Market Watch | The government’s official scorecard for the U.S. economy in the first quarter pointed to the weakest growth in three years.

City council passes resolution requiring supervisors to grant leave to ‘resist Trump’

Washington Free Beacon | Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) called former President Obama’s decision to accept $400,000 for a Wall Street speech “unfortunate” during an interview Friday on “CBS This Morning.”

Daily Mail | The US Marines could one day use amphibious tanks and robots with machine guns to storm beaches.

Information Liberation | Mr. Trump dismissed talk about a split inside his White House between aides with a nationalist or globalist orientation.

CNN | Police in London say they have foiled a second active terror plot in 24 hours, after arresting six people in raids across the British capital and southeast England.

“We call on all states involved in the region’s affairs to refrain from military rhetoric and seek peaceful, constructive dialogue.”

Mac Slavo | “We call on all states involved in the region’s affairs to refrain from military rhetoric and seek peaceful, constructive dialogue.”

Zero Hedge | Trump added that a shutdown would be a “very negative thing” but that his administration was prepared if it was necessary.

TheFederalist.com | For this story we need to adapt an old saying: “Hell hath no fury like a graduate student scorned.”

Zero Hedge | If Trump was hoping to at least vote on Obamacare repeal before his first 100 days are up, he was up for more disappointment.

SHTFplan.com | You’ve probably heard the following advice a thousand times already: Precious metals are safe haven assets.

Michael Snyder | Do you ever feel like you have been completely abandoned by the world? Do you struggle with feelings of loneliness, isolation and depression? If so, you are far from alone.

Michael Snyder | We have just witnessed one of the greatest routs in modern American political history.