International

Citizenship crisis threatens to engulf Australia’s PM

The citizenship crisis engulfing Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s government has deepened. An eighth lawmaker has left parliament. The main opposition party has drafted in a high-profile candidate for a key by-election. Who is the latest to leave? Jacqui Lambie, an independent and outspoken senator for the island state of Tasmania. She confirmed on Tuesday […]

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International

Trump Administration Targets Disabled Immigrant

A 20-year-old undocumented immigrant with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status and only one leg has been detained by federal immigration agents and held without charges for over a month, treated inhumanely and mocked for his prosthetic leg, an immigrant advocacy group says. Felipe Abonza-Lopez of San Marcos, Texas–detained by Customs and Border Protection agents

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USA

Canada’s Trudeau Raises Human Rights With Philippines’ Duterte

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he raised the issue of human rights with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, whose crackdown on illicit drug trafficking has led to the deaths of thousands of people. Trudeau told reporters in Manila Tuesday he “impressed upon” Duterte “the need for respect for the rule of law” as well as

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International

Bernie Sanders Asks Trump to Help Iran After Earthquake

Independent Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont has called on President Donald Trump to put aside his hardline politics and offer assistance to Iran after the country was hit Sunday by what’s become the deadliest earthquake of the year. With casualties having reached at least 452 people dead and thousands more injured, mostly in Iran, according

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Middle East, USA

The new mayor of Helena, Montana, has made history — and now just wants to get to work

Wilmot Collins thought he was running for mayor of a small city with challenges he had a plan to address. What he didn’t realize is that by actually winning the election he would also become an overnight symbol of what refugees can achieve in America. Collins, who arrived in the US with his wife as

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USA

Top GOP Law Enforcement Chiefs Held Secret Weekend Event At Mar-a-Lago

This story is being co-published with MapLight. Republican state law enforcement chiefs dined with their top donors at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort last weekend, according to an agenda obtained by MapLight through a public records request. An agenda for the Republican Attorneys General Association’s fall meeting in Palm Beach, Fla., lists a dinner on

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USA

Donald Trump Was Served Shark Fin Soup in Vietnam

President Donald Trump was treated to a state dinner in Vietnam prominently featuring fish dishes, including a seafood soup containing shark fin—an expensive local delicacy responsible for driving sharks to extinction. The Vietnamese seafood soup, the fifth dish served in the seven-course menu on Saturday, contained another controversial ingredient. Demand for fish maw, also known

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International, USA

Adelson won’t back Bannon’s attempts to oust GOP incumbents

By Eric Cortellessa WASHINGTON — The billionaire casino magnate and GOP megadonor Sheldon Adelson said on Monday that he will not support Steve Bannon’s attempts to buck Republican leadership and try to unseat the party’s incumbents from Congress in 2018. “The Adelsons will not be supporting Steve Bannon’s efforts,” Andy Abboud, a family spokesman, told

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USA