TRUMP'S OIL MEN INHERIT INDUSTRY THAT BOOMED DURING OBAMA TENURE

The oil industry went through a pair of downturns beginning in 2008 and 2014 that led to a collapse in the rig count... READ MORE›

HERE ARE THE ANTI-GAY, ANTI-WOMEN, ANTI-MUSLIM PICKS FOR DONALD TRUMP'S CABINET

She is married to senate majority leader Mitch McConnell... READ MORE›

APNEWSBREAK: OHIO OBTAINED REPEAT SUPPLIES OF LETHAL DRUGS

The logs show the state could conceivably carry out dozens of executions with these supplies... READ MORE›

TRUMP'S EPA PICK RESIGNS FROM RULE OF LAW DEFENSE FUND

After resigning as chairman in November, Pruitt resigned from the board of the Rule of Law Defense Fund in December, Bloomberg said... READ MORE›

KERRY LISTS OBAMA ERAA??S DIPLOMATIC SUCCESSES. (TRUMP OPPOSES THEM ALL.)

Kerry Mr. Kerry praised the 2015 deal that the United States brokered with Iran to curtail that country's ability to produce nuclear weapons... READ MORE›

U.S. VETERAN HELD AFTER FLORIDA AIRPORT SHOOTING LEAVES FIVE DEAD, AT LEAST EIGHT WOUNDED

He said Esteban Santiago was born in New Jersey and moved to Puerto Rico when he was 2... READ MORE›

5 DEAD, U.S. VETERAN IN CUSTODY IN SHOOTING AT FORT LAUDERDALE AIRPORT

Passengers gather on the tarmac of the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood airport in Florida after a gunman opened fire... READ MORE›

CHINA AIMS TO SPEND AT LEAST $360 BILLION ON RENEWABLE ENERGY BY 2020

China surpassed the United States a decade ago as the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gasses, and now discharges about twice as much... READ MORE›

THE BIGGEST ENVIRONMENTAL BATTLES FACING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION

Some flashpoints for environmental activists relating to climate change that are likely to erupt in the first few months of Donald Trump's presidency... READ MORE›

INDEPENDENT HOUSE ETHICS OFFICE WINS REPRIEVE TO CONTINUE INQUIRIES AFTER PUBLIC OUTCRY, TRUMP FLAK

The ethics office said Tuesday it has conducted 172 preliminary reviews and referred 68 cases to the House ethics panel for further action since it began operations in 2009... READ MORE›

DID A TRUMP TWEET JUST INFLUENCE THE US CONGRESS?

Washington House Republicans, facing a storm of bipartisan criticism, including from President-elect Donald Trump, have reversed their plan to kill the Office of Congressional Ethics... READ MORE›

FORMER UNDERDOG BOISE STATE COACH GETS SHOT AT SABAN, TIDE

Shelton was just a kid who couldn't believe what he just saw a kid who knew Boise State coach Chris Petersen was different... READ MORE›

WASHINGTON'S FORMULA TO AVOID BECOMING AN ALABAMA FOOTNOTE

Big-play potential Washington won't have much success on the ground against Alabama's top-ranked run defense, but the Huskies' John Ross could swing momentum in seconds... READ MORE›

SENATORS ASK TRUMP EPA CHIEF PICK TO DISCLOSE ENERGY INDUSTRY TIES

A spokesman for Pruitt was not immediately available for comment... READ MORE›

ICAHN SEES DOUBTS ABOUT ETHANOL MANDATE AMONG TRUMP'S ADVISERS

It's a black cesspool of trading if there ever was one, Icahn said... READ MORE›

WINTER STORM WEAKENS BUT TRAVEL STILL HAZARDOUS IN PLACES

The South Dakota Rural Electric Association said roughly 16,400 of its customers were without power Monday evening... READ MORE›

CHRISTMAS DAY BLIZZARD LOOKS TO MAKE SLIPPERY MESS IN DAKOTAS, MONTANA

The North Dakota Transportation Department closed a 240-mile stretch of Interstate 94 Sunday night, from the Montana border to Jamestown... READ MORE›

HOLIDAY TRAVEL LIKELY TO BE TROUBLESOME BECAUSE OF WEATHER

The Storm Prediction Center cautioned that warm, humid air could cause severe weather in the lower Plains, Arkansas and Oklahoma on Sunday... READ MORE›

2016 ELECTION RESULT HAS SPARKED AN INTEREST IN RUNNING FOR OFFICE AMONG WOMEN

Hillary Clinton's loss has a silver lining for women in politics... READ MORE›

HOLIDAY WEATHER FRIGHTFUL FOR SOME, WITH SNOW AND STORMS

There is a blizzard watch posted for much of the Dakotas and a winter storm watch in effect from Montana to Lake Superior... READ MORE›

DITCHING THE SWASTIKAS, DRESSING FOR SUCCESS

So in November, as the country's divisive presidential campaign became ever more jagged, the National Socialist Movement, a leading neo-Nazi group, did away with its swastika... READ MORE›

ARCTIC OUTBREAK, THEN LA NINA WARMING IN NORTH AMERICA

With holes in the Arctic Sea ice weakening, the jet stream - a pool of freezing air that formed near the North Pole... READ MORE›

TRUMP OFF TO A STRONG START IN ELECTORAL COLLEGE

The protesters, however, were unlikely to persuade the Electoral College to dump Trump... READ MORE›

ELECTORAL COLLEGE'S GOP RANKS SAY THEY ARE VOICE FOR SMALL STATES AGAINST LIBERAL COASTAL GIANTS

As members of the Electoral College prepare to choose Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States, some Republican electors say they are defend... READ MORE›

GOP ELECTORS CITE RURAL VOICE IN ELECTORAL COLLEGE

Put another way, Alaska's three electors will cast 0.56 percent of the 538 electoral votes despite casting just 0.23 percent of the national popular vote... READ MORE›

ELECTORAL COLLEGE STILL A POLITICAL HOT TOPIC AS ELECTORS PREPARE TO VOTE MONDAY

If anything, when Republican electors talk about large states, they actually mean New York and California... READ MORE›

TRUMP'S OUTSIDERS CERTAIN TO UNNERVE D.C. ESTABLISHMENT

But Trump hasn't shunned the establishment as he sets up his government... READ MORE›

'JEOPARDY!' CHAMPION COMPETES WITH STAGE 4 COLON CANCER, DIES BEFORE TV TRIUMPH AIRS

There can't be many Jeopardy! champions easier to root for than Cindy Stowell... READ MORE›

TRUMP REJECTS CLIMATE CHANGE, BUT MAR-A-LAGO COULD BE LOST TO THE SEA

Donald Trump shelled out 409,759 for property taxes in 2016 on Mar-a-Lago, his oceanfront club above billionaire's row in Palm Beach, Fla... READ MORE›

OPEC THREATENED BY TINY OKLAHOMA TOWN WITH SOARING SUPPLIES

For OPEC, there are few enemies more fearsome than the tiny Oklahoma town of Cushing... READ MORE›

'TRUMP,' 'WHITES ONLY,' 'WHITE AMERICA'

Graffiti in high school 'trump,' 'whites only,' 'white america'... READ MORE›

TULSA POLICE OFFICER BETTY SHELBY CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER

Crutcher family attorney Melvin Hall said the affidavit shows that Shelby had cleared the car of any threats before she tried to talk to Crutcher... READ MORE›

TRUMP ADVISORS AIM TO PRIVATIZE OIL-RICH INDIAN RESERVATIONS

Congress later adopted the so-called termination policy in 1953, designed to assimilate Native Americans into U.S. society... READ MORE›

AMID 'RIGGED' ELECTION CHARGES, RUSSIA WANTS TO MONITOR U.S. VOTE

Post to Facebook Amid 'rigged' election charges, Russia wants to monitor U.S. vote The State Department and states flatly rejected Russian bid to oversee voting... READ MORE›

TRUMPA??S EPA PICK REJECTS CLIMATE SCIENCE, FIGHTS FOR FOSSIL FUELS

Scott Pruitt, the Oklahoma attorney general, has spent six years waging war against the EPA's climate and clean air initiatives... READ MORE›

CHARGES FILED AGAINST POLICE OFFICER IN TERENCE CRUTCHER SHOOTING IN TULSA

The charges were filed nearly a week after Officer Betty Shelby shot Terence Crutcher, 40... READ MORE›

