President Donald Trump said Secretary of State Marco Rubio handed him a note indicating the United States is “very close to a deal in the Middle East,” a revelation he made Wednesday at the White House during a roundtable on Antifa. “Yeah, I was just given a note by the Secretary of State saying that we’re very close to a deal in the Middle East, and they’ll get...

It must be something about October and two-year intervals in Congress. Congress was paralyzed for more than three weeks without a leader two years ago this October as the House unceremoniously ousted former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. And Congress is paralyzed again this October – unable to find the votes to re-open the government. “There’s nothing for us to negotiate,” said House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. “We did...

A county in California wine country is beefing up its vaccine recommendations and instituting a mask mandate, citing “greater risk” of contracting COVID-19 amid the start of the annual flu season. The Sonoma County Department of Public Health’s Interim Health Officer Dr. Karen Smith issued an order Monday requiring anyone entering certain healthcare facilities in the county to wear a mask. Facilities subject to the order include skilled...