International

In Pence, Trump taps even-keeled Hoosier with conservative credentials

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s choice of Indiana Gov. Mike Pence provides the ticket with solid conservative credentials, a dash of establishment respectability and an experienced hand who knows his way around Capitol Hill. Perhaps more than anything, the telegenic, media-savvy Pence, 57, adds some ice to Trump’s fiery bombast on the campaign trail, something that […]

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‘Inevitability’ of Nice Attack Fuels Anger at Hollande

One man has silenced an entire city. Twenty-four hours after the horrific thuds of a 19-tonne truck ramming into revelers during Nice’s Bastille Day fireworks, you can hear your own footsteps in the streets that jut off the usually bustling coastal city’s balmy Promenade des Anglais, the scene of Thursday’s attack. Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel killed at

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International

Journalists are getting trained like war correspondents to cover the US conventions

At 7:30 in the morning, reporters gather around a dark van parked in Dupont Circle, some holding to-go coffee cups and wearing the calm expression of a person who doesn’t know what they’re in for. Shane Bell, a former elite commando of the Australian Armed Forces, is driving the group of about 10 from Washington,

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USA

Turkey declares end of Coup as rebel generals detained

Turkey’s acting chief of defense has declared “the time of military coups and juntas [in Turkey] is over,” after a foiled uprising of soldiers attempted to take control of the country, Turkish broadcaster TV24 reported. A military faction calling itself the “Council for Peace in the Country” declared it had control over Turkey, after soldiers

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Middle East, USA

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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Middle East

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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USA

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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