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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi broke congressional tradition by introducing President Donald Trump as only "the President of the United States." Previous House Speakers have introduced the sitting commander-in-chief by saying they had the "high privilege and distinct honor of presenting to you the President of the United States." Pelosi gave President George W. Bush the full introduction in the 2007 State of the Union...

US Navy Lt. Jonny Kim, a Navy SEAL and Harvard-trained physician, graduated from NASA training and became an internet celebrity. Kim said he first knew of the internet jokes after his friends and members of his Navy platoon sent him the memes. Kim said none of his career decisions were prompted by chasing medals or to seek approval, and that he makes sure that...

Environmental activist Greta Thunberg addressed world leaders at the UN Climate Action Summit on Monday to highlight the impact of climate change and stress the urgency of action. "People are suffering; people are dying; entire ecosystems are collapsing," Thunberg said. "We are in the beginning of a mass extinction and all you can talk about is money and fairytales of eternal economic growth." Later...

Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old from Sweden, started striking every Friday in August 2018 to demand climate action from world leaders. On Friday, millions joined her in cities worldwide in a Global Climate Strike, mostly led by other young people. The photos of Thunberg's lonely demonstrations last year and the millions-strong climate marches on Friday show how she's inspired young people across the globe. Visit...

President Donald Trump spent two days in California this week. He not only raked in $15 million at fundraisers for his reelection campaign, but he took away some political wins. The president and Gov. Gavin Newsom, who took the reins this year, fail to meet eye-to-eye on numerous issues — including homelessness, the environment, and a state bill that wouldn't allow candidates on the...

Sarah Ransome, who says she tried to escape Jeffrey Epstein's island by swimming away, said in a new piece that she never saw the late criminal financier "do a day's work" because he "was literally sexually abusing us all day long."  Little is known on how exactly Epstein made his multi-million dollar fortune, amid reports that he had run his business from the US...

Hurricane Dorian is now an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm, with winds of nearly 145 mph, the National Hurricane Center said Saturday morning. The hurricane is expected to approach Florida on Monday, but an updated Saturday morning forecast no longer shows it making landfall in Florida, and forecasts it nearing the coasts of Georgia and South Carolina. A hurricane warning is in effect for...