It was a telling moment in the GOP’s continual descent into a post-truth party in the Donald Trump era.... ChevronRight The same day, though, this same strategy landed Trump Jr. some legal problems — and earned him a rebuke from a judge. For the past two years, a GOP Senate candidate in West Virginia has been suing Trump Jr. for defamation.... It’s because he believed there was substantial evidence that Trump Jr. might have known the claim to be false and said it anyway. Eugene Volokh has a ru

--A federal jury has cleared four former coal company officials who were accused of skirting dust rules in two underground Kentucky mines. The jury in U.S. District Court in Louisville deliberated Wednesday for about two hours before returning not guilty verdicts.... The coal company went bankrupt in 2017. Jason Grover, a trial litigator with the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration, declined to comment after the verdict Wednesday afternoon. Eight people were originally charged in the cas

A massive wildfire burning for more than a week in South Carolina jumped the border Saturday and was spreading Sunday into North Carolina, where firefighters were already battling multiple blazes, officials said. The Table Rock Fire, which started on March 21 in the Table Rock State Park in Pickens County, South Carolina, had burned 11, 468 acres total as of Sunday morning in both South Carolina and North Carolina, charring more than 500 acres overnight, according to the South Carolina Forestry

A sign encouraging mask use hangs on a fence outside Jensen Elementary School in North Lawndale on Sept.... ” Kurz said. Illinois State Board of Education Superintendent Carmen Ayala said she plans to meet soon with Dr.... “ We all continue to fight this pandemic at every level, ” Ayala said....

However, authorities have yet to make a thorough search for victims and have warned the damage to some communities is extensive. Known as the Smokehouse Creek Fire, the largest blaze expanded to more than 1, 300 square miles( 3, 370 square kilometers) and jumped into parts of neighboring Oklahoma.... The smoke delayed aerial surveillance of the damage in some areas.“ There was one point where we couldn’t see anything, ” said Greg Downey, 57, describing his escape as flames bore down on his neig

The Smokehouse Creek fire, the largest on record in Texas, is still largely uncontrolled across the state’s Panhandle.So far, the fire — one of several that have affected that area — has scorched more than 1 million acres, making it one of the most destructive in U.S. history.... The blaze has devastated cattle ranches, consumed homes and killed at least two people. After a brief reprieve thanks to some precipitation Friday, temperatures rose again, to above-average levels, over the weekend....

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Rankings are based on CNN’s reporting, fundraising figures and historical data about how states and candidates have performed.Of these 10 seats, only Ohio and Texas have held primaries so far.... Nominating contests between April and August will cement what the other races look like. The top three races on the list – West Virginia, Montana and Ohio – aren’t going anywhere.... They’re still the most likely to flip because they’re Democratic-held seats in states that twice backed Donald Trump...