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"Our Party Acts Like A Cult": Anti-Trump Republicans At Democrat Event
While Democratic luminaries including the Obamas enthusiastically support Kamala Harris for US president at their party's convention, an unlikely band of rebels is joining the effort: Republicans urging fellow conservatives to ditch Donald Trump.
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Indian Woman Among 20 Picked For Barack Obama's Coveted Fellowship
An Indian woman is among the 20 civic leaders selected for a prestigious fellowship from former US president Barack Obama's foundation. Preethi Herman, Global Executive Director of global social change technology platform Change.org, was selected from a pool of over 20,000 people from 191 countries. This is the first edition of the Obama Foundation...
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What Donald Trump Can Still Do To Salvage 2017, And Win In 2020
Thursday marks six months in power for US president Donald Trump. Fellow Republicans hope to turn the page on a relatively fruitless debut and lift a trophy with tax reform before his first year is out.
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'Wish They Didn't Let You In The Country', Woman Tells Muslim Shopper In US
A Muslim woman in the US has alleged that she was harassed in a store by a blonde lady who shouted "I wish they didn't let you in the country" and that Barack Obama was no longer in the Oval Office, a media report said. The incident occurred after the Muslim woman allowed her fellow shopper to cut ahead of her when they were both in line for the ca...
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Donald Trump's Choices For Top Cabinet Posts Face Big Tests This Week
Senate confirmation hearings this week for President-elect Donald Trump's nominees for top jobs - from secretary of state to attorney general - should provide a test of his ability to work with fellow Republicans in Congress to enact his agenda.
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He Was Fired From The CIA And Jailed For A Leak - Now He Is Trying To Hang On
Locked away in federal prison, Jeffrey Sterling is struggling to keep his demons at bay. The former CIA officer whose case came to signify the Obama administration's crackdown on leakers spends his days reading, tutoring fellow inmates and finishing a memoir, which he says he has to write by hand and mail home so his wife can type it.
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First US Democratic Presidential Debate set for October 13
Hillary Clinton and fellow Democratic candidates will square off October 13 in their first debate of the 2016 presidential campaign, the party announced on Thursday as it unveiled its primary debate schedule.
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Iranian Nuclear Deal Could Start Arms Race in Mid-East: Bobby Jindal
Republican presidential aspirant Bobby Jindal has asked his fellow Republican leadership in the Congress to reject a nuclear deal with Iran, saying any such deal could start arms race in the Middle East.
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Real Estate Mogul Donald Trump Announces Run For US President in 2016
Real estate mogul and TV personality Donald Trump barged his way into the 2016 US presidential election on Tuesday in a blitz of boasts, inflammatory comments and attacks on both fellow Republicans and President Barack Obama's administration.
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Hillary Clinton Urges Barack Obama to Listen to Democrats on Trans-Pacific Trade
White House hopeful Hillary Clinton urged President Barack Obama on Sunday to listen to fellow Democrats in the US Congress and change the terms of a trans-Pacific trade deal.
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A Senate Lunch Tradition Draws on the Flavors of Home
But scanning a table of house-made pickles, spicy shrimp cocktail sauce and three sugar cream pies from Indiana to feed fellow Republicans.
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Indian-American Maya Harris Leads Hillary Clinton's Agenda Team
Making her second presidential run, Hillary Clinton has set up a three person team of senior policy advisers headed by Indian-American Maya Harris, a former senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.
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Republican Presidential Hopeful Rand Paul Skeptical on Iran Deal
Newly minted 2016 presidential contender Rand Paul said on Wednesday he was skeptical of the framework agreement to contain Iran's nuclear program but accused his fellow Republicans of "beating the drums for war."
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Obama Campaigns for Governors in Six States
President Barack Obama, whose slumping popularity is a drag on fellow Democrats in the congressional races, is sprinting state to state this week on behalf of six Democrat governor candidates whose chances are not as linked to national issues.
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Barack Obama Arrives in Brussels for G7 Meeting
President Barack Obama has arrived in Brussels for a meeting with fellow heads of state focused on the crisis in Ukraine.
