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Clinton Backers Beat Back Sanders Supporters on Trade

Bernie Sanders’ attempts to progressively influence the Democratic Party’s 2016 platform suffered a blow Saturday when his supporters failed to add specific opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal to the party’s planks. Sanders’ supporters shouted insults at Hillary Clinton loyalists and vowed to force a vote on the party’s stance on the 12-nation

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International, USA

Obama says motives of Dallas cop killer Micah Xavier Johnson ‘hard to untangle’

President Obama said Saturday it’s hard to “untangle the motives” of the shooterwho killed five Dallas police officers, despite the gunman telling police he wanted to kill white police officers. Mr. Obama made the comment at a press conference in Warsaw, Poland, where he also issued another call for gun control in the wake of

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George Bush ‘heartbroken’ by Dallas cop killings: ‘Murdering the innocent is always evil’

Former President George W. Bush said Friday that his family is “heartbroken” by the killing of five police officers at a Black Lives Matter rally in Dallas, where he and his wife Laura reside. “Laura and I are heartbroken by the heinous acts of violence in our city last night,” Mr. Bush said in a

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USA

Romania hosts AJC delegation

BUCHAREST, Romania (Press Release) — An American Jewish Committee (AJC) delegation just completed a two-day trip to Romania. The group, led by AJC Chief Executive Officer David Harris, had in-depth meetings with President Klaus Iohannis, Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos, Foreign Minister Lazar Comănescu, and the U.S. and Israeli Ambassadors. The delegation also visited the foreign and

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International, Middle East, USA

Dallas police chief lost son, brother and partner to violence

Dallas Police Chief David Brown stood before the television cameras Friday morning, hours after a gunman fatally shot five officers, and made one thing clear: His department was hurting. “We don’t feel much support on most days,” Brown said. “Let’s not make today most days.” He had spent a long night consoling the victims’ families,

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US Justice Department to investigate police shooting

The US Justice Department is to investigate the fatal shooting of a black man by police in Louisiana. It is reported the US attorney, the FBI and federal prosecutors will be involved in the inquiry. What happened? A second video showing the shooting death of #AltonSterling has emerged https://t.co/talcCuQMeF (Graphic images) pic.twitter.com/Na4nRUZVfN— CNN International (@cnni)

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Bill introduced to strip Hillary Clinton of security access

Republicans officially petitioned the administration Thursday to deny Hillary Clinton access to secret information as Democrats’ presidential nominee, and some GOP lawmakers said if the intelligence community won’t do it, they’ll pass a bill to do it themselves. The White House has said it won’t deny Mrs. Clinton access, saying it is a tradition for

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Lynch Pushes Gun Control In Aftermath Of Dallas Shooting, Praises BLM

U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch called for more restrictions on access to firearms and praised protesters who mobilized against controversial police practices in the aftermath of a deadly attack on police in Dallas, Texas. “We must take a hard look at the ease with which wrongdoers can get their hands on deadly weapons and the

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Use of robot in Dallas highlights tactical opportunities, ethical questions for police

WASHINGTON — Negotiators had been talking for hours with the hunkered-down killer of five police officers in downtown Dallas when the man suddenly resumed firing with an assault rifle. Fearing additional casualties, the officers deployed a small, remote-controlled robot to carry an explosive device near shooter Micah Xavier Johnson, which they then detonated, killing him.

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