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Alan Dershowitz says Robert Mueller report won’t result in Donald Trump criminal charges

Harvard Law School professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz predicted Sunday that the special counsel's report will be "devastating" to President Trump while falling short of finding criminal wrongdoing.

November 25, 2018

Amy Klobuchar weighing 2020 White House bid

Fresh off her reelection victory in Minnesota, Sen. Amy Klobuchar confirmed Sunday that she is considering a run for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.

November 25, 2018

Adam Schiff to probe whether Matt Whitaker is impeding Robert Mueller probe

Add to the list of Trump administration investigations planned by Rep. Adam Schiff, incoming chairman of the House Intelligence Committee: a probe into whether acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker is doing anything to impede the special counsel.

November 25, 2018

Joni Ernst backs Donald Trump call to close U.S.-Mexico border if necessary

Sen. Joni Ernst, Iowa Republican, said Sunday that she wanted to see the U.S. border with Mexico remain open, but added that the "safety of our nation comes first."

November 25, 2018

Donald Trump accuses Mexico, Central America of trying to ‘dump’ their unwanted in U.S.

President Trump on Sunday criticized Mexico and Central America for failing to stop the migrant caravans before they arrive, accusing them of trying to "dump" unwanted people in the United States.

November 25, 2018

Cold turkey: Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade looks like chilliest on record

The 2018 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade appeared to break a record Thursday for the lowest temperature ever for the annual floats-and-balloons extravaganza in New York City.

November 22, 2018

Bruce Westerman faults forest-management bill blocks on Democrats

As catastrophic wildfires cut a deadly swath through California, President Trump has demanded more aggressive forest management -- and as luck would have it, Rep. Bruce Westerman has a bill to do exactly that.

November 19, 2018

Women’s March founder calls on leaders to resign over anti-Semitism, bigotry concerns

Teresa Shook, the founder of the Women's March, called Monday on the group's leaders to step down, accusing them of allowing anti-Semitism and other bigoted ideologies to infect the organization's purpose.

November 19, 2018

Minnesota Rep.-elect Ilhan Omar inflames Democratic split over Israel with post-election BDS support

She has yet to be sworn in, but Rep.-elect Ilhan Omar of Minnesota has already inflamed the Democratic divide over Israel with her post-election admission of support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.

November 19, 2018

Jerry Brown on California wildfires: Trump has ‘got our back’

California Gov. Jerry Brown said Sunday that President Trump has assured him he will provide continued federal aid for the disastrous California wildfires, adding that the president has "got our back."

November 18, 2018

Eric Swalwell, Democratic lawmaker, warns gun owners that ‘government has nukes’

Rep. Eric Swalwell, California Democrat, warned gun owners Friday that any fight over firearms would be "a short one," because the federal government has an extensive cache of nuclear weapons.

November 16, 2018

USAID expands funding to private, religious schools under new global education policy

The U.S. Agency for International Development plans to fund private and religious schools in developing countries as part of its new education policy, citing the need to provide instruction to millions of children globally who lack access to public schools.

November 16, 2018

Betsy DeVos releases campus sexual misconduct rule to balance rights of accuser, accused

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has released a broad overhaul of the federal guidance on campus sexual assault and harassment, a proposal aimed at striking a balance between the rights of the accuser and the accused.

November 16, 2018

Betsy DeVos praised for reforms to Title IX due process

Expect plenty of outrage when Education Secretary Betsy DeVos unveils her overhaul of the Obama-era Title IX rule governing college sexual-assault cases -- and behind the scenes, an outpouring of relief.

November 15, 2018

Oregon launches investigation into two people who submitted slew of late ballots

Oregon Secretary of State Dennis Richardson has launched an investigation into two individuals who turned in nearly 100 ballots the day after the election.

November 15, 2018

Virginia AG Mark Herring hit with lawsuit over legality of privately funded climate prosecutors

Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring was hit with a lawsuit Wednesday aimed at unearthing the details of his efforts to bring on a lawyer to pursue climate litigation through a program paid for by billionaire Michael Bloomberg.

November 14, 2018

Colorado early snow clouds climate change debate

A heavy autumn snowfall has ski resorts across Colorado holding some of their earliest opening days in a decade or more, stoking skiers and fueling another snowball fight over climate change.

November 14, 2018

Scientists correct widely reported ocean-warming study after errors found

Researchers have walked back a high-profile study showing that the oceans are warming far faster than previously thought, thanks to climate change, after their conclusions were challenged by a prominent climate skeptic.

November 14, 2018

Foundation shelves human rights award for Women’s March over anti-Semitism charges

A German foundation has cancelled an awards ceremony to honor the Women's March after a group of affiliated scholars objected, accusing the progressive advocacy group of anti-Semitism.

November 14, 2018

Democrats label Republicans racist, bigoted, sexist in Axios poll

A stunning 61 percent of Democrats labeled Republicans as "racist/bigoted/sexist" when asked which words they would use to describe the other party, while 31 percent of Republicans said the same thing about Democrats, according to an Axios poll released this week.

November 13, 2018