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Trump Returns To Golf Course, Despite Criticism Of Obama

Donald Trump, who a year ago criticized President Barack Obama for playing “more golf than Tiger Woods,” returned to the golf course Saturday, ditching the press pool tailing the president-elect. Trump actually joined golfing great Woods last week on the course, interrupting his schedule of transition meetings while at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. And, […]

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Sports & Competitions, USA

The San Francisco 49ers awarded Colin Kaepernick with the team’s highest honor

On Friday, the San Francisco 49ers awarded Colin Kaepernick with the Len Eshmont Award, which is traditionally given to the player who “best exemplifies the inspirational and courageous play of Len Eshmont, an original member of the 1946 49ers team.” It was established after Len Eshmont passed away and is considered the most prestigious award

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Sports & Competitions, USA

Outgoing Congress confirmed fewer judges since 1952, giving Trump a big opening

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump will take office with a chance to fill more than 100 seats on the federal courts because of an extraordinary two-year slowdown in judicial confirmations engineered by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Since Republicans took control of the Senate at the beginning of the 114th Congress in 2015, senators have

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USA

US envoy says abstention on Security Council vote not revenge

‘Obama doesn’t deal in revenge. It’s not how he makes decisions,’ Dan Shapiro tells Israeli TV By Joshua Davidovich Dan Shapiro speaking in Jerusalem on November 18, 2015. (Miriam Alster /Flash90) The American ambassador to Israel vociferously denied Thursday that the US decision to allow an anti-settlement resolution to pass the United Nations Security Council

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Middle East, USA

Judge puts NC elections board makeover on hold after Gov.-elect Roy Cooper sues

RALEIGH, N.C. — Gov.-elect Roy Cooper filed a lawsuit Friday challenging the North Carolina General Assembly’s special session law that revamps the state elections board. Cooper’s attorneys asked a Wake County Superior Court judge to block the law from taking effect while the lawsuit pends. Judge Donald Stephens granted the request after a hearing Friday

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USA

Trump praises Putin’s response to new US sanctions against Russia

WASHINGTON — After President Barack Obama on Thursday announced retaliatory measures against the Russian government for what the U.S. has concluded were efforts to interfere in the election, President-elect Donald Trump’s response was terse and dismissive, saying it was time to “move on to bigger and better things.” But after Russian President Vladimir Putin said

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International, USA

AIPAC looks to push Congress on opposition to UN resolution

Rebuking the Obama administration’s non-veto, powerful lobby asks people to encourage their representatives to come out against the move By Eric Cortellessa American Orthodox Jewish Rabbi Shmuley Boteach speaks on December 28, 2016 as people take part in a protest calling on the US to ‘defund the UN’ in the wake of the December 23

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International, Middle East, USA

Putin: Russia ‘will not expel anyone’ in US diplomatic row

President Putin has said Moscow “will not expel anyone” in response to the latest US sanctions, which have seen Washington announce the expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats over alleged cyber hacking. “We will not resort to irresponsible ‘kitchen’ diplomacy,” the Russian leader added in a statement released by the Kremlin, saying Moscow would seek to

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International, USA

Trump splits with Congressional Republicans, saying it’s time to “move on” in response to Obama’s fresh sanctions on Russia

President-elect Donald Trump has responded to news that the United States will be imposing sanctions on Russia in addition to expelling 35 Russian diplomats and closing two Russian compounds in New York and Maryland as punishment for the country’s election-related hacking. RELATED: Russian diplomats booted out of the U.S., buildings closed and here’s the kicker

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International, USA

“RIP” to Obama administration, Russian prime minister says

Moscow (dpa) – Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said “RIP” to the outgoing US administration of Barack Obama on Twitter on Friday, after the White House decided to expel 35 Russian diplomats. “It is regrettable that the Obama administration, which started out by restoring our ties, is ending its term in an anti-Russia agony. RIP,”

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International, USA

Which Is Your Favorite Stan Lee Cameo? Watch Them All Here To Celebrate His 94th Birthday [VIDEO]

Iconic comic book writer Stan Lee, who turned 94 years old yesterday, has made a cameo in nearly every Marvel movie and TV show — from 1989’s The Trial of the Incredible Hulk to Doctor Strange this year. He’s even appeared in Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD and Agent Carter on ABC (see it here). However,

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA