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Vindman, who testified in the House during the first impeachment proceedings against Trump in 2019, appeared on MSNBC when he was asked about how the situation in Ukraine ties to the actions of the Trump administration. “What is happening on the other side of the world in Ukraine, a country from which you hail, is directly tied to the attacks on democracy that you witnessed in the White House while you were the director for European affairs at the National Security Council,” MSNBC host Ali Velshi stated....

Filed in Greenville Federal Court against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the state of South Carolina, the ACLU is acting on behalf of a family who was rejected by Miracle Hill Ministries, a South Carolina adoption agency run by an Evangelical Christian organization. The ACLU says the law is discriminatory against those who do not practice the Protestant religion. “Families who are rejected by an agency because of their faith or sexual orientation may not have other options in their area,” ACLU Deputy Director Leslie Cooper said in a statement....

The brief two-page report does not make reference to an “imminent attack,” which President Donald Trump and some of his top officials claimed was the reason for the airstrike that killed Soleimani early last month. It does state that one of the purposes was to “deter” Iran from conducting “further attacks” against U.S. personnel and interests. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel decried the rationalizations as an “after-the-fact explanation....

Cohen’s comment came nearly two weeks after FBI agents executed a search warrant for Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on August 8 to seize classified government documents that were allegedly improperly taken after the then-president left the White House last January. Trump and his allies quickly denounced the raid, approved by Attorney General Merrick Garland, as being politically motivated and part of a “witch hunt” in accusations similar to those made about other investigations into the ex-president’s conduct....

Trump will speak in Robstown to support his endorsed candidates in the Lone Star State. South Texas is home to three highly competitive congressional races that will test GOP inroads with Hispanic voters forged in 2020. The rally is set to begin at 7 p.m. CDT at the Richard M. Borchard Regional Fairgrounds. Speakers at the rally include Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick and state Attorney General Ken Paxton, both of whom are up for reelection on November 8....

Several high-profile Republicans faced criticism for appearing at the America First Political Action Conference, which was organized by right-wing activist Nick Fuentes, who has been labeled a “white supremacist” by the Anti-Defamation League. GOP leaders have condemned the rally and Fuentes, with some attendees saying they were not aware of some of his prior remarks and beliefs. McGeachin, however, said she knew who she was “talking to” while defending her attendance while speaking on the right-wing show Valiant News, adding that she was invited by conservative commentator Michelle Malkin....

The statement from Trump followed news Wednesday that a federal judge had rejected Trump’s attempt to pause his deposition scheduled for next week, according to a report from CNN. The 2019 lawsuit from Carroll alleges that Trump raped her in a department store in New York City in the mid-1990s, which Trump has repeatedly denied. The former president said in his statement Wednesday that Carroll’s allegations are “a hoax and a lie, just like all the other hoaxes that have been played on me for the past seven years....

Jenna Ellis joined the Trump campaign in November 2019 after being involved in conservative legal activism that included media appearances on outlets favored by President Donald Trump, like Fox News. In addition to her work with the Trump campaign, she is currently acting as special counsel for a lawsuit filed by the conservative Thomas More Law Center on behalf of California’s Grace Community Church. The lawsuit against Newsom, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and other officials was launched last week....

When the campaign agreed to the debate, Bill Stepien, Trump’s campaign manager, said they were told it would be focused on foreign policy, yet only a few of the recently announced topics “even touch on” the subject. Stepien criticized the topics for being yet another action from the debate commission to showcase its penchant for helping Biden, who he said was “desperate to avoid conversations about his own foreign policy record....

In the latest episode of Bill Maher’s Club Random podcast, Simmons, 73, shared that he knew Trump long before he became president, as Simmons was a contestant on Trump’s NBC show, The Celebrity Apprentice in 2008. “For the record, when [Trump] first ran in 2016 and got elected, I was happy,” Simmons divulged. “I knew the guy from before then, seeing him in clubs and stuff like that … He’s not a politician....

