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New York legislature advances bill that would allow release of Trump’s state tax returns

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The measure would allow congressional tax committees to access years of financial documents State senators signed off on legislation that would allow New York to release President Trump's state tax returns to one of three congressional committees, if asked: the House Ways and Means Committee; the Senate Finance Committee or the Joint Committee on Taxation. (Alex Brandon/AP) By   Jeff Stein May 8 at 1:43 PM The New York state Senate passed legislation Wednesday that would allow President Trump’s state tax returns to be turned over congressional committees, a move that could pave the way for House Democrats to obtain the president’s closely guarded financial records. The bill must still be approved by the state Assembly and signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.), but Cuomo has expressed support for the measure and Democrats have a majority in the legislature’s lower chamber. The legislation comes after the New York Times  published a report , based on 10...

'Best kid in the world': Denver school shooting victim died tackling suspect

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Kendrick Castillo, 18, was the sole person killed at Stem School Highlands Ranch days before he was to graduate high school   Parents gather in a circle to pray at a recreation center where students were reunited with their parents after a shooting at StemTEM School Highlands Ranch on Tuesday. Photograph: David Zalubowski/AP The 18-year-old student killed in a Colorado school shooting died a hero days before he was to graduate high school, his father and classmates said. Kendrick Castillo, 18, was the sole person killed in the  shooting Tuesday  at Stem School Highlands Ranch, a K-12 school outside Denver. Denver: one student killed and seven injured in shooting at school   Read more Castillo lunged at a fellow student who pulled a gun, survivor Nui Giasolli  told NBC ’s Today Show. “Kendrick lunged at him, and he shot Kendrick,” Giasolli said, “giving all of us enough time to get underneath our desks, to get ourselves safe, and to ru...

Read it: More than 370 former federal prosecutors issue statement asserting Trump would have been charged with obstruction were he not president

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Special counsel Robert Mueller and Donald Trump (Wikimedia Commons) written by  Alex Henderson May 6, 2019 112 More than 370 former federal prosecutors have signed a letter asserting Donald Trump would have been charged with obstruction of justice based on the information in special counsel Robert Mueller’s… More than 370 former federal prosecutors have  signed a letter  asserting Donald Trump would have been charged with  obstruction of justice  based on the information in special counsel Robert Mueller’s final report for the Russia investigation, were he not a sitting president of the United States. The signatures were gathered by a group called Protect Democracy, which includes U.S. Justice Department alumni of every presidential administration since that of Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower (who was elected president in 1952 and left office in January 1961). As of Monday afternoon, at least 375 people have signed the letter—...