TRUMP TO TAP FAST FOOD EXECUTIVE ANDY PUZDER FOR LABOR SECRETARY

Preparing to make public appearances Thursday in Ohio and Iowa, President-elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate restaurant chain executive Andy Puzder to be labor secretary... READ MORE›

PUSH FOR EAST ALEPPO AID DROPS USING GPS-GUIDED PARACHUTES

Environmental groups have denounced the selection of the Oklahoma attorney general... READ MORE›

TERENCE CRUTCHER, BLACK MOTORIST WITH STALLED CAR, SHOT DEAD BY OKLA. POLICE

Crutcher can be seen dropping to the ground... READ MORE›

SHOULD TRUMP PRAY FOR RAIN ON ELECTION DAY?

A political science study verified the old American adage that Republicans should pray for a soggy Election Day... READ MORE›

OBAMA ADMINISTRATION RUSHES TO PROTECT PUBLIC LANDS BEFORE TRUMP TAKES OFFICE

Obama has protected more land and water - more than 265m acres - via executive action than any other president... READ MORE›

TRUMP PICKS CLIMATE CHANGE SCEPTIC SCOTT PRUITT TO LEAD EPA

Yet as attorney general, Mr Pruitt not only denied the existence of climate change, but took steps to accelerate its devastating effects on Americans... READ MORE›

VIDEO SHOWS POLICE KILLING UNARMED BLACK MAN IN TULSA

Footage released by Oklahoma police shows Terence Crutcher shot and killed by white officer while his hands are up... READ MORE›

MISS AMERICA 2017 IS: MISS ARKANSAS SAVVY SHIELDS

Post to Facebook Miss America 2017 is Miss Arkansas Savvy Shields Miss South Carolina was the runner up... READ MORE›

SHOCKING: WORLD RECORD 199-MILE-LONG LIGHTNING BOLT REPORTED

Both records were certified by the World Meteorological Organization, which is in charge of documenting such things... READ MORE›

ANHEUSER-BUSCH SENDS 51K CANS OF WATER TO FIREFIGHTERS IN WEST

The maker of Budweiser is sending 2,156 cases of emergency drinking water -- 51,744 cans -- to Washington state... READ MORE›

REGULATORS APPROVE HIGHER HEALTH PREMIUMS TO STRENGTHEN OBAMACARE INSURERS

As of Tuesday, those states are Arizona, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Minnesota and Utah... READ MORE›

All three states have already decriminalized pot and have approved medical marijuana... READ MORE›

HOW OBAMA'S CLIMATE CHANGE LEGACY IS WEAKENED BY US INVESTMENT IN DIRTY FUEL

Bank officials also said that despite their funding of fossil fuel projects, they are on the forefront of advancing green and climate-friendly policies... READ MORE›

WHAT BLACK AMERICA WON'T MISS ABOUT OBAMA

Some black people unfriended white America during Obama's presidency... READ MORE›

BLACK COMMUNITIES IN WORST SHAPE 'EVER, EVER, EVER'

President Barack Obama, the first black US president, took on similar assertions by Trump last Saturday while speaking Congressional Black Caucus gala... READ MORE›

SATANIC TEMPLE UNVEILS CONTROVERSIAL BAPHOMET SCULPTURE TO CHEERS OF 'HAIL SATAN'

A Satanic organisation have unveiled a controversial 9ft statue in Detroit a?? following an attempt to have it installed near a 10 Commandments monument in Oklahoma... READ MORE›

'MUSLIMS DIED AND MUSLIMS SURVIVED 9/11'

Muslims-Americans affected by key flashpoints that have shaped the US post 9 11 reflect on this year's anniversary and current attitude toward them... READ MORE›

KEITH LAMONT SCOTT: PROTESTS ERUPT OVER POLICE KILLING

The protests came only hours after another demonstration in Tulsa, Oklahoma, over the shooting there of an unarmed black man by police... READ MORE›

FLORIDA NIGHTCLUB MASSACRE IS DEADLIEST MASS SHOOTING IN U.S. HISTORY

32 killed On April 16, 2007, 23-year-old Virginia Tech student Seung-Hui Cho shot 32 people to death on the Blacksburg, Virginia, campus before killing himself... READ MORE›

