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Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon.

LA County district attorney resigns from California District Attorneys Association because the board is too white

Michael Lee · February 17, 2021 3:14 pm

White House announces end to Trump-era policy of sending illegal immigrants back to Mexico to await immigration proceedings

Michael Lee · February 16, 2021 9:20 pm

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis answers questions at a news conference at an emergency management warehouse about the spread of the corona virus Friday March 13, 2020 in Tallahassee, Fla.

DeSantis calls updated CDC guidance a ‘disgrace’ and blasts Democrats over teachers unions

Michael Lee · February 16, 2021 6:43 pm

Bill Gates, chairman of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, attends the "Africa Leadership Meeting - Investing in Health Outcomes" held at a hotel in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019.

Energy and Environment

Bill Gates thinks wealthy nations should stop eating beef and switch to plant-based alternatives

Michael Lee · February 16, 2021 6:02 pm

Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, listens during a roundtable discussion at Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital with officials and health experts to receive an update on anti-vaping efforts Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019, in Salt Lake City.

Mitt Romney faces trouble with Utah Republicans as petition circulates to censure him over impeachment vote

Michael Lee · February 16, 2021 5:07 pm

Rick Perry loses connection to Tucker Carlson during interview about Texas’s mass power outages

Michael Lee · February 16, 2021 4:14 pm

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Fellow Democrats not buying Andrew Cuomo’s nursing home explanation: ‘All of it is BS’

Michael Lee · February 16, 2021 3:52 pm

Kristi Noem, Corey Lewandowski

Minneapolis suddenly shifts approach, spends millions to hire more police officers

Michael Lee · February 14, 2021 10:18 pm

In this Jan. 20, 2016 file photo, John Weaver is shown on a campaign bus in Bow, N.H. The Lincoln Project was launched in November 2019 as a super PAC that allowed its leaders to raise and spend unlimited sums of money. In June 2020, members of the organizationâs leadership were informed in writing and in subsequent phone calls of at least 10 specific allegations of harassment against co-founder John Weaver, including two involving Lincoln Project employees, according to multiple people with direct knowledge of the situation.

Majority of donations collected by Lincoln Project went to companies run by super PAC’s leadership

Michael Lee · February 14, 2021 9:21 pm

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., question Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz and FBI Director Christopher Wray on the internal report of the FBI's Clinton email probe and the role of former FBI Director James Comey's actions during the 2016 presidential campaign, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, June 18, 2018.

Lindsey Graham hints Kamala Harris could be next impeachment target if GOP regains control of House

Michael Lee · February 14, 2021 9:00 pm

Georgia refers 35 cases of election law violations for criminal prosecution

Michael Lee · February 14, 2021 8:19 pm

Navy task force recommends pledge to respect ‘intersectional identities’ in attempt to combat all forms of discrimination

Michael Lee · February 14, 2021 5:52 pm