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John Hudson Josh Dawsey August 30 at 5:18 PM As the president’s top aides prepared for a high-stakes meeting on the future of Afghanistan earlier this month, one senior official was not on the original invite list: national security adviser John Bolton. The attendance of the top security aide would normally be critical, but the omission was no mistake, senior U.S. officials said. Bolton, who has long advocated an expansive…

Video Former Canadian PM ‘rooting for a direct hit’ of Hurricane Dorian on Mar-a-Lago Former Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell is backtracking a tweet expressing her desire for Hurricane Dorian to make a ‘direct hit’ on President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. As Florida stared down a massive hurricane that could soon engulf the state, a political storm is already brewing over President Trump’s response. Democrats railed against Trump even before…

Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs died from a deadly mix of drugs and alcohol in his system, this according to authorities in Texas where the young pitcher tragically died earlier this year. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner released the cause Friday, saying the official cause was due to ethanol, fentanyl and oxycodone, along with “terminal aspiration of gastric contents.” Tyler Skaggs’ family tells The Blast, “We are heartbroken to learn that…

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s Twitter account was hacked on Friday afternoon by a group that calls itself the Chuckle Squad. Twitter’s communications team issued a statement via Twitter. The hackers tweeted racial slurs from Dorsey’s account. Some offensive tweets were up for about 10 minutes, though not long after the hack began, those tweets were being deleted. The hackers also plugged a Discord serve, asking people to join it. (The…

Satellite imagery provided to Fox News suggests that an Iranian satellite launch this week failed quite spectacularly. The rocket blew up on its launchpad or shortly after launch. This is good news for the United States and regional security. Iran claims that its satellite program is peaceful and designed only to monitor the weather, but the reality is very different. Iran’s satellite program is just a cover for the regime’s…

They were arraigned in this case on May 5, 2012. Since then, the judges have held more than 30 pretrial hearing sessions to work out questions of law and evidence that would apply at the trial by military commission. Another issue yet to be resolved is what protocols will be used to conduct magnetic resonance imaging of the five defendants to see if they suffered brain or other physical damage…

Hurricane Dorian was forecast to become an “extremely dangerous major hurricane” on Friday as it churned on its course to the Bahamas and southeastern U.S. over the next several days, according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm posed “a significant threat” to the Bahamas and Florida and has maximum sustained winds near 110 mph, just one mile away from becoming a major Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane…

Hong Kong — Police in Hong Kong arrested three well-known pro-democracy activists over the course of just 24 hours; the latest move to quash anti-government protests heading into their 13th consecutive week. The move came on the eve of a highly-anticipated but now officially banned pro-democracy march on Saturday. Two of the activists were later released on bail. The detentions brought swift condemnation from critics, but show deepening resolve from…

Former Vice President Joe Biden has heavily courted union votes, but a powerful labor union in his campaign’s home base of Philadelphia, crucial in a general election, is feeling snubbed. SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images Former Vice President Joe Biden has heavily courted union votes, but a powerful labor union in his campaign’s home base of Philadelphia, crucial in a general election, is feeling snubbed….

Canberra, Australia — The government agency that manages Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has downgraded its outlook for the corals’ condition from “poor” to “very poor” due to warming oceans. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority’s condition report, which is updated every five years, is the latest bad news for the 133,360-square-mile colorful coral network off the northeast Australian coast as climate change and coral bleaching take their toll. The report…

Delvante Johnson, 19, and Toshaun Banks, 21, were pronounced dead at the scene. Devaughn Gibson, 23, was pronounced dead at the hospital, according to NBC News. 

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Several prominent pro-democracy figures have been arrested in Hong Kong in an apparent crackdown on protests that have plunged the city into its worst political crisis in decades. The democracy activists Joshua Wong and Agnes Chow, former student leaders of pro-democracy protests in 2014, were arrested on Friday and Andy Chan, the head of a now banned pro-independence party, was detained by police on Thursday. Wong and Chow were charged…

Walmart will offer mental health and other services at a new… The clinic, called Walmart Health, will offer hearing tests, 60-minute counseling sessions and vision tests, as well as mental health support. Technologyread more

The second source mentioned in a New York Times article from May 2017 about a dinner former FBI Director James Comey had with President Trump remains a mystery after the Justice Department inspector general released a report on Comey’s notes memorializing his conversations with Trump. The 83-page report, released on Thursday, shows Inspector General Michael Horowitz tried to track down the second source, asking former top officials at the FBI…

SHENANDOAH, Iowa — President Donald Trump won 93 out of Iowa’s 99 counties in the 2016 presidential race — the most for a GOP nominee since 1980 — thanks in no small part to local farmers. But now, farmers here are questioning if they’ll vote for him again. “Farmer tensions are running pretty tight out here right now,” Duane Aistrope, a corn and soybean farmer in Randolph, Iowa — roughly…

Video Florida braces for possible life-threatening Hurricane Dorian Dorian could hit Florida as a category 4 hurricane; Phil Keating reports from Miami. Hurricane Dorian was upgraded to Category 2 strength late Thursday and was expected to continue gathering force over the holiday weekend as it heads toward Florida. As of 11 p.m. ET Thursday, the storm had maximum sustained winds of 105 mph, placing it just short of being a…

As anti-government unrest in Hong Kong approaches the thirteenth consecutive weekend with no sign of stopping, there are signs beleaguered officials may be mulling radical solutions — including a partial or complete internet block to cut off protesters from their key organizing platforms. Speaking to reporters this week, the city’s leader Carrie Lam appeared to leave open the possibility of using emergency powers to tackle the increasingly violent protests, after the move was suggested…

Georgia officials continue to track Hurricane Dorian, which is expected to strengthen to a Category 4 storm before making landfall along the central east coast of Florida, Channel 2 Action News meteorologists said Thursday afternoon. Ahead of the storm’s arrival, Gov. Brian Kemp declared a state of emergency for 12 South Georgia counties Thursday afternoon just before 4:15 p.m. MORE: South Georgia wary of Dorian:…

Video Dorian could hit Florida as Category 4 hurricane Rick Reichmuth has the latest forecast models from the Fox Extreme Weather Center. Former Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell said Thursday that she wished for Hurricane Dorian to make a “direct hit” on President Trump‘s Mar-a-Lago club in Florida. The strengthening storm churned over the warm, open waters of the Atlantic on Thursday as forecasts showed Dorian tracking toward Florida’s east coast — prompting Trump to warn Dorian “will be BIG!” Forecasters…