Less than a month before the U.S. presidential election, the Committee to Protect Journalists issued an unprecedented statement denouncing the then-Republican nominee. “[Donald] Trump has insulted and vilified the press and has made his opposition to the media a centerpiece of his campaign,” said the committee, a New York-based organization that promotes press freedom. “A […]
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USAWASHINGTON — How Donald Trump governs will be shaped by who he surrounds himself with in Washington. That remains an open question. Trump’s orbit now include some of the most incendiary members of the so-called alt-right and neoconservative movements, and Republican Party stalwarts with very different outlooks. Trump is considering which will get the big
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USAPresident Donald Trump may be met with a massive protest on Washington just one day into his term. Activists are organizing a “Women’s March on Washington” for January 21, 2017, the day after Trump is inaugurated, to demonstrate their disgust with the election of a man who has been repeatedly accused of sexual harassment and
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USASen. Joe Minchin delivered a sharp rebuke Friday to Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid for denouncing Americans who elected Donald Trump. “Senator Harry Reid’s statement today attacking President-elect Trump is wrong! It is an absolute embarrassment to the Senate as an institution, our Democratic party, and the nation,” Mr. Manchin, West Virginia Democrat, said in
He’s a Muslim from the heartland and he could be the next chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Rep. Keith Ellison of Minnesota is slowly raking up support from some key figures within the party, such as Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and New York Sen. Charles Schumer, who want him to be the next leader,
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USAWashington (dpa) – Aspects of President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform law should be kept intact, Donald Trump has said in an interview, after spending months calling for its complete repeal. One of the staples of the president-elect’s campaign rallies was blasting Obamacare, often describing it as “a total disaster” that would be replaced under his
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USADonald Trump has “every intention” of keeping his promise to Israel. During an October campaign event, Trump’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, rallied up Jewish supporters and vowed her father would relocate the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. On Wednesday, Trump’s campaign advisor David Friedman confirmed the president-elect’s plans to overturn U.S. foreign policy and
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON — Vice president-elect Mike Pence’s increasingly influential role in putting a Trump administration together is delighting social conservatives, who say the second in command’s conservative values have allayed fears about the top of the ticket. President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that Pence will lead his presidential transition team, amid expectations that the Indiana governor
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USAVice President-elect Mike Pence will lead President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team, replacing New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, sources familiar with the transition efforts confirmed Friday to The Daily Caller News Foundation. Trump reportedly told advisers that he wanted Mr. Pence’s “Washington experience and contacts” to help move the process along, sources told the New York
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USARobert Vaughn, who became an international TV star in the 1960s playing suave and debonair superspy Napoleon Solo on “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.” while also playing a role in the era’s anti-war movement, died Friday. He was 83. Vaughn died after a brief battle with acute leukemia, his manager, Matthew Sullivan, confirmed to The Associated
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USASAN DIEGO (Press Release)–The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Friday expressed grave concern about two hate incidents which occurred on two of San Diego’s university campuses. At U.C. San Diego, anti-Semitic and hateful graffiti — which included a red painted swastika and the words “Heil Trump” –were found at a main trolley stop on campus. At San Diego State University a
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San Diego County, USABy Sheryl Rowling SAN DIEGO — We are facing a new administration in 2017. Without focusing on scary “what ifs, ” I thought it would be good to look at the potential tax and financial implications of a Trump presidency. It remains to be seen whether and to what degree the new President and Congress
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Sheryl Rowling, USAIn Moscow, many allies of President Vladimir Putin appeared to be in a festive mood after Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election. They aren’t stupid, though: They know the gap between Trump’s relatively pro-Russian rhetoric during the campaign and his actual policy may be “yuuuge.” The celebratory noise is tactical – an attempt
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International, USALate Thursday night, President-elect Donald Trump hopped on Twitter to praise a late morning meeting with President Barack Obama — and to rip apart the people protesting his election. “Just had a very open and successful presidential election,” Trump wrote. “Now professional protesters, incited by the media, are protesting. Very unfair!” Just had a very
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