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Donald Trump’s secretary of defense James ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis appeared to suggest those who did not serve the country were “a bunch of pussies.” The retired general made the comments at an address to members of the U.S. Navy last week, and the transcript was made available by the Defense Department website this week. “You […]

Dr. Ben Carson has spoken out about his neighbors displaying Confederate flags and his home being targeted by vandals in the wake of the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. The secretary of Housing and Urban Development wrote a Facebook post in response to the weekend’s events in which clashes broke out at a white supremacist rally,

The children of country music titan Johnny Cash issued a strong and unequivocal statement about their father’s legacy Wednesday after a video captured a protester wearing a T-shirt with Cash’s name on it at the violent racial clash in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend. The rally resulted in the death of one counter-protester and injured

A neo-Nazi who said he was “ready for violence” at the deadly rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, has released footage of himself weeping after learning there is allegedly a warrant out for his arrest. Christopher Cantwell, who was followed during the gathering of neo-Nazis, KKK, white supremacists and alt-right for a 22-minute documentary for VICE, showed

Suspect turns himself in to police after footage shows him flipping off camera, relieving himself on Jewish house of prayer By Times of Israel staff Security footage of a man in Philadelphia urinating on a wall next to the entrance of Congregation Beth Solomon on August 13, 2017. (Screen capture: YouTube) A man in Philadelphia

The guy who helped President Donald Trump write his seminal book “The Art of the Deal” said the former reality TV star will soon leave the White House on his own accord. In a series of tweets Wednesday, Tony Schwartz—who co-authored the 1987 book that helped define the real estate magnate’s public image—said he thought

WASHINGTON — U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Thursday denounced white nationalists involved in violence last weekend in Charlottesville, Va., calling them “racial bigots” and saying their views are “totally abhorrent to the American ideal.” DeVos, a former Michigan Republican Party chairwoman and longtime school-choice advocate from west Michigan, made the statement in an email

Washington (dpa) – White House advisor Steve Bannon took a swing at rivals in the Trump administration, telling a liberal magazine in a rare interview that officials who do not want to take a hard line on China are “wetting themselves.” Bannon told The American Prospect that the US is at “economic war with China.”

WASHINGTON — A New York Democrat is drafting legislation to require the Pentagon rename any military installations named for Confederate generals, part of an urgent effort by black lawmakers to force public institutions to stop celebrating historical figures who defended slavery. “Naming military property after armed insurrectionists with American blood on their hands is an

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Imran Awan, the former information technology aide multiple Democratic members of Congress, including Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida, was indicted Thursday on four charges including bank fraud and engaging in unlawful monetary transactions. Also indicted was Awan’s wife, Hina Alvi, who also worked as an IT aide in Democratic congressional offices.

WASHINGTON—The fight over Confederate statues is coming to the U.S. Capitol. The marbled halls have long been home to memorials for leaders of the Confederacy, and opposition to them has flared from time to time. But now, in the aftermath of deadly violence in Charlottesville, Va., and President Donald Trump’s defense of what many see