The mayor of a small Texas town has become the first openly transgender mayor in state history after coming out in a post on the town’s website, the Texas Observer reported Tuesday. “As your mayor I must tell you about something that has been with me since my earliest memories. I am transgender,” New Hope […]
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USAMEXICO CITY — The Mexican government on Wednesday vehemently denied reports that President Donald Trump threatened to send American soldiers into Mexico during a phone call with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto. Such a threat “did not happen during that call,” said a government statement released on Twitter Wednesday night. “I know it with absolute
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International, USAPalestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas”s spokesman, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, on Wednesday condemned Israel”s announcement of 3,000 new homes in Judea and Samaria. In a statement posted on the WAFA news agency”s website, Abu Rudeineh said the construction plans defy United Nations resolutions and international law. “We have started urgent consultations in order to take
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Middle East, USABerlin (dpa) – Germany’s Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said late Wednesday he was taking a message of friendship to Washington, which has clashed repeatedly with Berlin under newly inaugurated President Donald Trump. Gabriel said he was bringing an “offer of friendship and trust” to the US, where he will on Thursday become the first foreign
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International, USAPresident Donald Trump reportedly cut short a phone call with the leader of staunch US ally Australia, casting doubt over his commitment to a refugee resettlement deal. Trump later took to Twitter asking: “Do you believe it? The Obama administration agreed to take thousands of illegal immigrants from Australia. Why? I will study this dumb
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International, Middle East, USAU.S. President Donald Trump praised renowned African-American activist Frederick Douglass in a speech marking Black History Month yesterday—but his remarks have sparked confusion. Describing the late former slave, who became one of the leading abolitionists of his time, as one of many black inspirational figures who has made a “big impact” on America, Trump said:
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USABack in high school, Neil Gorsuch — now Donald Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court — reportedly founded a group called the Fascism Forever Club. Gorsuch reportedly founded the group, apparently named with tongue firmly in cheek, as a freshman and led it through his senior year. While at Georgetown Preparatory, an elite high school
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USAUS Ambassador to China nominee Terry Branstad [Photo/IC] MUSCATINE — US Ambassador to China nominee Terry Branstad said Wednesday that he would play a constructive role in enhancing China-US relationship during a news conference held in Muscatine, Iowa. “I am very honored and very proud to have been chosen to be the ambassador to China,”
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International, USAThe Trump administration is considering a move that would grant broad religious freedom protections to individuals and organizations who oppose same-sex marriage, insurance coverage for contraception and other issues on religious grounds. A four-page draft executive order being circulated among government officials, titled “Establishing a Government-Wide Initiative to Respect Religious Freedom,” would extend religious freedom
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USAChallenges to FBI investigation into some 65 threats include how to identify caller with masked voice who appears to be calling from inside building By Ben Sales Police tape at the JCC in Nashville, Tennesee after the community center received a bomb threat on January 9, 2017. (Screenshot/The Tennessean) A person calls a Jewish institution,
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USAW ASHINGTON – President Trump will keep, for the time being, the same White House doctor who had cared for former President Barack Obama since 2013. Dr. Ronny Jackson, a rear admiral in the US Navy, will continue to serve as physician to the president, White House press secretary Sean Spicer told STAT. Jackson was
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAKellyanne Conway, a top adviser to President Trump, said Thursday that the White House didn’t leak details of a reportedly heated conversation between President Trump and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. “We’re the ones not leaking,” Ms. Conway said on “Fox & Friends.” “You’re a little bit hamstrung when you’re the ones upholding either the
Donald Trump came into office promising to reduce the power of lobbyists and Washington insiders. His victory helped bring a Republican takeover of the federal government. But Trump’s Senate GOP colleagues don’t seem to be echoing his populist message. Instead, they are launching their new election fundraising operation with an event sponsored by a major
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International, Middle East, USABERKELEY, Calif. — A speech by conservative firebrand and British writer Milo Yiannopoulos was canceled at the University of California, Berkeley on Wednesday amid violent protests that sparked a fire in a campus plaza. University officials called off the event about two hours before Yiannopoulos was to speak at the student union, where more than
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