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"Our Party Acts Like A Cult": Anti-Trump Republicans At Democrat Event
While Democratic luminaries including the Obamas enthusiastically support Kamala Harris for US president at their party's convention, an unlikely band of rebels is joining the effort: Republicans urging fellow conservatives to ditch Donald Trump.
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Indian Woman Among 20 Picked For Barack Obama's Coveted Fellowship
An Indian woman is among the 20 civic leaders selected for a prestigious fellowship from former US president Barack Obama's foundation. Preethi Herman, Global Executive Director of global social change technology platform Change.org, was selected from a pool of over 20,000 people from 191 countries. This is the first edition of the Obama Foundation...
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What Donald Trump Can Still Do To Salvage 2017, And Win In 2020
Thursday marks six months in power for US president Donald Trump. Fellow Republicans hope to turn the page on a relatively fruitless debut and lift a trophy with tax reform before his first year is out.
-
'Wish They Didn't Let You In The Country', Woman Tells Muslim Shopper In US
A Muslim woman in the US has alleged that she was harassed in a store by a blonde lady who shouted "I wish they didn't let you in the country" and that Barack Obama was no longer in the Oval Office, a media report said. The incident occurred after the Muslim woman allowed her fellow shopper to cut ahead of her when they were both in line for the ca...
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Donald Trump's Choices For Top Cabinet Posts Face Big Tests This Week
Senate confirmation hearings this week for President-elect Donald Trump's nominees for top jobs - from secretary of state to attorney general - should provide a test of his ability to work with fellow Republicans in Congress to enact his agenda.
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He Was Fired From The CIA And Jailed For A Leak - Now He Is Trying To Hang On
Locked away in federal prison, Jeffrey Sterling is struggling to keep his demons at bay. The former CIA officer whose case came to signify the Obama administration's crackdown on leakers spends his days reading, tutoring fellow inmates and finishing a memoir, which he says he has to write by hand and mail home so his wife can type it.
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First US Democratic Presidential Debate set for October 13
Hillary Clinton and fellow Democratic candidates will square off October 13 in their first debate of the 2016 presidential campaign, the party announced on Thursday as it unveiled its primary debate schedule.
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Iranian Nuclear Deal Could Start Arms Race in Mid-East: Bobby Jindal
Republican presidential aspirant Bobby Jindal has asked his fellow Republican leadership in the Congress to reject a nuclear deal with Iran, saying any such deal could start arms race in the Middle East.
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Real Estate Mogul Donald Trump Announces Run For US President in 2016
Real estate mogul and TV personality Donald Trump barged his way into the 2016 US presidential election on Tuesday in a blitz of boasts, inflammatory comments and attacks on both fellow Republicans and President Barack Obama's administration.
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Hillary Clinton Urges Barack Obama to Listen to Democrats on Trans-Pacific Trade
White House hopeful Hillary Clinton urged President Barack Obama on Sunday to listen to fellow Democrats in the US Congress and change the terms of a trans-Pacific trade deal.
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A Senate Lunch Tradition Draws on the Flavors of Home
But scanning a table of house-made pickles, spicy shrimp cocktail sauce and three sugar cream pies from Indiana to feed fellow Republicans.
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Indian-American Maya Harris Leads Hillary Clinton's Agenda Team
Making her second presidential run, Hillary Clinton has set up a three person team of senior policy advisers headed by Indian-American Maya Harris, a former senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.
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Republican Presidential Hopeful Rand Paul Skeptical on Iran Deal
Newly minted 2016 presidential contender Rand Paul said on Wednesday he was skeptical of the framework agreement to contain Iran's nuclear program but accused his fellow Republicans of "beating the drums for war."
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Obama Campaigns for Governors in Six States
President Barack Obama, whose slumping popularity is a drag on fellow Democrats in the congressional races, is sprinting state to state this week on behalf of six Democrat governor candidates whose chances are not as linked to national issues.
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Barack Obama Arrives in Brussels for G7 Meeting
President Barack Obama has arrived in Brussels for a meeting with fellow heads of state focused on the crisis in Ukraine.
