President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he was nominating South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, calling her a “proven dealmaker” who knows how to bring people together. The Republican governor was an outspoken critic of Mr. Trump during the presidential campaign and one of many former foes the […]
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International, USAHouse Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says she plans to lead an aggressive opposition against President-elect Donald Trump and a GOP-controlled Congress, naming jobs, veterans and Medicare as the top priorities. But first, Pelosi, who is being challenged for her leadership position by Rep. Tim Ryan of Ohio, is making an attempt to quell disenchantment within
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USAWASHINGTON — With Democrats in Congress frustrated over four straight election disappointments, Rep. Tim Ryan of Ohio is furiously dialing his colleagues during their Thanksgiving break to win support for his attempt to end the long reign of California’s Nancy Pelosi as Democratic leader of the House. While Ryan’s insurrection is a long shot, it’s
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USAWASHINGTON — Buoyed by Donald Trump’s election, opponents of gay marriage want the president-elect to help them overturn last year’s U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized same-sex marriages. Trump has sent mixed messages on the subject. In January, he told “Fox News Sunday” that he would “strongly consider” appointing conservative judges who would reverse the
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USABy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−Donald Trump demanded an apology from the cast of Hamilton for allowing a member of its cast to appeal to Mike Pence to respect the civil rights of all Americans. Trump noted that he heard Hamilton was “highly overrated” and added that he feels the same about Jefferson and Madison. *
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireThe following graveside eulogy was delivered by Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal on November 21, 2016 at El Camino Memorial Park in San Diego. SAN DIEGO — Joseph I. Weiss once wrote, “However short, however long the time given to those who are near to us, strength will be fashioned through the gratitude of our hearts for
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Obituaries & memorials, San Diego CountyTV personality Ellen DeGeneres was temporarily delayed from entering the White House grounds on Tuesday for lack of photo ID. “They haven’t let me in to the White House yet because I forgot my ID. #NotJoking#PresidentialMedalOfFreedom,” the comedian tweeted shortly after noon Tuesday, NBC’s local Washington affiliate reported. Ms. DeGeneres was granted admission a little
NEW YORK — Lisa Wolford picked up her 8-year-old twins at school Friday afternoon and had some time to kill before rehearsals for their Christmas pageant, so she brought them to the little playground near her apartment. They were in for a nasty surprise. To her horror and the confusion of her children, somebody had
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USAIn a speech attempting to ease the quells of New York City’s roughly three million immigrants in the face of Donald Trump’s presidency, Mayor Bill de Blasio assured his fellow citizens Monday that the city would not establish a Muslim registry, deport any undocumented residents or reinstate stop and frisk law enforcement practices, all of
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USADonald Trump’s Orthodox son-in-law Jared Kushner defended the President-elect from allegations of anti-Semitism and racism in an interview with Forbes. “You can”t not be a racist for 69 years, then all of a sudden become a racist, right?” Kushner said. “You can”t not be an anti-Semite for 69 years and all of a sudden become
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Middle East, USAPresident-elect Donald Trump asserted Tuesday his administration would not further investigate his vanquished opponent Hillary Clinton. “I don’t want to hurt the Clintons,” Trump said in a wide-ranging interview with The New York Times. The news came after a rough campaign where Clinton faced an FBI investigation into classified information sent and received on her
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USADid mainstream media have an over-the-top reaction to President-elect Donald Trump’s response to the cast of “Hamilton” and their message to VP-elect Mike Pence? Trump tweeted that the cast was rude to Pence on Friday night when they told him they were frightened by the incoming administration’s rhetoric, and asked him to protect the rights
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USAPresident-elect Donald Trump said that he would “love” to make peace between Israel and the Palestinian Arabs, and that his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, could be involved in the process, during a meeting with the New York Times Tuesday. Reporters from the Times tweeted many of the things which Trump said throughout the meeting, including his
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Middle East, USAPresident-elect Donald Trump said House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell love him, despite what appeared to be a tense relationship during the course of the election, while meeting with staffers at The New York Times Tuesday. During his campaign, Trump repeatedly attacked GOP leadership, particularly Ryan, referring to them as “naive”
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