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Why Recent Attacks on the Constitution Are Wrong

By Rob Natelson Americans traditionally have revered their Constitution—as they should, if only because of the astounding success the United States has enjoyed under its governance. However, the Constitution always has had critics, particularly among those who believe the federal government should be all-powerful rather than limited in scope. Socialists, for example, recognize that the […]

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Weather agency now backs Trump, says Dorian could have impacted Alabama

By Melissa Leon | Fox News The federal agency that monitors hurricanes said Friday that Hurricane Dorian could have impacted Alabama, backing claims by President Trump that he was right to tweet a warning over the weekend about the storm affecting the state. In an unsigned statement, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said that “information provided by NOAA and the National Hurricane Center […]

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Tornadoes hit Carolinas as Hurricane Dorian floods Charleston; 200K without power

A reinvigorated Hurricane Dorian roared toward the Carolinas on Thursday, bringing tropical storm conditions along the South Carolina coast and flooding in Charleston, along with the threat of tornadoes across the region, including northward into North Carolina. The National Hurricane Center said as of 2 p.m. that Dorian is a Category 2 storm with maximum sustained winds at 110 mph. Dorian was located about 60 miles south of Myrtle Beach, […]

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Hurricane Dorian stories of survival emerge from devastated Bahamas

By Travis Fedschun | Fox News As rescue teams fan out in attempts to reach areas of the Bahamas devastated by Hurricane Dorian, dramatic accounts of survival are emerging from the blasted landscape of smashed and flooded homes. Dorian’s punishing winds and torrential rain battered the islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama for more than a day and a half, which have a combined […]

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Some 8,000 National Guard troops in 4 states ready for Hurricane Dorian relief efforts

By Melissa Leon | Fox News Nearly 8,000 troops across four states are preparing for relief efforts as Hurricane Dorian shambles toward the Southeast coast, U.S. National Guard officials said Wednesday. Air and Army National Guard members were activated in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina in anticipation of the storm’s arrival this week. “As this storm moves north, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina will in succession … add more forces to National Guard […]

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Hurricane Dorian’s path: What you need to know

By Travis Fedschun | Fox News The fourth named storm of the hurricane season, Dorian, now a Category 2 storm, finally moved away from the battered Bahamas leaving coastal residents from Florida to the Carolinas to warily eye the storm’s path — which is now off the Southeast seaboard. The storm had been stationary for over a day and a half over the northwest Bahamas, flooding the islands of […]

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Hurricane Dorian downgraded to Category 3 storm, continues its assault on the Bahamas

By Travis Fedschun, Edmund DeMarche | Fox News Hurricane Dorian, the monster of a storm that’s pummeled parts of the Bahamas for the past 36 hours, has been downgraded to a Category 3 storm as it finally starts to inch away from Grand Bahama — but the storm is showing signs it’s growing before taking aim at the Southeast. The National Hurricane Center said, as of 8 a.m. EDT, the […]

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Hurricane Dorian Ties ‘Strongest Atlantic Hurricane Landfall on Record,’ NHC Says

220-mph wind gusts hammer Bahamas BY JACK PHILLIPS Hurricane Dorian has tied with the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane as the strongest Atlantic storm to make landfall in history. The U.S. National Hurricane Center noted that the storm’s 185-mph maximum sustained winds puts the storm in a tie fort the second-highest sustained wind speed among all hurricanes in the […]

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Hurricane Dorian, Category 5 storm, bears down on Bahamas while islands hunker down, ‘taking no chances’

By Travis Fedschun | Fox News A menacing Hurricane Dorian is taking aim at the northern Bahamas early Sunday, strengthening to a “catastrophic” Category 5 storm — packing winds of 180 mph and the threat of torrential rain that could last for days as millions in the U.S. along the Southeast coast from Florida to North Carolina are keeping an eye on where the storm may head next. […]

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Republicans predict IG’s Comey rebuke is tip of the iceberg for FBI, DOJ over anti-Trump ‘biases’

By Alex Pappas | Fox News Republicans on Capitol Hill said Thursday they believe the searing reprimand of former FBI director James Comey by a Justice Department inspector general is only the start of a series of blows to the reputations of key law enforcement figures. “This is the first of what I expect will be several more ugly and […]