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Animal rescue finds dogs left behind amid tons of trash at Dakota Access protest camp

Along with tons of garbage left behind at the Dakota Access protest camp, at least eight dogs have been discovered since protesters departed last week under a federal evacuation order.

February 28, 2017

Voters say Democrats hurting party, nation with scorched-earth anti-Trump tactics: Poll

The Democratic Party's never-ending anti-Trump siege isn't just bad for the country, it's also hurting Democrats with the voters.

February 28, 2017

Donald Trump calls gaffe-plagued, low-rated Oscars telecast ‘a little sad’

The 89th Academy Awards ceremony Sunday registered an audience of 32.9 million, according to Nielsen figures released by ABC, the lowest viewership in nine years and the second-lowest audience since 2000.

February 28, 2017

Bernie Sanders under rising pressure to form third party

Democratic Party insiders say efforts to draft Sen. Bernard Sanders to launch a political party are foolish, doomed to fail and could do more to hurt than help the progressive cause.

February 27, 2017

California Democrats spend $110 million to defeat other Democrats in 2016 same-party races

Dominating California politics is getting pricey for Democrats, who spent in excess of $110 million to defeat other Democrats last year, significantly more than what it cost them under the top-two primary system in 2014.

February 24, 2017

Dakota Access pipeline poised to flow oil within weeks as project roars ahead of schedule

After months of protest-driven delays, the Dakota Access pipeline now is running ahead of schedule and expected to be ready to deliver oil as early as next month.

February 24, 2017

Dakota Access pipeline camp cleared of protesters

Thousands of protesters, tons of garbage and nearly 750 arrests later, the Dakota Access pipeline occupation wrapped up Thursday as law enforcement cleared stragglers from the floodplain in preparation for the massive clean-up ahead.

February 23, 2017

Police arrest 33 Dakota Access ‘rogue protesters’ refusing to leave trash-strewn camp

Another 33 arrests were made Thursday after a lingering band of Dakota Access pipeline protesters refused to comply with a federal evacuation order.

February 23, 2017

Hundreds of scientists urge Donald Trump to withdraw from U.N. climate-change agency

More than 300 scientists have urged President Trump to withdraw from the U.N.'s climate-change agency, warning that its push to curtail carbon dioxide threatens to exacerbate poverty without improving the environment.

February 23, 2017

Dakota Access protesters set 20 fires during evacuation, two children burned

Two children were burned, one of them severely, at the Dakota Access camp evacuation Wednesday after remaining activists set fire to about 20 shelters and a vehicle in what was described as a departure ceremony.

February 22, 2017

Town halls of Republicans interrupted by ambush attacks by left

Ornery and outspoken, Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert isn't the type to shy away from a political scuffle. But like many Republicans, he's decided to stop holding in-person town halls for now -- thanks to the left-wing protest machine.

February 22, 2017

Dakota Access: North Dakota offers protesters free rides home, food as evacuation deadline looms

Short of packing the protesters' bags, North Dakota is doing everything it can to convince the remaining Dakota Access oil pipeline activists to meet Wednesday's evacuation deadline with free bus tickets, food, hotel rooms and taxi rides.

February 22, 2017

Standing Rock casino hopes to win back gamblers scared off by protests

At this point, the Standing Rock Sioux could use fewer Dakota Access pipeline protesters in the camps and more high-rollers at the reservation casino.

February 21, 2017

Californians jeer state’s decision to extend drought restrictions

California's decision to extend drought restrictions despite historic rain and snow has met with splashback from some waterlogged residents.

February 19, 2017

Veterans from post-9/11 seek new purpose by joining left-wing protest movements

The ground troops populating the latest left-wing protest movements? Some of them are actually former ground troops.

February 16, 2017

Joe Salazar-Dave Williams: Colorado Dem lawmaker calls Republican ‘half-Latino’

A Colorado Democratic legislator has ignited a debate over identity politics by referring to a Republican lawmaker as "half-Latino."

February 16, 2017

Doug Burgum, North Dakota governor, orders emergency evacuation of pipeline protest camp

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum issued late Wednesday an emergency evacuation order for Dakota Access protesters still located in the floodplain, citing the threat of "injury or death" and "ecological disaster" from the rapidly melting snowpack.

February 15, 2017

Dakota Access pipeline executive compares lawless protesters to terrorists

A Dakota Access pipeline executive lashed out Wednesday at protesters who have wreaked havoc for months in their campaign to halt the project, comparing those who shut down pipeline operations to terrorists.

February 15, 2017

Oroville Dam disaster declaration approved by Donald Trump

President Trump approved Tuesday disaster relief for California, putting an end to speculation that the bad blood between the White House and Gov. Jerry Brown would jeopardize the state's plea for emergency aid.

February 14, 2017

Feds join Dakota Access protest camp cleanup in race to avoid ‘environmental disaster’

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum announced Tuesday the federal government is moving in to accelerate the cleanup at the Dakota Access protest camp before the snowmelt turns the area into an "environmental disaster."

February 14, 2017