The creator of a YouTube video that speculated whether 10-year-old Barron Trump is autistic has apologized to the Trump family in a new video posted Tuesday afternoon. YouTube user James Hunter issued the apology after news broke that Melania Trump was threatening a lawsuit over the video. In a letter obtained by Us Weekly, Mrs. […]
DETROIT — It’s official: The campaign of Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein has requested a recount of the nearly 4.8 million ballots cast for president in the state of Michigan. So why is she doing it? The number of blank ballots in Michigan’s presidential election results was a “red flag” to her. “In part,
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USAWASHINGTON — Nancy Pelosi will remain as the House minority leader after surviving a generational challenge from younger Democrats frustrated with repeated election losses and a leadership team top-heavy with liberal senior citizens. Pelosi, of California, kept the position on a secret 134-63 vote on Wednesday morning, defeating an underdog challenge from 43-year-old Rep. Tim
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USAWASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump tweeted Wednesday morning that he would “leave” his business operations “in total to fully focus on running the country.” Trump’s vast interests in real estate and other ventures have raised unprecedented concerns about the potential for conflict of interest, both at home and internationally. In one of a series of
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USA“Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag,” President-elect Donald Trump tweeted on Tuesday. “If they do, there must be consequences—perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail!” What many many not know is that a decade ago, Hillary Clinton called for a similar punishment. Then a United States Senator for New York, Clinton
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USADuring the US presidential campaign, Donald Trump often boasted that he’d stop American companies from shipping jobs out of the country. One of his favorite targets was Carrier, an Indiana company that manufactures furnaces and other HVAC equipment. The company has been building heating and cooling systems in Indianapolis since the 1950s. Last February, Carrier’s
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International, USACHARLOTTE, N.C. — No charges will be brought against Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police officer Brentley Vinson in the September shooting death of a man in University City, District Attorney Andrew Murray announced Wednesday. Keith Lamont Scott, 43, was shot Sept. 20 in a confrontation with officers outside his apartment. Murray said that evidence in the case shows
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Legislation to honor fallen San Diego Police Officer Jonathan “J.D.” De Guzman took a major step forward when the House of Representatives approved a bill U.S. Rep. Susan Davis (CA-53) is sponsoring to dedicate a Chula Vista post office to Officer De Guzman. “Officer De Guzman dedicated his life to
By Rabbi Ben Kamin OCEANSIDE, California — The other day in my car, I came to an intersection at the same moment another driver appeared opposite. Our eyes met—he was a black man, a little younger than me, and he looked deeply into me. Two strangers transecting in an America where, it seems, we suddenly
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USA(Image via Twitter) Following a dinner with president-elect Donald Trump and Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus in New York City Tuesday night, Mitt Romney told reporters that he thinks “America’s best days are ahead of us.” Romney, a former Massachusetts governor and the 2012 GOP presidential nominee, is rumored to be at the top
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USAThere were nearly 900 reports of hate incidents in the 10 days after the 2016 U.S. presidential election, and schools across the country reported an uptick in violence, derogatory comments and verbal harassment, according to a new study from the Southern Poverty Law Center. The Montgomery, Alabama-based organization, known for tracking hate incidents and groups
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USATom Price, the Georgia congressman tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to be the next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, is set to become the most powerful person in health policy. Price has made his name in Washington for his strong opposition to the Affordable Care Act – and implementing whatever congressional
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAFormer U.S. president Jimmy Carter, who brokered peace between Egypt and Israel at Camp David, has called on Barack Obama to recognize the State of Palestine (as the United Nations refers to the non-member observer state) before he leaves office in January. Of the U.N.’s 193 members, 136—more than 70 percent—recognize the State of Palestine
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Middle East, USAIt would be hard to name a work of popular art more emblematic of the Obama years than “Hamilton.” Long before it became an unstoppable Broadway sensation, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony- and Grammy-winning musical made its first appearance in the public and political eye at a White House celebration of the spoken word in 2009. The