WASHINGTON — Republicans chafed at Donald Trump’s growing praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, warning that the Russian leader is no ally of the United States and underscoring an internal GOP debate a generation after Ronald Reagan made strong skepticism of Russia a bedrock principle of the party. Trump, who has for months […]
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International, USAHillary Clinton’s campaign manager said Thursday that Donald Trump has no plan to defeat the Islamic State terrorist group and that Mr. Trump “lashed out” at the United States’ generals when pressed for details at a forumWednesday evening. “Donald Trump simply didn’t come prepared, and he’s not going to be prepared to serve as president,
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USAElection Day is still two months away, but in Florida it feels as if it’s tomorrow. With the state’s voter registration deadline looming in mid-October, absentee ballots arriving around the same time and early voting starting October 24, the real scramble for votes is happening now. The race to sign up new voters is particularly
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USAWASHINGTON — Donald Trump unveiled a $20 billion school voucher plan at a charter school in Cleveland on Thursday, hoping to make inroads with the suburban women he needs to catch up with Hillary Clinton. Though the speech was dedicated to education, Trump began his remarks by spending several minutes lambasting Clinton’s foreign policy experience
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWhen Donald Trump discussed his defense program in Philadelphia on Wednesday, the bluster and lunacy of the primary season were gone and he offered a scripted position paper that reflected (mostly) mainstream Republican ideas. There is still lots one might disagree with, but the discipline of the teleprompter meant that he read a staff-prepared paper
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International, USAReps. Nunes and Schiff, with Walter Pincus (l) WASHINGTON: The persistent grumbles from the CIA and other bastions of the Intelligence Community that the Director of National Intelligence is just an unneeded layer of bureaucracy has caught the ear of House Intelligence chairman Rep. Devin Nunes. He promised to try and pass legislation to change
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International, USAWASHINGTON — The recent Russian hack into the Democratic National Committee’s computers and subsequent FBI warning that two states’ elections databases had been victims of cyberattacks are raising fears that a foreign power might penetrate U.S. systems and try to alter the outcome of November’s vote. Though possible, such an unprecedented foreign Election Day hacking
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International, USAWASHINGTON — Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, voicing frustration that Congress has been unable to agree on funding the fight against Zika, introduced his own anti-Zika bill Thursday, this one intended to ease the impact the outbreak has had on local businesses. For the second time in three days, he vented frustration on the Senate
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAHow does a scientist honor a president who happens to be a distant relative? By naming a turtle parasite after him. Baracktrema obamai isn’t just any parasite. It’s so distinctive that it represents not just a new species but an entirely new genus, according to a new report in the Journal of Parasitology. That hasn’t
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International, Science, Medicine, & Education, USACOLUMBIA, S.C. — Within the first week of school at the University of South Carolina, a girl woke up naked on the bench of Suzanne Keenan’s front porch. She was a very nice girl, who knew where she was and was coherent, said Keenan, who rushed to get her a robe. They had never met.
WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans are pressuring the Obama administration to answer more questions about a cash payment to Iran, insisting that it was a ransom payment for American prisoners. Rep. Jeb Hensarling of Texas led a chorus of House Republicans in lambasting the administration Thursday at a hearing about the payment. The House Financial Services
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Middle East, USAHillary Clinton has tried to move on, but the rumors surrounding her health just will not go away. Critics point to her 2012 concussion and claim that certain mannerisms and frequent coughing are indicators of subsequent illness. Alt-right news sources such as Breitbart and Infowars even go as far as to claim Clinton is close
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USAWASHINGTON — A California-led proposal to tighten wine-labeling rules has rallied the state’s lawmakers, split the industry and spurred a debate that shows no signs of resolution. Flexing political muscles, 48 members of the House of Representatives, including three dozen Californians, are seeking tighter labeling rules to protect the value of names like “Napa Valley.”
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USAA U.S. Navy sailor assigned to Naval Air Technical Training Center in Pensacola, Florida, will be disciplined for a protest inspired by San Francisco 49ers quarter Colin Kaepernick. Video of a sailor who refused to stand for morning colors went viral after it was picked up by US Army Military Police WTF Moments Facebook page
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