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‘Fat Broads' and Billionaires: Top Moments From the Nevada Democratic Debate
Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg took the debate stage for the first time on Wednesday, a billionaire who entered the race late and who has been advertising heavily against President Donald Trump, and his rivals, Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts in particular, opened with a series of sharp attacks.
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Will New Hampshire Crown a Front-Runner in the First-in-the-Nation Primary?
New Hampshire votes on Tuesday and the country will be watching to see whether the state matches Iowa’s choice of a fresh face among its top picks or pivots to the party’s better-known candidates to take on President Donald Trump in November.
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Bill Clinton Expressed Remorse, Donald Trump Celebrates Impeachment Win
President Bill Clinton apologized. President Donald Trump said, “It was all bullshit.” Two modern-day presidents were impeached and acquitted and their reactions were polar opposites. Trump on Thursday, the morning after the U.S. Senate cleared him on two impeachment counts, was defiant and confrontational, praising the Republicans who voted to acquit and attacking Democrats as “vicious and mean.” Trump...
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Trump Touts Economy in ‘Great American Comeback' State of the Union Address
President Donald Trump touted “the great American comeback” as the theme of his State of the Union speech Tuesday night — and with unemployment low, the Dow Jones high and two new trade pacts to celebrate, the U.S. economy took a central spot in that vision of the country.
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2019 SOTU Redux: Economy Hums, Peace Plan Flops, Infrastructure Stalls
President Donald Trump gives his State of the Union speech tonight, a day before the Senate is expected to acquit him on impeachment charges. Here’s a look back at last year’s State of the Union speech and what has happened since then.
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‘We're Going to Win This': African Americans, Jews in Brooklyn Reject Return to 1990s Tensions
In the nearly 30 years since tensions between the African American and Jewish communities exploded in riots in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, Rabbi Eli Cohen and Geoffrey Davis have established a friendship that the recent spate of anti-Semitic attacks has not dinted. The African American, Caribbean American and Jewish communities that share Crown Heights are much closer today…
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Marianne Williamson's ‘Psychic Force' Will Be Missed
Marianne Williamson, the self-help book author and spiritual adviser who vowed to create a Cabinet-level Department of Peace, announced Friday that she had suspended her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. Williamson often got more attention for her colorful moments during the Democratic debates than as a top-tier contender with a shot at winning the primary. Still, her memorable...
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Fact-Checking President Trump's Address on Iran
Here is a look at some of the misleading statements made by President Donald Trump in a national address following Iran’s attack on two military bases in Iraq that house American troops.
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Wag the Dog? Twitter Resurrects Trump's Tweets Predicting Obama Would Attack Iran to Win Re-Election
Wag the Dog conspiracies erupted on social media after the United States killed Iran’s top military commander and years-old posts from Donald Trump surfaced accusing then President Barack Obama of preparing to go to war with Iraq to win re-election.
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Trump, Obama Tie for Most Admired Man of 2019
Finally some agreement over Barack Obama and Donald Trump: The former and current presidents tied as the most admired man of the year, according to a Gallup poll.
