CHICAGO — President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama have selected historic Jackson Park, just east of the University of Chicago, as the site for the Obama Presidential Center, a source confirmed Wednesday. A formal announcement is expected next week. Martin Nesbitt, chairman of the Obama Foundation, declined to confirm or deny that the […]
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USAWASHINGTON , July 26, 2016 – Federal Judge Paul L. Friedman has ruled that John Hinckley Jr. could be released from St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Washington, D.C. Hinckley Jr., has been held at the hospital since his failed attempt to kill President Ronald Reagan in 1981. At the time of his trial he was found
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USAPHILADELPHIA – The Democratic National Committee rallied Jewish activists attending their party’s nominating convention in Philadelphia, telling them to reach out to Jewish conservatives who may have reservations about voting for Republican contender businessman Donald Trump. “We have all had our differences with Republican nominees, but here you have one who is so far from
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Middle East, USAAmericans seem doggedly focused lately on things that matter. Black lives matter. Blue lives matter. All lives matter. After watching last week’s GOP convention in Cleveland and the first two days of this week’s Democratic convention in Philadelphia, after hearing crowds break into chants about black and blue and all lives mattering, after listening to
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USADid you hear Michelle Obama’s speech? If you didn’t, you should. If you did, you should probably hear it again. No matter your politics, the first lady’s speech on Monday night, on the first night of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, was essential listening for US voters. Obama did more than rally the crowd
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USAFormer South Florida U.S. Attorney Marcos Daniel Jimenez declared Monday night that he is abandoning the Republican Party for its endorsement of Donald Trump, calling the party’s presidential nominee “a bigoted, dangerous demagogue.” Mr. Jimenez, who was appointed by then-President George W. Bush, issued the scathing criticism in a Facebook post that has since been
Congressman Joseph Crowley, a representative in the Queens borough of New York City, did not mince words when discussing Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s response to the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Trump, a prominent New York City billionaire, didn’t lend a hand after the twin towers fell, Crowley said Tuesday night at the
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USAPresident Xi tells visiting Obama adviser Rice of willingness to deepen cooperation President Xi Jinping greets US National Security Advisor Susan Rice during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday. The two sides agreed to effectively control their differences. WU ZHIYI / CHINA DAILY Beijing and Washington vowed on
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International, USARussian President Vladimir Putin’s press secretary said Tuesday that it’s “absurd” to think the Kremlin is responsible for hacking the U.S. Democratic National Committee, as Hillary Clinton’s camp has suggested. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov rejected accusations that his government was behind the recent intrusion that resulted in thousands of sensitive emails being published Friday by
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International, USAIn an interview Tuesday evening, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said he supports raising the minimum wage by more than one-third. The real-estate tycoon, who has frequently deviated from historic Republican orthodoxy on economic matters, said on Fox News Channel that he would increase the federal minimum wage from the current $7.25 per hour to
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USADonald Trump has expressed some radical thoughts about foreign policy – including that the U.S., as a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, can choose whether or not to come to the aid of an ally under attack. To better understand how alarmingly wrong such thinking is, it’s worth reading a new novel by
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International, USAVice President Joe Biden is no fan of Republican nominee Donald Trump, and he’s made no secret of it. He called out Trump’s positions of foreign policy, or lack thereof, Wednesday, but that’s far from the first time he’s expressed doubt that Trump could be an effective president, to put it mildly. Here are five
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USAThe 2016 Democratic National Convention is giving the Hillary Clinton campaign a platform to rebuke the criticism of her candidacy that was on display last week during the Republicans’ convention. But the real show will be watching the candidates square off head to head. The conventions have boosted anticipation for the first presidential debate between
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USASen. John McCain said Wednesday he is sticking by the Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump despite “strong” differences over national security, notably the mogul’s suggestions that he would check whether NATO member countries had fulfilled their financial obligations before coming to their aid. Mr. McCain, Arizona Republican who is fighting for re-election, said it is
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