WASHINGTON — Polls show the presidential race tightening, helping to justify some of the unusual hype surrounding Monday’s initial debate between the two candidates. Here are a few things we learned: — Hillary Clinton wants to make the election all about Donald Trump. She attacked him early and often, accusing him of withholding his tax […]
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USATel Aviv-U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro revealed on Sunday that Washington is circulating several proposals to resume the stalled peace talks. Dan Shapiro did not rule out the adoption of an international resolution in this regard. This came as Americans have been leaking information that the the White House is outraged at the Israeli
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International, Middle East, USAThe First Presidential Debate By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Trump prided himself for not studying the issues or participating in mock debates to prepare for debating Hillary Clinton. While that may not be his style, it quickly became apparent that he should have taken a crash course in impulse control. * Donald Trump practiced birther
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USAA man suspected of injuring nine people in a mass shooting in Houston Monday owned Nazi paraphernalia, and wore what appeared to be an old German uniform with swastikas during the attack, according to a report from KPRC2 in Houston. Nathan DeSai, a local lawyer, has been connected to the attack. The suspected attacker was
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USADemocratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday that, if elected, she would oppose any attempts to impose an outside solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as well as any one-sided action at the UN. In a meeting in New York, Clinton said she was committed to countering efforts to delegitimize Israel and
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Middle East, USAHEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump step onto the biggest shared stage of their presidential campaign Monday chasing the same goal: persuading voters to discard long-held and sharply negative views of them. Trump faces the biggest task in this first presidential debate, to accomplish in one night what he has not been able
As we embark on Hispanic Heritage Month, and ahead of the first presidential debate, it is no secret how different this election cycle has been for many Latinos in America. None of us anticipated the extent our community would be the face, and in many ways the target, of the most prominent issue of this
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USAIn the summer of 1966, hundreds of farm workers in Texas marched from Rio Grande City to Austin — almost 500 miles over 90 days — to demand change. They weren’t asking for anything fancy. They wanted better wages, restrooms and uncontaminated water for the people cultivating and picking melons and other crops. Now 50
This week’s debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton is the first of three the candidates will engage in before the November election. As in years past, each debate will be broadly aimed at one of three single subject areas—domestic policy, the economy and foreign policy. For the last several election cycles, a consortium of
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAA Closer Look Examining the news Richard Tofel In 1733, New York printer John Peter Zenger began publishing the eighth newspaper in the American colonies, and the first willing to venture criticism of the government. The New-York Weekly Journal was the second paper in a city of 10,000 or so people, 1700 of them slaves.
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USACalifornia Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a measure that prevents companies that boycott or discriminate against any sovereign country, including Israel, from doing business with the state, JTA reported Sunday. According to the report, Brown signed Assembly Bill 2844 on Saturday afternoon, days after the California State Assembly voted to send the bill to
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Middle East, USARepublican presidential nominee Donald Trump told Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu that if elected president, he would recognize Jerusalem as the “undivided capital” of Israel, ending a long-standing US policy which has kept the American embassy in Tel Aviv. The two met for over an hour in Trump”s private residence in Trump Tower in Manhattan
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Middle East, USAOne of the grand ladies of the Grand Ole Opry has slipped away. Country Music Hall of Fame member Jean Shepard died Sunday, Sept. 25 at age 82. Jean Shepard was born Ollie Imogene Shepard on Nov. 21, 1933. Signed to Capitol Records in 1952, Shepard brought a liveliness to country music that paved the
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USALOS ANGELES — He hugged his grandmother and it was as if we were hugging our own. He cried in her arms and he shed the same tears Cubans have been shedding for 57 years of family separation. The video of Jose Fernandez breaking down at the sight of the grandmother he hadn’t seen in
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