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BREAKING: Migrants in caravan turn back after moving toward border crossing on Mexico-Guatemala frontier.

When Benjamin Drake Daley arrived in Charlottesville, Va. from Redondo Beach, he stopped by Walmart to pick up supplies: white athletic tape, black spray paint and a folding tactical knife. Later that day in August 2017, prosecutors say, Daley taped his fists as if he were a boxer or mixed martial arts fighter and showed up at the University of Virginia, where he marched through campus with hundreds of torch-toting white supremacists shouting racist and anti-Semitic slogans. Daley and several others had traveled from California on behalf of the so-called Rise Above Movement, a relatively small militant white power group...

Keith Raniere, the leader of an elusive US self-help group, has been arrested by the FBI in Mexico and charged with sex trafficking. Federal prosecutors allege Mr Raniere oversaw a "slave and master" system in his group called Nxivm, where female members were expected to have sex with him and were branded with his initials. He is expected to appear in court on the charges in Texas on Tuesday. Mr Raniere left the country last year after former members spoke to US media. A number of women came forward for an investigation published in the New York Times newspaper in...

Newly redacted text messages discovered by congressional investigators reveal that an embattled FBI agent at the center of the Russia investigation controversy was close friends with a District of Columbia judge who recused himself from the criminal case over former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, congressional members said, and text documents show.

California taxpayers are shelling out $25,000 a month for 40 hours of former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder’s time to help the state strategize for upcoming clashes with the Trump administration, according to a contract obtained by a conservative watchdog group. The California Legislature hired Holder and his Washington, D.C., firm, Covington & Burling, last month to assist with legal challenges over everything from immigration to environmental policies. Judicial Watch, which obtained Holder’s contract through a records request, called the deal “crony corruption pure and simple.”

Note: Post contains sensitive content regarding suicide. I found out Donald Trump had won the Electoral College while midstream in providing a urine sample for the emergency psychiatric staff of a New York City public hospital. The unlockable bathroom door in this unescapable wing was ajar, and I could hear the victorious Mike Pence’s sinister Sunday-school baritone taunting me with the truth from the hallway television. For the preceding witching hours of election night, I had lain in a fetal position amidst a cast of anonymous men nursing their own crises, my hands clasped tightly over my ears. It wasn’t...

Washington (CNN)The cast of "The West Wing" is back -- but this time, instead of the fictional Jed Bartlet, they're backing a different Democrat for president. Members of the massively popular NBC drama will appear with Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton at several events in Ohio on Saturday and Sunday. Actors Richard Schiff, Allison Janney, Bradley Whitford, Dulé Hill, Joshua Malina and Mary McCormack will make campaign stops in the Mahoning Valley, Cleveland, Sandusky and Toledo areas on Saturday, and in the Dayton and Columbus areas on Sunday. Joss Whedon's Avengers take shots at Trump in get out the vote video...

Activist, author and investigative journalist James O’Keefe from Project Veritas went undercover as a Hillary supporter this week at the DNC Convention in Philadelphia. What transpired was shocking. James was dressed as a Hillary Clinton supporter and walked through the Bernie supporters outside the Wells Fargo Convention Center. The Bernie supporters REALLY do not like Hillary.

Prosecutors seeking murder charges over Freddie Gray’s death rested their case against Caesar Goodson on Wednesday with an expert witness who crumbled under cross-examination. His testimony was the latest of several blows in the trial that experts say is prosecutors’ best shot at getting a conviction for Gray’s death. After failing to win in the first two trials, the case against Caesar Goodson is especially important for Marilyn Mosby, the embattled state’s attorney. Goodson was the driver of the van in which Gray was transported, and faces the most serious charge of second-degree depraved heart murder. Gray died of a...

LOS ANGELES, California — Mass immigration activists have planned to stage a large protest at a dinner event featuring 2016 presidential contender Donald Trump at the Luxe Hotel on Friday night. Security has been amplified in preparation after illegal immigration advocacy organizations, such as the Coalition for Humane Immigrants Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA), prepared to picket with signs that read “Dump Mr. Trump” on them. The I-405 is expected to be clogged with traffic, as it has been during President Barack Obama’s numerous visits to the region. Breitbart News spoke with the Luxe Hotel and they said they “already...

