Hillary Clinton said Thursday she will kill the Trans Pacific Partnership, delivering a flat rejection of the deal she once praised, and helped President Obama negotiate. “I oppose it now, I’ll oppose it after the election, and I’ll oppose it as president,” she said, detailing her economic plans in a speech in Michigan. The issue […]
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International, USAWASHINGTON — Despite repeatedly stating President Barack Obama was “the founder of ISIS,” Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said Friday morning his original comments were sarcastic. Trump, in an early Friday morning tweet, criticized the “ratings challenged” CNN for seriously reporting his repeated statement that Obama “founded” the Islamic State. “THEY DON’T GET SARCASM?” he
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Middle East, USARIO DE JANEIRO — The showdown between Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte brought the thousands of fans inside the Olympic Aquatics Stadium to their feet, twirling T-shirts over their heads, waving flags and roaring in anticipation of the final act in a rivalry that’s extended more than a decade. But this one wasn’t even close.
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International, Sports & Competitions, USASAN DIEGO — Businesswoman Barbara Bry, a member of the Jewish community, has become the de facto City Councilwoman-elect in the 1st District after her opponent, businessman Ray Ellis, announced on Thursday, Aug. 11, he was withdrawing from the race, citing among other factors “toxicity” and “divisiveness” at the top of the Republican ticket. Here
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San Diego County, USABy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — One of the less laudatory traditions of our political system is elected officials “rewarding” their friends and supporters with appointments to positions such as ambassadorships, judgeships, and other offices. While the appointees may be well-qualified, they are not always the most qualified person for that position. In parashat
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Jewish Religion, USAA federal official on Wednesday denied a news report that the U.S. Secret Service had formally spoken with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s presidential campaign regarding his suggestion a day earlier that gun rights activists could stop Democratic rival Hillary Clinton from curtailing their access to firearms. Pushing back against a CNN report that the
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USAAs she prepared for her 2016 presidential run, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told ABC’s Diane Sawyer that she and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, were “dead broke” when they left the White House in early 2001. The statement —apparently aimed at making the couple more relatable to average Americans —started a firestorm
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USAThe Trump campaign seized on reports Thursday that the Obama administration rejected requests from three FBI field offices that wanted to open public corruption cases involving the Clinton Foundation and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. After banks alerted the field offices to suspicious activity involving the Clinton family charity, the FBI wanted to investigate conflicts
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USARIO DE JANEIRO — The final showdown between longtime rivals Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte in the 200-meter individual medley instead turned into another display of Phelps’ dominance at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium on Thursday. Phelps touched the wall almost two seconds ahead of Japan’s Kosuke Hagino, who finished second, to win his fourth gold
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International, Sports & Competitions, USARIO DE JANEIRO — The youngest member of the U.S. Olympic swimming team paused in a stuffy hallway this week at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium minutes after winning another gold medal. Katie Ledecky had just gutted out 200 meters of freestyle that hurt her entire body. She considers this fun. The 19-year-old resisted the urge
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International, Sports & Competitions, USAATLANTA — A Superior Court judge in Rome, Ga., last week completely lost it on the bench during a hearing in which a murder defendant shouted repeated obscenities at the judge and then threatened to kill members of the judge’s family. A transcript of the hearing shows how an attempt by defendant Denver Fenton Allen
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USAKISSIMMEE, Fla. — Donald Trump stressed the importance of jobs, security and his optimism in winning Florida in an interview with The Orlando Sentinel before his rally in Kissimmee Thursday. “I think we’re going to win massively in Florida,” Trump said. “You see the kinds of crowds we get, we have massive audiences everywhere we
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USADALLAS — Retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, a vocal supporter of Donald Trump, spoke in Dallas on Wednesday night about fighting terrorism, the role of Islam in politics and the coming election. Once on the short list for the Republican nominee’s vice president, Flynn served as the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency from
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USAU.S. military officials are trying to pacify a furious China in the wake of Washington’s plan to deploy a battery of advanced missile defense systems in South Korea, insisting to angry military leaders in Beijing that the weapons would be solely targeting ballistic missile threats from North Korea and not undercut China’s own military deterrent.
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