President Barack Obama celebrated his 55th birthday the way most middle-aged men do: with a three hour briefing at the Pentagon followed questions about ISIS and Donald Trump, the Zika virus and commuting the sentences of hundreds of prisoners. Sure, it wasnt’ the standard cake-and-a-new-tie kind of birthday for the father of two, but it […]
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USATurkey is still reverberating from the failed coup attempt on July 15. For President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, it means a government purge of thousands or people and the detention of thousands more. It also means a crackdown on the press, including Turkey’s lively satirical press. Turkish President Erdogan (left) believes he can rid his country
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Middle East“Who’s going to pay for the wall?” asks Donald Trump, hand to ear. “Mexico!” yells the crowd. Trump’s call and response is as iconic as it is misleading. Because the real answer is Texas. No state has more to lose from soured relations with Mexico than the Lone Star State. By threatening to make Mexico
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International, USAWASHINGTON — Here’s a prediction: Hillary Clinton’s latest four-and-a-half minute answer to questions about whether she mishandled classified email is not going to satisfy her critics. Clinton was asked Friday to explain whether she had misrepresented the findings of FBI Director James Comey when she seemed to say in a Fox News interview last week
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USABy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — Consumers of kosher food may get a break in what it costs them, thanks to a project planned by a secret international consortium of observant Jewish multimillionaires. The group– even its name is secret — plans to offer vouchers that will rebate an undisclosed percentage of the purchase price
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & Satire(Statistics through Aug. 1) Alon Day Photo via Wikimedia Commons Alon Day could make history as the first Israeli to drive in a NASCAR national series race. Day, 24, is poised to make his debut in the NASCAR Xfinity Series on Aug. 13 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, USA Today reported on July 30.
The body of a gay Syrian man has been found beheaded and mutilated after a suspected kidnapping and rape in Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city, according to local media reports. Friends of Muhammad Wisam Sankari, who discovered his body, told Turkish LGBT rights group kaosgl.org that gangs had previously threantened both Sankari and themselves. Sankari was
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Middle EastDonald Trump on Friday admitted that footage he’s been indicating for two days was of money getting shuttled to Iran was actually footage of hostages in Switzerland. “The plane I saw on television was the hostage plane in Geneva, Switzerland, not the plane carrying $400 million in cash going to Iran!” Mr. Trump tweeted. Mr.
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Middle East, USAA Senate impeachment committee has voted to put suspended Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on trial for her alleged manipulation of the government budget to increase public spending. 14 out of 21 members voted in favour of trying the suspended politician, after a report on Tuesday found that she had violated the constitution in breaking budget
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InternationalA court in Istanbul has issued an arrest warrant for US-based Turkish cleric Fetullah Gulen. Ankara claims he masterminded the July 15 coup attempt. Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to cut off financial resources and businesses linked to the cleric. Erdogan accuses Gulen of harnessing his network of schools, charities and businesses to
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Middle East, USAThe Clinton campaign has announced that it will not travel abroad to garner support, claiming that Clinton simply has to much to do on the home front in terms of campaigning, according to a report by ABC news. “[I]f we had more time, it might be something that we would do. But at this point
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