Four police officers were among nearly two dozen people killed after security forces engaged in an hour-long gunbattle with suspected cartel members Saturday in a Mexican town near the U.S. border, days after President Trump said he was moving to designate Mexican drug cartels as terror organizations. The shootout happened around noon in the small […]
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Nursing Homes Increasingly Booting Elderly Patients Illegally
BISHOP, Calif. — When Jamie Moore arrived home on a Thursday evening in March, she was surprised to find her mother-in-law in her living room. Glenda Moore, 67, had been sitting in her wheelchair for hours. Without anyone to help her to the bathroom, she’d had an accident. She was also having trouble breathing. “It […]
Mayor Pete Surging In Latest Polls
Democratic presidential contender Pete Buttigieg saw a surge in support in a new national poll, while backing for former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sunk. A CNN poll released on Wednesday found support for the South Bend, Ind., mayor jumped among Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents from 6 percent in the network’s […]
Jimmy Carter Released From Hospital After Brain Surgery
Former President Jimmy Carter was released from a Georgia hospital on Wednesday after spending more than two weeks recovering from surgery to relieve pressure on his brain caused by bleeding from recent falls. “He and Mrs. Carter look forward to enjoying Thanksgiving at home in Plains, where he will continue to recover,” the Carter Center […]
America Under Attack From Within?
President Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton tweeted Tuesday that the country’s national security priorities are “under attack from within.” “It probably goes without saying, that our country’s commitment to our national security priorities is under attack from within,” Bolton tweeted. “America is distracted. Our enemies are not. We need to make U.S. national […]
Melania Trump Boo’d By Students At Youth Summit
First lady Melania Trump faced booing from middle and high school students as she took the stage at a youth summit on opioid awareness in Baltimore on Tuesday. She was booed again as she walked off the stage. There were some cheers from the crowd as well as loud jeers as the first lady was […]
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Two More Testify Trump Spearheaded Corrupt Quid Pro Quo
In what could be the last round of public hearings in the Democrats’ high-speed impeachment inquiry, two senior national security experts testified Thursday that President Trump had pressed for investigations in Ukraine that were designed to help him politically. David Holmes, a State Department veteran now based in Kyiv, and Fiona Hill, Trump’s former leading […]
Israeli Prime Minister Indicted On Corruption Charges
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been indicted on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust, Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit announced Thursday, prolonging the country’s political uncertainty as it looks set to head into its third national election in a year. Netanyahu, who has denied any wrongdoing and said he is the victim of […]
Sondland Gives Bombshell Testimony That Directly Implicates Trump
Sondland refutes Trump: Clear quid pro quo Sondland wasted no time getting to the guts of the impeachment inquiry, telling lawmakers that Trump pressed Ukrainian leaders to launch investigations into his political opponents by dangling a meeting and a phone call with Ukraine’s newly elected president — both of which Kyiv was desperate to secure […]
Illegal Immigrant Flees To Mexico After Killing Woman In Crash
ICE said that according to a Washington County Sherriff’s Department news alert, investigators learned on Aug. 27 that Maldonado-Hernandez fled to Mexico to avoid prosecution. The 20-year-old remains at large, federal officials said. Three people accused of helping him flee to Mexico – Ernesto Garcia, 20, Alicia Scardina, 21 and Luis Maldonado-Hernandez, 28 – were […]
Key Witness Draws Applause During Impeachment Testimony
National Security Council official Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman drew applause from spectators during his congressional testimony Tuesday after he expressed his love for America before the House Intelligence Committee. Rep. Sean Maloney, D-N.Y., was questioning Vindman and asked him to read a quote from his opening statement about his father, and his sense of duty. […]