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Fox News tried to put a spotlight on Ann Kirkpatrick's unpopular defense of ICE. Instead, they got a Massachusetts candidate who ripped the agency.
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Husband of adult film performer Stormy Daniels seeks divorce
Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, has said that she had sex with Donald Trump before he became president, something Trump has denied. Glendon Crain filed the petition for divorce on July 18 in state district court in Kaufman County, located just southeast of Dallas.
FEMA mobile homes extended for Louisiana 2016 flooding
Victims of the August 2016 flooding living in FEMA mobile homes won't have to move out in August, as previously scheduled. Instead, they can stay in the temporary housing units until Jan. 15. Gov. John Bel Edwards announced the Federal Emergency Management Agency approved his request for an extension of the manufactured housing units available.
White House explores plan to strip security clearances from top Obama officials
Investigators say a passerby called authorities July 12 after spotting an emaciated teen near Chandler. The 15-year-old boy was found living in a barn and eating sticks, leaves and grass to survive.
Trump to seek repeal of California’s smog-fighting power
Cars and trucks roll along a section of Blackstone Ave. during rush hour in Fresno, California, June 23, 2017. The Trump administration will seek to revoke California's authority to regulate automobile greenhouse gas emissions.
President Trump considers revoking security clearances for former U.S. officials
WASHINGTON President Donald Trump is exploring "mechanisms" to revoke security clearances for former U.S. officials who have criticized him for his handling of the Russia investigation and his relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Monday. Sanders said the administration is reviewing clearances for former CIA director John Brennan, former FBI director director James Comey, former national intelligence director James Clapper, former CIA director Michael Hayden, former national security adviser Susan Rice and former deputy FBI director Andrew McCabe.
Nevada could elect first-ever female-majority statehouse
Women, after winning a record number of primary contests last month, could make up nearly two-thirds of the statehouse by Nov. 7, the Reno Gazette-Journal reported.
Trump considering revoking ex-Obama officials security clearances
President Donald Trump is considering revoking the security clearances of a half dozen former Obama administration officials and critics of his presidency. White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Monday that the president is "exploring the mechanisms" to strip clearance from former CIA director John Brennan, along with former FBI director Jim Comey, former national intelligence director James Clapper and others.
Congressional candidate lied about donating $700,000 to campaign, prosecutors say
A former Democratic candidate for the 2nd Congressional District now running as an independent lied about donating more than $700,000 to her campaign, according to federal prosecutors. Shaun Brown of Virginia Beach, one of three people on the ballot Nov. 6, is set to stand trial this week in U.S. District Court in Norfolk on charges she stole at least $439,000 from a program established to feed needy children.
Zeldin atttacks Gershon comments comparing Trump’s rise to Hitler’s
Zeldin's campaign spokesman called the comparison "unhinged," while Gershon's said Zeldin has failed to be a check on the executive. Rep. Lee Zeldin's campaign is attacking Democratic opponent Perry Gershon for comparing the rise of Donald Trump to Adolph Hitler's ascent to power in Germany.
How Trump is shaping Democratic and Republican races in Georgia
Republican gubernatorial candidates Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle and Secretary of State Brian Kemp are facing off in a runoff election Tuesday following a crowded seven-person Republican primary in May. In a tweet on Saturday, President Trump endorsed Kemp, which could affect the outcome of the race.
Several arrested in multi-agency human trafficking sting
Knoxville and Lenoir City Police arrested four women and cited two more people to court over the weekend as part of a multiple-agency human trafficking sting, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Knoxville Field Office. The FBI says three women were arrested for soliciting prostitution in Lenoir City.
Swanson joins nationwide lawsuit to protect DACA
Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson is joining a nationwide lawsuit seeking to protect a program for immigrants brought to the country illegally as children. President Donald Trump ended the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program earlier this year and called on Congress to replace it.
Pitts: Democrats, take note: – Normal’ isn’t coming back
That was the gist of, "Hey Democrats, Fighting Fair is for Suckers," a provocative jeremiad that Politico ran on Independence Day. In it, writer Rob Goodman argued that, after Republicans have killed all the old political norms - denying a Supreme Court nominee a hearing, for example - it's silly for Democrats to go on playing by the rules.
Senator Rand Paul Meeting With Trump toRequest John Brennan’s Security ClearanceBe Revoked
Senator Rand Paul will be meeting with President Donald Trump on Monday afternoon to request that disgraced former CIA Director John Brennan have his security clearance revoked. Brennan has been working in the media and bashing Trump for airtime, even accusing the president of treason following the meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a series of unhinged tweets.
Media Let Obama Alumsoff the Hook on Russia
Several Obama administration alumni have attacked President Donald Trump in the past few days, following his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki last Monday. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who led the Russian "reset" under President Barack Obama, told an audience in New York at the OZY Fest Saturday: "[I]t doesn't seem like our president cares.
As Trump’s latest lies implode, one party tries to smuggle out…
The release of new documents relating to the genesis of the Russia probe - and President Donald Trump's response to those documents Monday morning - throw the asymmetry between the parties that is the driving fact of our politics right now into perhaps its starkest relief yet. Broadly speaking, many Republicans have tacitly enabled or actively aided in efforts to pervert the basic functions of government in service of preventing the full truth about Russian sabotage of U.S. democracy from becoming publicly known, all to shield Trump from accountability.
Ap Fact Check: Trump wrong to say records show Fbi cover-up
In a Nov. 2, 2017 file photo, Carter Page, a foreign policy adviser to Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, speaks with reporters following a day of questions from the House Intelligence Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Donald Trump claimed Sunday, July 22, 2018, that newly released documents relating to the wiretapping of his onetime campaign adviser Carter Page "confirm with little doubt" that intelligence agencies misled the courts that approved the warrant.
Awkward! Fox & Friends accidentally books a Democrat
JUNE 01: Jillian Mele attends as Shawna Thompson and Keifer Thompson of Thompson Square perform on "Fox & Friends" summer concert on June 1, 2018 in New York City. NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 01: Jillian Mele attends as Shawna Thompson and Keifer Thompson of Thompson Square perform on "Fox & Friends" summer concert on June 1, 2018 in New York City.
Voters can keep up with results on Secretary of State’s website
Polls across Georgia will close at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 24. Counties will begin tabulating results shortly after the end of the primary runoff election.