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On World Holocaust Day, leaders warn against the rise of bigotry and intolerance

More than one million people, mostly European Jews were gassed, shot or hanged at Auschwitz. On World Holocaust Day, Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo paid homage to the victims of the Nazi death camp. Surrounded by some of the last survivors, she said “memory and truth are our responsibility, they are our weapons against evil.” […]

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International, Jewish Religion, USA

Chuck Todd: Media knew how ‘hated’ Hillary was in heartland and we ‘underplayed’ it

NBC’s Chuck Todd confessed that he and others in the mainstream news media played down just how despised Hillary Clinton was in the heartland due to the fear of appearing “sexist.” What’s more, he admitted, the mainstream media failed to “tell the stories of all Americans.” “Where I think political correctness got in the way

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USA

Senators Oppose Education Secretary Confirmation

One of the most contentious picks for President Donald Trump’s cabinet is his Secretary of Education choice, Betsy Devos. The prominent Michigan Republican billionaire has a history of supporting charter schools and school choice, chaired the American Federation for Children and was condemned by the largest labor union in the U.S., the National Education Association.

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Miami-Dade mayor orders jails to comply with Trump crackdown on ‘sanctuary’ counties

MIAMI — Fearing a loss of millions of dollars for defying immigration authorities, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez on Thursday ordered county jails to comply with federal immigration detention requests — effectively gutting the county’s position as a “sanctuary” for immigrants in the country illegally. Gimenez cited an executive order signed Wednesday by President Donald Trump

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International, USA

Obama Condemns ‘Repeal and Replace’

Repealing Obamacare without a replacement is “reckless” and “irresponsible,” and would leave the country “with more uninsured and uncompensated care than when we started,” writes former President Barack Obama. In the commentary published Jan. 26 in the New England Journal of Medicine, one week after the inauguration of Donald Trump, Obama makes good on the

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Mike ‘Mannix’ Connors Is Gone at 91

Mike Connors, the star of the long-running television series “Mannix,” passed away Thursday afternoon at the age of 91. Connor’s son-in-law, Mike Condon, revealed that Connors died due to complications from pneumonia, which had been diagnosed a week earlier. Connors’ most well-known work was that of private detective Joe Mannix on the CBS television series

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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Restrictions needed for refugees who can’t be vetted

Members of California’s Iraqi Christian community and their supporters protest the months-long detention of Iraqi Christian asylum-seekers at the Otay Mesa detention center. (Screenshot: Al-Jazeera) By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — If you want security clearances in the United States, the government “vets” you quite thoroughly. They begin by asking you questions and then ask

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Middle East, USA

Trump picks fight with key ally Mexico, whose president scraps visit

MEXICO CITY — Barely six days in office, President Donald Trump has managed to poison one of the United States’ most important strategic international relationships by prompting Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto to cancel a planned visit to the White House, sending a good relationship to a new low. Pena Nieto had been scheduled next

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International, USA

Theresa May, British PM, says Trump brings new era of American renewal, global leadership

PHILADELPHIA – British Prime Minister Theresa May cozied up Thursday to Republican lawmakers, saying the political wave that swept them and President Trump into power would make America a stronger and bolder leader in the world. In a speech to a congressional Republican retreat for formulating strategy, Ms. May said the upset victory by Mr.

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International, USA

Trump’s rift with Mexican president sets off worries about future of NAFTA

WASHINGTON — The Mexican president’s abrupt cancellation of a White House meeting following President Donald Trump’s intensified pressure on Mexico to pay for a border wall not only raises the risks of a diplomatic crisis but the specter of an unraveling of the North American Free Trade Agreement. While the tit for tat between Trump

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International, USA

Edwin Dorn: Russians did to us what we’ve done to others for long time

Let’s stop acting like wounded innocents. The U.S. has been big-footing around the globe for more than a century. We have influenced elections in other countries and when that didn’t work, we have deposed leaders who did not support our interests. Prominent examples include intervening several times in Central America and supporting coups that replaced

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USA

Accused Florida airport shooter Esteban Santiago indicted

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Airport shooting suspect Esteban Santiago was formally charged Thursday with carrying out the fatal mass shooting Jan. 6 at Fort Lauderdale’s international airport. Santiago, 26, was indicted on 22 federal charges after prosecutors presented their evidence to a grand jury in Fort Lauderdale. Santiago was indicted on five counts of causing

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USA

McConnell caught between GOP lawmakers and Trump

PHILADELPHIA — Mitch McConnell’s got what he has long sought: Republicans controlling Congress and the White House. But he’s heading down a bumpy, unpredictable road. That became clear Thursday as Republicans conducted a second day of strategy meetings here, including sessions with President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence. Instead of a celebration and

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International, USA