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WASHINGTON — Federal authorities this week charged a 69-year-old California man with sending a threatening letter to the home of a conservative influencer who has deep ties to the Trump administration. George Russell Isbell Jr. of San Diego was charged with mailing the letter to Benny Johnson, who appeared at a news conference with Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday …

Southwest U.S. faces “significant” flood threats from tropical storms  Axios Parts of the Southwest May Get More Than a Month’s Rain This Weekend  The New York Times Sandbags available, events canceled, safety tips offered ahead of possible flooding  KOLD Thunderstorms, muggy weather ahead for Southern California thanks to Hurricane Priscilla  Los Angeles Times A trio of tropical systems is driving significant Southwest flood threat  The …

A Northeast Portland church was packed to standing room on Tuesday night as U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem toured the city and Portlanders waited to see whether an appeals court would continue to block President Donald Trump from deploying military troops to the city. U.S. Rep Maxine Dexter and Portland City Council president Elana Pirtle-Guiney, both Democrats, took …

More than half of Americans believe that the US government should only deploy armed troops in the event of external threats, according to a new survey. The Reuters/Ipsos survey released on Wednesday found that 58% of Americans believe that the president should only send in armed forces to areas with external threats. Meanwhile, 25% said that they believed the US …

A Rutgers University professor is temporarily relocating to Europe as he grapples with threats that intensified after a student group affiliated with the organization founded by murdered conservative activist Charlie Kirk accused him of being “a prominent leader of the antifa movement on campus”. Rutgers’ Turning Point USA chapter also says the presence of Mark Bray – whose work has …

After Kristi Noem declared that ICE will be “all over” the Super Bowl in light of Bad Bunny‘s halftime performance, Whoopi Goldberg proposed a way to bait the outspoken secretary of homeland security. “Everybody, get a little cocoa butter, sit in the sun, that’s the first thing,” Goldberg said on Monday’s episode of “The View.” “And this is the only …

The cause of a huge fire at the beachfront home of a South Carolina judge who had reportedly been subjected to death threats is being investigated by state law enforcement investigators. The blaze at the home of Diane Goodstein – a Democrat-appointed circuit court judge – erupted on Saturday, sending three members of her family to the hospital, including her …

Trump Renews Layoff Threats as Shutdown Accusations Continue to Fly  The New York Times Shutdown enters a new week with Congress still at odds over funding the government  CNN Hassett says layoffs will come if Trump thinks shutdown negotiations ‘are going nowhere’  ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos Democrats’ defiance on shutdown shows a new, tougher approach to Trump  The Washington …

Whenever Justice Amy Coney Barrett arrived at an auditorium or a library or a university last month to discuss her new book, she encountered a familiar sight: protesters. They lined the streets, chanting and carrying signs. One wore a handmaid’s costume, a symbol of oppression. Another was dressed as liberal icon Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, whose death in 2020 created …

Language enables us to connect with each other and coordinate to achieve incredible feats. Our ability to communicate abstract concepts is often seen as a defining feature of our species, and one that separates us from the rest of life on Earth. This is because while the ability to pair an arbitrary sound with a specific meaning is widespread in …