A teenager from Washington state has become the seventh “faithless elector” to attempt to prevent Donald Trump from becoming the President of the United States. Levi Guerra, 19, from Vancouver will join the ranks of the so-called “Hamilton electors.” Guerra is one of the 12 electors in Washington state who have been mandated to vote […]
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USAIncoming Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wants the U.S. government to exert closer scrutiny of China’s Dalian Wanda Group, an entertainment conglomerate with ties to the Communist government in Beijing, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The Wanda Group has been on a buying binge in the past few years, snapping up American and European
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International, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAAmerican tennis ace Serena Williams has written an open letter addressing the barriers that still hold female athletes back. Urging young women to pursue their dreams and overcome sexism, Williams says girls must reject the notion that their gender is somehow a flaw. “To all incredible women who strive for excellence,” the sporting icon’s letter
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Sports & Competitions, USAIf you compare Arnold Schwarzenegger’s career to Donald Trump’s, you will realize that they have gone in the opposite directions. While Trump moved from hosting a reality TV series to becoming the President of the United States of America, 68-year-old Schwarzenegger went from becoming the Governor of California to becoming the host of “Celebrity Apprentice.”
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAKeith Papini, the husband of California woman Sherri Papini, 34, who went on a jog and mysteriously disappeared a little over three weeks ago, is speaking out for the first time since the mother of two was found bound beaten on the side of the road around 4:30 a.m. on Thanksgiving day. On Tuesday, Keith
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name Steven Mnuchin as his Treasury secretary as soon as Wednesday, The New York Times reported on Tuesday. The 53-year-old Mnuchin, who was born to a Jewish family, has no government experience but served as the national finance chairman for Trump”s campaign. He began his career at Goldman
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USAMembers of Rho Epsilon, the Rutgers affiliate of Alpha Epsilon Pi, in 1957, together with their housemother. Photos courtesy Bruce Kesselman An AEPi initiation in 1990 for new pledges. Fraternity members and their dates at a 1961 AEPi toga party. Sixty years after a chapter of the Jewish fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi was established at
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON — In an unusual public warning, the head of the CIA said Wednesday it would be the “height of folly” and “disastrous” for President-elect Donald Trump to scrap the Iran nuclear deal. CIA Director John Brennan said in a TV interview that ripping up the historic accord could allow Iran to resume its nuclear
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Middle East, USAPresident Barack Obama says though he doesn’t think legalizing marijuana will end America’s drug problem, he believes pot should be regulated the same way cigarettes and alcohol are regulated. Obama, in an interview with Rolling Stone published Tuesday, said regulating marijuana is a much smarter way to handle the issue that continuing to treat it
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USALOS ANGELES — The Breitbart News Network is seeing some of its advertisers head for the exit doors and is responding in typical Breitbart fashion: by going on the counteroffensive, labeling one of them as “un-American” and calling it a war on conservatism. Since Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election, Los Angeles-based Breitbart has
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USAWashington (dpa) – US president-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday named two former investment bankers to key administration positions dealing with economic issues. Steven Mnuchin, who spent 17 years with Goldman Sachs, will serve as Treasury Secretary, while billionaire Wilbur Ross has accepted the job of Commerce Secretary, Trump’s transition team said. “I understand what needs
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USAMIAMI — The U.S. won’t send a formal delegation to Fidel Castro’s memorial in Cuba. But two representatives will attend, the White House said Tuesday. Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes and Jeffrey DeLaurentis, the top U.S. diplomat in Cuba, will go to Tuesday night’s memorial, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters. Rhodes
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International, USAWASHINGTON — When Donald Trump is sworn in as the nation’s 45th president, his complex business empire will immediately be subject to an audit by the Internal Revenue Service. Thanks to an obscure provision in the IRS manual, Trump and his vice president, Mike Pence, will each be under a mandatory audit annually. “The requirement
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USAAngry veterans descended on a Massachusetts college campus over the weekend to protest administrators’ decision to remove the American flag. Hampshire College has been embroiled in a flag controversy of its own making since the Nov. 8 presidential election victory of Republican Donald Trump over Democrat Hillary Clinton. A stolen flag, a burnt replacement, and
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