ben whittis of "lawfare" said he was concerned about a report.n a journali a federal appeals court says it will review an order to dismiss michaelnst the former national security adviser pled guilty to lying to the fbi in the russia investigation. lar, the justice departmen moved to dismiss the case. last month, a panel of the appeals court ordered the trial odge to grant the motion. state lawmakers o today ousted their house speaker, republican larry householder. he is accused in a $60-million federal bribery scheme aimed at passing a financial bailout for two nuclear power plants. a federal grand jury today formally indicand householder four associates on racketeering charges. tropical storm isaias spent this day dumping heavy rain on puerto rico, touching off landslides and flooding and kcking out power and water service. from there, it headed toward the dominican republic, and on a -- and is on track to be nearar the bahamas by tomorrow. nasa has launched "perseverance" -- the largest and most advaed rover ever sent to mars. the car-sized rover blasted off today from cape canaveral, orida. its mission is to drill for rock sa