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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

Anti-Trump Californians file paperwork, launch campaign to secede from union

Anti-Trump secessionists filed formal paperwork Monday launching their petition drive aimed at separating California from the union by first putting the issue before voters on the 2018 ballot.

November 21, 2016

Dakota Access pipeline: Protesters set fires as deputies deploy tear gas in latest rioting

Hundreds of Dakota Access pipeline protesters set a dozen fires near a bridge and hurled rocks at police early Monday, while officers countered with tear gas in the latest standoff over the hotly contested project.

November 21, 2016

North Dakota draws Iraq comparison as pipeline protests rage

If President Obama had set out deliberately to dump a powder keg in the lap of the next president, it's hard to imagine him doing a better job than with the Dakota Access pipeline.

November 20, 2016

George Lopez, comedian, insists he really will leave country due to Trump presidency

It looks like comedian George Lopez may go where no other anti-Trump celebrity has gone by actually leaving the United States.

November 19, 2016

Judge orders Democratic AGs leading Exxon climate-change probe to appear for depositions

A federal judge has advised two Democratic attorneys general leading the charge against ExxonMobil to appear for pretrial testimony on their climate-change investigations.

November 18, 2016

Samuel L. Jackson says he isn’t moving to South Africa despite Donald Trump victory

South Africans were looking forward to seeing whether actor Samuel L. Jackson would turn up after Republican Donald Trump's presidential win, but it looks like he's staying put.

November 18, 2016

Standing Rock took $375,000 from wind farm industry while fighting Dakota Access pipeline

The Standing Rock Sioux tribal council accepted $375,000 in donations from wind farm companies as it prepared earlier this year to fight the Dakota Access pipeline, raising questions about whether the green-energy industry is fueling the increasingly violent protests.

November 17, 2016

George Soros spends millions to bury Republicans, elect liberal prosecutors

Republicans have raised alarm over the specter of bought-and-paid-for county prosecutors beholden to George Soros and their impact on an independent criminal justice system.

November 16, 2016

Standing Rock Sioux votes to expel rowdy protesters while weighing lawsuit against police

The Standing Rock Sioux tribal council has voted to ask a camp known for its militant anti-pipeline protesters to pack their bags while also preparing for a possible lawsuit against law enforcement.

November 16, 2016

Barbra Streisand urges Obama to bypass Senate, appoint Supreme Court justice unilaterally

There's been no word so far from Barbra Streisand on whether she will make good on her pledge to leave the country, but she does want President Obama to bypass the Senate and appoint a Supreme Court justice before leaving office.

November 15, 2016

Company asks judge to stop Obama’s ‘political interference’ in delaying Dakota Access pipeline

The Dakota Access pipeline company asked a federal court Tuesday to override the Obama administration's latest delay of the hotly contested project's final permit.

November 15, 2016

Dakota Access pipeline: Reservation ranchers struggle to keep buffalo alive amid protests

The anti-pipeline protesters descending by the hundreds on rural North Dakota in support of the Standing Rock Sioux aren't necessarily standing with Beverly Fischer. Or her dead buffalo.

November 14, 2016

Dakota Access pipeline decision may fall to Trump after Obama refuses to make decision

The Obama administration punted Monday on the Dakota Access pipeline, delaying a decision on the hotly contested project and increasing the likelihood that the final call will be left to the next president, Donald Trump.

November 14, 2016