Donald Trump has said he will miss the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on April 29. “I will not be attending the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner this year. Please wish everyone well and have a great evening!” the US president said on Twitter. His announcement comes amid escalating hostility between the US president […]
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USAAt least 12 said critically injured; police and mayor say driver was intoxicated, do not suspect terrorism By Times of Israel staff The scene in New Orleans shortly after a pickup truck rammed into a parade crowd, February 25, 2017. (YouTube screen capture) At least 28 people were hurt when a pickup truck driver plowed
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USASACRAMENTO, Calif.—A flurry of smartphone snapshots with a cardboard Donald Trump and blazing red “Make California Great Again” hats signaled that many of the GOP delegates at the California Republican Party convention this weekend have embraced the new president and his aggressive tactics to shift the nation to the right. But a fair number of
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USAWashington (dpa) – President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski of Peru became the first Latin American head of state to visit new US President Donald Trump in a White House meeting Friday in Washington. “Peru has been a fantastic neighbour, we’ve had great relationships, better now than ever before,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office following
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International, USAEducation Secretary Betsy DeVos made a seemingly innocuous joke Thursday about no one getting a free lunch. But the comment came as DeVos, a staunch opponent of public schools, is taking over the nation’s free lunch program that provides nutrition to low-income students and is under attack from Republicans, raising questions about whether the administration
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAPresident Trump on Friday signed another executive order aimed at reducing federal regulations, this time directing all government agencies to form a “regulatory reform task force” that will identify unneeded red tape and remove it. In brief comments in the Oval Office, the president said each task force will report back to the White House
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USAATLANTA – The Democratic National Committee tabled a resolution Saturday that called on the party to reinstate a ban on corporate donations and on federal corporate lobbyists from serving as at-large members of the DNC. Christine Pelosi, daughter of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, put forward the proposal to revive a ban that President Obama
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USAFrench President François Hollande hit back at Donald Trump with a dig about gun control Saturday, a day after the new US president attacked France’s immigration policies and Paris. “I don’t want to make a comparison, but there are no weapons circulating here, there are no people who take weapons to shoot into a crowd,”
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International, USAA white US Navy veteran has been charged with killing an engineer from India and wounding two other men when he opened fire in a Kansas bar in what federal authorities were investigating on Friday as a possible hate crime. The shooting on Wednesday night led news bulletins in India and triggered outrage on social
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International, USAATLANTA – Tom Perez was elected Saturday as the first Latino chair of the Democratic National Committee, overcoming stiff opposition from the Bernie Sanders wing of the party and delivering a win for former President Barack Obama, who recruited him for the job. The race here turned into a nail-biter after Mr. Perez fell a
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USAEnvironmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt on Saturday said the Obama administration neglected would-be department priorities to pursue a climate change agenda and hinted that a rollback of some regulations could be announced as soon as next week. “I wanted to send a message to those at the agency – there are some very important
The Islamic State group will be called ISIS under President Donald Trump’s administration, rejecting former President Barack Obama’s preference for referring to the militants as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said in a Feb. 12 memo that using the term ISIS to refer to the terrorist
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Middle East, USAHundreds of people including Hollywood stars have held a rally in Beverly Hills ahead of the Oscars on Sunday to denounce President Trump’s immigration policies. It was organised by the United Talent Agency, one of Hollywood’s biggest agencies, replacing its annual Oscar party with what it said was a show of support for freedom of
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International, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USARep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., said Friday night that a special prosecutor should be tapped to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 election, a stance that mirrors the calls of congressional Democrats to sideline the U.S attorney general from such inquiries. Appearing on HBO’s “Real Time With Bill Maher,” Issa, a San Diego Republican, was prodded