| Can't stop talking about Comey |
| It happened so abruptly. Or, did it? When President Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, he didn't even see it coming. Comey was investigating possible collusion between the Trump presidential campaign and the Russian government. He is only the second director in the FBI's storied history to be fired. Washington is on overdrive trying to answer questions: |
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| Bad timing? |
| The day after firing Comey, Trump met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the White House. The curious timing cast a brighter spotlight on the diplomatic talks, but wasn't enough to stifle Lavrov, who got cheeky with a reporter during a Washington photo-op. "Was he fired?" he asked. "You are kidding. You are kidding," he added while walking away with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Despite tensions between the two countries earlier this year, Trump and Lavrov discussed ways to mend their relationship while resolving conflicts in Syria, Ukraine and the Middle East. |
| Caps, gowns, and one very uncomfortable speech |
| No one would call this a warm welcome. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos spoke for 20 minutes Wednesday through boos and jeers from students graduating from Bethune-Cookman University. Online petitions collected signatures from about 60,000 people who didn't want the embattled DeVos speaking at the historically black college in Florida because of her misguided comments about such colleges in the past. The student reaction was so harsh while DeVos spoke of learning "from those with whom we disagree," that university president Edison Jackson said, "If this behavior continues, we can mail the degrees to you." He tried to keep an upbeat message by telling reporters how lucky his institution was to have the "highest education officer in all the land be their commencement speaker." These tweets suggest otherwise. |
| Stealth first lady |
| Where in the world is Melania Trump? Most days, it's hard to say. She isn't living at the White House yet and is slow to assume a public persona, a stark contrast to first ladies before her. Her most notable event was the White House Easter Egg Roll. Her solo public appearances are so low-key, they're not announced in advance . Thankfully, the Trump family knows how to tweet. What about those promises to lead a campaign against cyber bullying? Crickets. |
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| Montana's glaciers melting into history |
| Glacier National Park's namesake beauties, its glaciers, will be gone within our lifetime. U.S. Geological Survey information shows that glaciers in the park and two others on federal Forest Service land shrunk an average of 40% since 1966. The degradation is so severe that many no longer qualify as glaciers. The culprit, researchers argue, is climate change. Don't worry, glacier watchers insist the park will still be a beautiful place to visit, even without the huge chunks of snow and ice. |
| A 2-month-old and her mom just made history |
| When your baby is hungry you feed her. Australian Sen. Larissa Waters made history Monday when she became the first politician in Australia to breastfeed on the floor in Parliament. She's not the only mom to breastfed during political proceedings. In 2016, an Icelandic lawmaker breastfed her baby during a debate in Parliament. So what's the big deal? Breastfeeding in public is controversial. In the U.S., 49 states and Washington, D.C., have laws that allow women to breastfeed in public or private, but only 29 states and Washington, D.C., exempt breastfeeding from public indecency laws. |
| This is a compilation of stories from across USA TODAY. |
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