Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is warning about the possibility that the November election will be “rigged” and “taken away” from Republicans. “It was rigged, I thought, a little bit for me and we won in landslides,” Mr. Trump said on Fox News’ “Hannity” program Monday evening. “I think it was rigged against Bernie Sanders […]
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USAThere is no doubt that U.S. Army Capt. Humayun Khan was a noble young man. His courage was obvious in the way he died at a military compound in Baquoba, Iraq. When Khan saw a taxicab crash through the gates of the base, he quickly ordered his men to take cover. But instead of running
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USADonald Trump is not in a happy place. He thinks the world is conspiring against him. He warned an audience in Ohio Monday that the election could be “rigged.” He thinks Hillary Clinton is not just an everyday adversary but “the devil” in human form. A growing corps of Republicans are denouncing him, for fear
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International, USAWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama declared Tuesday that Donald Trump is unfit to serve as commander in chief and dared Republicans to rescind their endorsements of their presidential nominee. Leading Republicans’ denunciations of Trump’s comments “ring hollow” so long as they continue to endorse his candidacy, Obama said. “If you are repeatedly having to say,
The first female president of the United States faces her first major international conflict: Seeking to consolidate the Slavic nations of Eastern Europe, Russia has seized the three Baltic states—Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia—all members of NATO. That requires a response beyond just a caustic tweet or sharply worded press release. For the first time since the
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, USADonald Trump was thundering about a minority group, linking its members to murderers and what he predicted would be an epic crime wave in America. His opponents raged in response—some slamming him as a racist—but Trump dismissed them as blind, ignorant of the real world. No, this is not a scene from a recent rally
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USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — What has caused the mess we’re in? Who knows? First problem: each of us defines the mess in a different way. Is it Islam, Obama, Hillary, Donald, Bibi, overpopulation, or global warming? Maybe it’s the Jews or the Palestinians. Some think that if one or the other, or both were
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USADETROIT — A group of African-American activists has taken its complaints about the Detroit Police Department to court, claiming in a new lawsuit that DPD officers are constantly harassing, abusing and mistreating them when they’re only trying to make the city a safer place to live. “It is beyond comprehension why New Era Detroit, a
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USAIn the week after speeches from the Clintons, the Obamas, Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden and other big names at the DNC, Khizr Khan’s speech has proven to be the most memorable. With his wife by his side, Khan made a moving speech about their son, Humayun Khan, a soldier who was killed in the line
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USABillionaire investor Warren Buffett on Monday challenged Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to release his tax returns, offering to meet the billionaire “anytime between now and election” day and host a joint press conference at which reporters can ask the wealthy duo questions about their personal finances. Speaking at a Hillary Clinton campaign rally in
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USAIn what could be a close election, every electoral vote matters. And so at an event in Omaha, Neb., on Monday to encourage a huge voter turnout there on Nov. 8, billionaire Warren Buffett was offering free rides to the polls. Hillary Clinton did one better. “Warren and I will dance in the streets of
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USAHapoel Jerusalem formally announced Monday that center Amar’e Stoudemire has agreed to a two-year contract with the Israeli League team. Stoudemire, who retired from the NBA after spending this past season with the Miami Heat, is a part-owner of Hapoel Jerusalem. In a first-person piece for The Players’ Tribune website, Stoudemire, 33, wrote of stepping
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Middle East, Sports & Competitions, USADALLAS — Leaders of Southwest Airlines’ pilots and mechanics unions have called for the ouster of the Dallas-based company’s CEO, Gary Kelly, and chief operating officer Mike Van de Ven in a vote of no confidence, the unions said Monday. “As tenured employees and frontline leaders of this company, we can no longer sit idly
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USACOLUMBUS, Ohio — Before an audience of Ohio loyalists, Donald Trump tried Monday to revert to his usual pitch, pledging that he would repeal Obamacare, dramatically lessen regulations governing business and rebuild the nation’s manufacturing base. But the distractions that have cost his campaign four precious days surfaced nonetheless. Trump did not mention his verbal