WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has insisted that the Russian government was not the source for the hacked emails that have been cited as a major influence on November’s presidential election. Both the CIA and the FBI have concluded that Russia was responsible for the email hacks in part to help Donald Trump become president. President […]
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International, USAWASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday tapped Robert Lighthizer, a former Reagan administration official and longtime international trade attorney, to be his U.S. trade representative. The Cabinet-level post will be especially important under Trump, who pledged during his campaign to strike trade deals that are more advantageous for the U.S. “Lighthizer is going to
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International, USAPresident-elect Donald Trump blasted House Republicans Tuesday for attempting to weaken their own independent ethics watchdog, saying they have a lot of bigger things to focus on. “With all that Congress has to work on, do they really have to make the weakening of the Independent Ethics Watchdog, as unfair as it ….. may be,
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USALOS ANGELES — Matt Boermeester missed two field-goal attempts. He did not miss a third. The USC kicker lined up from 46 yards and split the uprights as time expired and the ninth-ranked Trojans defeated fifth-ranked Penn State, 52-49, to win the 103rd Rose Bowl in Pasadena. Safety Leon McQuay II intercepted a pass by
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Sports & Competitions, USAWASHINGTON — A Republican-controlled Congress opens Tuesday with the most sweeping conservative agenda in decades, providing Donald Trump ample room to gut the Affordable Care Act, slash corporate tax rates and undo Obama-era environmental regulations. The House is almost certain to re-elect Speaker Paul D. Ryan, R-Wis., as its first order of business, dispensing with
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USAIn the wake of Secretary of State John Kerry”s speech last week, in which he claimed that Israel”s presence in Judea, Samaria and eastern Jerusalem is an “obstacle to peace”, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee visited the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem in order to send Kerry a message that Israel is, indeed, both a Jewish
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Middle East, USAFour months after a Falcon 9 rocket exploded on a Florida launch pad, SpaceX said Monday that the cause was a failed composite overwrapped pressure vessel used to store liquid helium. In the final update to its investigation, the space company said one of three such tanks in the rocket’s larger, second-stage liquid oxygen tank
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International, Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We Share, USAThe most difficult fact for any nation to accept, is the fact that it may be totally outmatched, in some critical field, by some foreign agency or organization. Under the administration of Harry Truman, “Operation Paperclip” was instituted. This controversial program—designed to bring thousands of Nazi scientists into the U.S. after World War II—was the
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International, USAHouse Democrats lobbed a preemptive salvo Monday against Republicans itching to kick-start their Obamacare repeal effort once the new Congress gavels in, calling the effort an “act of cowardice” and reckless “assault” on health care for millions and conservative orthodoxy alike, since repeal is projected to raise the deficit. They also said Republicans would pay
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWashington (dpa) – Twins usually have a lot in common, including the day and year of their birth. But in the United States over the New Year’s holiday weekend, at least four sets of twins were born on different days and different years, according to media reports Monday. The births were recorded in the states
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USAMore than 250 small earthquakes have struck since New Year’s Eve near the California-Mexico border, causing unease among residents and attention from scientists. The strongest earthquake in the sequence was magnitude 3.9, directly underneath Brawley, about 170 miles southeast of Los Angeles. The earthquakes struck in the southern end of the Brawley Seismic Zone, a
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International, The World We Share, USAJewish Home leader says plan to extend Israeli sovereignty to Jerusalem-area settlement to be presented in Knesset after Trump inauguration By Tamar Pileggi and Times of Israel staff Education Minister and Jewish Home party leader Naftali Bennett delivers a statement to the press in response to the UN vote against Israeli settlements, at the Western
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Middle East, USAThe new Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres has called for peace to be a global priority as he started his first day in office. The former Portuguese prime minister and UN refugee chief begins a five-year term amid conflicts in the Middle East, Africa and elsewhere, as well as threats from terrorism
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International, USAUS President-elect Donald Trump’s Indonesian business partner Global Mediacom CEO Hary Tanoesoedibjo told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, “If there is no one I can believe who can fix the problems of the country, I may try to run for president.” He added that running for election would be “not for myself, for the country” and
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