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ABC News hunts for Project Veritas leaker identity

Who leaked the Amy Robach video to Project Veritas? ABC News wants to know.

November 6, 2019

Colorado voters shut down Democratic effort to keep taxpayer refunds

Colorado voters made it clear Tuesday that they want their refunds, defeating a Democrat-backed measure that would have allowed the state to keep the taxpayer rebates.

November 6, 2019

Harvard Crimson editor quits after newspaper seeks comment from ICE, blasts ‘objectivity’

An editor of the Harvard Crimson has quit her post over the newspaper's decision to request a comment from Immigration and Customs Enforcement on an anti-ICE rally on campus, accusing the publication of clinging to "objectivity and transparency."

November 6, 2019

Elizabeth Warren, Deb Haaland dropped from Covington Catholic libel lawsuit

Good news for Sen. Elizabeth Warren: She's no longer being sued by the Covington Catholic boys.

November 6, 2019

Paris climate agreement leaking oil as emissions rise, political unrest spirals

The White House was roundly decried on the left for moving to cement the U.S. exit from the Paris agreement, but the sputtering 2015 climate accord has bigger problems than President Trump.

November 5, 2019

Jeffrey Epstein ABC story wasn’t ready to air, network says after ‘hot mic’ backlash

ABC News is defending itself against charges that it was afraid to air an interview with a Jeffrey Epstein accuser after video emerged Tuesday showing its reporter, Amy Robach, venting about her story.

November 5, 2019

Colorado Proposition CC would let state keep taxpayer refunds

On Tuesday's ballot is Proposition CC, which would allow the state to keep state revenue that exceeds the budget cap, also known as the TABOR surplus, to be used for transportation, K-12 and higher education, instead of refunds to taxpayers.

November 4, 2019

Gavin Newsom, California governor, dismisses Trump advice on wildfires

California Gov. Gavin Newsom swung back at President Trump's threat to cut federal wildfire funding, telling the president he should have no say in how the state manages its forests because he doesn't "believe in climate change."

November 4, 2019

Montgomery County police barred from displaying wooden Blue Lives Matter flag

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Sunday blasted Montgomery County's decision to ban the display of a homemade wooden "Thin Blue Line" flag, saying he was "offended and disgusted."

November 3, 2019

Ronan Farrow: Bill Clinton ‘credibly accused of rape’ by Juanita Broaddrick

Author and journalist Ronan Farrow, whose reporting provided a leading impetus for the #MeToo movement, said that former President Bill Clinton was "credibly accused of rape" by Juanita Broaddrick, an allegation "overdue for revisiting."

November 3, 2019

Oregon antifa activist sentenced to nearly six years for cracking man’s skull

An Oregon antifa activist was sentenced Friday to nearly six years in prison for using an expandable baton to crack the skull of another man at a June melee pitting right-wing activists against protesters from the left-wing anarchist group.

November 2, 2019

Cuomo mocked for declaring ‘We didn’t have hurricanes’ in New York before climate change

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared Friday that New York had never been hit by hurricanes or other strong storms before climate change, prompting double-takes and fact-checks from those who haven't forgotten, for example, Hazel, Carol and Edna.

November 1, 2019

Kentucky Supreme Court rules in favor of Christian printer who refused to make gay-pride shirts

The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled Thursday in favor of a Christian print shop owner hit with a discrimination complaint, handing a victory to religious-freedom advocates fighting legal challenges that pit free-speech rights against anti-bias laws.

October 31, 2019

Ralph Northam’s office circulated talking points from Planned Parenthood after infanticide interview

Hours after Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's infanticide interview in January, a senior state official circulated talking points written by Planned Parenthood to calm the furor over his late-term abortion comments.

October 31, 2019

Republicans target green-energy funds to prevent California wildfires, blackouts

The tons of greenhouse gases emitted each year by California wildfires are thwarting the state's aggressive climate-change agenda, and as far as Assemblyman James Gallagher is concerned, that's a problem.

October 30, 2019

Californians grappling with rolling blackouts, large wildfires

California utilities imposed rolling electricity blackouts in the name of preventing devastating wildfires, but now the state is grappling with both.

October 29, 2019

House Democrats block GOP effort to prevent nationwide fracking ban

House Democrats blocked Tuesday consideration of a resolution in support of hydraulic fracturing as Republicans sought to protect the U.S. energy boom from Democratic presidential candidates seeking to ban fracking nationwide.

October 29, 2019

Michael Bloomberg climate agenda pushed by privately funded New Mexico prosecutor

The idea behind billionaire Michael R. Bloomberg's State Impact Center was to promote a climate change agenda by providing state attorneys general with privately paid legal staff, and it seems to be working in New Mexico.

October 28, 2019

Nick Sandmann, Covington Catholic student, Washington Post defamation lawsuit reopened

A federal judge in Kentucky has reopened the $250 million defamation case filed by a Covington Catholic student against The Washington Post after dismissing it in July.

October 28, 2019

70% of millennials would vote for a socialist; half view capitalism unfavorably: Survey

Seven in 10 millennials would be at least somewhat likely to vote for a socialist candidate, and their views of communism and Marxism are increasingly positive, according to a survey released Monday.

October 28, 2019