Donald Trump has hosted a lot of dignitaries in the past week. Only one is worth more than the president-elect. Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, a biotech billionaire with a penchant for bluster, dined with Trump at a New Jersey country club over the weekend to discuss the future of medicine. It’s unclear how he might serve […]
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USASen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has already promised to block several potential appointments in president-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet. Appearing on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” Paul explained to host John Dickerson why he would still make good on his promise to block John Bolton and Rudy Giuliani should one of them be nominated for Secretary of State.
President-elect Donald Trump Monday named Mauricio Claver-Carone, executive director of the most active pro-Cuba embargo group in Washington, to his transition team. Claver-Carone has been one of the harshest critics of President Barack Obama’s efforts since December of 2014 to improve relations with Cuba, and his appointment to the Trump team could signal a reversal
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International, USANATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has urged member states to enlarge the military alliance by ratifying the accession of Montenegro during a summit in Istanbul. Stoltenberg also demanded countries meet their financial commitments after recent warnings from US President-elect Donald Trump, that some allies must pay more. Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary General said: “Parliaments actually decide
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International, USAThe dayslong process of taking down a Confederate monument in Louisville, Kentucky began over the weekend, Reuters reported. The move to disassemble the monument came at a time when cities in the south have increasingly begun to remove symbols related to the Civil War. Most notably, South Carolina removed the Confederate flag from its statehouse
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USACHICAGO — Hundreds of workers at Chicago O’Hare International Airport will strike Tuesday, Nov. 29, after the Thanksgiving holiday rush, as part of a nationwide day of protests the Fight for $15 movement is calling its largest and most disruptive yet. The Fight for $15 asserted Monday that after the election of Donald Trump to
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International, Travel and Food, USAStudents at Loyola University Maryland were recently pressured to abort plans for an “America”-themed party over concerns they might “oppress” others. An annual “Senior 200s” celebration organized by Loyola’s student government became a cause for concern after Republican Donald Trump’s Election Day victory over Democrat Hillary Clinton. “I encourage you to reconsider this plan in
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USASACRAMENTO, Calif. — Supporters of a plan for California to secede from the union took their first formal step Monday morning, submitting a proposed ballot measure to the state attorney general’s office in the hopes of a statewide vote as soon as 2018. Marcus Ruiz Evans, the vice president and co-founder of Yes California, said
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USATrump’s chief strategist skips annual event after prior announcements he would speak; hundreds of demonstrators urge president-elect to fire ex-Breitbart editor By Times of Israel staff Hundreds of mainly Jewish protesters gathered outside the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City on Sunday evening where the Zionist Organization of America was holding its annual gala
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Middle East, USAFormer Democratic National Committee chair Howard Dean called President-elect Donald Trump’s chief strategist and Breitbart News executive chairman Stephen K. Bannon a “Nazi” during an interview Sunday. Speaking with journalist Evan Solomon of Canada’s CTV, Mr. Dean described Mr. Trump as “a complicated guy.” “He appoints a reasonable person, who’s much more conservative than I
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USAIt’s quite a claim: In a congratulatory phone call from Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri, President-elect Donald Trump allegedly asked for help getting permission for a Trump Tower in downtown Buenos Aires. The claim was made Sunday by prominent Argentine journalist Jorge Lanata, and was soon picked up by major daily newspaper La Nacion. “Macri called
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International, USARALEIGH, N.C. — The election of Donald Trump and the people he is choosing as advisers and cabinet members have brought renewed attention to one fan club that the president-elect has tried to distance himself from: The Ku Klux Klan. Within 48 hours of the Trump win, the Loyal White Knights of Pelham posted plans
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USAAt gathering of National Policy Institute, white supremacists give Nazi salute, ‘heil’ Trump’s election as a ‘victory of will’ By Alexander Fulbright Richard Spencer, a white supremacist who runs a Washington think tank, the National Policy Institute. (Screenshot from YouTube via JTA) At an event of the alt-right National Policy Institute on Saturday night, attendees
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USARobert Mercer seemed uncomfortable. It was 2014, and the billionaire had just stepped behind the podium to accept a lifetime achievement award at the annual meeting of the Association for Computational Linguists. Dressed in a suit and tie, he warned his audience that speaking to them for the required hour or so was “more than
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