Phil Arballo may have at least one thing in common with Devin Nunes, the nine-term Republican he hopes to defeat for Congress — they've both experienced chanting protesters. For the last two years, demonstrators have targeted Nunes on several issues — from the congressman's close ties to President Donald Trump...
What Mims Said About Meeting Trump, Newsom About Wildfires
With fire crews slowly getting a handle on the 200,000-plus acre Creek Fire, Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims met with President Donald Trump and Governor Gavin Newsom to discuss wildfire response on Monday. Mims spoke with the two leaders and other state and federal officials at a roundtable discussion at...
Mims to Meet Trump as President Visits California Wildfires
Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims will meet with Donald Trump as the president is scheduled to visit California on Monday. The president will travel to McClelland Park in Sacramento for a briefing on the wildfires. Mims, whose department has been handling the law enforcement end of the Creek Fire, will...
USDA Official: We Need to Thin Forest to Prevent Wildfires
A federal official surveying the Creek Fire this week says thinning the forest could help prevent future disasters. James Hubbard, the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, met with elected officials and firefighters Wednesday at the incident command post located at Minarets High School...
GOP Senators Called Trump a Kook, Narcissist, and Liar Before He Became President
The progressive digital media site act.tv launched a video compilation Friday of prominent Republicans criticizing Donald Trump before he was elected to the White House. Here is a sampling of what some Republican senators said: Rand Paul: “My concern is that he would grab up that power and really treat the...
Recalling a Biden Campaign Derailed by False Claims, Plagiarism
As of July, by The Washington Post's count, President Trump had made more than 20,000 "false or misleading claims" while in the White House. But Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's record isn't pristine, either. In fact, a series of falsehoods and plagiarized speeches derailed Biden's 1988 presidential bid. You might...
Facebook Faces Lawsuits As It Ramps up Voter Fact-Checking
Facebook wants to make sure its users have accurate and fair information about the election. However, critics — including President Donald Trump — say the widely-used platform engages in censorship. Through its Voting Information Center launched last week, the social media giant also wants to register voters, with a goal...
Valley Dems Excited by Harris Pick. Local GOP Leader Says It Helps Trump.
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's pick of Kamala Harris as his running mate is eliciting the expected fervor among local Democrats, as well as doubts from Republicans. Harris has made several stops in the Valley over the years, as both the state's attorney general and as a U.S. senator....
As COVID Cases Rise, White House Seeks to Scrap 'Obamacare'
WASHINGTON — As coronavirus cases rise in more than half of the states, the Trump administration is urging the Supreme Court to overturn the Affordable Care Act. The administration's high court filing at 10:30 p.m. Thursday came the same day the government reported that close to half a million people...
Trump Nominates Sacramento Judge to Federal Bench
President Donald Trump has nominated Sacramento Superior Court Judge James P. Arguelles to the federal court for the Eastern District of California. It is Trump's second pick for the district that covers the Central Valley, stretching from Bakersfield to the Oregon border. Arguelles was appointed in 2010 to the Sacramento...