MORE Commuters walk to work in Madison, Wisconsin. (photo: Lauren Justice/Washington Post) Wisconsin Becomes 20th State to Join US Climate Alliance Kyla Mandel, ThinkProgress Mandel writes: "Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) announced on Tuesday that the state had joined the U.S. Climate Alliance, making it the 20th state, plus Puerto Rico, to pledge to uphold the Paris climate agreement goals." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Update My Monthly Donation