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Clinton campaign manager: FBI director’s letter to Congress cost her the election

Robby Mook blamed Hillary Clinton's loss primarily on the letters from FBI Director James Comey regarding her secret email server.

December 4, 2016

Dakota Access protesters accused of destroying environment in order to save it

In the name of saving the environment, thousands of green activists fighting to stop the Dakota Access pipeline are making a huge mess.

December 1, 2016

Dakota Access pipeline protest: Veterans’ group to take stand against ‘enemy’ police

As many as 2,000 veterans planning to join the Dakota Access pipeline protest Monday have been advised to bring body armor and gas masks in anticipation of a conflict with local officers, identified as the "enemy."

December 1, 2016

Death penalty winning support after yearslong slide

This year's election results suggest that reports of the death penalty's demise may have been greatly exaggerated.

November 30, 2016

Dakota Access protesters leave as snowstorm hits

Most Dakota Access pipeline protesters have ignored the Obama administration's pleas to vacate their illegal encampment on federal land, but they are listening to Mother Nature.

November 29, 2016

Pro-Castro guild sues N.D. sheriff for civil-rights violations, excessive force at protests

The National Lawyers Guild may have been a big fan of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, but it's got a real problem with Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier.

November 29, 2016

Tim Kaine initially blames ‘gun violence’ for Ohio State car-and-knife attack

Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine said Monday he was saddened by the "senseless act of gun violence" at Ohio State University, even though the attacker used a butcher knife and a car.

November 29, 2016

Court orders New York AG Schneiderman to turn over climate change secrecy pact

A court has ordered New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to turn over documents related to a multistate confidentiality agreement on climate change investigations.

November 28, 2016

Aaron Mair, Sierra Club president: Fidel Castro had ‘more honor’ than Donald Trump

Sierra Club President Aaron Mair marked the Friday death of Fidel Castro by declaring that the Cuban dictator had "more honor" than U.S. Republican President-elect Donald Trump.

November 28, 2016

Complaints grow over whites turning Dakota Access protest into hippie festival

Tension is brewing within the Dakota Access protest as complaints grow about outside activists trashing the camps, mooching off donations, and treating the anti-pipeline demonstration like a Burning Man-style festival for hippies.

November 28, 2016

Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier fights to keep peace amid Dakota Access pipeline protests

If he's said it once, he's said it a thousand times: Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier doesn't care whether the Dakota Access pipeline gets built or not.

November 27, 2016

North Dakota Gov. Dalrymple: Feds made Dakota Access mess, they can clean it up

North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple had a message Saturday for the Obama administration: Don't expect local and state law enforcement to do your dirty work by evicting the Dakota Access pipeline protesters.

November 26, 2016

Obama administration sets deadline for Dakota Access protesters to leave federal land

After months of inaction on the Dakota Access pipeline protest, the Obama administration has put itself at odds with the Standing Rock Sioux by giving protesters 10 days to vacate the camps illegally located on federal land.

November 26, 2016

Green Party raises $5M for presidential recount in key states over hacking suspicions

Complaints about election fraud almost inevitably hail from the right, but Republican Donald Trump's unexpected presidential win has left-wingers raising millions for recounts in key swing states to make sure the race wasn't hacked.

November 25, 2016

Dakota Access pipeline protesters send message to police with decapitated pig’s head at march

Anti-Dakota Access oil pipeline protesters sent a signal to police by carrying a decapitated pig's head on a pike as about 1,000 activists spent Thanksgiving locked in multiple standoffs with officers.

November 25, 2016

Anti-Trump Americans may find moving to Canada more difficult than they thought

There's a reason anti-Trump celebrities such as Miley Cyrus and Lena Dunham aren't keeping their promises to leave the country: It's hard. Really hard.

November 23, 2016

Soros-funded group launches first 2018 campaign ad with attack on Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake

For those hoping to enjoy a breather before the 2018 campaign kicks off, apparently time's up.

November 23, 2016

Pat McCrory won’t concede, seeks recount amid voter-fraud complaints

North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory, a Republican, formally requested a recount Tuesday after filing more than 50 challenges alleging voter fraud as the latest tally showed him trailing his Democratic rival, Attorney General Roy Cooper, by anywhere from 7,000 to 9,000 votes.

November 23, 2016

Dakota Access pipeline: Police deny Dakota Access activist was injured by ‘grenade’

Dakota Access pipeline foes are accusing police of lobbing a grenade during Sunday's rioting that badly injured the arm of an activist, but law enforcement says the only dangerous explosives on the scene belonged to the protesters.

November 22, 2016

GOP electors harassed, threatened as foes maneuver to block Donald Trump in Electoral College

Republican members of the Electoral College are facing pressure, harassment and even death threats as disgruntled opponents of President-elect Donald Trump mount a last-ditch push to keep him out of the White House.

November 22, 2016