Donald H. Harrison

Idaho’s first Syrian refugee wants Americans to understand their country’s vetting process

Asmaa Albukaie was married at age 14. She had two children by the time she was 15. Then she took an unusual step for a stay-at-home Syrian mom: She signed up for a university degree in library science in Damascus. “I noticed that women in movies, American women, decide whatever they want to decide. This

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International, Middle East, USA

Tim Kaine: ‘This is not a television show, this is not a reality show’

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine told supporters in North Carolina on Thursday that voters can’t allow Republican nominee Donald Trump to “insult our democracy” by not accepting the results of the presidential election. The rally came a day after the third and final presidential debate between Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton

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USA

GOP senators reject Trump’s ‘rigged’ election rhetoric, but it still may hurt them

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump had the chance during Wednesday’s debate to say he would accept the will of voters on Election Day. He declined. “What I’m saying is that I will tell you at the time. I’ll keep you in suspense, OK?” Trump said when asked by moderator Chris Wallace whether he would commit to

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USA

Presidential debate a history maker for Fox News — and moderator Chris Wallace

Fox News anchor Chris Wallace landed a permanent place on the presidential debate highlight reel when Republican nominee Donald Trump said he would not commit to accepting the results of the election. Wallace told the Los Angeles Times in an interview that he wasn’t shocked by the answer when he queried Trump during Wednesday’s event

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USA

Photographer, a former refugee, sues Trump over Skittles tweet

CHICAGO — A British photographer and former child refugee has sued the Trump campaign for allegedly using his photo of a bowl of Skittles in a tweet against accepting Syrian refugees into the U.S. David Kittos filed the copyright infringement suit this week in a Chicago federal court, naming as defendants the Trump campaign, Republican

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International, USA

Trump’s refusal to pledge to accept election outcome is an insult to America

The following editorial appeared in The Dallas Morning News on Thursday, Oct. 20: ——— Wednesday night’s presidential debate brought out some of the best in both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Unfortunately, it also brought out the very worst in Trump, who made the chilling pronouncement that he may not accept the outcome of next

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USA

Sanders seeks Ariad data on cancer drug price hikes

Call it Bernie Sanders vs. Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Act Two. The Vermont senator and erstwhile presidential candidate, who has helped make prescription drug pricing a high-profile issue, sent the company a letter on Thursday asking for a plethora of data that might explain a string of “staggering” and “outrageous” price hikes for an expensive cancer treatment.

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Hillary Clinton hides behind ‘health’ of the mother, defends partial-birth abortion in final debate

Hillary Clinton defended the practice of partial-birth abortion in the final presidential debate on Wednesday, obscuring her belief that abortion should be legal at any point during a pregnancy by appealing to the “health” of the mother. Asked to defend her vote in the Senate against the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, which was

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Trump’s debate performance suggests a man who thinks he’s already lost

It’s a fair bet that many people who tuned in for last night’s final presidential debate weren’t interested in boning up on the policy positions of the duelling candidates. They watched for the same reason wrestling fans follow their favourite villains. They wanted to see if Donald the Terrible could top himself. Could the Republican

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USA