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Quinta Jurecic and Benjamin Wittes | What We Know, and Don't Know, About the Firing of Andrew McCabe

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19 March 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News WHO CAN STEP UP AND TOSS IN THIRTY BUCKS? - Due to the size of our budget (small), the dollar figures we need here are easily attainable through public donations. We do have to pull in a few donations, so far we are not doing that. Who can step up and help out? Thanks in advance. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Quinta Jurecic and Benjamin Wittes | What We Know, and Don't Know, About the Firing of Andrew McCabe  Quinta Jurecic and Benjamin Wittes, Lawfare Excerpt: "Anyone who is confidently pronouncing on the merits of Andrew McCabe's firing Friday night is venturing well beyond the realm of known facts." READ MORE Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.), who is demanding answers from the FBI regarding President Trump's claim that his offices were wiretapped, listens during a hearing on March. 7. (photo: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News) Rep

The Daily 202: Family of slain 18-year-old reminds us to remember all victims of gun violence

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Family of slain 18-year-old reminds us to remember all victims of gun violence Anthony, N’Daja and Tyreese McAllister stand in the entryway of their home in Upper Marlboro, Md., on Saturday. A portrait of Ayana McAllister is on the wall behind them. (James Hohmann/The Washington Post) BY JAMES HOHMANN with Breanne Deppisch and Joanie Greve THE BIG IDEA: Ayana McAllister wanted to become a detective who helped victims of sexual assault.  “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” was her favorite show. “She used to always say she wanted to be just like Olivia Benson,” recalls her sister, N’Daja McAllister. But one year ago tomorrow, the 18-year-old was shot and killed in Northeast Washington.  Ayana was home for spring break from her freshman year at Saint Augustine’s University in North Carolina. She was one of the  259 homicides  recorded in  our region  last year. Unlike on “Law & Order,” where the bad guy always gets caught by the end of the hour, her murde