USA

Obama struggles to make a deal with Russia on Syria

HANGZHAO, China — President Barack Obama’s emissaries spent much of Sunday talking with Russian officials here about how to quell the violence in Syria, but the president all but shrugged his shoulders when asked about the prospects of a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “Given the previous failures of cessations of hostilities to hold, […]

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International, Middle East, USA

Tim Kaine says Hillary Clinton has held one press conference in 274 days, not none

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has come under fire for going 274 days without a press conference, but her running mate insists that’s not true: She’s done one. Tim Kaine, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, said Sunday that he wanted to “push back on the notion that she hasn’t done a press conference.” “She gave a

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USA

Trump leads in Midwest as Clinton hit by new email revelations

A month after Donald Trump suffered his weakest poll numbers since effectively securing the nomination in May, Hillary Clinton”s campaign has hit its own nadir, with steady reversals first in national and now state polling. After benefiting from weeks of unforced errors by the Republican nominee, Clinton”s lead nationwide over Trump spiked to over 7

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USA

Trump receives prayer shawl at Detroit church appearance

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump made an appearance at a black church in Detroit Saturday, and received a prayer shawl (tallit) for the occasion. After giving a brief speech, Trump received a Jewish Heritage Study Bible along with the prayer shawl from Bishop Wayne T. Jackson, pastor of Great Faith Ministries International. Trump wore the

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Jewish Religion, USA

G20 – US pledges to help bring Turkey coup plotters to justice as G20 opens

The US is committed to bringing the perpetrators of the attempted coup against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to justice, President Barack Obama said Sunday, as the two leaders met during the official opening of the G20 summit in Hangzhou. Ankara accuses US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen of being behind the July uprising. At talks with

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International, USA

Hillary Clinton’s email archives lost in the mail during back-up: FBI

Two archives containing Hillary Clinton’s emails from her tenure as secretary of state were misplaced shortly after it was revealed that the Democratic presidential nominee used a personal account for official government business, according to notes from the FBI’s investigation into the matter. The archives were created in spring 2013 by Monica Hanley, a former

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Police union may boycott 49ers games over Kaepernick

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The Santa Clara police union says its officers may stop working San Francisco 49ers’ home games amid quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s decision to protest police brutality and racial injustice by refusing to stand during the national anthem, according to media reports. A letter from the Santa Clara Police Officers’ Association to the

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Sports & Competitions, USA

Trump in Detroit Calls for a New ‘Civil Rights Agenda’

Donald Trump stuck largely to script Saturday in addressing a traditionally black church in Detroit, where he made his pitch in an attempt to woo a portion of the electorate that overwhelmingly favors Hillary Clinton. The Republican nominee for president gave his first address before a predominantly black audience at Great Faith Ministries and avoided

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USA

‘Not a bigot,’ Trump tells blacks; no Brotherly Love outside luncheon

PHILADELPHIA — GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump told a handful of blacks in North Philadelphia on Friday that the perception that he is a racist is because the media have interpreted his comments that way. “He does not see himself as a racist and neither did the people around the table,” said Renee Amoore, the

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USA

Brotherly love for Trump? N. Philly visit stirs strong opposition

PHILADELPHIA — GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump arrived in North Philadelphia on Friday as protesters gathered outside a church venue where he was to meet privately with African-American voters — stirring visible unwelcome for the GOP presidential nominee in the City of Brotherly Love. Trump arrived in an SUV with a police motorcade down Broad

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