Kellyanne Conway, senior counselor to President Trump, called on Democratic leaders Monday to address the Tax Day protests from over the weekend. “I would love to hear the new DNC Chairman Tom Perez, Bernie Sanders, the Democratic senator from Vermont, who are going out on the road today, and I would love to hear Hillary […]
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USAA man littered the streets of the hassidic Jewish community of Williamsburg, Brooklyn with anti-Semitic flyers as he drove his motorcycle through the streets during the Pesach holiday, the DNAInfo news site reported. According to the NYPD, the motorcyclist tossed flyers with swastikas and other anti-Semitic drawings. The biker, who was wearing a black helmet,
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USAOn his podcast, Nate Butkus has talked radiation with a US government scientist, evolution with a Harvard researcher, and, most recently, genome-editing with MIT’s Kevin Esvelt. But ask him his favorite moment from the 28 episodes so far, and it has to be when he belched during a taping. So it goes when the podcast
When Capt. James “Jim” Lovell and his fellow NASA astronauts strapped in for the Apollo 13 mission, they were excited about the prospect of putting their hours of preparation, training and experience to work exploring the Fra Mauro area of the Moon. Little did they know 2 1/2 days later, the goal of the mission
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International, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWith his presidency still in its infancy, President Donald Trump’s 2020 re-election efforts have raised tens of millions of dollars and directed funds to his companies, running up a $500,000 tab to Trump-owned hotels, golf clubs and restaurants. Unlike his predecessors, Trump has not ceased fundraising since the election, more than doubling the amount raised
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USAChina and Russia have sent reconnaissance vessels to follow the U.S. aircraft carrier deployed to the Korean Peninsula, as fears of a military confrontation between Washington and Pyongyang rise. The navies of both Beijing and Moscow want to gather intelligence on the USS Carl Vinson Strike Group—a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier—that has been rerouted to the
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International, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — There are both big and little issues in politics, and they compete to determine what we think and how we vote. The big things get the headlines: war, hopes of peace, economic crises, large scale migration, natural disasters, major projects that cost a great deal and promise huge benefits, and personal
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USAU.S. President Donald Trump Sunday apparently reversed his position on China as a currency manipulator, tweeting he wouldn’t use the term as long as Beijing helps rein in North Korea. The comment came just hours after Pyongyang’s failed missile test and barely more than a week after Trump met face-to-face with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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International, USAWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s senior security adviser on Sunday warned North Korea to end its nuclear testing or face U.S. reprisals, and he called that country’s leader a global threat. National security adviser H.R. McMaster said Trump “will take action” if North Korea continues to threaten the U.S. McMaster was asked on ABC’s Sunday
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International, USAPolice are on the hunt after a Cleveland man allegedly shot and killed another man and broadcast it on Facebook Live. According to several sources, police are looking for a man identified as Steve Stephens, who shot and killed an elderly man on Facebook Live. There are unconfirmed reports that he may have killed up
By Donald H. Harrison Photos courtesy of Karen Beth Pearlman SAN DIEGO – One might describe Chloe, an 8-year-old cocker spaniel, as San Diego County’s unofficial canine ambassador. For years, her owner, Karen Beth Pearlman, has been posting Facebook photographs of Chloe visiting various San Diego County venues, from the beach, to the valleys,
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, The World We Share, USAWashington/Seoul (dpa) – US Vice President Mike Pence arrived in South Korea on Sunday for the start of a four-nation Asia-Pacific tour, seeking to reassure allies in the face of a belligerent North Korea that launched a failed missile hours earlier. The vice president’s plane touched down at Osan Air Base shortly after Pyongyang attempted
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International, USABy Jeremy Ben-Ami WASHINGTON, D.C — I was horrified by the chemical weapons assault in Syria several weeks ago on innocent civilians and children — the latest example of the Assad regime’s brutal war on its own people. We’ve all been considering the wisdom, effectiveness and propriety of the American retaliatory missile strike on a Syrian
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Middle East, USAWashington (dpa) – Demonstrators marched past the White House and the Trump hotel in central Washington on Saturday to demand US President Donald Trump release his tax returns. The march, one of more than 100 around the United States, was held on the traditional deadline for US citizens to file their federal income taxes. Democratic
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