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Summary List PlacementFormer President Donald Trump gave his first interview since leaving office on Wednesday. Trump called into Fox News to commemorate Rush Limbaugh, a talk radio pioneer and controversial conservative firebrand who died Wednesday from lung cancer. He was 70. It was also Trump's first interview since the January 6 Capitol siege. Trump said Limbaugh's health was in bad shape for some time,...

Summary List PlacementLawyers working for Dominion Voting Systems, an election technology company at the center of a right-wing conspiracy theory about election fraud, sent a letter to Rudy Giuliani Tuesday telling him to preserve documents in anticipation of an "imminent" defamation lawsuit. "Because you have been, and continue to be, an architect and driver of the ongoing misinformation campaign against Dominion, we write to...

Summary List Placement Utah Sen. Mitt Romney said on Tuesday that he intended to vote on President Donald Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court. "My decision regarding a Supreme Court nomination is not the result of a subjective test of 'fairness' which, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder," Romney said in a statement. "It is based on the immutable fairness of...

President Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of the former Republican strategist Roger Stone, the White House announced Friday. In a statement, the White House said Stone was "a victim of the Russia Hoax that the Left and its allies in the media perpetuated for years in an attempt to undermine the Trump Presidency." The president's move came after he and his allies complained...

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced Monday that she has tested positive for the coronavirus. "COVID-19 has literally hit home. I have had NO symptoms and have tested positive," Bottoms tweeted. Now considered a potential vice presidential candidate, Bottoms' national profile has risen sharply since the death of George Floyd as she addressed issues of her racism and unrest in her city, including firing...

Florida once again broke its record for new coronavirus cases, reaching at least 11,445 reported on Saturday morning. Thursday was the last time Florida set a new record for single-day COVID-19 cases at 10,109. Only New York has reported more than 10,000 new cases in a day, with the Empire State passing its peak back in April. The 13% jump in Florida from the...

In another reversal, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered all bars in the Lone Star state to close by noon Friday. Texas has seen a steep spike in the coronavirus in recent days, once again breaking its single day record for new COVID-19 cases on Thursday with 5,996.  San Antonio has seen a 500% increase in hospitalizations this month, and Houston's ICU beds have...

The suspect arrested in connection with a stabbing at a rabbi's home in Monsey, New York, on Saturday night has pled not guilty to all charges. The suspect, Grafton E. Thomas, 37, is a resident of Greenwood Lake, New York where he lives with his mother. Thomas has previously been arrested for several offenses, including punching a police horse and "menacing and reckless endangerment."...

 Two major Saudi oil refineries were attacked by a 10-drone strike claimed by Yemen's Houthi rebel group. The smoke from the fires caused by the strikes can be seen in a satellite image from NASA Worldview. The two oil refineries are run by the world's biggest oil producer, Saudi Aramco. The destruction could have a detrimental effect on the world's energy supply.  Visit Business Insider's...

Bee Love Slater, a 23-year-old transgender woman, was found burned beyond recognition in a car on September 4.  Slater's death marked the 18th transgender person killed in the US this year, according to the Human Rights Campaign. Just two days before Slater was found dead, Bailey Reeves, a transgender teen, was shot and killed in Baltimore, Maryland. Research shows the transgender community, particularly transgender...