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Los Angeles: No one would mistake President Donald Trump for an expert on climate change or water policy, but a tweet he issued late Sunday about California's bushfires deserves some sort of award for most glaring misstatements about those two issues in the smallest number of words. Trump blamed the fires on "bad environmental laws which aren't allowing massive amount of readily available water to be properly utilised."
POLITICALLY, PAUL RYAN is suffering rigor mortis - his last impotent months as speaker of the House. The immediate cause of death was Donald Trump and the mindless tribalism that turned Ryan's Republican caucus into a snake pit.
Days of Double Takes: How the world's largest festival for twins, triplets and 'multiples' takes over Twinsburg, Ohio each summer - as thousands celebrate everything from 'twinness' and talent ... to wedding bells Sikh man is 'attacked and beaten by white supremacists' before they spray-painted 'go back to your country' on his truck in 'heinous hate crime' Surjit Malhi said that he was putting up campaign signs for Rep. Jeff Denham, R-Calif., at night when two men ambushed him Malhi said he believes the turban he was wearing saved his life during the attack, saying it softened the blows to his head Two men are being sought by police for beating a Sikh man and spray-painting a racist message on his truck in what they're calling a hate crime.
U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth raised concerns about an organization that cares for migrant children separated from their parents Monday, saying she worried they were hungry and stressed. Heartland Alliance runs a number of shelters in the Chicago area, primarily for unaccompanied minors -- children who arrive in the U.S. from other countries without an adult.
Republican Sen. Ted Cruz has accused Texas Democratic Senate candidate Beto O'Rourke of taking money from a political action committee, in violation of O'Rourke's pledge not to take such donations. O'Rourke has consistently outraised Cruz, including announcing a quarterly $10.4 million fundraising haul last month, despite the attention-grabbing vow to ban PAC money from his campaign coffers.
U.S. Senate candidate Joe Arpaio argued the benefits of gun ownership to a tiny toy doughnut in the latest episode of comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's new prank show.
Aug 6, 2018--AIDS Healthcare Foundation welcomed the introduction last week of legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives, H.R. 6505, that would require the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate prices of prescription drugs furnished under part D of the Medicare program. "We especially want to thank U.S. Reps.
In this Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018 photo, two women cry outside the Stroger Hospital in Chicago, after they were asked to leave due to overwhelming crowds of family and friends of shooting victims. Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson plans to discuss the weekend violence during a Monday news conference.
President Donald Trump is claiming that California's water policy is shortchanging firefighters of water to battle the state's raging wildfires. That's not so, according to wildfire and water experts.
CHICAGO At least 72 people were shot, including 12 fatally, over the weekend in Chicago, another eruption of violence in a city that has struggled with murders and shootings in recent years even as the national homicide rate hovers near historic lows. Police investigated a 13th murder the slaying of 32-year-old woman who was found dead around 9 p.m. Sunday in a bathtub with her hands and feet bound.
In this Aug. 26, 2017 photo provided by Kyle Reardon, Dimitri Shein, back center, poses with his family, back row from left, Vincent, Joy, Victoria, wife, Melissa; front row, left to right, Genevieve, Mica, and Madelyn at Point Woronzof in Anchorage, Alaska. Shein, a Russian immigrant, is seeking the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in Alaska and is one of four candidates competing in the Aug. 21 primary.
Frustration over the shrinking size of airplane seats has sparked debate over whether it's a safety threat when passengers need to evacuate a plane. After years of airlines squeezing more people onto planes with less legroom and narrower seats, some are concerned that during an emergency evacuation, passengers may have trouble getting out of their seats and making their way to the aisle in time.
Bedford State Senator and Republican Congressional Candidate Andy Sanborn has declined to clarify what, exactly, he said to a Senate intern in 2013 that later prompted New Hampshire Senate leaders to bring in an outside law firm to review the situation. Now, the comment has been revealed for the first time in newly released testimony from the senate's legal counsel, who says he overheard the statement firsthand.
Born in the Soviet Union, Shein recalls standing in bread lines with his grandfather. After moving to Alaska in the early 1990s, he and his mother, who had married a man in Anchorage, wound up living in a shelter and on public assistance when the marriage soured.
Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim, left, shown here with to Ned Lamont, the party-endorsed Democratic candidate for governor, wants to protect abortion rights with an amendment to the state Constitution. Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim, left, shown here with to Ned Lamont, the party-endorsed Democratic candidate for governor, wants to protect abortion rights with an amendment to the state Constitution.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks to the media regarding the city's weekend violence as Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson, right background, looks on inside the Sixth District police headquarters in Auburn Gresham on Monday, Aug. 6, 2018. Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks to the media regarding the city's weekend violence as Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson, right background, looks on inside the Sixth District police headquarters in Auburn Gresham on Monday, Aug. 6, 2018.
Mayor, Top Cop Lament Bloody Weekend In Chicago In the wake of one of the most violent weekends of the year in Chicago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson angrily lashed out at armed criminals who repeatedly open fire in the city, often shooting innocent unintended victims.
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach and candidate for the Republican nomination for Kansas Governor addresses supporters during a campaign stop Friday, Aug. 3, 2018, at the Fort Scott Livestock Market in Fort Scott, Kan. less Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach and candidate for the Republican nomination for Kansas Governor addresses supporters during a campaign stop Friday, Aug. 3, 2018, at the Fort Scott Livestock Market in Fort ... more Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach and candidate for the Republican nomination for Kansas Governor addresses supporters during a campaign stop Friday, Aug. 3, 2018, at the Fort Scott Livestock Market in Fort Scott, Kan.
It isn't easy for Ady Barkan to raise his right fist anymore, but he's been doing it a lot lately. Diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, an incurable neurodegenerative disease better known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease, 34-year-old Barkan is a progressive activist who has spent the past two years fighting the GOP's 2017 tax bill and trying to help Democrats take back Congress.
President Trump has nominated Dr. Kelvin Droegemeier, a meteorologist and Vice President for Research at the University of Oklahoma, to be the Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. If confirmed by the Senate, Dr. Droegemeier will serve as the President's chief science adviser.