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(Headline USA) President Donald Trump's administration this week rejected California’s request for disaster relief funds aimed at cleaning up the damage from six recent wildfires among the siege of deadly and destructive blazes that have scorched the state. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom formally submitted a letter to the White House on...

Republican Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said on Wednesday that he will not support President Trump for reelection, using the coronavirus pandemic as an excuse. Baker, who has been a vocal critic of Trump’s over the past four years, initially told reporters on Wednesday that he hadn’t decided whether to back...

(Headline USA) Twitter said late Thursday it was changing its policy on so-called "hacked content" after an outcry about its handling of political stories that prompted cries of censorship from conservatives. The social media company said it will no longer remove "hacked material" unless it’s directly shared by hackers or those working with...

(Headline USA) Instead of the expected debate between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden, television viewers were left Thursday with what ABC's David Muir called “split-screen America.” Biden participated in a 90-minute town hall from Philadelphia on ABC, while NBC News went ahead with its hourlong Trump session in Miami...

(Headline USA) Republican U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse told Nebraska constituents in a telephone town hall meeting that President Donald Trump has “flirted with white supremacists,” mocks Christian evangelicals in private, and “kisses dictators' butts.” Sasse, who is running for a second term representing the reliably red state, made the comments in...

(Headline USA) It was the hug that may define — or doom — a long Senate career. Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California embraced Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham at the close of confirmation hearings Thursday for President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, publicly thanking the chairman for a...

(Headline USA) The #MeToo movement hinted that it was putting its pro-female-empowerment agenda on the back-burner as it hopped on the racial-justice bandwagon. When the hashtag went viral three years ago on Oct. 15, 2017, it sparked a global conversation about sexual harassment and assault that, in its wake, brought...

The Public Interest Legal Foundation launched a national billboard campaign to warn citizens against voting by mail and to encourage voting in person, according to a press release. The billboards say either, "Vote in Person: It’s Better than the Mail," or "Vote in Person: Protect Your Vote." "Voting in person is...

While pundits projected Democrats would gain a decisive advantage in early voting, President Donald Trump is keeping pace with Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden in three key swing states, according to multiple polls. Voting has begun in several states, and data out of Michigan, Wisconsin and Ohio prove that registered...

The Justice Department sued a former aide to First Lady Melania Trump, alleging that she published confidential details in violation of a nondisclosure agreement, The Epoch Times reported. The lawsuit was filed on Oct. 13 in the U.S. District Court in Washington against Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, who served Melania from...

(Headline USA) The cities of Oaklan, Calif., and Portland, Oregon have sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department, alleging that the agencies are overstepping constitutional limits in their use of federal law enforcement officers to tamp down on protests. The lawsuit, filed late Wednesday in U.S....

(Headline USA) Republicans powered Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett closer to confirmation Thursday, pushing past Democratic objections and other priorities during the COVID-19 crisis in the drive to seat President Donald Trump's pick before the Nov. 3 election. The Senate Judiciary Committee set Oct. 22 for its vote...