WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump Friday threatened military action against Venezuela Friday in a comment sure to roil the divided South American nation and alarm its neighbors. Trump made the statement at a news conference on the growing concerns of military action in North Korea, immediately raising the specter of United States intervening in two […]
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International, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States persists in treating Lebanon as if it were a country. Congress provides U.S. military assistance to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and trains the LAF’s officers. And now we’re fighting alongside the LAF, apparently to oust ISIS from encampments inside Lebanon, where they have moved across
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USATouting President Trump’s criticism of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a conservative group said Thursday the time is ripe to remove the Kentucky Republican from his leadership post for failing to deliver on campaign promises. Ken Cuccinelli, the head of the Senate Conservative Fund, said Mr. McConnell recently showed his true colors when attributed part
It’s been a little over a year since Auschwitz survivor and Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel died. He was celebrated around the globe as an activist and a writer, and for his lifelong efforts to keep the world from forgetting the horrors of the Holocaust. But for his only child, Elisha Wiesel, coming to
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Obituaries & memorials, USATexas is moving toward a plan that could see women buy insurance coverage for abortions after a House vote derided by critics as “ridiculous and cruel.” The GOP-controlled House voted 95-51 Tuesday in favor of restricting abortion coverage in health insurance, under a rule that would ban coverage in private health insurance and force women
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s threats against North Korea have highlighted as never before the tension between the president’s duties as chief executive and the role he often seems to prefer as the country’s highest-profile TV and internet commentator. Despite Trump’s blustery warning of “fire and fury,” which he amplified further in comments to reporters
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International, USAIf there was any doubt that President Donald Trump was talking about nuclear weapons when he talked about “fire and fury” descending on North Korea, that doubt was dispelled Wednesday with a statement from the secretary of defense, James Mattis. Mattis, long considered a moderate in the Cabinet, said North Korea should “cease any consideration
A former Republican senator has suggested that Donald Trump is “sick of mind” and should be removed from office. Gordon Humphrey told New Hampshire lawmakers in a letter that has been widely shared that they should back his bid to dump Trump. In a letter sent to Representative Annie Kuster, Humphrey urges her to back
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International, USASen. Lindsey Graham said Thursday that Democrats need to “take their hatred of Donald Trump and park it” because the issue of North Korea is more important. “I wish Democrats would take their hatred of Donald Trump and park it and realize that on Donald Trump’s watch, because of everyone else’s failure, he’s run out
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International, USAA very funny — and at the same time tragic — thing happened to me when I watched Al Gore’s new documentary about global warming, “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power.” It was a rainy day, and I had tickets for a private screening of the documentary in Miami Beach for journalists, some of whom
CHICAGO — Former “Saturday Night Live” star Rachel Dratch has lived in New York City for the better part of two decades. But like a relentless stalker in a horror movie, the city of Chicago tracked her down — and hit her with a $73 parking ticket from 20 years ago. “I did a double
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump doubled down on his threat to rain “fire and fury” on North Korea, saying Thursday that “maybe it wasn’t tough enough.” Trump used four versions of the word “tough” in describing his posture toward North Korea for its continued pursuit of a nuclear-armed intercontinental missile, while downplaying the potential for
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International, USAThe 2016 election may be long over but the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails related to the 2012 Benghazi attack has been given fresh life—by a federal judge appointed by President Barack Obama. U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta ruled earlier this week that the State Department had not been sufficiently thorough when responding to
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Middle East, USABy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — In a recent speech, President Trump raised the possibility of his likeness being added to those of Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt at Mount Rushmore. He may well have been joking about the prospect, as he suggested. But, in any case, mention of Mount Rushmore inspired
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