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'He had won this battle': Hundreds say goodbye to Luis Alvarez, 9/11 first responder
NEW YORK – A single bagpipe played "Amazing Grace" as police officers and firefighters joined regular New Yorkers gathered to say goodbye Wednesday to Luis Alvarez, a former NYPD detective who made an emotional plea to Congress last month to extend benefits for those who responded to the September 11, 2001 terror attacks.
A police motorcade cleared the streets for the hearse carrying Alvarez's ... |
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2020 Democrats defend Kamala Harris after Trump Jr. retweets, deletes post about her race
WASHINGTON — California Sen. Kamala Harris' rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination defended her after criticisms based on her race circulating on social media, which were amplified when Donald Trump Jr. shared one such post with his more 3.6 million followers on Thursday.
Trump Jr. retweeted a post from Ali Alexander – a conservative commentator whose Twitter profile claims to have "... |
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Trump and North Korea: Social media request led to history, but Twitter users say what about Otto Warmbier?
A social media request for a quick handshake turned historic Sunday when President Donald Trump became the first U.S. president to set foot in North Korea during a meeting in the Demilitarized Zone with Kim Jong Un.
"It's just an honor to be with you and it was an honor that you asked me to step over that line," Trump told the North Korean leader. "And I was proud to step over that line."
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Kamala Harris was great, Joe Biden wasn't and the second Democratic debate was nuts (in a good way)
The second Democratic presidential debate, held Thursday night with 10 more candidates, was at times a loud, raucous free-for-all, with face-offs and passion and yelling and interrupting and some genuine weirdness.
It was nuts.
And it was great TV.
Also: Chuck Todd is terrible.
It stood in stark contrast with the debate Wednesday night, a comparatively sleepy affair that will be rememb... |
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No new maps for Ohio till 2022 after U.S. Supreme Court gerrymandering decision
COLUMBUS - Ohio won't draw a new congressional map until 2022 after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled federal courts shouldn't play a role in fixing partisan gerrymandering.
The decision came as a blow to Ohioans seeking a new map after a panel of judges found it had been crafted to favor Republicans over Democrats. And Hamilton County's two GOP-leaning districts will remain intact until at least 2... |
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Robert Mueller to testify publicly before Congress next month
WASHINGTON – Former special counsel Robert Mueller will testify publicly before two key House committees after being subpoenaed, top Democratic lawmakers announced Tuesday.
Mueller will testify in open session before the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees on July 17.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Cal... |
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Zachary Quinto, Alyssa Milano, others celebrities to stage adaptation of Mueller report
WASHINGTON – Not everyone has read the entire 448-page Mueller report. So, a group is planning to hold a celebrity staging of it in ten acts on Monday evening.
Law Works Action, an advocacy group, plans to stage an adaptation of the report called "The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts," written by Robert Schenkkan, a Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning screenwriter and playwr... |
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Trump defends conditions for detained migrant kids, blames Obama for family separations; fact checkers call foul
When questioned by interviewers about migrant children detained at the southern border, President Donald Trump has tried to steer the blame toward the previous administration, saying former President Barack Obama initiated the policy of separating those children from their caregivers, even though fact checkers have consistently found that claim to be false.
During an interview on NBC's "Meet t... |
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Trump on impeachment: 'I win the election easier'
President Donald Trump said Friday that he thinks if Democrats went through with impeachment proceedings, he would "win the election easier."
"I think I win the election easier," Trump told NBC's Chuck Todd when asked if impeachment is good politics for the president.
A number of Democratic lawmakers, including most of the 2020 presidential candidates, have called for an impeachment inquiry ... |
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US-Iran: Trump 'pulls back after approving military strikes'
President Donald Trump approved retaliatory military strikes against Iran on Thursday before changing his mind, US media report.
The New York Times, citing senior White House officials, says strikes were planned against a "handful" of targets.
They say the operation was allegedly under way "in its early stages" when Mr Trump stood the US military down. The White House has so far made no comm... |
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