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Kentucky Democratic Senate candidate Amy McGrath’s reversal came just 36 hours into her nascent candidacy against Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. | AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File 2020 elections By JAMES ARKIN 07/10/2019 09:26 PM EDT Kentucky Democratic Senate candidate Amy McGrath flip-flopped on supporting Justice Brett Kavanaugh in the span of several hours Wednesday. McGrath, who announced a challenge to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell this week, tweeted that…

A British warship prevented an apparent attempt by five Iranian small boats to direct a British oil tanker towards Iranian waters on Wednesday, according to two U.S. officials. The incident is the first provocative action since Iranian officials warned of consequences after the United Kingdom seized an Iranian tanker off the coast of Gibraltar that was carrying Iranian oil to Syria in violation of international sanctions. The United Kingdom flagged…

SHREVEPORT, La. – The National Hurricane Center says conditions appear favorable for a weather system in the Gulf of Mexico to strengthen into a hurricane as it approaches the United States coastline by this weekend. Forecasters said the weather disturbance is expected to become a tropical depression by Thursday morning; a tropical storm by Thursday night and a hurricane on Friday. Forecasters said parts of the central…

Yazmin Juárez, testified on Wednesday before Congress about the treatment of her daughter Mariee, who died after being released from detention by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption toggle caption Jacquelyn Martin/AP Yazmin Juárez, testified on Wednesday before Congress about the treatment of her daughter Mariee, who died after being released from detention by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Jacquelyn Martin/AP “I’m here today because I want…

In July 2019, registered sex offender and hedge fund manager Jeffrey Epstein was arrested on charges relating to the sex trafficking of minors. In addition to the severity of the alleged crimes, Epstein’s arrest made headlines due to his connections to well-known public figures and politicians, including President Donald Trump and former President Bill Clinton. The news of Epstein’s arrest sent political partisans into overdrive as they attempted to show…

House Democrats on Wednesday will hold a hearing titled “Kids in Cages: Inhumane Treatment at the Border.” It will once again be an attempt to divert attention from the real reason why migrants kids are dying at the southern border. The root of each and every death at the border is traced to a belief, on the part of hundreds of thousands of Central Americans, that they can and should…

U.S. Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta on Wednesday defended a 2008 plea deal made when he was a U.S. attorney in Florida with Jeffrey Epstein, a wealthy financier accused of yearslong sex trafficking of minors. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images U.S. Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta on Wednesday defended a 2008 plea deal made when he was a U.S. attorney in Florida with Jeffrey Epstein,…

Video Labor Secretary Alex Acosta makes statement regarding Epstein matter Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta pushed back Wednesday against calls for him to step down over his past involvement in a plea deal for financier Jeffrey Epstein, who was charged in federal court this week with sex trafficking — saying his office fought for a tougher punishment after state prosecutors were ready to let him “walk free.” “Facts are important, and facts…

White House In a news conference, the embattled official said abuse victims’ statements are handled differently now. By IAN KULLGREN and CAITLIN OPRYSKO 07/10/2019 11:24 AM EDT Updated 07/10/2019 04:37 PM EDT 2019-07-10T04:37-0400 Labor Secretary Alex Acosta delivered his most vigorous defense yet of his handling of a 2008 plea deal with billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, claiming the media is overlooking critical facts about the case and that abuse victims are…

Video Speaker Pelosi clashes with leftist freshmen representatives Richard Fowler, Guy Benson and Howard Kurtz weigh in on the growing divide in the Democratic Party and who is really controlling the narrative. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez D-N.Y., wondered if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is purposely assigning her busy work, in an effort to discourage her outward dissent and keep her away from the public eye. Ocasio-Cortez made the comments during a Tuesday…

WASHINGTON, July 9 (Reuters) – The Pentagon said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s celebration of U.S. Independence Day, which included bringing tanks and equipment to Washington, cost the military at least $1.2 million. Two Bradley fighting vehicles flanked Trump during his July Fourth speech last week, in which he praised American military might despite having himself avoided the draft during the Vietnam War with bone spurs in his feet….

A three-judge panel ordered the dismissal of a lawsuit that argued President Trump was violating the emoluments clauses of the Constitution through his business empire. The Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., is seen here in March. Alex Wroblewski/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alex Wroblewski/Getty Images A three-judge panel ordered the dismissal of a lawsuit that argued President Trump was violating the emoluments clauses of the Constitution through his…

Another woman stepped forward Wednesday with allegations against accused sex predator Jeffrey Epstein, saying the billionaire financier raped her when she was 15 after his associates “recruited” her with the promise of career help. “I just thought, it’s my fault,” Jennifer Araoz said Wednesday on NBC’s “Today” show. “Like, I was, like, obligated. Like, that’s just what we were supposed to do.” Araoz said that in 2001, when she was 14, she met…

The United Kingdom’s ambassador to the US has resigned after a bunch of leaked diplomatic cables containing some unflattering observations about President Donald Trump set off a diplomatic spat between the two allied countries. Kim Darroch, who’s been ambassador to the US since January 2016 and whose tenure was expected to last until the end of the year, wrote in his resignation letter that he wanted to end the speculation…

CLOSE Federal officials charged financier Jeffrey Epstein with creating and maintaining a sex trafficking network. USA TODAY Federal agents who searched the East Side Manhattan mansion of wealthy sex  offender Jeffrey Epstein turned up a “vast trove  of lewd photographs” of young-looking girls, including hundreds of meticulously labeled nude pictures locked in a safe, according to federal court documents. The description, laid out ina memo by prosecutors from the Southern  District of New York, was aimed at…

Video Streets flood, tornado spotted as severe storms hit New Orleans Severe thunderstorms in Louisiana flood streets as a tornado is recorded near the University of New Orleans campus. A brewing tropical weather system in the Gulf of Mexico is bringing widespread flash flooding across New Orleans on Wednesday, as forecasters warn the storm could strengthen to a hurricane by the weekend and push the already swollen Mississippi River precariously close…

LONDON — The British ambassador to the United States resigned Wednesday following leaked memos that showed he had called President Donald Trump “insecure” and “incompetent.” Sir Kim Darroch said in a statement that the fallout from the leaked communications — which sparked a series of broadsides from Trump — was “making it impossible for me to carry out my role as I would like.” After the secret diplomatic communications were…

President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, the 66-year-old hedge fund manager charged this week with sex trafficking and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking, were the only other attendees to a party that consisted of roughly two dozen women at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, according to a New York Times report. In 1992, the women were reportedly flown in for a “calendar girl” competition that was requested by…

Video Remembering the life and legacy of Ross Perot Ross Perot was a maverick, a billionaire businessman and the most successful third party presidential candidate since Theodore Roosevelt in 1912. In his last documented political act, self-made billionaire and two-time presidential candidate Ross Perot wrote out two checks to President Trump’s re-election campaign before succumbing to his battle with leukemia at the age of 89, according to a report. Perot,…

Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, talks with members of a Diabetes Talking Circle during his visit to the Sacramento Native American Health Center in Sacramento Tuesday. Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption toggle caption Rich Pedroncelli/AP Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, talks with members of a Diabetes Talking Circle during his visit to the Sacramento Native American Health Center in Sacramento Tuesday. Rich Pedroncelli/AP California has become the first state in the country to…