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Kellyanne Conway: ‘History will not look kindly’ on impeachment ‘instigators’

When the history books are written about early 2020, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway predicted the focus would be on the historic trade deals and economic boom, not impeachment.

January 19, 2020

Women’s March struggles to regain footing with 2020 anti-Trump march

The Women's March hobbled along Saturday at its fourth annual march, drawing feisty but smaller crowds and fewer big names after a tumultuous year that saw the top leadership step down amid anti-Semitism allegations.

January 19, 2020

Fired Denver Post columnist says he was canned for insisting ‘there are only two sexes’

A right-leaning columnist for the Denver Post has been fired for what he said were his politically incorrect statements on transgender rights, including his insistence that "there are only two sexes."

January 18, 2020

Ninth Circuit throws out ‘children’s climate lawsuit’ in defeat for global warming movement

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals threw out Friday the "children's climate lawsuit," ruling that the effort to force the federal government to take action on climate policy falls under the purview of the legislative and executive branches, not the judiciary.

January 17, 2020

Nick Sandmann CNN settlement ignored by ABC, CBS, NBC

The three major networks -- ABC, NBC and CBS -- ignored CNN's settlement with Covington Catholic student Nicholas Sandmann, and CNN gave the story less than 30 seconds of airtime, according to a media analysis.

January 15, 2020

Sanders camp mum on pro-gulag staffer, says Iowans ‘don’t care about political gossip’

A Bernie Sanders campaign aide dismissed "political gossip" Wednesday after a Project Veritas sting that caught on undercover video a radical field organizer singing the praises of gulags, revolution and reeducation.

January 15, 2020

Susan Holmes eyes red-flag law to disarm officer in shooting for son

A Colorado mother whose son was shot and killed by a police officer has filed to confiscate the officer's firearm under Colorado's newly enacted red-flag law.

January 14, 2020

Florida State University under fire in Eric A. Stewart academic fraud case

Florida State University declined to conduct a full misconduct investigation of a prominent professor accused of faking data linking racism to criminal sentencing.

January 14, 2020

EPA accuses New York Times of ‘extreme bias’ in ‘hit piece’ on Trump officials

The Environmental Protection Agency unloaded Tuesday on the New York Times, accusing the newspaper of "extreme bias" for running "an interactive hit list" spotlighting Trump administration officials with past ties to the fossil-fuel and agriculture industries.

January 14, 2020

Project Veritas: Sanders staffer says ‘cities burn’ if Trump reelected, predicts violence at DNC

A Project Veritas video released Tuesday showed a man identified as a campaign organizer for Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Bernard Sanders saying "cities burn" if President Trump wins reelection and predicting violence against police at the 2020 Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee.

January 14, 2020

Reza Aslan ‘likely’ to be sued over now-deleted ‘punchable face’ tweet: Sandmann attorney

After nearly a year, former CNN host Reza Aslan finally removed a tweet referring to Covington Catholic student Nicholas Sandmann's "punchable face," but that doesn't mean the teen is willing to let bygones be bygones.

January 13, 2020

Dept. of Education to investigate alleged anti-Semitism at UCLA

The U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights has launched investigations into two complaints of alleged discrimination against Jewish students at the University of California, Los Angeles, a month after President Trump signed an executive order on combating anti-Semitism.

January 11, 2020

Bernie Sanders defends climate protesters arrested for disrupting Colorado governor’s speech

Sen. Bernard Sanders on Friday defended climate protesters charged with disrupting Colorado Gov. Jared Polis' State of the State speech, saying the activists "do not deserve to be arrested," but should be "applauded and heard."

January 10, 2020

Indigenous Peoples March scolds Nicholas Sandmann for ‘smirk seen around the world’

Indigenous Peoples March organizers took a swipe Thursday at Covington Catholic student Nick Sandmann for what they called "the smirk seen around the world."

January 9, 2020

Walmart settles lawsuit with naval reservist alleging anti-military discrimination

Walmart has settled a lawsuit filed by a Naval reservist who accused the retail giant of discriminating against her based on her military service.

January 8, 2020

CNN settles $275M lawsuit with Covington Catholic student Nick Sandmann

CNN agreed Tuesday to settle for an undisclosed amount in a $275 million lawsuit filed by Covington Catholic student Nicholas Sandmann over the network's coverage of his viral encounter with an elderly Native American activist.

January 7, 2020

Democrats, media face backlash for slamming Trump instead of Qassem Soleimani

White House counsel Kellyanne Conway swung back by accusing congressional Democrats of ignoring the danger posed by the former Quds Force commander responsible for the deaths of hundreds of U.S. soldiers in the Middle East.

January 6, 2020

Nikki Haley: Democrat leadership ‘only ones mourning Soleimani’

Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley said Monday that the Democratic leadership and 2020 presidential candidates are "the only ones mourning" the death of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani.

January 6, 2020

Amazon accused of threatening to fire workers critical of climate policies

A group of Amazon employees accused the online retail giant Thursday of threatening to fire them for speaking out publicly on "the company's role in the climate crisis."

January 2, 2020

Trump administration defies environmentalists calling for BLM head’s ouster

The Trump administration extended Thursday the tenure of Bureau of Land Management interim head William Perry Pendley, defying environmentalists and progressives who had demanded days earlier his resignation or removal.

January 2, 2020