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Coup attempt foiled in Turkey, but fighting continues

Istanbul (dpa) – An attempted coup in Turkey was fended off by government forces, authorities said, but reports of fighting and explosions continued in the early hours of Saturday in Ankara and Istanbul. Thirteen soldiers were arrested near the presidential palace in Ankara, and another 50 in Istanbul, in connection with the coup attempt, broadcaster

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Analysis: Even when it’s about Pence, it’s really about Trump

CLEVELAND — Donald Trump’s choice of Mike Pence as his running mate serves to calm the party’s conservatives but the way Trump did it is a fresh reminder that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee appears to make decisions impulsively. The vice presidential candidate rollout was a potential opportunity for the unpredictable and volatile Trump to

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Poll finds stark party divisions on Muslims, Mexicans, guns, gays and God

WASHINGTON — It’s not just Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton who are so different from each other. On the eve of back-to-back political conventions, Republicans and Democrats across the land see their neighbors, their country and their world through very different eyes, according to a new McClatchy-Marist Poll. Muslims, Mexicans, guns, gays and God all

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Obama says Republicans’ idea for Muslim ban is ‘repugnant’

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama took a shot Friday at Newt Gingrich’s suggestion of a widespread ban on Muslims after the terrorist attack in France, condemning the idea of a “religious test” that was originally proposed by presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and expanded on by Gingrich. “In the wake of last night’s attacks,

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Trump boasts about value of his golf empire, but not to tax officials

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump has aggressively challenged and won reductions in property tax bills on his elite golf courses — and then boasted as a presidential candidate that several of those same courses are worth tens of millions more than his staff argued to county assessors. His maneuvers to contain tax increases have posed fiscal

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