Nick Sandmann, the teen who was front and center in the viral video in last month’s hotly debated confrontation with a Native American elder, is suing The Washington Post over its coverage of the incident. And it appears he has an ally in President Donald Trump. The president weighed in on the suit on Twitter on Wednesday morning, saying, “go get them Nick. Fake News!” Trump has voiced support for students of the all-male Catholic Kentucky school before, ripping the media for “smearing” the boys, who were in Washington to attend an anti-abortion march. [POLITICO]
Topping the news: A bill that would look to amend Utah’s toothless hate crime law will receive a committee hearing on Thursday after weeks of stagnation in which its sponsor worked to obtain approval from his fellow Republican senators.