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The claim that U.S. politicians received millions of dollars in kickbacks from aid to Ukraine is Pants on Fire! Ukraine Oversight, Special Inspector General for Operation Atlantic Resolve, Funding, ...

Hours after a U.S. Army helicopter and an American Airlines passenger jet collided Jan. 29 over the Potomac River, killing 67 people, Trump blamed his predecessors’ diversity hiring policies, ...

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jo Ellis is a member of the Virginia Army National Guard. She posted a statement and video on Facebook saying she is alive and debunking the rumor. Many questions remain after ...

Says White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said, “Jesus didn’t have electricity and he did just fine.” ...

Experts told PolitiFact that Trump’s plan would have ... for tying any California federal disaster aid to changes in state fire management policies, an idea Democrats reject.

While evacuation orders remained in place for areas around the immediate perimeter of the fire, other nearby neighborhoods were reduced from evacuation orders to warnings, while warnings were ...

A new fire exploded Wednesday north of Castaic, charring more than 10,000 acres and forcing thousands to flee their homes amid a month of extreme fire conditions that have plagued Southern California.

The Hughes fire north of Castaic quickly grew to more than 10,000 acres, but no structures were reported damaged. • Southern California expects less than half an inch of rain Saturday through ...

Cal Fire and the U.S. Forest Service have responded to 241 wildfires in California with over 40,000 acres burned since Jan. 1, not including the Hughes fire and others that ignited on Wednesday.

The Hughes Fire has burned more than 9,000 acres Wednesday around the Castaic Lake in Los Angeles County on Wednesday continuing a devastating wave of Southern California wildfires fueled by dry ...

The Hughes Fire has spread to over 8,000 acres in Los Angeles County's Castaic area on Wednesday as dry vegetation and brutal Santa Ana winds continue to boost fire conditions across Southern ...