International

New York City Mayor Won’t Comply With Trump’s Campaign Promises

In a speech attempting to ease the quells of New York City’s roughly three million immigrants in the face of Donald Trump’s presidency, Mayor Bill de Blasio assured his fellow citizens Monday that the city would not establish a Muslim registry, deport any undocumented residents or reinstate stop and frisk law enforcement practices, all of

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USA

‘You can’t not be an anti-Semite for 69 years then become one’

Donald Trump’s Orthodox son-in-law Jared Kushner defended the President-elect from allegations of anti-Semitism and racism in an interview with Forbes. “You can”t not be a racist for 69 years, then all of a sudden become a racist, right?” Kushner said. “You can”t not be an anti-Semite for 69 years and all of a sudden become

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Middle East, USA

Clinton Critics Voice Disappointment After Trump Vows to Drop Investigation

President-elect Donald Trump asserted Tuesday his administration would not further investigate his vanquished opponent Hillary Clinton. “I don’t want to hurt the Clintons,” Trump said in a wide-ranging interview with The New York Times. The news came after a rough campaign where Clinton faced an FBI investigation into classified information sent and received on her

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USA

Charles Blow Perfectly Explains Why Trump’s ‘Hamilton’ Feud Matters

Did mainstream media have an over-the-top reaction to President-elect Donald Trump’s response to the cast of “Hamilton” and their message to VP-elect Mike Pence? Trump tweeted that the cast was rude to Pence on Friday night when they told him they were frightened by the incoming administration’s rhetoric, and asked him to protect the rights

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USA

‘Jared Kushner could help make peace between Israel and Arabs’

President-elect Donald Trump said that he would “love” to make peace between Israel and the Palestinian Arabs, and that his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, could be involved in the process, during a meeting with the New York Times Tuesday. Reporters from the Times tweeted many of the things which Trump said throughout the meeting, including his

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Middle East, USA

Donald Trump On White Nationalists: ‘I Disavow And Condemn Them’

President-elect Donald Trump had pointed words for white supremacists and those who consider themselves “neo-Nazis.” “Of course I disavow and condemn them,” Trump said when asked about the neo-Nazi conference that took place in Washington, D.C., Saturday. Trump met with the New York Times Tuesday, where he discussed a plethora of topics with the editorial

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USA

Trump Controversies Continue To Mount

The transition into the presidency for President-elect Donald Trump has been rife with scandal. The latest controversies Tuesday involved everything from Trump’s foundation flouting charity laws to wide-ranging conflicts of interest involving the real estate mogul’s business interests. The Washington Post, which closely tracked Trump’s foundation during the election cycle, first reported the bombshell news

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USA

Fillon lead in right-wing primaries throws far-right Le Pen off balance

François Fillon’s shock lead in Sunday’s primary to choose a conservative candidate in next year’s French presidential elections has thrown the far-right National Front (FN) completely off balance. FN leader Marine le Pen is widely expected to face off against the winner of the right-wing primary in next year’s presidential election given the weakness of

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International

Americans to Trump: Please delete your account

WASHINGTON — Fifty-nine percent of voters think Donald Trump should delete his Twitter account, according to a national poll from Quinnipiac University released Tuesday. In the two weeks since the election, Trump has alternated between tweeting formal announcements regarding the transition and continuing to denounce perceived attacks, from the cast of the musical “Hamilton” to

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USA

Carl P. Leubsdorf: Trump doing little to allay concerns

In many families, including mine, the raw emotions stemming from the 2016 election are likely to create some awkwardness at this week’s Thanksgiving get-togethers. Keeping the conversation away from politics seems like a worthy, though difficult, goal. That may be especially hard, given what has transpired since the election. While both President Barack Obama and

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USA

Lawyer: Man charged with disrupting ‘Hamilton’ show was incited by ‘hostile’ audience

CHICAGO — The lawyer for a man charged with disrupting a Chicago performance of the musical “Hamilton” blamed the incident on a “hostile” and “partisan” audience and said his client does not owe theatergoers an apology. Attorney Jonathan Feldman took issue with several witnesses who said John Palmer, 56, appeared intoxicated Saturday night as he

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA