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WASHINGTON — Corey Lewandowski has been removed from his position overseeing a super PAC supporting former President Donald Trump after a donor alleged he sexually harassed her at a charity event in Las Vegas over the weekend. Pam Bondi, a former Florida attorney general who is working at the super PAC, Make America Great Again Action, will succeed Lewandowski, a spokesperson for Trump’s leadership PAC, Save America, tweeted Wednesday. “Pam Bondi, the very talented and honorable frmr AG of FL, has our complete faith and confidence in taking over MAGA Action," the spokesperson, Taylor Budowich, wrote. "Corey Lewandowski will be...

Utah Democrat Ben McAdams narrowly won his congressional seat in 2018 and Republicans hope to make him a one-term member. And on Tuesday, the party picked their nominee: Former NFL player Burgess Owens, a Fox News commentator who raised the most money of all his Republican rivals headed into the primary. Owens, who played a decade in the NFL as safety for the New York Jets and Oakland Raiders, bested state Rep. Kim Coleman to win the nomination. Trump carried Utah’s 4th Congressional District by 7 points in 2016. And while McAdams won in 2018, his win was narrow, leading...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A comic gag turned into a gaffe for Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, triggering a social media storm that raged through Tuesday over what some said was their insensitivity to African-Americans. New York voters head to the polls next week for the primary election on April 19. While Clinton has strong support from black voters, some supporters worry that Democratic challenger Bernie Sanders has begun making inroads with them. Clinton and de Blasio took the stage on Saturday at the Inner Circle, an annual media roast of politicians that...

Kyle Andrew Odom, the former marine accused of shooting Idaho minister Tim Remington outside his church, was arrested by the U.S. Secret Service in Washington, D.C., after he threw objects over the White House fence, according to police. NBC's Pete Williams reports for TODAY.

(CNN) —Former NBA star Lamar Odom was conscious and able to say "Hi" to estranged wife Khloe Kardashian, a source with knowledge of the situation said Friday. When employees at a Nevada brothel found former NBA star Lamar Odom unresponsive on Tuesday, they told the 911 dispatchers that he had been using cocaine on Saturday. For years, millions of viewers have followed Lamar Odom's every move -- from the two-time NBA champ's layups on the basketball court to his highly publicized romance with reality TV star Khloe Kardashian. It was unclear whether Odom remained conscious or how long he was...

Lamar Odom has awoken from his coma and spoken to his estranged wife Khloe Kardashian, three days after he was found unconscious at a brothel. Kris Jenner said in an interview with Access Hollywood that Lamar spoke to Khloe and is being slowly taken off his ventilator, which will be replaced with a breathing mask. E! News - which airs the Kardashains reality show - revealed earlier that Lamar said 'Hi' to Khloe when he opened his eyes, and gave her a thumbs up. Entertainment Tonight meanwhile has released the itemized bill from Lamar's stay at the Love Ranch brothel,...

Lamar Odom has not gotten any better, and sources familiar with his treatment say even if he survives he has virtually no chance of ever leading a normal life. Our sources say doctors continue to put Lamar's chances of survival at 50/50. We're told he showed "absolutely no improvement" Thursday from the condition he was in when he was admitted to the hospital Tuesday. As one person put it, "He's in dire straits." Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2015/10/16/lamar-odom-prognosis-survival/#ixzz3ojvBssG5

Lamar Odom has reportedly been hospitalized after being found unconscious at a Nevada brothel. According to TMZ, the former NBA player and star of E!’s “Khloe and Lamar” reality series was found unconscious at Love Ranch South in Pahrump, Nev., after multiple days of partying. He was apparently intubated at the hospital, an indication that he was not able to breathe on his own. He will reportedly be airlifted to a Las Vegas hospital for further treatment. Odom, the ex-husband of Khloe Kardashian, previously went missing two years ago after a drug-fueled bender at a Los Angeles hotel. He also...

NBA forward Lamar Odom has “vanished” and is feared to be hiding out while on a crack cocaine binge, TMZ is reporting. TMZ reported on Saturday that Odom has had a drug problem for the past two years. Odom’s “hardcore drug abuse” has led to the deterioration of his marriage, a three-week stint in rehab last August and the Kardashian family staging an intervention, according to the report.

LOS ANGELES – An exotic dancer was set on fire outside the club where she worked early Thursday, burning more than 60 percent of her body, police said. They were searching for two suspects...

