Former Senator Barbara Boxer speaks at USC

With the Trump administration set to slash the Environmental Protection Agency's budget by 31 percent, many recent environmental protections may be in jeopardy. This development has worried politicians such as Sen. Barbara Boxer, who spoke at Bovard Auditorium on Thursday as the keynote speaker for the Environmental Student Assembly's Earth Month.

FBI director: Public should be aware agenda-driven fake news – Fri, 14 Apr 2017 PST

FBI Director James Comey said Americans should be aware of foreign efforts to undermine confidence in U.S. elections and mindful of the possibility that what they're reading might be part of an organized disinformation campaign. U.S. adversaries, including Russia last year, have "used all kinds of vectors to try and influence and undermine our own faith in our democratic processes" and have relied on increasingly sophisticated tactics, the FBI director warned.

U.S. open to further action on Syria: White House

This satellite image provided by Digital Globe shows an image captured on April 7 of the northwest side of the Shayrat air base in Syria following U.S. Tomahawk Land Attack Missile strikes on Friday He told ministers in Lucca last week US missile strikes were necessary as a matter of USA national security, and indicated the Trump administration may not be done with Assad. Once that threat "has been reduced or eliminated, I think we can turn our attention directly to stabilizing the situation in Syria", he told CBS' "Face the Nation ".

Blackstone Valley Democrats eager to turn energy into action

U.S. Rep. James P. McGovern told a crowd at the Uxbridge Progressive Club Thursday night that, like pretty much all the others in the room, he was unhappy with the presidential election, the conflicts of interest, and the "tweets, the temper tantrums, the erratic behavior" coming from President Donald J. Trump. "We worry very much about our country in a way we never did before," the Worcester Democrat told some 70 people at Go Blue in the Blackstone Valley, an event hosted by the Uxbridge Democratic Town Committee to re-energize Democrats in the region. Democrats from not only Uxbridge, but Northbridge, Milford, Westboro, Douglas, Worcester, Blackstone and Charlton filled the room.

Democrats pressure Trump to keep national monuments

Western Democrats are pressuring President Donald Trump not to rescind land protections put in place by President Barack Obama, including Utah's Bears Ears National Monument. Obama infuriated Utah Republicans when he created the monument in late December on 1.3 million acres of land that is sacred to Native Americans and home to tens of thousands of archaeological sites, including ancient cliff dwellings.

U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn discusses myth of a ‘post-racial America’ at Emanuel AME Church

Joseph P. Riley, Jr.'s students from The Citadel had a front row seat at Emanuel AME Church as audience members -- including former state legislator Lucille Whipper -- asked U.S. Rep. James Clyburn questions. Clyburn was the featured speaker Thursday, April 13, 2017.

The bull and the girl

Popular Vote Loser Donald Trump just released his first budget,and it is filled with debilitating cuts to social services and... Despite promising to release his tax returns in a televised debate with Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump continues to show that... A good bit back, I wrote a piece about authors who loathed adaptations of their work . For example, Stanley Kubrick managed to make two films which are considered among some of the best he ever directed, which also pissed off the authors of the source material something awful.

FBI director: Public should know of agenda-driven fake news

FBI Director James Comey said Americans should be aware of foreign efforts to undermine confidence in U.S. elections and mindful of the possibility that what they're reading might be part of an organized disinformation campaign. U.S. adversaries, including Russia last year, have "used all kinds of vectors to try and influence and undermine our own faith in our democratic processes" and have relied on increasingly sophisticated tactics, the FBI director warned.

Divers swim with massive whale shark in West Palm Beach

A group of divers was treated to "an encounter of a lifetime" when a massive whale shark visited them during a dive at "the trench" in Palm Beach County on April 9, 2017. U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-FL, held a congressional field hearing on climate change near President Donald Trump's Palm Beach resort Mar-a-Largo on April 10, 2017.

Ap Fact Check: Trump forgets tense time in Us-Russia history

In a news conference and a pair of interviews, President Donald Trump gave skewed accounts of U.S. relations over time with Russia, auto jobs and health care under his watch. TRUMP: "We may be at an all-time low in terms of relationship with Russia."

Senator McCaskill’s town hall tour, Hillary Clinton’s trying to convince you she’s okay, and more.

Senator McCaskill: Senator McCaskill is on a town hall tour, she'll be swinging thru Springfield tomorrow morning. She's touting that she's visiting counties that voted for Trump, so she's not afraid of opposition... but the thing is every county in Missouri voted for Trump except for three .

Ap Fact Check: Steve who? Trump shortchanges a relationship

In a pair of interviews, President Donald Trump gave a skewed account of auto jobs and health care under his watch and flatly contradicted himself on how long he's known his right-hand strategist, Steve Bannon. "Many years," Trump said of their relationship back in August, when he made Bannon his campaign chief.