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Ron Paul, former congressman, says ‘zero chance’ Bashar Assad gassed Syrians

There’s no chance Syrian President Bashar Assad ordered the chemical weapons attack that killed dozens of civilians on Tuesday, former Republican congressman and three-time White House hopeful Ron Paul insisted afterwards. Mr. Paul raised doubts over the Syrian government’s role in this week’s deadly chemical weapons attack during a Wednesday taping of his YouTube show, […]

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Middle East, USA

Syria Faces Panic, Bluster and Uncertainty in Wake of US Retaliation

First there was panic, then bluster. The alert the U.S. military gave Russia on Thursday of an upcoming cruise missile strike was quickly circulated by Russian officials to their Syrian counterparts. Fearing the al-Shayrat air base might not be the only target, many fled Damascus or hustled their families out of the Syrian capital, according

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China’s President Xi gets an awkward front-row seat to US military might

PALM BEACH, Fla. — Chinese President Xi Jinping had just finished a steak dinner with President Donald Trump in a gilded dining room at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida when Trump told Xi that dozens of U.S. cruise missiles had just rained down on an airfield in Syria, a fiery display of U.S. military might

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Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Condemns Trump’s Syrian Airstrike

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-HI., who secretly met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during a four-day trip to the war-stricken nation in January, condemned President Donald Trump’s airstrike on the regime’s airbases Thursday night, saying the “short-sighted” action will lead to “more dead civilians.” The representative told news outlets at the time she spoke with Assad

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Middle East, USA

In Israeli eyes, Trump’s tomahawks correct the course of history

Surprise attack on Syrian base is music to Jerusalem’s ears, which saw Obama’s failure to respond to Assad as emboldening Iran. But it also attests to US president’s unpredictability By Raphael Ahren From an Israeli perspective, US President Donald Trump corrected the course of history in ordering airstrikes against the Syrian regime late Thursday. The

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Gov. Brown declares California drought emergency is over

LOS ANGELES — Startlingly green hills, surging rivers and the snow-wrapped Sierra Nevada had already signaled what Gov. Jerry Brown made official on Friday: The long California drought is over. “This drought emergency is over, but the next drought could be around the corner,” Brown said in a statement. “Conservation must remain a way of

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Russian Ship Heads toward U.S. Navy after Syria Strike

Russia deployed its most advanced Black Sea frigate Friday into the eastern Mediterranean, where U.S. Navy destroyers had launched an airstrike earlier that day against the Moscow-backed Syrian military. As Russian leadership condemned the U.S.’ first intentional attack on the military of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad since the country’s six-year conflict began, Russia’s Admiral Grigorovich

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Bernie Sanders Blasts Trump’s Airstrike In Syria

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders issued a statement Friday following President Donald Trump’s missile strike in Syria Thursday night. Sanders expressed his concern over the airstrikes, calling them “disastrous” and urging peace and stability. “If there’s anything we should’ve learned from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, in which the lives of thousands of brave American

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Senate confirms Neil Gorsuch, Trump’s Supreme Court nominee

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s nominee Judge Neil M. Gorsuch was confirmed Friday for a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court, filling a 14-month vacancy after a dramatic Senate showdown that risked long-lasting repercussions to both institutions. The confirmation will deliver a much needed political victory to Trump, whose administration is struggling in its first

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Bannon Will Continue To Work In White House After NSC Removal

Steve Bannon, Chief White House Strategist and one of President Donald Trump’s closest advisers and confidants, was removed from the beleaguered National Security Council (NSC) Wednesday, indicating the increased power of Bannon’s reported adversaries working in the White House. Along with Trump’s son-in-law and advisor Jared Kushner, White House national security advisor H.R. McMaster petitioned

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