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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Inside the coming war between the United States and the United Nations — Even before Donald Trump's inauguration as president, Congress is planning to escalate the clash over the U.N. Security Council's anti-Israel resolution into a full-on conflict between the United States and the United Nations.
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Marissa Newman / The Times of Israel:
Erekat: Leaked transcript with Kerry, Rice ‘lies and half-truths’ — Palestinian negotiator confirms confab with US officials, as US National Security Council says tripartite meeting never took place, says report a ‘total fabrication’ — The Times of Israel is liveblogging Wednesday's developments as they unfold.
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Kerry Rebukes Israel, Calling Settlements a Threat to Peace — WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John Kerry warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel on Wednesday that the Israeli government was undermining any hope of a two-state solution to its decades-long conflict with the Palestinians …
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Barak Ravid / Haaretz:
Leaked Document: U.S. Colluded With Palestinians 10 Days Before UN Settlements Vote
Leaked Document: U.S. Colluded With Palestinians 10 Days Before UN Settlements Vote
Associated Press:
Israeli Cabinet minister calls John Kerry speech a ‘pathetic step’
Israeli Cabinet minister calls John Kerry speech a ‘pathetic step’
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Congress Moving to Cut U.S. Funding to U.N. in Wake of Anti-Israel Vote
Congress Moving to Cut U.S. Funding to U.N. in Wake of Anti-Israel Vote
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Obama Bests Trump as Most Admired Man in 2016 — PRINCETON, N.J. — Americans are most likely to name President Barack Obama as the man they admire most in 2016. Twenty-two percent mentioned Obama in response to the open-ended question. President-elect Donald Trump was second at 15%.
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CNN:
Obama administration prepares sanctions, retaliation for Russian election meddling — Russia responds: ‘Action against Russian diplomatic missions in the US will immediately bounce back’ — (CNN)The Obama administration is preparing to announce, as soon as Thursday …
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Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
Sanctions against Russia over election hacking forthcoming: report
Sanctions against Russia over election hacking forthcoming: report
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Ryan Cooper / The Week:
The Republican plot to devour retirees' nest eggs — Perhaps the most monstrous thing about the American medical system — and the bar for that title is high indeed — is predatory billing. — A great many medical providers adjust their prices based on how defenseless the patient is …
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Michael Moore / Facebook:
5 Things You Can Do Right Now About Donald J. Trump - from Michael Moore — It's been seven weeks since Hillary beat Trump by nearly 3 million votes but lost the presidency to him. So if your head is still spinning from that mindf***, or you can't quite believe a malignant narcissist …
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TMZ.com:
Debbie Reynolds Rushed to Hospital for Possible Stroke (VIDEO + AUDIO) — Debbie Reynolds — Rushed to Hospital for Possible Stroke — EXCLUSIVE — Debbie Reynolds just suffered a medical emergency, which we're told is a possible stroke ... and EMTs just raced to the scene, TMZ has learned.
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Malia Zimmerman / Fox News:
‘You cannot eat here’: Hawaii café riles residents with ban on Trump voters — This sign was posted at Honolulu's Café 8 ½. — Honolulu's Café 8 ½ gets rave reviews on Yelp for its “Radiatore Verde” and “Italian stir fry,” among other popular dishes …
Serena Dong / CNN:
Donald Trump rooster statue takes China by storm — Beijing (CNN)What do you get when you cross the year of the rooster with the year of Trump? — A “yuge” statue. — A giant rooster sculpture, sporting the President-elect's signature hairdo and hand gestures, has been erected outside …
Sabrina Siddiqui / The Guardian:
Reporting while Muslim: how I covered the US presidential election — “We should exterminate them.” — The words rolled off the voter's tongue as though he was merely discussing a pest invasion in his home. He was talking about Muslims. — I froze as I became suddenly aware of my own Muslim identity …
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Christina Mendez / philstar.com:
Duterte: I tossed out kidnapper from helicopter — MANILA, Philippines - Is this another joke or hyperbole? — President Duterte vowed yesterday that corrupt officials would suffer the same fate as kidnap suspects he claimed to have thrown off a helicopter in mid-flight when he was mayor of Davao City.
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RT, Fox News Insider and The Daily Caller
Sarah Dean / Daily Mail:
Woman, 30, beheaded in Afghanistan for entering a city to go shopping without her husband — Under Taliban rule women are prohibited from leaving their homes unless accompanied by a close male relative — A woman has reportedly been beheaded by a group of armed men in Afghanistan after she entered a city without her husband.
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Post and Courier:
State Rep. Chris Corley accused of punching wife in face, pointing gun at her — Chris Corley, Republican state representative from Graniteville, was arrested Tuesday in connection with domestic violence charges. Provided — Rep. Chris Corley appears in court for a bond hearing …
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Chris Spargo / Daily Mail:
Thousands sign petition demanding that Hunter College fires boastful professor whose husband harassed Ivanka Trump on a flight with her children — A petition has been started asking Hunter College to fire Matthew Lasner, an associate professor of urban studies
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New York Post:
Teacher groomed her accused murderer to be sex toy, baby daddy — Isaac Duran Infante (center) is brought in after being charged with killing his ex-girlfriend and son. — William Miller — SEE ALSO — :0 — The prey was once the predator. Former Brooklyn teacher Felicia...
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Gothamist, New York Times, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The Last Tradition
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Experts: Ryan's livestream crackdown may be unconstitutional — Paul Ryan's new crackdown against protests on the House floor — a direct response to the Democrats' gun-control “sit-in” last summer — is prompting questions from experts in both parties about its constitutionality.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Appeals court revives suits over Hillary Clinton emails — A federal appeals court has revived a pair of lawsuits seeking to force the federal government to sue former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in a quest to try to recover more emails from the private server she used while secretary of state.
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Juan Williams / The Hill:
The dangerous erosion of facts — Have you heard the news? — Donald Trump — won the national popular vote in the 2016 presidential election. — Fifty-two percent of Republicans say it's a fact, according to one poll. Forty percent of Trump voters told another poll the same thing.
Josh Katz / New York Times:
‘Duck Dynasty’ vs. ‘Modern Family’: 50 Maps of the U.S. Cultural Divide — Americans have been clustering themselves into cultural bubbles just as they have clustered in political bubbles. Their TV preferences confirm that. — ← FEWER FANS MORE FANS →
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