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CLOSE Democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the newest political figure everyone loves or loves to hate. From her ‘Green New Deal’ proposal to combat climate change to her clapbacks against Trump and her critics, here’s how AOC danced her way into the spotlight. USA TODAY WASHINGTON – The Green New Deal, liberal Democrats’ sweeping proposal to address climate change, could get its first vote on Capitol Hill Tuesday. The Senate is scheduled to take…

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RALEIGH, N.C. — Duke University will pay $112 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit after federal prosecutors said a research technician’s fake data landed millions of dollars in federal grants, the school and the government said Monday. The private university in Durham submitted claims for dozens of research grants that contained falsified or fabricated information that unjustly drained taxpayer money from the National Institutes of Health, the Environmental Protection Agency…

TUCKER CARLSON, FOX NEWS: “The Special Counsel’s investigation did not find that the Trump campaign, or anyone associated with it, conspired or coordinated with Russia in its efforts to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election.” End quote. That is Robert Mueller’s conclusion after nearly two years of investigating the matter. The attorney general repeated versions of that sentence four times in his summary of Mueller’s report, released yesterday. Whatever you…

Video Trump vetoes congressional resolution blocking southern border emergency The Pentagon notified Congress late Monday that it authorized the transfer of up to $1 billion to erect 57 miles of “pedestrian fencing” along the U.S.-Mexico border in direct support of President Trump’s national emergency declaration from last month. The fencing, which will be 18 feet high, is to be erected in the Yuma and El Paso sectors, the statement read. The Pentagon’s…

In its letter to the appeals court, the Justice Department said on Monday that it “is not urging that any portion of the district court’s judgment be reversed.” In other words, it agrees with Judge O’Connor’s ruling. In the nine years since it was signed by President Barack Obama, the Affordable Care Act has become embedded in the nation’s health care system. It changed the way Medicare pays doctors, hospitals…

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It was supposed to take effect this week, but Brexit continues to be trapped in a political black hole. In the British House of Commons on Tuesday, Prime Minister Theresa May announced that she will not call a third vote on her Brexit withdrawal agreement with the European Union. May stated that unless members of parliament can find an alternative Brexit arrangement, she will again delay Brexit from taking place,…

A candlelight vigil was held last year for the victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. Seventeen students died in one of the worst school shootings in U.S. history. Wilfredo Lee/AP hide caption toggle caption Wilfredo Lee/AP A candlelight vigil was held last year for the victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. Seventeen students died in one…

CLOSE Norwegian authorities are investigating why the Viking Sky cruise ship sailed despite a weather warning, leading to engine failure, a mayday call and air evacuations. USA TODAY It was supposed to be a cruise vacation of their dreams, a trip to see the magical Northern Lights off Norway. Instead, it sailed into a cruise nightmare. Dead engines. Stranded in frigid, rough seas, beset by a howling storm. In peril of…

Mourners gather for the funeral service of Trinity Love Jones, the 9-year-old whose body was found this month stuffed in a duffel bag along an equestrian trail, at St. John Vianney Catholic Church in Hacienda Heights, Calif., Monday, March 25, 2019. The Hacienda Heights community where her body was found had embraced the child in death during the days she remained unidentified. A park worker found Trinity on March 5….

Video The Mueller report findings A summary of the Mueller report findings, according to Attorney General William Barr’s letter to top lawmakers. There was never any evidence that Donald Trump “colluded” with Russia to steal the 2016 presidential election from Hillary Clinton. It was all a hoax. It constituted what is surely the dirtiest political trick in modern American history. The hoax was based largely on an anti-Trump “dossier” conjured from the…

Video The Mueller report findings A summary of the Mueller report findings, according to Attorney General William Barr’s letter to top lawmakers. There was never any evidence that Donald Trump “colluded” with Russia to steal the 2016 presidential election from Hillary Clinton. It was all a hoax. It constituted what is surely the dirtiest political trick in modern American history. The hoax was based largely on an anti-Trump “dossier” conjured from the…

Video The Mueller report findings A summary of the Mueller report findings, according to Attorney General William Barr’s letter to top lawmakers. There was never any evidence that Donald Trump “colluded” with Russia to steal the 2016 presidential election from Hillary Clinton. It was all a hoax. It constituted what is surely the dirtiest political trick in modern American history. The hoax was based largely on an anti-Trump “dossier” conjured from the…

Say what you will about Donald Trump, but the rise of the reality TV presidency has marked the death knell for some of the nation’s most notorious media hacks and grifters. Today, U.S. attorneys indicted not only Trump-era villain and creepy porn lawyer Michael Avenatti, but also celebrity attorney Mark Geragos as a co-conspirator. The nation’s two most famous legal frauds now face charges related to an extortion scheme. Avenatti’s…

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told reporters on Monday that he urged the late Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., to turn over to the FBI a dossier by a former British spy detailing potential connections between Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and the Russian government. Graham was referring to the document written by former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele. “There were some McCain people who took a piece of garbage and tried to…

Media captionNetanyahu praises Trump for recognising Israel control of Golan President Donald Trump has officially recognised Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights, seized from Syria in 1967, in a move hailed as “historic” by Israel’s prime minister. Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces an election next month, was by Mr Trump’s side as he signed the proclamation. Syria said Mr Trump’s decision was “a blatant attack on its sovereignty”. Israel annexed…

Jeremy Richman, 49, was found unresponsive at approximately 7 a.m. at Edmond Town Hall, a historic building in Newtown, Conn., where he had an office for a foundation dedicated to his murdered 6-year-old daughter, Avielle, police said.