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Hurricane Joaquin is seen over the Bahamas in the Atlantic Ocean in an image from the NOAA GOES West satellite taken at 08:00 ET October 1, 2015. REUTERS/NOAA/Handout via Reuters Four former local public housing authority officials in Louisiana will spend time behind bars and on probation after being convicted in a conspiracy to steal half a million dollars in bonuses, according to the Department of Justice .
On Tuesday, the 30-year-old actress removed a heart cloud post on her Instagram account in which she asked people to give her privacy to work out her relationship with her fiance and replaced it with a photo of her in a bikini on a boat and a message that brings doubt of whether that relationship can be repaired. "Dear friends," Lohan wrote.
A general view of the White House in Washington in this September 30, 2013 file photo. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/Files This week I attended what will likely be the last major event President Obama hosts at the White House for the American Muslim community - an Eid celebration to mark the end of the month of Ramadan.
U.S. Senator James Inhofe joins Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Republican leaders to address federal highway funding legislation, during a news conference following the weekly Republican caucus policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol Hill in Washington July 21, 2015. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Global warming skeptic Sen. James Inhofe said Tuesday afternoon that parents must "un-brainwash" kids indoctrinated by schools pushing the man-made global warming mantra.
Rudy Giuliani insisted that the Democratic Party is an "anti-police party" on Wednesday, arguing that Barack Obama "created an anti-police atmosphere all throughout this country." Appearing on Fox News's "America's Newsroom," Giuliani commented on the "Mothers of the Movement" who spoke at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday, saying: "You got a moment that makes it clear that this Democratic Party and this president created an anti-police atmosphere all throughout this country."
New details have emerged about a possible "pay-to-play" scheme that surfaced in the Democratic National Committee documents released by Wikileaks last week. The Democratic National Committee's national finance director sent a White House official who handles personnel matters a list of Democratic donors that the DNC hand-picked for appointments to federal boards and commissions.
Several released emails show Democratic National Committee officials giving top seats to the highest bidder, and at least one time to the detriment of a cancer patient who was given a place next to Obama in a roundtable discussion. The cancer patient was also a donor , and specifically asked for the spot next to Obama.
Aaron Rodgers is one of the best players in the NFL, and he apparently doesn't have much time for his younger brother Jordan. Jordan is currently a contestant on the Bachelorette and has made it very clear that he and his brother are not very close.
During an interview on NBC's "Today" show, the president said he's worried that the Republican nominee has a chance at the White House. "My advice to Democrats - and I don't have to give this advice to Hillary Clinton, because she already knows it - is you stay worried until all those those votes are cast and counted because you know, one of the dangers in an election like this is that people don't take the challenge seriously," Obama said.
Businesses in the Washington, D.C. region are blasting a proposal to permanently close the D.C. Metro early every night of the week, arguing it will devastate profits already suffering due to early closings from SafeTrack repairs. Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld announced plans to close the Metro at 10 p.m. on Sundays and at midnight Mondays through Saturdays on a permanent basis when SafeTrack repairs are completed.
Google omitted Donald Trump from the list of current active campaigns when internet users plug in the search term "presidential candidates." Google's search engine, the foundation of their business, includes a feature that triages certain browsing results to the top of the list.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures during a news conference at the Ecuadorian embassy in central London, Britain, in this August 18, 2014 file photo. Swedish prosecutors said on Thursday they had dropped investigations into allegations of sexual assault made in 2010 against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange because they had run out of time to bring charges.
The 41-year-old actress - who was born in Corpus Christi, Texas - made the remark as she addressed the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia Monday night. "I'm a ninth generation American from a small town in South Texas," Longoria said.
The Daily Caller is at the Democratic National Convention and it doesn't look like there are any American flags. The stage is bland and grey, with no red, white or blue present.
Democratic Minnesota Sen. Al Franken advised the parents in the audience at the Democratic National Convention on Monday to ignore their children because working to get Hillary Clinton elected is more important. Addressing the people in the arena, the former Saturday Night Live writer Franken said, "Now, many of you have jobs, many of you have families.
Yesterday, I noted how much the far left Sanders faction of the Democratic party hates the selection of Tim Kaine as Hillary Clinton's running mate. Considering that this faction probably makes up at least 45 percent of the party, this is a concern.
The release of the DNC emails provides lots of Schaednfreudtastic smiles at the expense of the criminal conspiracy that calls itself a political party, but if it is indeed the work of a foreign intelligence service , then they probably have the RNC's emails, too. Will they appear in due course? Perhaps this should be regarded as a cyber-Watergate: a political dirty trick aimed at helping one party over another.
I want to add a few thoughts to John's post about the disunity the Democrats already are experiencing before their convention formally begins. Most reports center around Debbie Wasserman-Schultz and the leaked emails that confirm how the DNC operated to undermine Bernie Sanders' campaign.