Milwaukee Officials

If you’ve been paying attention, you’ll have started wondering by now just what exactly the FBI investigation into possible (Democrats would say probable) collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian government operatives has morphed into. Because with lead investigator Bob Mueller pronouncing former (and fired) National Security Adviser Michael Flynn a liar, the state’s star witness has lost any credibility to “testify” against his former employers.

While struggling through a botched response to the Ebola crisis at home, grappling with a destabilizing global power-shift created by the unchecked ascendance of Putin in Eastern Europe, and the terrifying proliferation of ISIS across the Middle East – Obama took to his bully pulpit to speak out on one of the “biggest problems” being targeted by his administration: patent reform.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday it is seeking a warrant so it can seize an ancient ring believed to be trafficked by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, the militant organization also known as "ISIS." The department also said it was amending a year-old forfeiture complaint it had filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to add three more antiquities.