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The Senate Judiciary Committee’s top Democrat Tuesday made a unilateral decision to release a transcript of the panel’s closed-door interview with Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson, whose company helped compile the now-infamous dossier accusing Donald Trump’s presidential campaign of colluding with Russia. In his interview with lawmakers and their staffs, […]

State Department officials told Congress Tuesday they would not rule out “an acoustic element” in what the U.S. says were attacks on two dozen American diplomats in Cuba, despite a new FBI report that doubts a “sonic attack” is responsible. The different views come as the U.S. government remains utterly […]

Santa Barbara, California, resident Jonathan Blinderman was jolted awake this morning after a night of pouring rain. He heard a loud noise coming from outside, so he sprung to his feet and peeked out the window. Cars were gliding on mud like metallic slalom skiers down his backyard. The lawyer’s […]

Steve Bannon has stepped down from his role as the head of Breitbart News Network, the site reported today. Bannon has served as the far-right news site’s executive chairman since 2012, taking a break in 2016 and 2017 to help run now-President Donald Trump’s campaign and then serve in his […]

Firefighters in Southern California rescued a 14-year-old girl who was trapped in a home destroyed by mudslides. Photos and video released by the Santa Barbara County Fire Department show the girl covered in mud as firefighters guided her out of the Montecito home, which was reduced to a pile of […]

At least five people are dead in California from weather-related incidents, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office said today. The southern part of the state has been drenched with severe rain just weeks after several fires tore through the area. Flash flooding, debris flow and mudslides are punishing the communities […]

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Former Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, pardoned by President Donald Trump in August after he was convicted of contempt of court, announced Tuesday that he is running for the U.S. Senate. “We cannot sit idly by while our nation faces unprecedented challenges. President Trump needs my help in the […]

An ongoing shortage of fluids used to deliver medicine and treat dehydrated patients has hospital workers scrambling in the midst of a nasty flu season and supplies from factories in storm-ravaged Puerto Rico have been slow to rebound. Supplies of saline and nutrient solutions were already tight before hurricanes pounded […]