President Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen testified before Congress Wednesday casting Trump as a racist and a con man. Cohen claimed that Trump covered up an affair and lied about business interests in Russia during the 2016 election campaign.

After a decade of blind loyalty, Cohen has become the first Trump insider to unveil the inner workings of the President’s political and business operations.

Cohen claimed that Trump had advance knowledge of the emails that damaged Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. While Cohen does not possess evidence that Trump colluded with Russia, he has his suspicions.

Cohen, who has pleaded guilty to lying to Congress, will spend three years in prison.

The Minnesota House opened a hearing with Democrats pushing for new gun control laws. The first bill would require background checks for all gun purchasers. The second would permit family members or police to petition the courts for gun removal if the owner is judged an imminent threat to themselves or others.

The bill is expected to pass in the House, but leaders in the GOP dominated Senate intend to block it.

Walmart has decided to remove its blue-vested “greeters” from nearly 1,000 stores nationwide. People with disabilities fill many of these roles. The positions will be eliminated April 26 to favor a new, more physically demanding role.

In response to backlash from the public and advocacy groups, Walmart representatives claim that the business is finding other jobs within the company to accommodate displaced greeters.

On campus, President Sullivan gave her first state of the University Address on Feb. 21 reflecting on the fall semester.

She spoke of the challenges the University has faced including an act of racism, protests and the death of two students. She also addressed the future of the University and the changes underway.

Tina O’Malley can be reached at omal4989@stthomas.edu.