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Cesar Sayoc, a strident supporter of President Donald Trump charged with directing a mail-bomb campaign in South Florida against prominent Democrats, kept a “hit list” of more than 100 potential political targets, according to law enforcement... Read More
Suspected Pittsburgh synagogue shooter Robert Bowers was released from the hospital early Monday in advance of his arraignment in federal court for the murder of 11 congregants. Bowers, 46, waded into the Tree of Life Synagogue in the Squirrel... Read More
Eight years after the tea party movement helped Republicans win a majority of U.S. governorships, the GOP is bracing for a potential power shift that would reshape the nation’s political landscape. The long winning streak has given Republicans... Read More
Trump was in Washington on Monday and will remain there until Wednesday, when he will begin his final push to convince voters to keep both chambers in Republican hands. His tour will mostly focus on Midwestern and Mid-Southern battlegrounds. Read More
The quick arrest of a homeless man living in his van on charges of sending more than a dozen mail bombs to notable Democrats around the country may have signaled the climax of a massive federal investigation during the... Read More
As the Trump administration increases immigration enforcement actions against working adults, grandparents and other extended family members — often immigrants themselves — are stepping in to care for many of those... Read More
October 29, 2018 By Linda Robertson, Sarah Blaskey and Martin Vassolo Cesar Sayoc lived on the crummy strip-mall fringes of South Florida, sleeping in a van that stank of sweaty gym clothes, delivering pizzas on the graveyard shift and working... Read More
Brazil’s far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro won Sunday’s presidential runoff, according to a nearly complete count of the vote published by electoral authorities. Bolsonaro got 55.5 percent of the votes followed by Workers’ Party... Read More
Right after the bell rings to end the school day, Shari Gateley hurriedly tidies up her classroom and dashes into the teachers’ lounge. She emerges in sneakers and a campaign T-shirt, ready to knock on doors for Drew Edmondson... Read More
President Donald Trump’s ability to swing a statewide race will get one of its biggest tests in Montana. The president has made it a personal quest to unseat Democratic Sen. Jon Tester, a native Montanan and rancher who has... Read More
The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee is appearing to punt President Donald Trump’s new middle class tax cut plan to 2019. Rep. Kevin Brady made clear Friday that the additional 10 percent middle class... Read More
While President Donald Trump railed against a migrant caravan wending its way north through Mexico this week, hundreds of Central American immigrant families had already arrived at the border and been released into the U.S. by authorities. Read More
The Supreme Court could announce as early as Friday whether it will hear its first abortion-related appeal with newly seated Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh. The case involves whether conservative states may exclude Planned... Read More
When Christian Ilaka wakes up, the first thing he sees on his wall in large letters is the word “Focus.” The 25-year-old uses the reminder to motivate himself to do what he needs to do to succeed in his new ... Read More
Cesar Altieri Sayoc, 56, of Aventura, Fla., was arrested in Plantation, Fla., on Friday in connection with a series of pipe bombs that were mailed to at least 12 critics of President Donald Trump. Sayoc is a registered Republican... Read More
Taking a break from conquering Broadway, making movies and writing books, Lin-Manuel Miranda tromped up a muddy slope in Puerto Rico’s highlands on Wednesday assessing his next challenge: helping revive the island’s ailing coffee industry. Read More
The sun had set outside the banquet room when Roger Stone took the stage, a pale blue handkerchief sprouting from the chest pocket of his double-breasted gray suit. Read More
October 26, 2018 By Richard Winton, Eli Stokols and Noah Bierman WASHINGTON — Because none of the 10 suspicious devices sent to prominent figures in recent days has ignited, investigators now suspect that either a would-be bomb maker is inept... Read More
The Pentagon is sending 800 or more additional troops to the Southwest border in response to President Donald Trump’s vow to use the military to block a caravan of Central American immigrants from entering the United States, a U.S. ... Read More
Before O.J. Simpson, before Erik and Lyle Menendez, there was Joe Hunt. Handsome and charismatic with a boyish charm, Hunt led the Billionaire Boys Club, a social and investment fraternity. Read More
October 25, 2018 By Sahil Kapur WASHINGTON — Less than two weeks from Election Day, Democrats are agonizing about whether two groups of infrequent and liberal-leaning voters will turn out or dash their hopes of winning control of Congress: Hispanics... Read More
A federal judge intends to issue an injunction barring Georgia election officials from tossing certain absentee ballots without giving would-be voters advance notice and a chance to rectify any issues. The implementation of... Read More
By Alene Tchekmedyian and Brittny Mejia LOS ANGELES — From the beginning, the founders of the so-called Rise Above Movement had a goal: to reinvent what it meant to be a white nationalist. Members of the Southern California group were... Read More
South Florida congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a Democratic Party icon, became a central figure Wednesday after a string of suspected explosive devices were sent to politicians across the country. Suspicious packages... Read More
Tom Steyer made his fortune as a hedge fund manager taking risky bets in volatile conditions. In this year’s high-stakes midterm elections, the billionaire turned political activist is making another costly wager on one of the... Read More
Local election officials are dealing with a myriad of issues ahead of November’s contentious midterms, not least of which is securing systems from malicious actors. One lesser-known problem that continues to concern them... Read More
Some days, just for a moment, Mark Barbee thinks about stepping aside as mayor of Bridgeport, Pa., and extricating himself from the divisiveness of first nine months in office. Since Barbee took over in January as the first... Read More
Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley’s Senate campaign and the National Rifle Association’s PAC have engaged in an elaborate scheme to conceal illegal coordination, a complaint filed with the Federal Election Commission... Read More
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in Paris next month, their second one-on-one meeting this year as the Justice Department continues looking into whether the president’s 2016 campaign... Read More
When Elon Musk’s tunneling firm began digging in Hawthorne, Calif., last year, the construction site next to Space X headquarters was barely noticeable, sandwiched between a home improvement store and a parking garage. Read More
