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Nancy Pelosi tried to scold the “Four Horsewomen of the Apocalypse” this week, and boy, did it escalate quickly. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has responded by accusing the speaker of — what else? — racism. Considering Democrats spent the entire Obama era claiming that all opposition to their agenda constituted racism, it really could not have happened to a nicer party. Pelosi spoke privately with members of her caucus this week, admonishing…

New York (CNN)Lawyers for Jeffrey Epstein proposed a bail package on Thursday that would allow the multimillionaire alleged sex trafficker to remain out of jail pending trial and live instead in home detention at his Upper East Side mansion, one of the largest residences in Manhattan and valued at $77 million, according to court documents. ‘);$vidEndSlate.removeClass(‘video__end-slate–inactive’).addClass(‘video__end-slate–active’);}};CNN.autoPlayVideoExist = (CNN.autoPlayVideoExist === true) ? true : false;var configObj = {thumb: ‘none’,video: ‘us/2019/07/09/epstein-plea-deal-alex-acosta-drew-griffin-pkg-lead-vpx.cnn’,width: ‘100%’,height:…

President Donald Trump is expected to announce Thursday that he’s taking executive action on adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census — a move that comes two weeks after the Supreme Court rebuffed the administration’s justification for including the question. Here are some answers to key questions about the census issue ahead of Trump’s announcement. 1. Would an order violate the Supreme Court? Not necessarily. The Supreme Court’s June…

New York (CNN)Lawyers for Jeffrey Epstein proposed a bail package on Thursday that would allow the multimillionaire alleged sex trafficker to remain out of jail pending trial and live instead in home detention at his Upper East Side mansion, one of the largest residences in Manhattan and valued at $77 million, according to court documents. ‘);$vidEndSlate.removeClass(‘video__end-slate–inactive’).addClass(‘video__end-slate–active’);}};CNN.autoPlayVideoExist = (CNN.autoPlayVideoExist === true) ? true : false;var configObj = {thumb: ‘none’,video: ‘us/2019/07/09/epstein-plea-deal-alex-acosta-drew-griffin-pkg-lead-vpx.cnn’,width: ‘100%’,height:…

President Donald Trump is expected to announce Thursday that he’s taking executive action on adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census — a move that comes two weeks after the Supreme Court rebuffed the administration’s justification for including the question. Here are some answers to key questions about the census issue ahead of Trump’s announcement. 1. Would an order violate the Supreme Court? Not necessarily. The Supreme Court’s June…

NEW ORLEANS — 1 PM Thursday update:  The 1 PM advisory has just been released from the National Hurricane Center, it shows little change from the previous advisory issued at 10 AM. Barry’s presentation on satellite is looking more defined and slightly better organized, a sign that it is beginning to take advantage of the warm ocean waters and a slight reduction in wind shear and dry air….

WASHINGTON (AP) — Some are watching old video of his previous testimony. Others are closely re-reading his 448-page report. And almost all are worrying about how they’ll make the most of the short time they’ll have for questioning. Robert Mueller, the Democrats know, will be tough to crack. The stern, reticent former FBI director has said he won’t answer questions beyond what is in the report on Russia’s election meddling…

Video The deadline is up for Congress to fix the crisis at the southern border, Trump set to begin ICE raids Pinal County, Arizona Sheriff Mark Lamb weighs in on how bad things are at the U.S.-Mexico border. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are preparing to conduct raids beginning Sunday to arrest thousands of illegal immigrants across the U.S. just weeks after President Trump announced that he was delaying the operation. The…

WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee on Thursday voted to authorize subpoenas targeting current and former Trump administration officials, as lawmakers seek documents from them as well as their testimony. The panel voted along party lines 21-12 to approve a resolution that authorizes subpoenas for 12 people who are witnesses sought in the panel’s investigation into potential obstruction and abuse of power by President Donald Trump. Separately, the resolution also…

Video Jeffrey Epstein’s opulent New York mansion said to contain bizarre, disturbing art The extravagant home of financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein reportedly contains a plethora of odd and disturbing art pieces, including a collection of prosthetic eyeballs and a painting of Epstein in a prison yard. Epstein has been arrested on charges of sex trafficking, and authorities have found a collection of pornography believed to contain images of…

WASHINGTON — President Trump is planning to take another step in his ongoing battle to place a question about citizenship on the 2020 census by announcing an executive action in the Rose Garden on Thursday, according to a senior administration official familiar with the decision. Mr. Trump said on Twitter that he would hold an afternoon news conference on the issues of “census and citizenship” days after his attorney general,…

Congress By SARAH FERRIS and TED HESSON 07/11/2019 11:20 AM EDT Updated 07/11/2019 01:25 PM EDT 2019-07-11T01:25-0400 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday warned her caucus about President Donald Trump’s planned immigration raids this weekend, urging members to spread information about undocumented immigrants’ legal rights. Speaking to a closed-door whips meeting, Pelosi urged members to spread the party’s “know your rights” campaign, according to two people in the room. Democrats…

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For weeks last month, the ICE director at the time, Mark Morgan, signaled that agents would escalate efforts to round up families. Days before the operation was to begin, Mr. Trump forecast the plan on Twitter, blindsiding ICE agents whose safety officials feared would be compromised as a result. In early June, the Department of Homeland Security’s acting secretary, Kevin K. McAleenan, told Mr. Morgan to call off the operation….

Video Report: Iran’s Revolutionary Guard unsuccessfully tried to seize British ship United Nations General Assembly president Maria Fernanda Espinosa discusses tensions with Iran on ‘The Story.’ Five Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps gunboats tried to seize a British oil tanker in the Persian Gulf Wednesday but backed off after a British warship approached, a senior U.S. defense official told Fox News. The British warship was said to have been less than 5…

The current projected track would mean no surge or major wind issues for Southwest Louisiana, but until a definite track is nailed down, that threat cannot be totally discounted. Hopefully today, with an actual storm developing and a center of low level circulation to lock in on, we’ll have a better feel for exactly where this storm will make landfall on Saturday, but if recent trends from the past two…

Video Speaker Pelosi clashes with leftist freshmen representatives Richard Fowler, Guy Benson and Howard Kurtz weigh in on the growing divide in the Democratic Party and who is really controlling the narrative. The public spat between Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif, got a lot nastier on Wednesday, with the freshman congresswoman suggesting that the speaker is “singling out” her and her colleagues based on their race. Pelosi has worked…

Marianna Massey/Getty Images Grand Isle, Louisiana, ahead of Tropical Storm Karen on Oct. 4, 2013. Marianna Massey/Getty Images Grand Isle, Louisiana, ahead of Tropical Storm Karen on Oct. 4, 2013. Related content (CNN) – US oil has surged above $60 a barrel amid concerns that Tropical Storm Barry could derail crude production in the Gulf of Mexico. US oil futures for August delivery settled 4.5% higher at $60.43 on Wednesday,…

House Democrats on Wednesday will hold a hearing titled “Kids in Cages: Inhumane Treatment at the Border.” It will once again be an attempt to divert attention from the real reason why migrants kids are dying at the southern border. The root of each and every death at the border is traced to a belief, on the part of hundreds of thousands of Central Americans, that they can and should…