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One week after her story drew national attention, Marshae Jones, the Alabama woman who faced criminal charges after a shooting caused her to miscarry, will not be prosecuted, the Alabama district attorney announced Wednesday. “After viewing the facts of this case and the applicable state law I have determined that it is not in the best interest of justice to pursue prosecution of Ms. Jones on the manslaughter charge for…

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SAN DIEGO (AP) — An appeals court on Wednesday upheld a freeze on Pentagon money to build a border wall with Mexico, casting doubt on President Donald Trump’s ability to make good on a signature campaign promise before the 2020 election. A divided three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco agreed with a lower court ruling that prevented the government from tapping Defense Department…

Army personnel finish parking a Bradley Fighting Vehicle in front of the Lincoln Memorial on Wednesday. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Juliet Eilperin Josh Dawsey Ashley Parker Dan Lamothe July 3 at 7:20 PM As President Trump’s appointees have worked doggedly to assemble the most ambitious and costly Fourth of July ceremony the nation’s capital has ever seen, they have been guided by one overriding principle: It cannot be a repeat of…

CLOSE In night two of the Democratic debate, candidates bore down into issues, and each other. Kamala Harris went after Joe Biden for his past on busing. USA TODAY WASHINGTON – Sen. Kamala Harris labeled President Donald Trump a “predator” that she could take on due to her background as a prosecutor —  a new line of attack against the president as the California Democrat is surging following her debate performance…

Video Charges dismissed in fetal death case in Alabama Jefferson County District Attorney Lynneice Washington says it was not in the best interest of justice to pursue charges against Marshae Jones, who was indicted in the death of her unborn child in a shooting after a fight. An Alabama district attorney announced Wednesday that she will not pursue manslaughter charges against a woman who was shot in a fight and…

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What if President Donald Trump held a big July 4th parade and nobody but Fox News Channel viewers watched? As the broadcast networks make other plans and cable news outlets MSNBC and CNN are set to turn their focus elsewhere, that might be what will happen with Trump’s tank- and flyover-fueled “Salute to America” Fourth of July Celebration in Washington D.C. on Thursday. Fox News will cover live Trump’s portion…

“We are pleased with the District Attorney’s decision to dismiss the charges against Marshae Jones. It is the appropriate decision, both for our client and for the State of Alabama. This is the outcome we sought this week in our motion to dismiss. We are gratified the District Attorney evaluated the matter and chose not to proceed with a case that was neither reasonable nor just. The District Attorney’s decision…

The distance between peace and conflict with Iran is now best measured by a number, 16.33%. That’s the difference between the level to which Iran is currently enriching its uranium, and the percentage it is threatening to enrich to beginning next week. Why does that matter? Well, because while Iran’s enrichment level currently stands at 3.67%, if it goes beyond 20%, it will be able to produce a nuclear weapon….

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand condemned a judge for saying a teenager accused of rape should get leniency because he’s from a “good family.” “I don’t care what kind of family you’re from — sexual assault is never acceptable,” the 2020 presidential hopeful tweeted Wednesday. “Our kids don’t need to be coddled. They need to be taught not to rape.” I don’t care what kind of family you’re from—sexual assault is never…

“All honor to Jefferson – to the man who, in the concrete pressure of a struggle for national independence by a single people, had the coolness, forecast, and capacity to introduce into a merely revolutionary document, an abstract truth, applicable to all men and all times, and so to embalm it there, that to-day, and in all coming days, it shall be a rebuke and a stumbling-block to the very…

“All honor to Jefferson – to the man who, in the concrete pressure of a struggle for national independence by a single people, had the coolness, forecast, and capacity to introduce into a merely revolutionary document, an abstract truth, applicable to all men and all times, and so to embalm it there, that to-day, and in all coming days, it shall be a rebuke and a stumbling-block to the very…

“All honor to Jefferson – to the man who, in the concrete pressure of a struggle for national independence by a single people, had the coolness, forecast, and capacity to introduce into a merely revolutionary document, an abstract truth, applicable to all men and all times, and so to embalm it there, that to-day, and in all coming days, it shall be a rebuke and a stumbling-block to the very…

A search team looks for a 2-year-old girl who went missing in the Rio Grande near the border city of Del Rio, Texas. U.S. Customs and Border Protection hide caption toggle caption U.S. Customs and Border Protection A search team looks for a 2-year-old girl who went missing in the Rio Grande near the border city of Del Rio, Texas. U.S. Customs and Border Protection U.S. Border Patrol agents and…

Video White House ‘disappointed’ by Supreme Court decision on census citizenship question It’s ‘common sense’ for the government to know whether or not residents are citizens, says Mercedes Schlapp, White House director of strategic communications. President Trump abruptly declared Wednesday that his administration is continuing to fight to include a citizenship question as part of the census, despite his own Commerce secretary saying hours earlier they were moving forward without…

A decorated Navy SEAL who was acquitted of murder in the death of a teenage ISIS fighter thanked President Donald Trump and Fox News on Wednesday for championing his defense. Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, 40, was acquitted Tuesday by a military jury in San Diego of charges that he fatally stabbed the wounded, teenage prisoner in 2017 and shot two civilians from a sniper’s perch in Iraq. “I want…

Video Nike shares fall after pulling ‘Betsy Ross flag’ shoes Just in time for the Fourth of July, Nike and washed-up footballer Colin Kaepernick have joined forces in an America-bashing cavalcade. The enormous sportswear company planned to release a new red, white, and blue sneaker adorned with American Revolutionary Betsy Ross’ 13-star flag, this country’s first banner. However, Kaepernick complained to Nike that this all-American symbol is – what else?…

Aside from Inauguration Day, there is absolutely nothing to get excited about when the National Mall and the most important roads in Washington are shut down to accommodate some festival, marathon, or parade. President Trump now wants to compound the misery by carting in military tanks and armored vehicles so that they can sit in the heat for his “Salute to America” event on Independence Day. D.C. is already the…

Video Iran says it has breached nuclear deal stockpile limit What happens now? Young Voices senior contributor John Dale Grover weighs in. Iran’s president Hassan Rouhani warned European nations Wednesday that Tehran will “take the next step” in increasing its uranium enrichment closer to weapons-grade levels this coming Sunday if they do not offer a new deal by then, adding that they will increase it to “any amount that we want”….