PBC News & Comment: Trump’s Lost Armada: Lies, Bluffs and/or Blunders?

Allies gasp as Trump and advisors lied about aircraft carrier group that was not actually en route to Korean Peninsula….--false claims by Americans fuel controversy in South Korea’s presidential campaigns and concerns over administration’s blunders
--investigation shows Pentagon lied about Syrian mosque hit by US bombs on March 16
--moments before deadline, Rexxon Tillerson certifies that Iran is complying with 2015 nuclear agreement, contradicting rhetoric from Trump and others
--Trump family’s continued violations of ethics policies highlighted by Ivanka’s new trademarks in China and elsewhere
--Rep. Jason Chaffetz, who led aggressive investigations by House Oversight committee during Obama years, will not seek re-election
--in Newt Gingrich’s old district in Georgia, newbie Jon Ossoff scores big primary victory in special election fueled by $8 million in outside money
--in Fairfield, Ohio, mother of 4 US citizens who has no criminal record has been deported, and first Dreamer is expelled to Mexico
--half of children in California live with at least one immigrant parent
--Evin King is due to be released from Ohio prison after 23 years behind bars for crime he didn’t commit
--House GOP advances longtime Republican effort to limit or deny lawsuits for medical malpractice, falsely claiming it will reduce health care costs
--pro-science marches planned for Washington DC and other cities this Saturday
--Fox “News” makes it official: sexual predator Bill O’Reilly is out
--in child custody case, lawyers for Alex Jones say he’s just a “performance artist” who acts unstable, read Popehat’s analysis here