BATON ROUGE, La. -- Bob Odom's withdrawal from the race for agriculture commissioner Thursday was the latest in a string of victories for Louisiana's Republican Party, which now controls five of seven statewide elected posts. The change marks a power reversal for the GOP and the Democrats: Republicans are historically the underdogs in Louisiana, but have taken control of all five positions _ including governor _ in less than two years. Republicans could win a sixth statewide spot next month, in the runoff election for state attorney general. Analysts said the shift makes sense, as conservative voters who once voted...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush should sign legislation starting the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq on Oct. 1, retired Army Lt. Gen. William Odom said Saturday. "I hope the president seizes this moment for a basic change in course and signs the bill Congress has sent him," Odom said, delivering the Democrats' weekly radio address. Odom, an outspoken critic of the war who served as the Army's top intelligence officer and headed the National Security Agency during the Reagan administration, delivered the address at the request of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. He said he has never been a...

Asking the experts: Retired Army Lt. Gen. William Odom, second from left, senior fellow at Hudson Institute and a professor at Yale University tesitify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on "Iraq: Military Strategy" in Washington D.C. (AFP/Getty Images) Jan 18, 2007 It is a curious thing, how any critic of the Bush Administration who happens to carry prior military service is trumped up as an expert voice of reason to listen to, whether it be a Wesley Clark, John Kerry, or Jack Murtha; or when a handful of the 4,700 general officers who are out there enjoying retirement,...

General William Odom (US Army, ret.) is a vocal critic of the Iraq deployment and wants it ended asap. He put his arguments in the Washington Post last Sunday in an op ed which was essentially an encore of an op-ed he wrote in 2005. General Odom is a distinguished public servant but his arguments are to me wholly unpersuasive and border on indifference to many obvious issues. I have just taped an interview with him which will play in the program's third hour today. ____________________________________________ Key excerpts: HH: But how much worse could it get if we weren’t there?...

SpongeBob Odom, the defacto head of the Louisiana Democrat Party, caused a stir last month when he pronounced an end to the Blanco for re-election efforts in favor of his candidate, former U. S. Senator John Breaux (D - D.C.). Odom said Ms. Blanco was alright, but that we needed new leadership. He said he was conducting a poll to present to Breaux in hopes of coaxing the Edwin Edwards protégé to abandon easy street in Washington, D.C. to save Louisiana from the Republicans. A source close to Odom has leaked the results of the Democrat poll. It ain’t looking...

Cop killer released after serving 22 years Sunday June 22, 2003 By ANGELA DELLI SANTI TRENTON, N.J. Fernando Odom walked out of Bayside State Prison in Leesburg a free man on Sunday after serving two decades for killing a Port Authority Police Officer during a scuffle that spilled from a PATH train in Jersey City. ``The word unfair comes to mind,'' said Lt. Michael Brogan, a colleague, friend and classmate of William Perry, the officer gunned down a few days before Christmas in 1980. He left a wife and two toddlers. Odom was convicted of murder, weapons and other charges...

Democrats band to support Wooley Ieyoub, Landrieu, Odom offer support By PATRICK COURREGES pcourreges@theadvocate.com Capitol news bureau A trio of Democratic statewide elected officials stepped up Thursday to say Louisiana should hang on to Democratic Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley. Wooley, who faces Republican former Legislative Auditor Dan Kyle in a Nov. 15 runoff, called a news conference to accept the endorsements. Outgoing three-term Attorney General Richard Ieyoub, newly elected Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu and Agriculture Commissioner Bob Odom, who's heading into his seventh term, all said Wooley has the skills Louisiana insurance companies and consumers need in the Department of...

<p>BATON ROUGE - Republican Bobby Jindal, R-Baton Rouge, increases his lead, and there's a statistical tie for second place between Democrats Kathleen Blanco of Lafayette and Richard Ieyoub of Lake Charles in the Louisiana gubernatorial race, according to The Times/Louisiana Gannett poll.</p>

La. AFL-CIO endorses Ieyoub, Landrieu, Foti John Hill Posted on July 22, 2003 BATON ROUGE - The Louisiana AFL-CIO endorses Attorney General Richard Ieyoub's bid this fall to succeed Gov. Mike Foster. Union officials announced the endorsement Monday following a closed convention Saturday during which some 200 leaders from throughout the state heard sales pitches from Ieyoub, a former Lake Charles district attorney, Lt. Gov. Kathleen Blanco of Lafayette, former Senate President Randy Ewing of Quitman and former state Rep. Claude "Buddy" Leach of Lake Charles. State AFL-CIO President Red Bourg said those four candidates for governor in the Oct....

<p>WASHINGTON -- The fall of Baghdad is a victory not only for the U.S. military but also for a group of foreign policy hard-liners who have realized the first step in an audacious a bold plan to reorder the Arab world and global institutions.</p>