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The United States will destroy any Iranian drones that fly too close to its ships and has “clear evidence” that it shot down such a drone on Thursday, a senior Trump administration official said. “If they fly too close to our ships, they’ll continue to be shot down,” the official told reporters at a briefing on Friday. The comments came a day after US President Donald Trump said…

Video Rep. Omar: Nothing President Trump says should be taken to heart After the president intensifies his attacks against progressive congresswomen, Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar says, ‘This is our country and we are where we belong.’ Rep. Ilhan Omar promised to continue being President Trump’s “nightmare” as she received a warm welcome in her Minnesota district on Thursday, following a turbulent week in which she repeatedly clashed with the White…

Officials are urging people to conserve energy during this weekend’s heat wave. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Friday that the heat emergency declared Thursday, and calls for energy rationing this weekend, are out of an “abundance of caution.” The mayor signed an executive order directing office buildings 100 feet or taller to set their thermostats to 78 degrees to conserve energy, and is asking New Yorkers to…

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U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell has challenged German Chancellor Angela Merkel to denounce “anti-Semitism” from several U.S. lawmakers. Merkel weighed in on the feud between President Trump and a group of freshman House members known as “the squad” on Friday and denounced some of the president’s recent comments toward Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts. “I…

President Donald Trump and his most ardent supporters have, once again, made the subtext into blatant blaring text. We are deep in the Trump cycle of racist invective, in which the president says something offensive, waits for political allies to either quietly condemn the comments or embrace them with explanations of how they aren’t offensive, and then says something else egregious mere days later. It has continued apace. The fallout…

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Sen. Bernie Sanders is in the middle as former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris face off in the June 27 debate in Miami. Harris and Biden will again share center stage in the July 31 debate. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images Sen. Bernie Sanders is in the middle as former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris face off in the…

Video President Trump disavows ‘send her back’ chant at North Carolina rally Trump says he disagrees with the chant aimed at progressive Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar: ‘I was not happy with it.’ President Trump distanced himself Thursday from a chant of “send her back” that rang out during his North Carolina rally the night before and was directed at Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. — saying he “was not happy” with the chant. “I…

Lamenting Iran’s escalation, we should be glad the USS Boxer-led Amphibious Ready Group downed an Iranian drone on Thursday. That drone came within one kilometer of the Boxer before being destroyed. This U.S. action should not be seen as retaliation for Iran’s downing of a U.S. drone in June, but rather as an act of self-defense. It is justified for two reasons. First, because Iran uses armed drones as a…

CLOSE President Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, paid money to women to be quiet about alleged affairs with Trump during his 2016 campaign. USA TODAY WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors’ decision to end an investigation into hush money payments to women claiming affairs with Donald Trump relied at least in part on long-standing Justice Department policy that a sitting president cannot be charged with a crime, a person familiar with the matter said Thursday. The…

A New York federal judge on Thursday ordered Jeffrey Epstein held without bail, siding with prosecutors who argued the wealthy financier and accused sex trafficker posed a flight risk. U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman said prosecutors showed “clear and convincing evidence” that Epstein was a flight risk. “The government application for continued remand is hereby granted,” Berman said just minutes after the pretrial proceeding began. The defense had proposed…

The nearly 1000 pages of search warrants documents related to former Trump lawyer and convicted felon Michael Cohen were unsealed and released to the public almost fully unredacted today, following a federal court order. The FBI had executed warrants and searched Cohen’s home, hotel room, office, deposit box, cellphones, and electronic communications in April 2018. A number of media outlets battled in court for months for the warrants, the warrant…

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The House passed a bill Thursday to hike the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour in a win for liberal activists who have long pushed to give low-wage workers a raise. The Democratic-held chamber passed the plan in a 231-199 vote. Six Democrats opposed it, while three Republicans supported it. The measure would gradually hike the U.S. pay floor to $15 by 2025, then index further hikes to median…

Iran says its military seized a foreign oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. In this 2018 photo, a boat from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s naval force is seen in the Persian Gulf, near the strait. Jon Gambrell/AP hide caption toggle caption Jon Gambrell/AP Iran says its military seized a foreign oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. In this 2018 photo, a boat from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s naval…

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Sen. David Perdue said President Donald Trump seemed receptive of a budget deal taking shape between Democratic leaders and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo congress Trump has balked at previous bipartisan agreements, and hard-line conservatives are sure to pressure the president. By BURGESS EVERETT, JOHN BRESNAHAN and GABBY ORR 07/18/2019 05:03 AM EDT Congress and the White House are moving toward an ambitious budget deal, but…

Media captionKyoto Animation offices on fire At least 26 people are dead and dozens injured after a man set fire to an animation studio alight in the Japanese city of Kyoto, officials say. Police said the 41-year-old suspect broke into the Kyoto Animation studio on Thursday morning and sprayed petrol before igniting it. The suspect has been detained and was taken to hospital with injuries. Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe…