By Ezra Friedlander Everyone seems to be focusing on the candidates for President but not enough on the Vice Presidential contenders. Having the ear of the President is no small matter. In recent memory, vice presidents-think Cheney and Biden-have exercised significant influence, and it would be prudent to assume that the next Vice President will follow […]
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Middle East, USABy Colleen O’Connor Times of San Diego “How do I hate thee? Let me count the ways.” That twisted take on Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s love sonnet accurately captures some of America’s stewing rage. The reason? Let me count and/or name them. Ryan Lochte, the Olympic swimmer aka “jerk”/liar, who re-popularized the phrase “Ugly American” and
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USAThe man who revealed the Hillary Clinton email scandal was sentenced on Thursday to 52 months in prison for unauthorized access of a protected computer, and aggravated identity theft. Marcel Lazar, a former Romanian taxi driver, would hack the internet in his spare time, under the handle of “Guccifer.” Lazar, who does not have any
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International, USAIn modern presidential elections, superior grassroots voter outreach can mean the difference between winning and losing so-called battleground states, such as Ohio and Florida, and, by extension, the White House. When the primaries wrapped up in early June, Republican Donald Trump was far behind his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton on that front, lacking anything close
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USAVice President Joseph R. Biden on Thursday offered a blunt assessment of Republican Donald Trump, telling a crowd of union workers in the key battleground state of Oho that the billionaire doesn’t have the intelligence or experience to lead the United States. “I don’t believe he’s a bad guy. I just think he is thoroughly,
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International, USAMarine Le Pen, the leader of French conservative party National Front, said Wednesday that a Hillary Clinton presidency in the United States would lead to war and devastation worldwide. “For France, anything is better than Hillary Clinton,” Ms. Le Pen said in an interview with CNN’s Hala Gorani. “Anything but Hillary Clinton. Because I think
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International, USAJewish voters in the U.S. support Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump by more than two-to-one, according to a survey released Tuesday by research consultancy Gallup. The survey, which used daily data collected by Gallup between July 1 and August 28, showed that 52 percent of Jews have favorable views of the Democratic nominee, but only
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USABlack Lives Matter accused the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee of trying to placate activists after a hacker leaked on Wednesday an internal party memo advising candidates on how to handle the movement. The Nov. 9 memo to by former DCCC staffer Troy Perry urged candidates to listen but “don’t offer support for concrete policy positions”;
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USAAfter the New York Post leaked photos on Monday from yet another sexting scandal involving Anthony Weiner, his long-suffering wife Huma Abedin promptly announced their separation, leading some of the world to fly up in arms about the damaging effects of porn. Weiner’s sexting habit and porn might not appear to have an obvious correlation,
On the occasion of the National Park Service’s centennial this summer comes an irreverent question: Are the parks still relevant? Famously christened as America’s “best idea” by writer Wallace Stegner and reaffirmed in Ken Burns’ 2009 PBS documentary, it seems brazen, if not blasphemous, to pose the question. Over the last century, the national park
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The World We Share, USAWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s 10th and final trip to Asia while in office is unlikely to be the triumph of his major foreign policy initiative that he once envisioned. Instead, Obama is dogged once again by violence in the Middle East, and rather than celebrate the repositioning of resources toward the Pacific Rim, Obama
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International, USAMEXICO CITY — Reversing a more diplomatic tone he set during a joint appearance with Donald Trump in the Mexican capital, President Enrique Pena Nieto called the Republican presidential candidate’s ideas a “threat to the future of Mexico.” Pena Nieto’s hostile words came Wednesday night, hours after he met privately with Trump and shortly after
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International, USASHANGHAI – As Justin Trudeau tours China, the Canadian government is making clear it’s open for Chinese business, but it remains tight-lipped on the South China Sea, signalling a shift in allegiances some believe could cool relations with the United States. Many see Canada’s decision to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank as a positive
WASHINGTON — The pyrotechnics of Donald Trump’s new immigration speech obscured the fact that he has embraced a more moderate position that would effectively allow millions of otherwise law-abiding immigrants here illegally to remain in the United States. Trump’s 10-point plan to crack down on illegal immigration sticks to themes of his improbable presidential campaign:
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