Two months after state Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara was caught taking campaign contributions from the industry he regulates, he has proclaimed himself “deeply sorry” and taken “full responsibility” while at the same time suggesting his staff was to blame. He has also promised to eschew future support bearing a direct connection to insurers and suspend raising money for his reelection bid — which, by the way, is three years away — for a few months.

Earlier today, Donald Trump held a briefing on Hurricane Dorian At one point, the president held up a National Hurricane Center map from 29 August, displaying the hurricane’s track and intensity.

Apparently, someone had used a Sharpie to add a black loop falsely extending the hurricane’s path from Florida to Alabama. It was apparently a belated effort to justify Trump’s previous claim that the latter state could be affected.

The people of Britain voted for Brexit three years ago, requiring Great Britain to leave the EU on October 31, 2019. John says this will be catastrophic to the European Union. What do you think?

San Francisco has passed a resolution declaring that the National Rifle Association is a domestic terrorist organization and urging other cities, states, and the federal government to do the same.

Egypt’s coastal city of Alexandria, which has survived invasions, fires and earthquakes since it was founded by Alexander the Great more than 2,000 years ago, now faces a new menace in the form of climate change.

Rising sea levels threaten to inundate poorer neighborhoods and archaeological sites, prompting authorities to erect concrete barriers out at sea to break the tide. A severe storm in 2015 flooded large parts of the city, causing at least six deaths and the collapse of some two dozen homes, exposing weaknesses in the local infrastructure.

The Trump administration has started the process of canceling $3.6 billion in military construction projects to fund its plans to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Defense Secretary Mark Esper began notifying lawmakers Tuesday which projects will be canceled in their districts. Top Democrats immediately blasted the plan.

President Trump's special envoy for Afghanistan said Monday that the US and the Taliban have reached an agreement "in principle," pending final approval by the President.

Walmart Inc. will phase out sales of ammunition for handguns and short-barrel rifles, eliminating a small chunk of its sales to make a big political statement.  The decision also shows the growing power of shoppers who want companies’ social and political stances to align with their own.

Madeleine Westerhout, who left her White House job suddenly on Thursday as President Trump’s personal assistant, was fired after bragging to reporters that she had a better relationship with Trump than his own daughters Ivanka and Tiffany Trump, and that the president did not like being in pictures with Tiffany because he perceived her as overweight.

The 1st District Court of Appeal overturned the gun conviction because the judge failed to give the jury the option of acquitting Garcia-Zarate on the theory he only possessed the weapon for a moment.