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One of the Trump administration’s top diplomats, U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, wished CNN host Jake Tapper a “Merry Christmas” on Sunday — even though he is Jewish. At the end of an interview with Haley about President Donald Trump’s decision to accept Jerusalem as the Israel’s capital, Tapper concluded by acknowledging Haley’s Christian faith. “Madam […]

The office of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo defended its hiring practices after facing scrutiny from the FBI on Friday. Cuomo’s office dismissed an investigation that the governor’s practice of hiring individuals to work in his office but paying them via state agencies and public authorities, the Albany Times Union reported on Friday. The FBI

Unrelenting winds fanned towering flames Friday in southern California, where hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to flee multiple devastating fires in the Los Angeles area and new outbreaks near San Diego. Hundreds of structures including multi-million dollar mansions have been destroyed as thousands of firefighters battle wind-fueled wildfires on six different fronts.

California Assemblyman Matt Dababneh, a Democrat, announced his resignation Friday, just days after three women accused him of sexual misconduct, including a lobbyist, who accused him of following her into a restroom of a hotel and allegedly masturbating in front of her. The Democrat from Encino (Los Angeles County) is the second California state lawmaker