International

Fillon lead in right-wing primaries throws far-right Le Pen off balance

François Fillon’s shock lead in Sunday’s primary to choose a conservative candidate in next year’s French presidential elections has thrown the far-right National Front (FN) completely off balance. FN leader Marine le Pen is widely expected to face off against the winner of the right-wing primary in next year’s presidential election given the weakness of […]

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International

Americans to Trump: Please delete your account

WASHINGTON — Fifty-nine percent of voters think Donald Trump should delete his Twitter account, according to a national poll from Quinnipiac University released Tuesday. In the two weeks since the election, Trump has alternated between tweeting formal announcements regarding the transition and continuing to denounce perceived attacks, from the cast of the musical “Hamilton” to

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USA

Carl P. Leubsdorf: Trump doing little to allay concerns

In many families, including mine, the raw emotions stemming from the 2016 election are likely to create some awkwardness at this week’s Thanksgiving get-togethers. Keeping the conversation away from politics seems like a worthy, though difficult, goal. That may be especially hard, given what has transpired since the election. While both President Barack Obama and

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USA

Lawyer: Man charged with disrupting ‘Hamilton’ show was incited by ‘hostile’ audience

CHICAGO — The lawyer for a man charged with disrupting a Chicago performance of the musical “Hamilton” blamed the incident on a “hostile” and “partisan” audience and said his client does not owe theatergoers an apology. Attorney Jonathan Feldman took issue with several witnesses who said John Palmer, 56, appeared intoxicated Saturday night as he

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Donald Trump won’t pursue Hillary Clinton email or foundation investigations as president

President-elect Donald Trump doesn’t want to pursue further investigations into Hillary Clinton once he takes office, Mr. Trump’s former campaign manager confirmed Tuesday. “I think when the president-elect who’s also the head of your party now … tells you before he’s even inaugurated he doesn’t wish to pursue these charges, it sends a very strong

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USA

Holocaust Museum expresses alarm over alt-right conference rhetoric

WASHINGTON D.C. (JNS.org) — The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum expressed “deep alarm” over the “hateful rhetoric” at an alt-right white nationalist conference held just blocks away from the museum in Washington, D.C. More than 200 people gathered at the Ronald Reagan Building Nov. 19 for the annual conference of the National Policy Institute, which

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USA

‘I’m Muslim and Not a Terrorist’ YouTuber Goes Viral

Last November, in the wake of the attacks in Paris that left 130 dead and reignited further anti-Muslim sentiment around Europe, Danish YouTuber Arian Kashef was galvanized to take action. He posted a video on YouTube entitled “Blind Muslim Trust Experiment.” In it, Kashef is seen standing at locations around the city of Aarhus with

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International

Trump says U.S. will withdraw from Trans-Pacific Partnership

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump released a video address on Monday, announcing that he will withdraw the country from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and cancel “job-killing” restrictions on the production of energy. (more) Trump, speaking in a 2-minute video address released by his transition team, said he was preparing to issue a series of executive orders

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International, USA

Pope Francis Breaks New Ground by Extending Abortion-Forgiving Powers to all Priests

Vatican City, November 21, 2016: Pope Francis on Monday said priests would now be able to absolve the sin of abortion indefinitely. The decision was published in the Apostolic letter “Misericordia et Miseria,” which was released following the conclusion of the Catholic Jubilee year of mercy on Sunday, EFE news reported. NewsGram brings to you

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International

Who’s the billionaire doctor palling around with Donald Trump?

Donald Trump has hosted a lot of dignitaries in the past week. Only one is worth more than the president-elect. Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, a biotech billionaire with a penchant for bluster, dined with Trump at a New Jersey country club over the weekend to discuss the future of medicine. It’s unclear how he might serve

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA