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Lauren Holiday was diagnosed with a brain tumor and is also pregnant. (AP) Former U.S. soccer star Lauren Holiday has been diagnosed with a brain tumor while pregnant, and her husband, New Orleans Pelicans guard Jrue Holiday, is taking indefinite leave from the NBA club to care for his wife, the Pelicans said Sunday. "We are all praying for a healthy delivery of their first child and a successful surgery for Lauren," Pelicans general manager Dell Demps said in a prepared statement provided Sunday by the club. "Furthermore, we ask everyone to respect the Holiday's privacy at this time." Lauren Holiday, who retired from soccer last year, was among the world's most respected players in the ...

The New York Times is so disgusted with Anthony Weiner that it has deployed the Paper of Record's version of the nuclear option: equating him to Donald Trump. Outside of the fact that both hail from New York, the comparison may seem like a stretch. But following revelations the former Democratic congressman and husband of Hillary Clinton's top aide sexted raunchy selfies as his little boy lay next to him, columnist Frank Bruni sought to smear Trump with sco eaed by Weiner. The food critic-tued-pundit drew the oddball analogy in anAug. 30 column titled, "Donald Trump's Irredeemable Twin." Bruni's colleagues in the Old Gray Lady's opinion section also let slip their election stances w...

Black Lives Matter slammed the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee after a memo leaked late Wednesday seemed to show the group carefully coaching candidates on how to avoid angering the "radical" activists. The November 2015 memo included tips like: Do not offer “support for concrete policy positions;” be sure to "lead from behind;" stick to "small" meetings; and avoid mentioning terms like "black-on-black crime." On its Facebook page, BLM said officials should "stop pacifying" them. “We are disappointed at the DCCC’s placating response to our demand to value all Black life. Black communities deserve to be heard, not handled. People are dying,” the organization said, in respo...

Florida Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz on Tuesday survived a tough primary challenge -- defeating a persistent, first-time challenger and the controversy that ended her leadership of the Democratic National Committee. The Associated Press projected the win for Wasserman Schultz shortly after polls closed. In the state’s closely-watched Senate primaries, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio and Democratic Rep. Patrick Murphy won their respective Florida Senate primaries -- setting up a high-profile November contest that will help determine whether Democrats can retake control of the Senate. Wasserman Schultz is expected to win a sixth term in November in the state’s Democratic-leanin...

ABC newsman George Stephanopoulos gave Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager a grueling grilling over the scandal-scarred Clinton Foundation’s future on Sunday. But Stephanopoulos, a former aide to President Bill Clinton, must have forgotten to disclose his own five-figure donations to the organization. Clinton has said if she is elected president, the controversial family foundation will cease taking foreign donations, but other media outlets, including the Boston Globe and the liberal Huffington Post, have called for it to be shut down altogether. Speaking to campaign manager Robby Mook, Stephanopoulos wondered if the post-election pledge was not tantamount to admitting Clinton was wr...

Hillary Clinton and her ruing mate Tim Kaine released their 2015 tax retus on Friday – a move meant to put pressure on Donald Trump to disclose his own retus. According to thecampaign release, Bill and Hillary Clinton paid $3.6 million in taxes on an adjusted gross income of $10.6 million. The filings show that the Clintons paid a federal tax rate of 34.2 percent in 2015. The bulk of their income -- more than $6 million -- came from speaking fees for appearances made largely before Hillary Clinton launched her campaign in April 2015. Clinton claimed to be “broke” after leaving the White House. The Clintons' income puts them well within the ranks of the top 0.1 percent of Americans, t...

U.S. gymnasts, left to right, Simone Biles, Gabrielle Douglas and Madison Kocian wave to the audience at the end of the artistic gymnastics women's team final at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Just call them the Final Five....

File photo - President Barack Obama, standing with Vice President Joe Biden, delivers remarks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 14, 2015, after an Iran deal is reached. (AP Photo/Andrew Haik, Pool) Another batch of documents has purportedly been leaked from the Democratic National Committee’s servers by the hacker who goes by the name ‘Guccifer 2.0’. The files describe some democrats as “wobbly” on the controversial Iran nuclear deal and provide details of major celebrity donors such as director Steven Spielberg and actor Tom Hanks. The hacker provided The Hill with a cache of documents covering political strategies, next week’s Democratic National Conventi...

File photo - President Barack Obama, standing with Vice President Joe Biden, delivers remarks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 14, 2015, after an Iran deal is reached. (AP Photo/Andrew Haik, Pool) Another batch of documents has purportedly been leaked from the Democratic National Committee’s servers by the hacker who goes by the name ‘Guccifer 2.0’. The files describe some democrats as “wobbly” on the controversial Iran nuclear deal and provide details of major celebrity donors such as director Steven Spielberg and actor Tom Hanks. The hacker provided The Hill with a cache of documents covering political strategies, next week’s Democratic National Conventi...

The U.S. govement on Friday released a once-secret chapter from a congressional report on the 9/11 attacks that addresses Saudi coections to some of the hijackers, a move sure to recharge speculation over what -- if anything -- Saudi govement officials knew. Under wraps for 13 years, the report contains numerous redactions but states some hijackers "were in contact with, and received support or assistance from, individuals who may be coected to the Saudi Govement." The documents were posted Fridayby the House intelligence committee, after being declassified. The report questioned whether Saudis who were in contact with the hijackers after they arrived in the U.S. knew what they were pl...

Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump postponed a news conference scheduled for Friday in New York to aounce his ruing mate after the deadly truck attack in Nice, France. "In light of the horrible attack in Nice, France,I have postponed tomorrow's news conference conceing my Vice Presidentialaouncement," he wrote on Twitter Thursday, aouncing his decision. In light of the horrible attack in Nice, France, I have postponed tomorrow's news conference conceing my Vice Presidential aouncement. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 14, 2016 In a phone interview just after the aouncement on Fox News' "On The Record with Greta Van Suste,"Trump said "we're living in a...

Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump postponed a news conference scheduled for Friday in New York to aounce his ruing mate after the deadly truck attack in Nice, France. "In light of the horrible attack in Nice, France,I have postponed tomorrow's news conference conceing my Vice Presidentialaouncement," he wrote on Twitter Thursday, aouncing his decision. In light of the horrible attack in Nice, France, I have postponed tomorrow's news conference conceing my Vice Presidential aouncement. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 14, 2016 In a phone interview just after the aouncement on Fox News' "On The Record with Greta Van Suste,"Trump said "we're living in a...

Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump postponed a news conference scheduled for Friday in New York to aounce his ruing mate after the deadly truck attack in Nice, France. "In light of the horrible attack in Nice, France,I have postponed tomorrow's news conference conceing my Vice Presidentialaouncement," he wrote on Twitter Thursday, aouncing his decision. In light of the horrible attack in Nice, France, I have postponed tomorrow's news conference conceing my Vice Presidential aouncement. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 14, 2016 In a phone interview just after the aouncement on Fox News' "On The Record with Greta Van Suste,"Trump said "we're living in a...

A Democratic National Committee staffer was fatally shot early Sunday moing in his Washington, D.C. neighborhood, according to city police officials. Authorities have identified the victim as 27-year-old Seth Rich, the DNC’s director of voter expansion. Police said they heard gunshots about 4:20 a.m., then found Rich shot several times but still conscious and breathing. He was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead. “Our hearts are broken,” said DNC Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz. “Seth Rich was a dedicated, selfless public servant who worked tirelessly to protect the most sacred right we share as Americans -- the right to vote.” The shooting occurred in the 2100 blo...

Seth Rich (Fox 5 DC) A Democratic National Committee staffer was fatally shot early Sunday moing in his Washington, D.C. neighborhood, according to city police officials. Authorities have identified the victim as 27-year-old Seth Rich, the DNC’s director of voter expansion. Police said they heard gunshots about 4:20 a.m., then found Rich shot several times but still conscious and breathing. He was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead. “Our hearts are broken,” said DNC Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz. “Seth Rich was a dedicated, selfless public servant who worked tirelessly to protect the most sacred right we share as Americans -- the right to vote.” The shooting occur...

Seth Rich (Fox 5 DC) A Democratic National Committee staffer was fatally shot early Sunday moing in his Washington, D.C. neighborhood, according to city police officials. Authorities have identified the victim as 27-year-old Seth Rich, the DNC’s director of voter expansion. Police said they heard gunshots about 4:20 a.m., then found Rich shot several times but still conscious and breathing. He was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead. “Our hearts are broken,” said DNC Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz. “Seth Rich was a dedicated, selfless public servant who worked tirelessly to protect the most sacred right we share as Americans -- the right to vote.” The shooting occur...

Seth Rich (Fox 5 DC) A Democratic National Committee staffer was fatally shot early Sunday moing in his Washington, D.C. neighborhood, according to city police officials. Authorities have identified the victim as 27-year-old Seth Rich, the DNC’s director of voter expansion. Police said they heard gunshots about 4:20 a.m., then found Rich shot several times but still conscious and breathing. He was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead. “Our hearts are broken,” said DNC Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz. “Seth Rich was a dedicated, selfless public servant who worked tirelessly to protect the most sacred right we share as Americans -- the right to vote.” The shooting occur...

FBI Director James Comey testified Thursday that Hillary Clinton’s email practices put America’s secrets at risk, her public claims on the matter were “not true” and her actions constituted the “definition of carelessness” – yet staunchly defended the bureau’s decision not to pursue charges, vexing Republicans who suggested a “double standard” was being applied. Comey delivered his most expansive explanation to date at the House oversight committee hearing on Capitol Hill. He repeated his claim that “no reasonable prosecutor would bring this case,” suggesting they did not have evidence Clinton knew she was doing anything wrong. He also made clear that, “We have no basis to conclude tha...

FBI Director James Comey acknowledged Thursday that multiple public statements made by Hillary Clinton about her email use were not true, at a tense Capitol Hill hearing where he faced tough questions from GOP lawmakers over the bureau’s decision not to seek charges against the former secretary of state despite her mishandling of classified information. Comey made clear that, “We have no basis to conclude that [Clinton] lied to the FBI.” However, under questioning from Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., Comey said several of Clinton’s public claims were not true. On Clinton’s claim that nothing she sent or received was marked classified, he said, “That’s not true. … There was classified material...

Donald Trump said Saturday that he’s filled all of the speaker slots for the fast-approaching Republican National Convention -- trying to end talk about key GOP figures distance themselves for him and the event and capitalize on rival Hillary Clinton’s bad week. Trump, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, said on Twitter that he’ll aounce the lineup on Wednesday and that he has “a long waiting list of those that want to speak.” To be sure, Trump critics have for weeks kept a ruing tally of top Republicans not attending the four-day convention in Cleveland that starts July 18 -- from such standard-bearers as former President George W. Bush to New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte, who is...