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Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human services has been accused by a watchdog group of committing voter fraud.

The left-leaning watchdog group Accountable.US filed a complaint Wednesday morning with the New York State Board of Elections alleging that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. committed felony election fraud when he cast a ballot in the 2024 election, reported Politico.

The Santa Ana winds continue to make fighting fires in the Pacific Palisades more difficult. The strong winds on Tuesday forced fast evacuations that led to area panic.

For those looking for ways to help from outside the state here are some ways to donate: California Fire Foundation, The Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation, The Humane Society of Ventura County asked that folks refer to their Amazon Wish list and sent out an urge call for 40-gallon horse water troughs and horse electrolytes. Other groups helping folks locally include the LA Food Bank, The California Community Foundation’s Wildfire Relief Fund, and GoFundMe has verified some pages related to the fire victims.

Two people have been killed by wildfires raging out of control in the Los Angeles area, according to local authorities.

The Eaton Fire blazing through communities around Pasadena and Altadena, California, has forced 32,500 residents to leave their homes under evacuation orders Wednesday morning, down from 50,000 overnight, and Los Angeles County sheriff Robert Luna confirmed two fatalities already.

Attorney General Merrick Garland revealed that he intends to release Special Counsel Jack Smith's report on election subversion by President-elect Donald Trump but not a report on the mishandling of classified documents.

In a motion filed before the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, Garland opposed Trump's effort to block the release of the reports. U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon, appointed by Trump, recently blocked the release of the reports until the court of appeals could review Trump's opposition to the reports' release.

The U.S. Supreme Court swiftly responded to President-elect Donald Trump’s formal request early Wednesday morning to delay sentencing in his 34-count felony conviction for business fraud in New York, widely known as the “hush money” case.

Trump is scheduled to be sentenced in New York Supreme Court on Friday, for what District Attorney Alvin Bragg described as "falsifying New York business records in order to conceal his illegal scheme to corrupt the 2016 election." Trump originally was slated to be sentenced on July 11, but he twice succeeded in having those dates postponed. His attorneys in recent days filed unsuccessful motions in two New York courts to have the sentencing delayed again, before submitting their case to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Donald Trump has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block his sentencing in the New York hush money case.

The president-elect is currently scheduled to be sentenced Friday on 34 felony convictions for falsifying business records to cover up payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, and the court has given prosecutors until Thursday morning to respond to Trump's request to block criminal proceedings in the case, reported NBC News.

According to Professor Scott Galloway of NYU's Stern School of Business, the growing disparity between the haves and the have-nots is leading to a "series of small revolutions" where billionaires and CEO's may have pushed the envelope too far and put their own lives at risk.

After lashing out at Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg earlier for dismantling Facebook's fact-checking and moderation safety division to make Donald Trump happy –– and put more money in his own pocket at the same time –– Galloway had a warning.

Several major wildfires burned out of control in California's Los Angeles County on Wednesday as roaring winds fueled the rapid spread of the blazes, forcing tens of thousands to evacuate as state, local, and federal officials mobilized resources to confront the emergency.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass wrote on social media late Tuesday that the city is "working aggressively" to stem the wildfires, which scientists and government officials characterized as uniquely devastating.

Donald Trump is doing everything to remove a "scarlet letter off of his chest," but it looks like he'll be unsuccessful, a legal expert said.

Former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance raised the subject in a Substack post dated Wednesday, saying that the President-elect is trying to avoid being permanently labeled as a convicted felon. In that effort, Trump has tried to stay an upcoming sentencing, but has had no luck.

A heated debate unfolded Tuesday night on CNN over President-elect Donald Trump's suggestion that the U.S. obtain Greenland, either through economic or military force.

Trump has said the U.S. needs the massive island for "economic security." When asked Tuesday if he would consider using military or economic coercion to make the acquisition proceed, Trump replied: “I can’t assure you — you’re talking about Panama and Greenland — no, I can’t assure you on either of those two."

U.S. Congressman Jim Himes (D-CT) is blasting Donald Trump, after the President-elect held a rambling 70-minute press conference aired live by cable news stations on Tuesday, during which he declared he will rename the Gulf of Mexico, threatened the possible taking of Greenland and the Panama Canal by military force, threatened annexing Canada as the 51st state via "economic coercion" if necessary, suggested Hezbollah was part of the January 6 insurrection, criticized the late U.S. President Jimmy Carter on the day his body is set to lie in state in the U.S. Capitol before his funeral Thursday, declared rain comes "down from heaven" while ranting about states trying to conserve the precious commodity, claimed windmills are "driving the whales crazy" while threatening to ban them, and threatened if the Gaza hostages are not released by the time he is sworn in to office, "all hell is going to break out."

Congressman Himes railed against Trump's remarks, noting that, "Mexico is really, really important to us in stopping fentanyl, and helping us with the migration problems we have that at the southern border. Canada's really important to us, another NATO ally. We should not be gratuitously pissing these people off."

The New York Appellate Division, First Department refused Donald Trump's request to stop his Friday sentencing after less than 24 hours — and they did in a single sentence.

Trump's lawyer, Todd Blanche, filed an appeal after Judge Juan Merchan rejected his motion Monday to stop the sentencing.

In a wide-ranging and rambling press conference on Monday, President-elect Donald Trump talked about possible military action in Panama and Greenland, renaming the Gulf of Mexico, called America a "horrible place," and attacked foes like President Joe Biden and special counsel Jack Smith.

Some of those watching called it a "train wreck" — and noted that Trump had gone "off the rails" before his inauguration.