Facebook blocks 115 accounts ahead of US midterm elections

Facebook said it blocked 115 accounts for suspected "coordinated inauthentic behavior" linked to foreign groups attempting to interfere in Tuesday's U.S. midterm elections.

Many big races to be decided Tuesday in SoCal
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A lot of big races will be decided Tuesday on Election Day 2018, including California's race for governor. Law professor and political commentator Jessica Levinson joined us to discuss.

Fox, NBC and Facebook turn down Trump ad deemed racist

NBC, Fox News Channel and Facebook all said Monday they will stop airing President Donald Trump's campaign advertisement that featured an immigrant convicted of killing two police officers.

Trump calls barbed wire 'beautiful' as troops install wire along border

This weekend, U.S. troops continued to work along the border with Mexico, ostensibly to protect the United States from what President Trump has called an illegal immigrant invasion.

Kanye West says he's been 'used' politically

Rapper Kanye West says he wants to distance himself from politics and focus on being "creative" after being "used."

Trump stokes pre-election fear of immigrants to drive voters

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Thousands of U.S. troops to stop an "invasion" of migrants. Tent cities for asylum seekers. An end to the Constitution's guarantee of birthright citizenship.

Trump escalates anti-media rhetoric after wave of violence

WASHINGTON (AP/WTXF) -- Grappling with a wave of election-season violence, President Donald Trump escalated his rhetoric against the news media on Monday even as he made plans for a somber visit to Pennsylvania to mourn a synagogue massacre that left 11 dead.

Trump: End birthright citizenship for some US-born babies

Thousands of U.S. troops to stop an "invasion" of migrants. Tent cities for asylum seekers. An end for the Constitution's guarantee of birthright citizenship.

Attacks renew debate: Should US have domestic terrorism law?

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The package bombs sent to Democrats across the country and the killings of Jews at a Pittsburgh synagogue may seem like clear-cut cases of terrorism. But the suspects will almost certainly never face terrorism charges.  

Trump visit stirs debate in Pittsburgh; synagogue shooting suspect in court

PITTSBURGH (AP/WTXF) -- The man charged in the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre was brought into court in a wheelchair Monday, as some members of the Jewish community and others objected to President Donald Trump's plans to visit, accusing him of contributing to a toxic political climate in the U.S. that might have led to the bloodshed.

Hillary Clinton says, 'I'd like to be president,' at NYC event

Hillary Clinton during an event Friday at the New York City's 92nd Street Y told the audience: “I’d like to be president.”

President Donald Trump will visit Pittsburgh in wake of synagogue shooting

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump will visit Pennsylvania on Tuesday to mourn a synagogue massacre that left 11 people dead.

President Trump calls Pittsburgh synagogue shooting 'evil' anti-Semitism

President Donald Trump on Saturday lamented the 'devastating' attack by a shooter on a Pittsburgh synagogue, saying it lays bare the "hate in our country" and speculating that the deadly violence would have been curbed if the building had had an armed guard.

Obama takes aim at Trump, GOP in fiery Milwaukee speech

Former President Barack Obama criticized President Donald Trump's tenure in office Friday in a fiery speech in Milwaukee that took aim at him and other Republicans for "making stuff up."

Trump blames media for 'Anger we see today in our society'

President Donald Trump blamed the media Thursday for a "very big part of the Anger we see today in our society," as law enforcement scrambled to find those responsible for sending pipe bombs and other suspicious packages to a list of prominent Democrats including Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton and to CNN.

Trump signs bipartisan measure to confront opioid crisis

President Donald Trump pledged on Wednesday to put an "extremely big dent" in the scourge of drug addiction in America as he signed legislation intended to help tackle the opioid crisis, the deadliest epidemic of overdoses in the country's history.

Fury over reported federal plan targeting transgender people

WASHINGTON (AP) - LGBTQ leaders across the U.S. reacted with fury Monday to a report that the Trump administration is considering adoption of a new definition of gender that would effectively deny federal recognition and civil rights protections to transgender Americans.

Trump says 'major tax cut' on the way for middle class

President Trump said his administration and the Republican Party are working to introduce a major tax cut for middle-class Americans around the beginning of November.