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More than two dozen people are dead on the island of Hispaniola, shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic, after torrential rainfall over three days created severe flooding, downed trees and power lines, and devastated crops. At least 21 of the deaths occurred in the Dominican Republic where nine people died in the capital of Santo Domingo on Saturday after the heavy rains caused the wall of a highway tunnel to collapse, Dominican officials said. Another death occurred when a man named José... Читать дальше...

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has a message for "extremist Republicans in Congress" — if we avoid traffic hell this Thanksgiving, it's not thanks to you.

Concerns about certain crimes are at their highest levels in decades, causing Americans to isolate themselves from their communities, according to new polling. The spike in fear comes as violent crime has decreased nationwide, while property crime has ticked up, according to the FBI. A recent Gallup poll found that 28% of Americans worry frequently or occasionally that they will be murdered, according to a Nov. 16 news release. That’s a near-record high. The Gallup poll surveyed 1,009 adults between Oct. Читать дальше...

Ann Coulter, the former Trump supporter who turned into a ferocious critic, unleashed an attack on Texas Governor Gregg Abbott after he put his weight behind the former president to become the Republican Party's nominee.

Fox News host Brian Kilmeade praised "slave owners" because he said the United States of America would not exist without them.

Around a year after her work on the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, Donald Trump supporters are renewing attacks on former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney as a "traitor," Newsweek reported.

An expert witness bemoaned Monday as a “waste of time” was quickly tripped up by a state attorney prosecuting Donald Trump’s $250 million civil fraud trial, according to reports.

MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan called out an attorney who threatened to jail him and revoke his citizenship if Donald Trump wins the presidency.

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Donald Trump's allies have begun a smear campaign against Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis despite dire warnings from fellow Republicans, according to a new report.

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) isn't backing down after a conspiracy theory he promoted about a convicted Capitol rioter being a secret federal agent was quickly debunked.

Donald Trump's attorneys are turning to an unlikely source for help in obtaining federal records to defend himself in the Fulton County election subversion case.

A judge raised serious questions about Donald Trump's involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection, but the fact the former president may remain on the ballot in Colorado due to a technicality has left one onlooker shocked.

A three-judge federal appeals court reviewing Donald Trump's request to overturn U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan's limited gag order listened for nearly two and a half hours to arguments that were slated to last a total of 40 minutes. They appeared largely skeptical of Trump's attorney's arguments, but experts say they believe the court will uphold the gag order while narrowing it somewhat to protect the ex-president's First Amendment rights.

A New York State attorney ridiculed one of former President Donald Trump’s expert witnesses Monday as nothing more than a “waste of time,” ABC News reports.

Conservative podcaster Steve Bannon on Monday called on House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to create a new Jan. 6 Committee, which he predicted would prove the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump.

Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo, who infamously peddled conspiracy theories about the 2020 election that were concocted by a woman who believes she can talk with the wind, is now floating wild conspiracy theories about the origins of COVID-19.

Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) infuriated his Republican colleagues by calling out their lack of accomplishment since taking control of the House majority, according to a report.

Thanksgiving week faces an “enhanced risk of severe weather” that could slam the U.S. with tornadoes, snow and Santa Ana winds, national forecasters warned Monday.

Some of former President Donald Trump's most outspoken critics are conservative Republicans who served in his administration, including former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr, former National Security Adviser John Bolton, former White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly, former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, and former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis.

A week after Donald Trump channeled Hitler and Mussolini with his “vermin” speech—in which he promised to “root out” the “left-wing thugs,” which he called “vermin”—he sent out a violence-laced post on Truth Social this past weekend that was at once apocalyptic and authoritarian but also quite revealing.

Donald Trump shared a conspiracy theory posted by Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) about the Jan. 6 insurrection Monday.

Republicans are looking to prop up Independent — and former Democrat — incumbent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema in an effort to split the Democratic Party vote and boost GOP candidate Kari Lake's chances in the Arizona Senate race next year, Politico reported.

Hed: Supreme Court cowards are hiding behind a hollow ethics code. Here’s how to fix that.

New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman said this week that there's a real effort underway to convince former President Donald Trump to pick ex-Fox News host Tucker Carlson as his vice president.