Iran’s defense minister warned on Thursday that should the US designate the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), a powerful branch of the Iranian military, as a terror organization — as US President Donald Trump has threatened to do — the move would be perceived as an attack on Iran as a whole. Brig. General Amir Hatami […]
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Middle East, USAPresident Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday said the US was in danger of “sacrificing” its relations with Turkey, as he blamed the American envoy to Ankara for the crisis in relations between the NATO allies. “It is the ambassador here who caused this,” Erdogan told a meeting in Ankara, referring to the outgoing US envoy
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Middle East, USARussia has accused the U.S. of violating a peace treaty between Moscow and the Western military pact NATO after the Pentagon deployed a new force in the tense Baltic region. It’s the latest of several Western moves seen as provocations by Russia, which has vowed to respond. The U.S. announced Thursday the arrival of the
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International, USAPHILADELPHIA — In the latest salvo in an ongoing dispute, the Trump administration has declared that Philadelphia’s “sanctuary city” policies violate federal law and has given city officials two weeks to contest the ruling or lose at least $1.6 million in police funding. The decision was outlined in a letter delivered this week to Mayor
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USAWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday hailed Pakistan’s cooperation in making possible the release of an American family held captive in Pakistan by the Taliban, calling it “a positive moment” in the country’s relationship with the United States. Trump praised the Pakistani government for “working hard” to help find and release American citizen Caitlin
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International, USAInside Edition correspondent Lisa Guerrero, who has worked as an actress since 1990, nodded knowingly when the Harvey Weinstein news broke late last week. “Nearly every woman I know in Hollywood has been ‘Weinsteined’ at some point in their careers,” says Guerrero. “If not by him, then by someone else.” In 1996, Guerrero was a
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USASACRAMENTO, Calif.—California Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon is strongly considering challenging Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a fellow Democrat, in her 2018 re-election bid, according to sources close to De Leon. One veteran California politician, who asked for anonymity to freely discuss the matter, said De Leon considered a campaign launch earlier this week. But
President Donald Trump will be the first sitting president to address the Family Research Council’s Values Voter Summit, which the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) described as a “rogues’ gallery of the radical right.” Trump will be the keynote speaker at Friday’s event, which will also be attended by his former strategist, Steve Bannon. Other
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USAPresident Donald Trump is embroiled in a long-running verbal spat with NFL players over their kneeling during the national anthem to protest social injustice toward African-Americans. He has taken objection to their perceived disparagement of the star-and-striped flag, the national anthem and the military. But on Wednesday night, the president talked through the “Retreat” bugle,
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USAWASHINGTON — White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly held a surprise news conference on Thursday that, while wide-ranging, clearly was intended to send one message: that he feels secure and satisfied in his job, and frustrated with news reports to the contrary. “I don’t believe — and I just talked to the president
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USAMIAMI — Starting Sunday, a Carnival Cruise Line ship will serve as the new home for relief workers in St. Croix. The Miami-based cruise line finalized an agreement with the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Wednesday for a four-month charter of the Carnival Fascination, which typically home ports in San Juan, Puerto Rico. St. Croix,
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USAWASHINGTON — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani lashed out at Donald Trump Wednesday charging that U.S. opposition to the Iranian nuclear deal has only united all Iranians and brought sympathy toward Tehran from Europe. Speaking at a meeting of his cabinet, Rouhani warned Trump against taking such “hostile action,” and suggested that even if the United
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USAIn advance of a possible 2020 White House run, Bernie Sanders seems determined to fix a problem that may have cost him the 2016 Democratic nomination: his poor performance in the South. The Vermont senator and the nonprofit organization he inspired are deploying resources in support of progressive African-American candidates in key races in the
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USASANTA ROSA, Calif. — Jan Pascoe and her husband, John, were trapped. The world was on fire, and Jan was hyperventilating from fear. Then they remembered their neighbors’ pool. “You’ve got to calm down, Jan,” she told herself. “You can’t go underwater and hyperventilate.” At 12:40 a.m. Monday, Jan called 911. She reached a dispatcher.
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