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Video Kamala Harris stands by decision to confront Joe Biden at debate Biden supporters push back against Harris; reaction and analysis from Fox News contributor Mo Elleithee and Guy Benson. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., announced Saturday that she would invest $100 billion of federal money into housing assistance for black families as part of an effort to close the racial wealth gap in the United States if elected president. “After…

A Migrant Jail This story was a collaboration between The New York Times and The El Paso Times. CLINT, Tex. — Since the Border Patrol opened its station in Clint, Tex., in 2013, it was a fixture in this West Texas farm town. Separated from the surrounding cotton fields and cattle pastures by a razor-wire fence, the station stood on the town’s main road, near a feed store, the Good…

Royal fans aren’t happy: Meghan and Harry will not be allowing press photographers to hover outside Archie’s christening. They are not even releasing the names of his godparents. They want, instead, to “shield” him. Within this shield they have, meanwhile, spent some £2.4 million of public money on Frogmore Cottage, their new residence, apparently turning it into a sort of rustic fantasia. And with a £5,000 freestanding copper roll-top bath!…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on Southern California’s strongest earthquake in 20 years (all times local): 9:30 a.m. A fire official says there were no fatalities or major injuries in Ridgecrest after the 7.1 magnitudes earthquake on Friday night. Kern County Fire Chief David Witt also said Saturday there were no major building collapses but some structures could be weakened from the back-to-back quakes. Friday’s quake occurred a day…

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Preliminary estimates show there is a 10% chance of a further magnitude 7 or higher earthquake, according to Lucy Jones, a Seismologist with Caltech. At an overnight news conference, Jones said aftershocks will continue. She said the earthquakes that struck near Ridgecrest on Thursday and Friday were part of an ongoing sequence of a “very energetic system,” Jones said. The latest 7.1-magnitude earthquake was the mainshock, while Thursday’s 6.4-magnitude quake was…

Video Panicked diners rush from restaurant as 7.1 earthquake hits Southern California The quake, which initially was reported as magnitude 7.1, would be the largest temblor in the region in 20 years; Jeff Paul reports from Ridgecrest, California. A magnitude-7.1 earthquake hit Southern California on Friday evening — just a day after a magnitude-6.4 earthquake that was the largest temblor in the region in two decades, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. The newest earthquake’s…

Media captionUS President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at the White House The Trump administration will continue to pursue a way of adding a citizenship question to the census, lawyers said in court filings submitted on Friday. But administration lawyers failed to provide any legal justification for the census question by a court deadline. The Supreme Court rejected the initial rationale for adding the question to the 2020 census as…

(Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Friday mass deportation roundups would begin “fairly soon” as U.S. migrant advocates vowed their communities would be “ready” when immigration officers come. Trump, who has made a hardline immigration stance a key issue of his presidency and 2020 re-election bid, postponed the operation last month after the date was leaked, but on Monday he said it would take place after July 4. “They’ll…

And according to several reports from seismologist’s, there is a 1 in 20 chance a bigger earthquake could happen soon, which hall says causes even more concern. “So that’s what is scary about it. It’s kind of a new one. And you know, California is on a series of fault lines and somehow they are all connected. So, you don’t know if that’s going to trigger another fault or what’s…

President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump considering executive order on citizenship question for Census US women’s soccer star Alex Morgan says verdict on Trump White House invite will be team decision China renews demands that US lift all tariffs for trade deal MORE avoided infusing partisan rhetoric into his rainy July 4 speech on the National Mall, though he still received energetic applause from a drenched crowd of supporters. At his long-planned…

Demonstrators against a proposal to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., in April. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images Demonstrators against a proposal to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., in April. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images A federal judge in Maryland is moving forward with…

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SALT LAKE CITY — Police announced Friday that they have recovered the body of slain University of Utah student Mackenzie Lueck. “In the wake of this tragic, tragic incident I am relieved and grief-stricken to report that we have recovered Mackenzie Lueck in Logan Canyon,” Salt Lake Police Chief Mike Brown said. The body was recovered Wednesday and investigators were later able to confirm that the remains were of Lueck….

The Justice Department signaled to a federal judge in Maryland Friday that the Trump administration is still fighting to place the citizenship question on the census, something Mr. Trump insists he wants. The Justice Department, unsurprisingly, was unable to provide a different rationale for adding the question, as the Supreme Court has insisted is necessary to successfully and legally do so. U.S. District Judge George Hazel had given the Justice…

The magnitude-6.4 quake, which caused damage in some cities, was centered near Ridgecrest, about 150 miles north of Los Angeles. In a state especially prone to tremors, only 13% of homeowners have earthquake insurance, according to the California Department of Insurance. Others who have renter’s or homeowner’s insurance mistakenly believe they’re covered for earthquakes.

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Media captionTrump claims army ‘took over airports’ in 1775 US President Donald Trump has blamed a teleprompter going “kaput” for a glaring anachronism in his Independence Day speech. He told crowds on 4 July the Continental Army “took over the airports” during the American Revolutionary War in the 1770s. Observers quickly pointed out there was no air travel in 18th Century America. Explaining away the slip-up on Friday, Mr Trump…

Chris Cline poses for a portrait in a coal mine in Carlinville, Ill., in 2010. The coal magnate was on a helicopter that crashed in the waters off Grand Cay, Bahamas, on Thursday, killing all seven people onboard. Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Bloomberg via Getty Images Chris Cline poses for a portrait in a coal mine in Carlinville, Ill., in 2010. The coal magnate was on…

CLOSE A magnitude 6.4 earthquake rocked Southern California, triggering fires and a hospital evacuation. USA TODAY Hundreds of aftershocks rumbled in Southern California on Friday, the day after the region was rocked by the strongest earthquake in two decades, igniting fires, triggering a hospital evacuation and raising concerns about an even more powerful jolt. Most of the aftershocks ranked in the magnitude 2-to-3 range, with a few in the magnitude 3-to-4 range,…