In her new memoir about her time at the White House, former presidential adviser Omarosa Manigault Newman is accusing President Donald Trump of using the N-word during a taping of his reality television show “The Apprentice.” And though White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Tuesday she had never heard the president utter a racial slur, she also couldn’t say Americans would never hear him say the derogatory term. “I can’t guarantee anything,” she said. [Politico]
Topping the news: One year since the launch of Operation Rio Grande, police say Salt Lake City has seen a nearly 26 percent reduction in crime, despite increases in robbery, assault and burglary in some districts south of downtown.