Hillary Clinton said Friday there’s no “erasing” the “birther” issue for Donald Trump, saying the GOP presidential nominee’s campaign was founded on the “outrageous lie” that President Obama was not born in the United States. “We know who Donald is. For five years, he has led the birther movement to delegitimize our first black president,” […]
They say revenge is a dish best served cold. It’s clear that President Obama got his revenge on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week. Netanyahu was forced to hail the new memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed between Washington and Jerusalem as a historic achievement for Israel. It is nominally the largest commitment of aid
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Middle East, USADonald Trump on Saturday provided a false narrative about Hillary Clinton’s immigration policy, asserting she wants to “abolish borders,” misstating her position on an issue that is crucial to his candidacy. “Clinton is the first person in history to run for the presidency who is proposing to abolish the borders around the country that she
ISTANBUL — The U.S. military acknowledged Saturday that it carried out a bombing run in eastern Syria that may have inadvertently killed 60 Syrian soldiers, prompting bitter denunciations from Damascus and its Russian allies, who accused the U.S. of siding with Islamic State. The Russian Defense Ministry said the attack, which took place after 5
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International, Middle East, USASEASIDE PARK, N.J. —A pipe bomb blew up in a plastic garbage can minutes before thousands of runners were to pass by in a charity 5k race to benefit U.S. Marines and sailors. No one was injured. The race was canceled and homes were evacuated. The discovery of an unattended backpack just before the race
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USAThree-time Pulitzer Prize winner Edward Albee died Friday at his home in Long Island near New York. The 88-year-old died of a short illness, his personal assistant, Jakob Holder, reportedly said. Albee was notably America’s greatest living playwright after the deaths of Arthur Miller and August Wilson in 2005. His best known work was “Who’s
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAThe reality TV star Mark Cuban says he has a “secret plan” for asking Donald Trump questions if the Republican presidential nominee agrees to his offer of sitting down for an interview. The Shark Tank host and owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks on Friday afternoon tweeted a series of messages to Trump, offering him
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USA“Suppose the unthinkable took place, and Hillary Clinton was forced for health reasons to step down as the Democratic presidential nominee. Who do Democrats think should take her place?” asks a new Rasmussen Reports poll. Looks like a certain Vermont independent has the edge. The survey found that 48 percent of likely Democratic voters said
Is Donald Trump’s hair real or not? That is a question several people have asked over the years, but one lucky person got to actually tousle those luscious blonde locks to see if they are real. “The Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon has the honor of messing up the presidential candidate’s hair. Last night’s episode
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USADonald Trump said in an interview with Dr. Mehmet Oz that aired Thursday that he’s against requiring a prescription for birth control, calling it too tough of an ask for some women. “I think what we have in birth control is … when you have to get a prescription, that’s a pretty tough something to
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAFormer prime minister Ehud Barak tore into Benjamin Netanyahu and his current Israeli government in a cutting op-ed in The Washington Post on Thursday, accusing the prime minster of “reckless conduct” that has damaged Israel’s strategic position and threatens its very existence. Writing a day after US and Israeli officials signed a massive new military
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Middle East, USARepublican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Thursday sent a personal letter to Israel”s former President Shimon Peres, wishing him a speedy recovery from the stroke he suffered earlier this week. “Melania and I join well-wishers from around the globe in wishing you a swift recovery. You are among the last of a generation of leaders
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International, Middle East, USAJoseph Michael Schreiber, a 32-year old Jewish man, admitted that he set fire to the Islamic center where Omar Mateen, the infamous Orlando shooter, would pray. Schreiber, a resident of Port St. Lucie, Florida, said to police that he feels “embarrassed” by his deeds and that he never meant to hurt anyone. That was according
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International, USAIf Hillary Clinton is sicker than she is letting on – or if her recovery from pneumonia takes longer than she hopes – it will cast a pall over the U.S. presidential race. Donald Trump, already catching her in the polls, may experience a surge as Clinton voters switch to undecided, worried whether she could
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