WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama took a shot Friday at Newt Gingrich’s suggestion of a widespread ban on Muslims after the terrorist attack in France, condemning the idea of a “religious test” that was originally proposed by presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and expanded on by Gingrich. “In the wake of last night’s attacks, […]
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USADALLAS — His wife and daughters’ final goodbyes came as the crowd broke: a quiet prayer with their heads bowed over Sgt. Michael Smith’s casket. There, they left three gerbera daisies — the kind Smith and his daughters used to plant in their yard. After days of services and teary-eyed speeches, Smith is at rest.
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USAWASHINGTON — Donald Trump has aggressively challenged and won reductions in property tax bills on his elite golf courses — and then boasted as a presidential candidate that several of those same courses are worth tens of millions more than his staff argued to county assessors. His maneuvers to contain tax increases have posed fiscal
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USAOne Utah woman called Donald Trump’s presidential campaign on Friday with a question: Where should she send her used tampons in case of a miscarriage? An Indiana woman called with a different query: Could she go swimming, or would the chlorine in the water be harmful to her unfertilized eggs? And a Colorado woman had
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USALOS ANGELES — Three University of California, Berkeley students studying abroad were injured in the Nice, France, terrorist attack on Thursday, while a fourth student remains missing and unaccounted for, school officials confirmed Friday. The missing student was identified as Nicolas Leslie, 20, a junior from Del Mar. University officials are working with local police,
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International, USAAfter years of wrangling with critics, Congress on Friday released 28 newly declassified pages from the 9/11 Commission report, regarding Saudi Arabia’s possible role in the attacks. Lawmakers, including former Senator Bob Graham of Florida, as well as the families of 9/11 victims, had long called for the release. According to The New York Times,
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Middle East, USADonald Trump has chosen conservative Indiana Governor Mike Pence as his running mate. He announced his decision via Twitter Friday morning just before he had planned to hold a news conference announcing his choice—an event he postponed in the wake of the Thursday attack in Nice, France, that killed at least 84 people and injured
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USATim Kaine does not thunder. While introducing presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton at a rally on Thursday afternoon, the Virginia senator lit into her likely Republican opponent rhetorically, but with a delivery that was more Sunday school teacher than fire breather. “I’ll tell you one that gets me steamed,” Kaine said, pointing to one
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USAAUSTIN, Texas — An Austin area father and son were two of at least 84 people who were killed Thursday when a truck drove through a crowd celebrating Bastille Day in Nice, France, according to friends and relatives. Sean Copeland, 51, and his 11-year-old son Brodie were in Nice on a family vacation, the family
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International, USAA long-shot, last-ditch attempt by a few Republican delegates to prevent Donald Trump from securing the GOP nomination failed by an overwhelming margin late Thursday night. The rules committee of the Republican National Convention shut down an effort by the Never Trump movement to allow delegates to vote according to their conscience and not be
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USADonald Trump has chosen Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate, he said Friday on Twitter, a sign that the volatile Republican business mogul hopes to stabilize his campaign for president as he and Democratic rival Hillary Clinton prepare to claim their party nominations over the next two weeks. A longtime champion of conservative
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USATwo Jewish sisters said missing following Bastille Day terror attack (JNS.org) Two elderly Jewish sisters were among the missing following the Bastille Day terror attack in France that killed 84 people, according Magen David Adom representative in Nice, France Bruno Israel Lellouche. Lellouche, who was out to dinner with his wife on the evening of
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International, Middle East, USARepublican front-runner Donald Trump overcame a 10 point deficit to tie Democratic challenger Hillary Clinton in a new national poll published Thursday by CBS and The New York Times. Trump and Clinton are tied at 40 percent, the poll revealed. Both Clinton and Trump have strong support among their respective parties. CBS published a poll
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USAAfter Thursday evening’s suspected terror attack at the French city of Nice, former speaker of the House of Representatives Newt Gingrich told Fox News that it was time to start testing Americans of Muslim origin in order to prevent such tragedies. Talking to the news network’s Sean Hannity, Gingrich said, “ Western civilization is in
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