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Sen. Dianne Feinstein defended Sunday her much-criticized grilling of a judicial nominee over her Catholic faith, saying that Amy Coney Barrett had made “questionable” statements in her writings. Ms. Feinstein said that she considered Catholicism to be a “great religion,” but that it was appropriate for the Senate Judiciary Committee to quiz Ms. Barrett about […]

[twittervideo:2032929] Alan Dershowitz, a famed defense attorney and professor emeritus at Harvard Law School, says that the United States needs to overcome “identity politics” in order to unite the nation. Dershowitz blames both the extreme-left and extreme-right for dividing America through its focus on race. Dershowitz told Fox News that “both the hard right and

By Samantha Young | CALmatters Reprinted from The Times of San Diego Back when Assemblywoman Monique Limón served on the school board in Santa Barbara, the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians donated an encyclopedia-style dictionary to the local schools about their language and culture. Limón, born and raised in Santa Barbara, was mesmerized when

They carried signs that read “Black Lives Matter,” held fists in the air and marched together as one — blacks, whites, Latinos. A day after a former St. Louis police officer was acquitted in the shooting death of an unarmed black man, tensions remained high in the city and surrounding suburbs on Saturday as protesters

When the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills submitted its emergency management plan to county administrators in July, it included details on how the nursing home would maintain clean linen, distribute canned food and ensure that residents had access to hand sanitizers. It made no mention of how residents would be kept cool if the home

As the University of Florida prepares to allow white nationalist Richard Spencer to speak on its campus, experts said the school is making the legally correct decision, even as other colleges hold firm in rejecting him. UF is one of several universities recently forced to deal with a planned visit by Spencer, who has advocated

First lady Melania Trump shared an awkward moment with her husband, President Donald Trump, on Friday during an appearance at a military base near Washington, D.C. Goofy @realDonaldTrump and his wife Melania Trump. Dude gave her the side ting hand shake pic.twitter.com/VwwZ5jbTC0 Watch the video — JR The Darkskin (@iamjtune) September 16, 2017 The president

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers on Saturday passed a “sanctuary state” bill to protect immigrants without legal residency in the U.S., part of a broader push by Democrats to counter expanded deportation orders under the Trump administration. The legislation by Democratic Sen. Kevin de Leon, the most far-reaching of its kind in the country, would