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US-China to Launch 4 Rounds of Talks, as Trump ‘Looks Forward’ to Beijing Visit

The U.S. and China are launching four rounds of talks, as U.S. President Donald Trump heads to China later this year in a visit aimed at strengthening cooperation to reduce tensions in the Korean Peninsula. In a phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday, Trump said he’s “looking forward to the state visit […]

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Tenn. kidnapping suspect wanted to take victim to Mexico, court documents say

A former Tennessee teacher accused of kidnapping his teenage student wanted to flee to Mexico with the girl, federal prosecutors said Monday. In court documents filed Monday, federal prosecutors said Tad Cummins “planned and executed an audacious scheme” to travel through the U.S. with the 15-year-old girl and ultimately, planned to go to Mexico with

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Trump declines to use the word ‘genocide’ in describing Armenian deaths

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump prides himself on speaking bluntly on the international stage and, at times, breaking with diplomatic norms. But he continued a tradition Monday that has infuriated many Armenian Americans — refusing to use the word “genocide” in describing the killings of more than 1 million Armenians at the hands of Ottoman

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Obama lifts lid on post-presidency career with civic engagement forum

CHICAGO — President Barack Obama lifted the veil on his retirement Monday at a University of Chicago forum, engaging students with a message calling on them to use empathy and listen to those with whom they disagree. “I have to say that there’s a reason why I’m always optimistic when things look like they’re sometimes

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Is Senate’s Trump-Russia probe going anywhere? This panel member is doubtful

WASHINGTON — A prominent member of the Senate panel that is investigating Russia’s meddling in the U.S. election and possible links to the campaign of President Donald Trump is expressing “serious concerns” about the probe’s speed, transparency and direction. “I’ve made clear to the bipartisan leadership of the committee that I have serious concerns about

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If Jared and Ivanka are helping you sleep at night, you should ‘still be awake,’ says John Oliver

Since Donald Trump took office in January, a narrative has emerged that his daughter, Ivanka, and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, are more moderate voices in an administration known for more extreme personalities. But on Sunday, “Last Week Tonight” host John Oliver threw cold water on that widely held assumption. With both Kushner and the younger Trump

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US announces ‘sweeping’ sanctions on Syrian scientists for chemical attack

WASHINGTON — Following up on a limited U.S. military strike against Syria, the Trump administration on Monday announced new “sweeping” sanctions on the Syrian government agency it blames for producing chemicals used in a deadly attack on Syrian civilians earlier this month. The announcement names 271 members of the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Center

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Middle East, USA

NRA announces legal challenge to California’s new gun control laws

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The National Rifle Association said Monday it is sponsoring a series of five lawsuits against the package of gun control bills approved in California last year, including one challenging the newly expanded assault weapons ban in California. Last year, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law a prohibition on the sale of

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Trump wants a border wall, but few in Congress want to pay for it

WASHINGTON — It’s an open secret on Capitol Hill: President Donald Trump wants a “big, beautiful” border wall, but few in Congress are willing to pay for it. The standoff, between the White House and lawmakers — Republicans and Democrats — has escalated tensions toward a possible government shutdown at midnight Friday as Congress races

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Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer to Donald Trump: Stay out of budget talks, so Congress can make deadline

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Monday that President Trump needs to stay out of Congress’ budget negotiations in order to get a bill done by Friday’s deadline. On a Monday conference call with Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez, Mrs. Pelosi said negotiations between the parties were

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Rabbi Hier to light torch for Yom Ha atzma’ ut

LOS ANGELES (Press Release) –Rabbi Marvin Hier, Simon Wiesenthal Center Founder and Dean is being honored as the first non-Israeli citizen chosen to light Israel’s Independence Day ceremonial torch. The decision was made by Israel’s Culture Minister Miri Regev, who said that the inclusion of Jews from the diaspora symbolizes the stake that Jewish people all

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Middle East, USA

Anti- border wall legislation goes to S.D. school board

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – On Tuesday, April 25, 2017, the San Diego Unified School District’s board members will consider endorsing California State Senator Ricardo Lara’s proposed Senate Bill 30 which would prohibit the state from awarding or renewing a public contract with any person who provides goods or services to the Federal Government for

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