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A manhunt in Los Angeles county intensified Thursday after a sniper opened fire on a sheriff’s deputy. The deputy, 21-year-old Angel Reinosa, was shot in his bulletproof vest in the parking lot of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lancaster station Wednesday by someone in the apartment building across the street, which is a government-subsidized facility. Lancaster is about an hour north of downtown Los Angeles. Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris…

Video President Trump doubles down on claim that Jews who vote for Democrats are ‘disloyal’ Trump says the Democratic Party has strayed from its support of Israel; reaction from Kayleigh McEnany, national press secretary for President Trump’s reelection campaign, and Scott Bolden, former chairman of the D.C. Democratic Party. Anderson Cooper, one of left-leaning CNN’s advertised straight news hosts, had no issue voicing his opinion on Ivanka Trump Wednesday night….

Denmark is a close American ally deserving of far better from President Trump. The American people, who expect their president will put U.S. interests before his own ego, also deserve better. I say this in light of insults Trump directed at the Danish prime minister on Wednesday after she labeled his efforts to buy Greenland as “absurd.” Trump’s outburst follows his similarly petulant tweet on Tuesday that “based on Prime…

WASHINGTON—President Trump backed away from pursuing new tax cuts to bolster the U.S. economy, a sharp reversal from a day earlier, when he had described several such measures the White House was contemplating. “I just don’t see any reason to,” Mr. Trump told reporters on the South Lawn of the White House when asked if he was pursuing any tax cuts. “We don’t need it. We have a strong economy.”…

Donald Trump started off precisely on-message. Strolling to the end of a White House driveway on Wednesday ahead of his departure for a veterans event in Kentucky, the president began speaking while still walking toward a crowd of waiting reporters. “So the economy is doing very, very well,” he said. With fears of a recession stirring and public confidence in the health of the economy dropping for the first time…

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A cook at a Los Angeles-area hotel was arrested after he allegedly threatened a mass shooting and stockpiled guns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition at his home, police said Wednesday. Rodolfo Montoya, 37, was taken into custody Tuesday at his Huntington Beach home, police said. Montoya was upset over a work-related human resources issue when he told a co-worker at the Long Beach Marriott…

Washington Governor Jay Inslee, who made fighting climate change the central theme of his presidential campaign, announced Wednesday night that he is ending his bid for the 2020 Democratic nomination. Inslee announced his decision on MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show,” admitting it’s become clear that he won’t win.  Inslee has kept open the option of running for a third gubernatorial term throughout his presidential campaign, but didn’t immediately say what…

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines earlier this month. John Locher/AP hide caption toggle caption John Locher/AP Washington Gov. Jay Inslee at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines earlier this month. John Locher/AP Updated at 9:50 p.m. ET Democratic presidential candidate Jay Inslee announced Wednesday that he is withdrawing from the race. “It’s become clear that I’m not going be carrying the ball,…

The Amazon rainforest is burning at an unprecedented rate, and the fires are unlikely starting themselves. Rather they may be set by people in an attempt to clear land for cattle ranching. Cattle ranching is responsible for as much as 80% of the ongoing deforestation of the Amazon rainforest. A significant portion of the global beef supply, including much of the UK’s corned beef supply, originates on land that was…

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Republican groups are pointing to statements made by Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan in response to similar comments from President Trump. “I think any Jewish people that vote for a Democrat, I think it shows either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Tuesday. He later clarified to mean that they would be showing disloyalty…

HONG KONG — A protest at a Hong Kong subway station suddenly escalated into a chaotic free-for-all Wednesday night, before it ended without a violent police confrontation. Hundreds of protesters had gathered for a sit-in at the Yuen Long MTR station, marking the one-month anniversary of a violent July 21 incident in which peaceful demonstrators, wearing black, were attacked by mobs that were dressed in white and linked to local…

Other Jewish Democrats similarly accused Trump of engaging in anti-Semitic tropes about dual loyalty, including Senate Minority Leader Charles SchumerCharles (Chuck) Ellis SchumerSaagar Enjeti: Biden’s latest blunder; Krystal Ball: Did Schumer blow our chance to beat McConnell? Johnson eyes Irish border in Brexit negotiations Lewandowski on potential NH Senate run: If I run, ‘I’m going to win’ MORE (D-N.Y.). “To my fellow American Jews, particularly those who support [President Trump]:…

Trump has not elaborated on how large a payroll tax cut would be. If he were to make such a move, he would not be the first to implement such changes. Former President Barack Obama previously reduced the taxes paid by employees to 4.2%, down from 6.2%, in 2011 and 2012. Yet experts say that the boost consumers get to their pay checks might not be that noticeable. If $10,000…

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education By MICHAEL STRATFORD 08/21/2019 05:59 PM EDT President Donald Trump on Wednesday directed the Education Department to more easily forgive the federal student loans owed by veterans with disabilities, making a move Education Secretary Betsy DeVos had resisted for months. Veterans and other student loan borrowers who are “totally and permanently” disabled are entitled under existing law to have their federal student loans canceled by the Education Department. But…

Denmark is a close American ally deserving of far better from President Trump. The American people, who expect their president will put U.S. interests before his own ego, also deserve better. I say this in light of insults Trump directed at the Danish prime minister on Wednesday after she labeled his efforts to buy Greenland as “absurd.” Trump’s outburst follows his similarly petulant tweet on Tuesday that “based on Prime…

Mr. Trump has tried to make the two Democratic lawmakers, Representatives Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, the face of the Democratic Party after they made comments this year that were critical of American support of Israel. Though their views on Israel are far from representing the majority of the Democratic Party, Mr. Trump has seized on the divide and is trying to sell it to Jewish…

In an overdue but welcome move from the Trump administration, the Department of Homeland Security announced Wednesday their new regulation replacing the Flores Settlement Agreement, which forces the separation of migrant children from their parents while they await asylum proceedings. For all that immigration activists and even members of the media have lambasted the DHS’ elimination of the potentially illegal Flores settlement, it may right one of the worst humanitarian…

The federal budget deficit is expected to grow to $960 billion this year, the Congressional Budget Office said. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP The federal budget deficit is expected to grow to $960 billion this year, the Congressional Budget Office said. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Congressional budget forecasters are predicting more red ink — nearly $1 trillion this year — as a result of the bipartisan…