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President Trump marked his first Memorial Day as commander-in-chief Monday, placing a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery and later laying flowers at the grave of the son of Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly. Mr. Trump paid tribute to America’s fallen service members as “angels sent to us

Senator John McCain said on Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is a bigger threat to global security than the Islamic State militant group (ISIS). Speaking in an interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation show “7:30,” McCain called Putin the “premier and most important threat, more so than ISIS.” While McCain said that “ISIS can

Paul Ryan has had his fair share of detractors, but the Republican this week found himself shunned by his toughest critics: middle schoolers. The speaker’s popularity among 13-year-olds hit an all-time low on Saturday, when students from South Orange Middle School in South Orange, New Jersey turned down a photo opportunity with Ryan. Around 100

President Donald Trump acknowledged the deadly stabbing in Portland on Monday after journalists and the American public urged him to speak out about the incident. “The violent attacks in Portland on Friday are unacceptable. The victims were standing up to hate and intolerance. Our prayers are w/them,” Trump tweeted. However, he sent the message from

New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker — a potential 2020 White House contender and recipient of major campaign contributions from Jared Kushner and others in the Kushner family — declined to endorse his party’s call for the White House to revoke the security clearance of the president’s son-in-law. The Democratic National Committee has called for

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Even at John F. Kennedy’s centennial on May 29, 2017, the 35th president remains an enigma. We still struggle to come to a clear consensus about a leader frozen in time—a man who, in our mind’s eye, is forever young and vigorous, cool

Cory Godbolt, of Bogue Chitto, Mississippi, has been arrested and charged in the murder of eight people, including a sheriff’s deputy. The Clarion-Ledger reports that Godbolt’s murder spree started late Saturday night when a sheriff’s deputy responded to a homeowner who wanted Godbolt removed from their property. He was arrested this morning after a manhunt