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China Warns of ‘Storm Clouds Gathering’ in U.S.-North Korea Standoff — HONG KONG — North Korea said on Friday that nuclear war could break out on the Korean Peninsula “at any moment,” accusing the United States of escalating tensions that have set off fears of war and calls for calm by countries in the region.
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North Korea and the Risks of Miscalculation — Not long after the United States Navy dispatched a carrier strike group in the direction of the Korean peninsula following a North Korean missile test last week, Pyongyang vowed to counter “the reckless act of aggression” and hinted at “catastrophic consequences.”
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US Air Force sends message to North Korea with display of air power — U.S. Air Force officials made it clear to North Korea they were not messing around, launching a surprise military exercise with full combat air power in Japan Wednesday. — The jets in the arsenal of the 18th Wing …
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THE LATEST: RUSSIAN LAWMAKER: US BIGGER THREAT THAN N. KOREA — PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — The Latest on tensions on the Korean Peninsula (all times local): — A senior Russian lawmaker says the U.S. is a greater threat to global peace than North Korea.
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Trump's Great Reversal — for Now
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DeVos Pick to Head Civil Rights Office Once Said She Faced Discrimination for Being White — The new acting head of the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights once complained that she experienced discrimination because she is white. — As an undergraduate studying calculus …
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White House says it won't make visitor logs public — President Donald Trump's administration announced Friday that the White House won't release records of its visitors, raising new concerns from transparency advocates. — The decision not to voluntarily disclose White House visitor logs …
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Trump will keep list of White House visitors secret — The Trump administration announced Friday that it would not follow former president Barack Obama's policy of voluntarily disclosing the names of most visitors to the White House complex, citing “grave national security risks and privacy concerns.”
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White House showdown on Paris deal set for next week
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‘It felt like the heavens were falling’: Afghans reel from MOAB impact — Locals describe the moment the ‘mother of all bombs’ was dropped, as critics question the wisdom of deploying the weapon … After his evening prayers, Mohammad Shahzadah closed the house gates and sat down for dinner.
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Why the US dropped the ‘mother of all bombs’ in Afghanistan
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New Video: The Moment The ‘Mother Of All Bombs’ Killed 36 ISIS Members
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi Official Teaser — Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Arriving in your galaxy December 15. Visit Star Wars at http://www.starwars.com Subscribe to Star Wars on YouTube at http://www.you...
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Does Steve Bannon Have Something to Offer? — In 2014 the beleaguered White House aide raised important moral questions about today's capitalism. — My late friend Bill Safire, the tough and joyous New York Times columnist, once gave me good advice. I was not then a newspaper columnist, but he'd apparently decided I would be.
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If Trump Fired Bannon, Would He Seek Revenge?
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Decorated Navy SEAL moonlighting as a porn star — Joseph John Schmidt III during one of his many community outreach events for the Navy SEALs. (photo courtesy of U.S. Navy) — Navy Chief Special Warfare Officer Joseph John Schmidt III has been living dual lives.
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Trump Ally Alex Jones: “The Word Is” President Obama's Daughters “Aren't Even His Kids” — ALEX JONES (HOST): This is out of The Hill, Obama reportedly spending a month in French Polynesia, where there is no criminal extradition to the United States and it's funny they just brought …


A Trump Tower Neighbor Is the Point Man for Europe's Populists — PALM BEACH, Fla. — George Guido Lombardi spotted President Trump's young son Barron alone on a couch playing a video game in the gaping and gilded living room of Mar-a-Lago, his father's private oceanfront club in Palm Beach.
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Le Pen's Inner Circle Fuels Doubt About Bid to ‘Un-Demonize’ Her Party
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Trump visits Mar-a-Lago resort for 23rd day as president — President Trump's Friday trip to his Mar-a-Lago resort marks the 23rd day he's visited the West Palm Beach club over the first 84 days of his presidency. — Trump will spend the full three-day Easter weekend at the resort.
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How to fix the Supreme Court — The way we choose Supreme Court nominees is broken. Here's how to fix it. — It's worth taking a step back to realize just how broken the process for selecting Supreme Court justices now is. — In 2016, Senate Republicans responded to Antonin Scalia's death …
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The Supreme Court Was “Politicized” Long Ago
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Trump and The Problem of Militant Ignorance — It is what we might call ‘the consensus judgment’ that President Trump is a deeply ignorant man and perhaps a profoundly ignorant President. But it is worth stepping back and considering just what this means, the different kinds of ignorance that exist and how they differ.
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New York Times Promises Truth and Diversity, Then Hires Climate-Denying Anti-Arab White Guy — Following Donald Trump's election, The New York Times promised its readers that it would aggressively pursue truth and challenge power in the days and months ahead.
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Sen. Jeff Flake weathers brutal, 2 1/2-hour Mesa town hall — The Arizona senator was battered with questions about Trump's proposed border wall; internet privacy; taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood; and his opposition to ‘Obamacare.’ — U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake endured a brutal face …

Free speech is not violated at Wellesley — Many members of our community, including students, alumnae and faculty, have criticized the Wellesley community for becoming an environment where free speech is not allowed or is a violated right. Many outside sources have painted us as a bunch …
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Facebook Discovers ‘Major Spam Operation,’ USA Today Likes Plummet — Clinton Communications Director On Obama: ‘He Looked Kind Of Like A Jackass’ — Watch The ‘Mother Of All Bombs’ Explode All Over ISIS In Afghanistan — VIDEO: Maine Dems Caught On Cam Laughing About Rising Suicide Rates Among White Males


Expecting Donald Trump To Grow on the Job? Imagine If Jerry Jones Had Hired Him To Coach the Cowboys. — Honestly. Donald Trump is “growing”? That's what they're saying on my teevee. The truth is more brutal. — Everyone, including the Beast, took note of the President's six flip-flop Wednesday.
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Why Do Democrats Feel Sorry for Hillary Clinton? — Every day, the incoherence deepens: He's going to cover “everyone,” but he's going to push 24 million people off their health insurance. He's going to wipe out the debt, but his tax cuts and spending spree will add trillions to it.
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Washington Post, The Gateway Pundit, The Rush Limbaugh Show and Liberal Values


Donald Trump Is Just George W. Bush But Racist — Donald Trump ran an ethnonationalist cult-of-personality presidential campaign, in which his status as a (real) nonpolitician and (imaginary) business genius would allow him to transcend and solve every policy problem.
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Raw Story and The Atlantic


Analysts identify #SyriaHoax as Russian-fueled propaganda — As Syrian president Bashar al-Assad called videos of last week's chemical attack a “fabrication,” a piece of propaganda promoted by a Russian cyber operation and bearing the hashtag #SyriaHoax has gained traction in the United States, analysts tell ABC News.