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Al Gore links severe weather to ‘unabated climate crisis,’ draws pushback

A burst of wild September weather brought a "climate crisis" warning Tuesday from Al Gore as Californians struggled with heat and wildfires, Atlantic storm trackers raced through the alphabet and Coloradans traded their flip-flops for snow boots.

September 8, 2020

Kamala Harris support for Jacob Blake calls #MeToo credibility into question

Sen. Kamala Harris believed Christine Blasey Ford, but whether she believes Jacob Blake's ex-girlfriend is another matter.

September 8, 2020

Donald Trump, Joe Biden Labor Day messages clash

Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden showcased his union support Monday while President Trump touted the rebounding economy, his get-tough policy on China and the rapid development of a coronavirus vaccine as the campaigns sought to woo American workers.

September 7, 2020

Trump on defunding 1619 Project schools: ‘I’m not a believer in cancel culture’

President Trump on Monday defended his threat to defund schools using the 1619 Project curriculum, which reframes U.S. history around the arrival of the first enslaved Africans, calling it "revisionist history."

September 7, 2020

Pro-Trump Army vet unloads after his face appears in anti-Trump ‘propaganda’

An Army veteran who was badly burned in Iraq wants people to know that an anti-Trump meme featuring his face doesn't represent his views.

September 7, 2020

Donald Trump weighs in on Chinese election interference: ‘Of course they want Biden’

Author Gordon Chang says China is meddling in the 2020 presidential election in favor of former Vice President Joseph R. Biden's campaign, and not surprisingly, President Trump agrees.

September 7, 2020

Seattle closes Gas Works Park to Sean Feucht Ministries Christian rally amid left-wing protests

Seattle plans to shut down a park to prevent a Christian rally from being held there on Labor Day even as left-wing protesters descended on the city for a holiday weekend of mass anti-Trump and anti-police demonstrations.

September 6, 2020

Pro-life group paints ‘Black Preborn Lives Matter’ in front of Baltimore Planned Parenthood

Pro-life activists were finally able to paint "Black Preborn Lives Matter" in front of a Planned Parenthood clinic, only they did it in Baltimore instead of Washington, D.C.

September 5, 2020

California bill easing penalties for sex with minors lands on governor’s desk

A bill on California Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk that would reduce criminal penalties for sexual activity between gay teens and young adults has ignited an uproar over sex offenses and LGBTQ rights.

September 4, 2020

Vernon Jones, Trump-supporting Black Democrat, decries leftists’ threats, intimidation tactics

Georgia state Rep. Vernon Jones is a Black man born and raised in the South, but he said he had never confronted anything like the angry horde that descended on him last week as he left the Republican National Convention.

September 3, 2020

Joe Biden: Trump has legitimized the dark side of human nature

Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden met Thursday with Jacob Blake's family in Wisconsin, putting his stamp on the national debate over policing and racial injustice and seizing the opportunity to accuse President Trump of legitimizing the "dark side of human nature."

September 3, 2020

Biden visit comes under scrutiny over Jacob Blake Sr.’s anti-Semitic comments

Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden visited Thursday with the Blake family amid rising scrutiny and criticism over Jacob Blake Sr.'s apparent history of anti-Semitic and racially charged social-media posts.

September 3, 2020

Muriel Bowser reverses bid to remove D.C. monuments

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Wednesday scaled back her blueprint for canceling politically incorrect U.S. monuments and memorials after hitting a brick wall with the Trump administration.

September 2, 2020

Civil rights official calls on Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan to halt Whites-only diversity training

A U.S. Commission on Civil Rights member has urged Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan to end her city's Whites-only diversity training program, saying it likely violates federal prohibitions on segregating employees by race.

September 2, 2020

‘Safeguard: An Electoral College Story’ documentary offers defense from popular-vote movement

Many Democrats increasingly view the Electoral College as a racist institution designed to steal presidential elections for Republicans, to which its defenders say: Imagine a world without it.

September 1, 2020

Joe Biden: ‘I am not banning fracking’

Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden insisted Monday that he would not ban fracking as president, seeking to reassure pivotal swing-state voters benefiting from the oil-and-gas boom fueled by hydraulic fracturing in Pennsylvania.

August 31, 2020

Trump’s approval rating with Black voters soars by 60% during RNC: poll

President Trump's approval rating among Black voters jumped by 60% during the Republican National Convention even as Democrats and progressives sought to brand the Republican president as racist.

August 31, 2020

Los Angeles County accused of ‘harassment’ for canceling church’s lease amid coronavirus dispute

Los Angeles County has canceled a lease on a large portion of the Grace Community Church parking lot amid a legal fight over the megachurch's refusal to abide by a public-health ban on indoor worship.

August 31, 2020

Steamboat Institute holds in-person conference, speakers blast shutdowns over coronavirus

BEAVER CREEK, Colorado | Plucky conservatives gathered here over the weekend to spread a message proving increasingly contagious: That the economic and social shutdowns aimed at slowing the novel coronavirus have become more harmful than the disease.

August 30, 2020

Brandon Straka blasts ‘total silence’ on left after anti-LGBT menacing by Black Lives Matter

Pro-Trump activist Brandon Straka on Saturday blasted the "total silence from the liberal media" and LGBT groups after he and friends were harassed by protesters yelling anti-gay slurs on the final night of the Republican National Convention.

August 29, 2020