SOUTH ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) – L.A Times Reporter Matt Pearce was injured during protests in south St. Louis Sunday night. News 4 crews say Pearce was hit in the head at Vandeventer and 44 after citizens were seen throwing rocks. It is unclear why rocks were being thrown or if Pearce was the target. Read more: http://www.kmov.com/news/talkers/LA-Times-reporter-injured-while-covering-protests-in-south-St-Louis-283653611.html#ixzz3Jxai0eL8

Eureka, California (CNN) -- Police had a man who is suspected of killing a Catholic priest in his California rectory, but they let him go. It was mere hours before the slaying of the Rev. Eric Freed that an odd-acting Gary Lee Bullock had been in custody for public intoxication. On New Year's Eve, Humboldt County sheriff's deputies had responded to reports that a person was "acting strangely" and arrested Bullock, taking him to jail. But Bullock, police said, was "rejected" from the facility "due to his erratic behavior." Bullock, 43, was then moved to a nearby hospital, "where he...

A recent pilgrimage to Turkey helped clarify my understanding of faith. The world’s great religions — like Islam, Judaism, Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism — seemed to survive because their followers have had some results from their prayers and dedication to their faith. The arrival of Advent (Dec. 1) — the coming of Christ for Christians — resurrects this question: Why do some people have faith in God and others don’t? Why are some people religious and others not? Is it the way one looks at the world? Is it the result of a magic wand waved over your head at birth?...

IN UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTFOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LARRY KLAYMAN, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, 2020 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20006 and CHARLES AND MARY ANN STRANGE, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Plaintiffs, v. BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA II, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NWWashington, DC 20500 and ERIC HIMPTON HOLDER, JR.,555 Fourth St. NW Washington, DC 20530 and KEITH B. ALEXANDER Director of the National Security Agency,9800 Savage Rd.Fort Meade, MD 20755 and LOWELL C. McADAM, Chief Executive Officer of Verizon Communications 140 West Street New York, NY...

SACRAMENTO — The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection hid $3.6 million rather than depositing it into the state's cash-strapped general fund as required, interviews and documents reviewed by The Times show. For seven years, Cal Fire placed the money with the nonprofit California District Attorneys Assn., paying the group to hold it. The department used the cash for equipment purchases and training. The practice ended last year amid questions about whether the fund was legal.

Dianne Feinstein vents ire over 'avalanche of leaks' In a televised interview Wednesday, Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein repeatedly vented her ire over leaks of classified information and she signaled that she favors a more aggressive crackdown on those who are passing national security secrets to the press. "What we're seeing...is an Anschluss, an avalanche of leaks. And it's very, very disturbing. You know, it's dismayed our allies. It puts American lives in jeopardy. It puts our nation's security in jeopardy," Feinstein (D-Calif.) said on CNN's "Situation Room" program. She said the Senate Intelligence Committee plans to meet Thursday...

Hey Barack Obama to you - yesterday (rd) -- About the deadline tonight: It matters. If you can, please give $3 or more today: http://my.democrats.org/By-Midnight To 2012, Barack

Still, she saved her sharpest barb for conservatives, especially the populist Tea Party, which helped Republicans take control of the House of Representatives in the November elections. Waters blamed the group for making things worse for working people. "As far as I'm concerned, the Tea Party can go straight to hell," she said. "And I'm gonna tell them how to get there

Foursquare has just gained its highest-profile user yet: President Barack Obama. “The White House is now on Foursquare, a location-based social networking website, which is the latest way for you to engage with the administration,” The White House said on its blog. “There are over 10 million people already “checking in” around the world, and now you’ll be able to discover “tips” from the White House featuring the places President Obama has visited, what he did there, plus historical information and more.” The White House says that it will be posting tips about the President’s visits around the country as...