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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump is expected at his Winter White House in Palm Beach for the holidays, but records showing who will be visiting him at his Mar-a-Lago Club aren’t available to the public. The Trump administration has swatted down attempts by government watchdog groups to obtain White House and Mar-a-Lago

Democratic Congresswoman Jackie Spier said Friday the “rumor on the Hill” is that President Donald Trump intends to fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller next week when Congress is gone for the holidays. Should Trump go through with the unconfirmed rumor, Spier said an “effort” for impeachment would follow. Spier added Republicans are aiming to shut

MONTECITO, Calif. — New evacuation orders were issued in Santa Barbara County Saturday morning as the Thomas fire moved toward the hills above Montecito, with some wind gusts reported up to 65 mph. The so-called sundowner winds are pushing south from the mountains down to the coast — removing moisture along the way — and

Rep. Adam Schiff, California Democrat, said he’s concerned House Speaker Paul Ryan will cave in to the Trump administration and call off the Intelligence Committee’s probe into the 2016 presidential election race. “I’m increasingly worried Republicans will shut down the House Intelligence Committee investigation at the end of the month,” Mr. Schiff, the intel panel’s

WASHINGTON – The Food and Drug Administration hasn’t yet received or implemented a policy to ban words like “science-based” or “transgender,” according to an agency spokeswoman. Analysts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were banned from using those and five other words, including “fetus,” “vulnerable,” “entitlement,” “diversity,” and “evidence-based,” in their budget documents

Republican congressional leaders and real estate moguls could be personally enriched by a real-estate-related provision GOP lawmakers slipped into the final tax bill released Friday evening, according to experts interviewed by International Business Times. The legislative language was not part of previous versions of the bill and was added despite ongoing conflict-of-interest questions about the

Nine more women have recently accused Alex Kozinski, a prominent judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, of sexual harassment, assault and misconduct. According to a report by The Washington Post, the judge—who now faces allegations by roughly 15 women—purportedly made sexual comments and inappropriate body contact. The new accounts span