The former president is facing backlash after he repeated the accusation that Hunter Biden’s company received $3.5 million from Elena Baturina, the widow of former Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, during an interview on the Real America’s Voice show Just the News on Tuesday. “Why did the mayor of Moscow’s wife give the Bidens—both of them—three and a half million dollars? That’s a lot of money,” Trump said. “She gave him three and a half million dollars....

“They [the media and the left] are gonna make sure that you never hear about it because they don’t want you getting these kinds of ideas that freedom may actually still exist in some parts of the world,” Trump Jr. said during an interview with host Dan Bongino on FOX News. “I mean, Europe is pushing back and America is sitting there like sheep.” Trump Jr. also claimed that conservatives and right-leaning individuals today have to battle “big tech, mainstream media, social media, trillion-dollar industries that are functioning as the marketing department for the radical left....

Though most Americans—regardless of political affiliation—have been fully vaccinated, the YouGov/Yahoo News poll reported greater vaccine hesitancy among Republicans than Democrats or independents. Fifty-eight percent of voters who are not fully vaccinated plan to vote for Trump should he run for president again in 2024—opposed to only 15 percent who plan to vote for Biden, according to the poll. Meanwhile, another 27 percent of unvaccinated people said they are not sure who they’d vote for....

[Oct. 12: CIA Director Richard Helms is briefing the president in the Oval Office. He explains that Soviet missiles in Cuba could hit American cities as far away as Boston.] Nixon: Well, if they’re going to hit Boston, they should do it– Haldeman: –before the election. Nixon: Right. Haldeman: It’s the one state the Democrats are gonna win– Nixon: –and the Russians wipe it out! Serve Ellsberg right. [laughter]...

Anthony Michael Robinson of Stockton, California, Derje Damond Blanks of San Jose and Cameron Alonzo Moody of East Palo Alto also face numerous felony robbery charges. The yearlong investigation led to the arrests of Robinson and Blanks on Sept. 8 and Moody on Sept. 16. “Beginning in late 2020, the crime spree included robberies and purse snatches that virtually all followed the same pattern: The suspects targeted Asian women, because — evidence shows — the suspects believed that Asian women don’t use banks,” the Santa Clara District Attorney’s Office said....

While the surgery aims to correct the immediate problem, long-term care is necessary to address underlying arteriosclerosis and prevent the development of blockages that could cause a heart attack in the future. Benefits of Surgery The ultimate purpose of a triple bypass procedure is to ensure the delivery of oxygen to the heart muscle. FG Trade / Getty Images Other benefits of the procedure include: Preventing angina and other coronary heart disease symptoms Improving the pumping action of the heart Ability to resume a more active lifestyle Improving your quality of life Lowering the risk of a heart attack Improving life expectancy Decreasing stroke risk Preventing arrhythmias (irregular heart rhythm)...

McMahon’s WWE comeback was confirmed today as the 77-year-old veteran utilized his majority voting power to remove three names from the board of directors. George Barrios and Michelle Wilson were announced as replacements along with Vince, who also returned to the board for the first time since his retirement. Triple H, Stephanie McMahon, and Nick Khan — who assumed control of the company after Vince McMahon’s resignation last year — commented on the return in a joint statement issued on WWE’s website....

Ahead of the storm making landfall, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) informed citizens the storm was moving slowly, which could result in a long duration of heavy rainfall. That could lead to flash flooding and river flooding, putting people’s lives potentially at risk. As of Friday morning, Tropical Storm Barry was moving west-northwest at four knots, according to the NHC. The storm was located about 95 miles southwest of the mouth of the Mississippi River and about 120 miles from Morgan City, Louisiana....

If things go as planned Friday in a simulated game against David Price, then Tulowitzki would get in two live games in an effort to knock off the rust before the postseason. MORE: Get to know the Blue Jays | David Price’s Cy Young-worthy games The Jays open AL Division Series action next Thursday against an opponent still to be determined. “A sim game on Friday, and then I think the thought was to maybe play Saturday, Sunday — that’s just what we talked about,” Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos said....