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Last Updated Oct 6, 2016 11:53 PM EDT

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Hurricane Matthew pelted Florida with heavy rains as the deadly storm steamed ever closer to the coast with potentially catastrophic winds of 130 mph Thursday. Two million people across the Southeast were warned to flee inland. 

Here’s why Trump won’t let that Miss Universe thing go

computer programmers. The next generation of farm workers from the ‘world’s salad bowl’ is now helping grow crops with apps

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More than 100 injured in Hoboken train crash, most of them are critical: NJ Transit spokespersonVIEW MORE

615 More Troops Heading to Iraq

Trump vs. Clinton: Complete coverage of the high-stakes first presidential debate on NBC at 9pm ET. Trump and Clinton will face off in 90 straight minutes of debate moderated by NBC News' Lester Holt. Livestream, analysis, highlights and more here.

Shooting in Houston, Sept. 26, 2016 - 3 of 5 Houston shooting victims taken to Memorial Hermann have been discharged, hospital says, with 1 is in good condition, 1 critical. Houston police decline to identify shooter, but say he was an attorney and ‘there were issues concerning his law firm’

Neo-Nazi Leaflets Hit Jews in Florida Neighborhood

Ex–Pentagon chief Gates: Trump is ‘unfit,’ ‘beyond repair’

I Feel Good: Clinton back on trail, attacks Trump's 'prejudice and paranoia'

Millennials are starting to realize that Clinton is not the same as Trump

In Flint, Donald Trump bashes Ford for Mexico decision and is then cut off

Obama plans 30 percent increase in refugees. Why Dems and GOP are upset. The refugee plan angered some Republicans, who cite security and economic concerns. But some Democrats say the US should accommodate even more displaced people.

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Obama Steps In to Stump For Embattled Clinton

White House Rejects Calls To Pardon Snowden For Leaking State Secrets

Hillary Clinton Feels ‘Overheated’ at 9/11 Memorial in N.Y. - Video

U.S. judge won’t block construction of Dakota Access pipeline

Donald Trump Wants Plan Within 30 Days to Defeat ISIS if Elected

Shuttered: the end of abortion access in red America - By Irin Carmon and Jody Rogac - Abortion access is under unprecedented attack. What the Supreme Court decides this fall will affect millions of women. view infographic

Storm Pounds Carolinas, wrecks holiday weekend

BREAKING NEWS: Earthquake reported near Pawnee, Oklahoma. Earthquake felt in at least 7 States

New Hurricane Hermine Power-Outages Expected To Threaten Tens Of Millions Of People This Weekend!

A Shift in Thought Obama, who arrives tomorrow, will be cementing a key aspect of the US pivot toward Asia: expanding American influence in a region where China is increasingly asserting its role.

>Hurricane Hermine produced life threatening conditions making landfall. Hurricane Hermine, a Category 2 storm at the beginning, slammed into Florida early Friday, making landfall in the Big Bend area. It is the first hurricane to come ashore in the state since Wilma struck 11 years ago. In Tallahassee, more than 70,000 utility customers were without power as winds and rain lashed the city. Several counties issued mandatory evacuation notices for Gulf Coast communities.

Homeland eyes special declaration to take charge of elections, Washington Examiner ^ | August 30,2016 | PAUL BEDARD

Anthony Weiner scandal: Huma Abedin splits from sexting husband

A state of emergency was declared in Louisiana due to heavy downpours

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards declared a state of emergency due to heavy downpours which pounded parts of the central U.S. Gulf Coast on Friday. Numerous rivers in southeast Louisiana…

Donald Trump’s not-so-secret weapon with women voters.

Ramen noodles 'are most valuable US prison commodity', study suggests

The Big Failure That Hillary Kept Secret for 30 Years

Judge in Texas temporarily blocks Obama’s transgender rules

Deportation force TBD, Trump campaign chief says

Flooding Pictures from Around the U.S.

U.S. Navy Converts Seawater Into Jet Fuel And Successfully Flies Aircraft

Woman’s funeral had no attendees, so 30 strangers showed up

Trump Hires ‘Sinister’ Media Honcho to Head Campaign. Stephen Bannon, the former executive chairman of Breitbart News, which published the ‘Renegade Jew’ story, will try to bring Trump’s campaign back from the brink

Brush fire out of control in the Cajon Pass, California: More than 80,000 people were forced to evacuate by a brush fire which exploded out of control Tuesday

Blue Cut Fire in San Bernardino County, Calif., grows to 9,000 acres; 82,000 residents under mandatory evacuation

California town that wildfires had spared faces new reality. A wildfire allegedly started by a resident of the area destroyed more than 175 homes, businesses and other structures.

Guantanamo Bay: US in largest detainee transfer under Obama

Four Dead, 20,000 Rescued in Louisiana Flooding

Why Does Trump Have a Mormon Problem?

Historic Flood Louisiana…

Rivers Record Crests…

MORE Rain…

1,000 rescued...

 Clinton urges U.S. Congress to reconvene, pass Zika bill

Baltimore police routinely violated rights: U.S. Justice Department

Michael Moore tells Ivanka Trump 'Your dad is not well' in open letter

Hillary Clinton writes op-ed to win over Mormons in Utah: Will it work?  Hillary Clinton has begun to target disenchanted Republican Mormons seeking an alternative to Donald Trump, leaving many torn.

Baltimore police routinely violated rights: U.S. Justice Department

For Those Who Don’t Get It, Here’s Hillary Clinton’s Imaginary Email Problem Explained

Clinton’s lead over Trump narrows to less than three points: Reuters/Ipsos poll

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Republican Billionaires Trash Trump, Back Clinton

 

Trump’s unraveling Republican Party: How we reached this point