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Michael Steele rips Ron DeSantis over Andrew Gillum ‘monkey this up’ remark

Michael Steele said Wednesday he would not give the benefit of the doubt to Ron Santis, who won the Republican primary Tuesday with President Trump's support, for using the phrase "monkey this up" about the Democratic winner Andrew Gillum, who is black.

August 29, 2018

Donald Trump mocks CNN, ‘sloppy’ Carl Bernstein

President Donald Trump took to Twitter to attack both Carl Bernstein and CNN, for which the renowned Washington Post reporter from the 1970s co-wrote the Trump Tower story that has been repudiated by one of its own sources.

August 29, 2018

‘Mystery’ woman ringing Texas doorbell found alive

The woman ringing a Texas home's doorbell late at night has been found safe.

August 29, 2018

Barbara L’Italien vows to impeach Clarence Thomas if elected

Barbara L'Italien, a Democrat running for the U.S. House in Massachusetts, has made an unusual political promise: Put me in Congress and I'll impeach Justice Clarence Thomas for sexual harassment and perjury.

August 29, 2018

Caitlin Denison is woman in doorbell video, family believes

A Nevada family had hopes Wednesday that their missing teenagers might be the woman seen ringing a doorbell in a Texas home's surveillance video. The grandmother of 19-year-old Caitlin Denison told the Houston Chronicle on Wednesday that the teen went missing nine months ago after telling family members she was meeting someone in Texas. However the woman was identified as someone else later Wednesday.

August 29, 2018

Betsy DeVos to propose campus sexual misconduct rules that protect accused, colleges: Report

The Education Department is reportedly preparing a series of new policies on campus sexual misconduct that aim to protect the rights of the accused and to limit colleges' liability.

August 29, 2018

Lanny Davis admits he was source for CNN Trump Tower story, lied about it on air

Michael Cohen's attorney Lanny Davis has acknowledged being an anonymous source for the disputed CNN Trump Tower story and also admitted lying on TV about his involvement.

August 27, 2018

James Inhofe says John McCain ‘partially to blame’ for Donald Trump flag-lowering controversy

To one Republican senator, Monday's flag flap was John McCain's fault. Sen. James Inhofe, Oklahoma Republican, said the two days of back and forth about the flag over the White House and President Trump's statements on Mr. McCain's death was the result of their being "strong willed people" and partially at the Arizona senator's doorstep.

August 27, 2018

David Katz identified as Jacksonville gamer shooting suspect

Police have identified the suspect in Sunday's Jacksonville gamer shooting.

August 26, 2018

Madden 19 Tournament shooting: Multiple deaths reported in Jacksonville, Florida

A Madden video-game tournament in Florida ended in a mass-shooting Sunday, with a losing competitor killing two people and wounding several others before killing himself.

August 26, 2018

Betsy DeVos eyes school gun purchases with federal funds

The Education Department is reportedly considering letting states purchase firearms for schools using federal funds, reversing earlier policies and despite laws that bar states from using cash from Washington that way.

August 22, 2018

Trump tags wrong Mike Pompeo in Tweet on South Africa

President Trump took to Twitter on Wednesday night to denounce South Africa's land-reform program and order Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to review it.

August 22, 2018

Donald Trump considering pardon for Paul Manafort, Fox reports

A Fox News journalist said Wednesday evening that in an interview with President Trump, he told her that he was considering pardoning Paul Manafort.

August 22, 2018

South Africa white-owned farm seizures ‘land reform’ that will ‘follow the rule of law’: State Dept.

The State Department issued a statement Wednesday on South Africa moving to expropriate largely white-owned farmland, offering assurances that the country was engaged in an "open process." And then President Trump promptly undid the statement and said he'd ordered Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to review the program, which he harshly criticized as mass murder.

August 22, 2018

Jimmy Bennett issues statement on Asia Argento sexual assault accusation

Jimmy Bennett, the actor who claims he was raped as a teenager by Asia Argento, a leader of the #MeToo movement and Harvey Weinstein victim, broke his present-day silence Wednesday, saying he was traumatized by her claims of victimhood.

August 22, 2018

Lanny Davis says Michael Cohen ‘more than happy’ to tell Robert Mueller ‘all he knows’

Lanny Davis, lawyer for Michael Cohen, says his client has information that likely will be of interest to special counsel Robert Mueller. Lanny Davis, in an interview Tuesday evening on MSNBC, said his client will be "more than happy to tell the special counsel all that he knows."

August 21, 2018

Cristhian Rivera identified as Mollie Tibbetts suspect

The suspect in the Mollie Tibbets slaying has been identified by authorities as Cristhian Rivera.

August 21, 2018

‘Silent Sam,’ Confederate monument, toppled on University of North Carolina campus

Protesters at the University of North Carolina have toppled and desecrated a Confederate monument on campus. According to local media reports and videos, the 1913 "Silent Sam" statue to honor soldiers who were killed in the Civil War was torn down and then had dirt poured on it.

August 20, 2018

South Africa begins seizing white-owned farms

The seizures are part of a broad program of land redistribution that the post-Apartheid South African government has committed to speeding up, saying the country's current wealth distribution reflects theft from black tribes under the whites-only governments of the early- and mid-20th century.

August 20, 2018

Pope Francis’ letter on sexual abuse orders no specific actions

Pope Francis condemned priest sexual abuse, denounced the church's past response as inadequate and said solutions must involve "all the members of God's People" in a rare letter Monday to Catholics worldwide.

August 20, 2018