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Grand jury indicts 16 in Oregon standoff, including Bundy brothers, four holdouts

A federal grand jury has indicted 16 people on conspiracy stemming from the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Burns, Oregon, including four people still holed up at the property.

February 4, 2016

Center for Medical Progress releases Planned Parenthood video ahead of court appearances

Apparently neither lawsuits nor indictments can stop the Center for Medical Progress from releasing anti-Planned Parenthood videos.

February 3, 2016

FBI video of Robert ‘LaVoy’ Finicum shooting in Oregon fails to calm uproar

The FBI video showing the death of Oregon occupier Robert "LaVoy" Finicum last week was supposed to put to rest doubts about the shooting's legitimacy, but the footage has instead raised as many questions as it answers.

February 3, 2016

Cliven Bundy declares Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation will go on even after sons arreste

It seemed last week as if the standoff at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters would soon collapse, but now Cliven Bundy says the occupation will continue indefinitely.

February 2, 2016

Hillary Clinton officially declared victor in Iowa; closest caucus in history, officials say

Hillary Clinton was officially declared the winner in the Iowa caucuses Tuesday afternoon, but not before Sen. Bernard Sanders outperformed expectations and reset the Democratic presidential primary, putting a serious dent in Mrs. Clinton's aura of inevitability.

February 1, 2016

Bernie Sanders inspires a fashion revolution at Iowa caucuses

It turns out Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is also a fashion revolutionary.

February 1, 2016

Iowa caucuses: Heavy turnout boosts insurgent candidates

Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernard Sanders were locked in a tight battle in early returns from Iowa's caucuses Monday night, as were Sen. Ted Cruz and Donald Trump on the GOP side, with the billionaire businessman looking for voters to validate his unorthodox campaign.

February 1, 2016

Ammon Bundy seeks release from custody as Oregon protesters rally

Taking a page from the Black Lives Matter movement, protesters chanted "don't shoot" and held up their hands at a Monday rally in rural Oregon condemning last week's shooting death of Robert "LaVoy" Finicum.

February 1, 2016

Oregon protestors dig in at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

They are proving a small but stubborn band as the last four anti-government occupiers remained dug in Sunday at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge while activity swirled outside the perimeter.

January 31, 2016

Marco Rubio, other trailing Republicans see exceeding expectations in Iowa as a ‘win’

Polls show Marco Rubio lodged firmly behind Donald Trump and Ted Cruz as Iowa voters prepare to caucus Monday, but a "win" for the Florida senator doesn't necessarily mean he has to come in first place.

January 31, 2016

Chris Christie’s Donald Trump impression amuses Iowa caucus voters

Whether or not you agree with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on the issues, there is no debating who has the campaign's best Donald Trump impression.

January 31, 2016

Robert ‘LaVoy’ Finicum shooting death video released by FBI

Accused of killing a man in cold blood, the FBI released dramatic video Thursday showing the final minutes before an armed occupier was shot dead in a clash with law enforcement.

January 28, 2016

Dawn Laguens of Planned Parenthood fund wants Paul Ryan to stop Congress investigation

Planned Parenthood called Thursday for House Speaker Paul D. Ryan to disband the Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives, citing the Texas indictment against pro-life investigators behind a series of hidden-camera videos.

January 28, 2016

Ammon Bundy starts crowdfunding page seeking $100,000, urges holdouts to surrender

The standoff at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge dwindled Thursday to four holdouts as the occupation's leaders began preparing for their next battle, this one in court.

January 28, 2016

Oregon standoff: FBI makes more arrests as holdouts negotiate to drop charges

The Oregon standoff continued to fall apart Thursday as three more people were arrested and the five remaining occupiers began negotiating the terms of their surrender.

January 28, 2016

Oregon standoff: Militants refuse to leave refuge even after Ammon Bundy arrest

After weeks of trying to wait out the Bundy-led occupation of a federal wildlife refuge in rural Oregon, law enforcement agents shifted tactics Tuesday with a roadside confrontation that resulted in the death of one occupier and the arrests of eight other protesters.

January 27, 2016

Ammon Bundy tells Oregon occupiers after court hearing to ‘stand down’

Occupation leader Ammon Bundy had a message Wednesday for those still holed up at a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon: "Please stand down."

January 27, 2016

Cecile Richards, Planned Parenthood president, says congressmen want women ‘in their place’

Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards, in an interview released Tuesday, accused some men in Congress of believing that "women are just not in their place anymore."

January 26, 2016

Oregon: 1 dead, Bundy brothers arrested as standoff ends with gunfire

Federal and state agents set up a perimeter around the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge early Wednesday in an effort to flush out remaining militants after making eight arrests and capturing the group's leaders in a highway stop that left one dead.

January 26, 2016

Ted Cruz Iowa events shadowed by pro-ethanol Winnebago

Wherever Ted Cruz appears on the campaign trail in the last frantic days before the Iowa caucuses, chances are a colorful Winnebago is in hot pursuit.

January 26, 2016