DONALD TRUMP TIES HIS RECORD: 37 FALSE CLAIMS IN ONE DAY | TORONTO STAR

Falsely said, Hillary Clinton is going to raise your taxes substantially... READ MORE›

DONALD TRUMP JUST MADE A TERRIFYINGLY DANGEROUS APPOINTMENT

Donald Trump picks climate change denier who wanted to scrap Environmental Protection Agency as its new chief... READ MORE›

RICK PERRY A LEADING CANDIDATE FOR U.S. ENERGY POST

In July 2015, Perry said Let no one be mistaken Donald Trump's candidacy is a cancer on conservatism, and it must be clearly diagnosed, excised and discarded... READ MORE›

UNITED STATES BARS RUSSIAN MONITORS FROM PRESIDENTIAL POLLS - ELECTIONS COMMISSION

The Russian Foreign Ministry announced in late May that would invite representatives of four international political blocs and organizations to this year's parliamentary elections... READ MORE›

RUSSIAN REQUEST TO MONITOR VOTE GETS A 'NYET'

Both Oklahoma and Texas denied the Russian proposal citing state laws that prohibit it... READ MORE›

OKLAHOMA SUPREME COURT THROWS OUT ABORTION LAW ON HOSPITAL PRIVILEGES

This decision comes the same day as the Oklahoma Board of Health plans to enforce restroom signs in an effort to reduce abortions... READ MORE›

OKLAHOMA COURT TOSSES ABORTION LAW ON HOSPITAL PRIVILEGES

The New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights challenged the law on behalf of Dr. Larry Burns, a Norman physician who performs nearly half of Oklahoma's abortions... READ MORE›

BRITAIN'S SUPREME COURT HEAD SAYS BREXIT CASE ABOUT LAW, NOT WIDER POLITICS

X Edition United States Britain's Supreme Court head says Brexit case about law, not wider politic..... READ MORE›

ATTORNEY GENERAL WARNS SUPREME COURT NOT TO 'STRAY INTO AREAS OF POLITICAL JUDGEMENT' IN BREXIT CASE

The Supreme Court has to be very careful to engage in only the matters before it... READ MORE›

IN EVERY STATE PESSIMISM ABOUT TRUMP CLINTON AND ELECTIONS IMPACT

African Americans are more likely than whites to say the country increasingly reflects their values, 40 percent vs... READ MORE›

'AMAZING RACE' CONTESTANT HEADS TO OKLAHOMA PRIMARY RUNOFF

Cord McCoy, 35, told The Associated Press he has all but exhausted his campaign funds and does not plan to challenge the result... READ MORE›

A WOMAN IS CONTINUING HER MENTOR'S WORK AFTER HE WAS KILLED BY AN ANTI-ABORTION ACTIVIST

Ms Burkhart's group is set to open next month Oklahoma City, the largest metropolitan area in the United States without an abortion provider... READ MORE›

OBAMA MIGRANT PLAN FAILS TO PASS SUPREME COURT

The Supreme Court has announced it is split on President Barack Obama's plan to shield millions of undocumented immigrants living illegally in the US... READ MORE›

ALL EYES ARE ON THESE THREE SUPREME COURT CASES

WASHINGTON -- Thirteen cases remain to be decided at the Supreme Court this month, but all eyes are on three of them... READ MORE›

OKLAHOMA MEDICAL EXAMINER RULES OILMAN MCCLENDON'S DEADLY CRASH AN ACCIDENT

Many executives worried McClendon, who was ousted in 2013 as CEO of Chesapeake Energy CHK.N after a shareholder revolt, had committed suicide... READ MORE›

OKLAHOMA LAWMAKERS MAKE IT A FELONY TO PERFORM ABORTIONS

That same year, the Oklahoma Supreme Court struck down a law that would have effectively banned all drug-induced abortions in the state... READ MORE›

OKLAHOMA MOVES TO CRIMINALIZE PERFORMING AN ABORTION

That same year, the Oklahoma Supreme Court struck down a law that would have effectively banned all drug-induced abortions in the state... READ MORE›