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NEW YORK (AP) — Time was, a television reporter assigned to “democracy issues” would have a quiet time on election night sets, occasionally popping up to talk about broken voting machines at a polling place or two. That’s not the case in 2022. Between election deniers and threats to voting rights, news organizations have emphasized the beat. That will continue next Tuesday, with coverage plans for the midterms rounding into shape. CBS News will have its first-ever “Democracy Desk” to look at those issues and how law enforcement is dealing with threats. NBC News’ “Vote Watch Unit” is looking at...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP/WFLA) – Norwegian Cruise Lines is threatening to skip Florida ports because of the governor’s order banning businesses from requiring customers be vaccinated against COVID-19. Norwegian CEO Frank Del Rio says the executive order from Gov. Ron DeSantis’ (R-Florida) banning what he called ‘vaccine passports’ conflicts with federal guidelines that would let cruise ships sail in U.S. waters if passengers and crew members are vaccinated. Legally, lawyers believe that federal law applies and not state law, but I’m not a lawyer. And we hope that this hasn’t become a legal football or a political football. But at the...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former top officials of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are assailing the agency for undermining its weather forecasters as it defends President Donald Trump’s statement from days ago that Hurricane Dorian threatened Alabama. They say NOAA’s action risks the credibility of the nation’s weather and science agency and may even risk lives.

Nick Sandmann’s high profile legal team announced Tuesday night they are planning to file a suit every few weeks or month and have at least 10 major targets. According to Axios, CNN became the second news outlet sued by Nicholas Sandmann’s representatives over their coverage of his January encounter with a Native American elder in Washington, D.C. and the Covington Catholic student’s lawyer told Fox News’ “The Story with Martha MacCallum” Tuesday night they plan to file more lawsuits. “We plan to file a suit every few weeks or month,” McMurthy told MacCallum Tuesday night. “At least 10 top targets...

President Donald Trump reportedly plans to stop financial aid to millions of Americans in Puerto Rico still dealing with the devastating effects of Hurricane Maria. The president believes, without evidence, that the Puerto Rican government is using the disaster relief funds to pay off debt rather than help its citizens rebuild, according to Axios. The island nation is still rebuilding after Maria’s destruction more than a year ago; most of the country waited almost 11 months for power to be restored and thousands of people are still displaced after their homes were destroyed. Trump was initially reluctant to send money...

President Donald Trump’s free-wheeling speech Thursday night included several riffs that require a second look, including a false statement about new steel mills and multiple incorrect statements about Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey. The statements were made during Trump’s rally in Wilkes-Barre, where the president was stumping for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Lou Barletta. New steel plants Trump credited his tariffs with persuading U.S. Steel Corp. to open a half dozen new plants. That's not accurate, according to The Associated Press.

And the Current Administration calls US, "Paranoid" and they are the ones who are wiretapping the AP.... The AP, pretty much been cheer-leading Obama for them last 6 years and when he gets into power what does he do? He wiretaps them like Nixon.... Oh sure, trust the government, or tell the students at that college last week to trust the government... Oh really... Well what the hell was he expecting from the AP, to Fawn over Obama EVEN MORE than they currently do... That would have actually pushed MORE people to the tea party as they would have seen...