Media critics refuse to give President Trump credit for visiting US troops in warzone?
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More Turkish troops to Syria border ahead of US pullout
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Turkey views the US-backed Kurdish fighters of the People’s Protection Units (YPG) as a ‘terrorist offshoot’ of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan renewed threats to target Kurdish fighters Monday as he sent more troops … Read More
Moscow says it’s open to having a Putin-Trump summit
FILE – In this Nov. 30, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump, right, walk past Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, left, as they gather for the group photo at the start of the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina.PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS, … Read More
Dow plunges 650 points in worst Christmas Eve trading session ever
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U.S. stocks on Monday posted their worst Christmas Eve session ever, as a perfect storm of concerns drove investors to bail out of a market that was already badly bruised. The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average had its steepest drop … Read More
‘War Between Russia and US Would Be a Disaster for Humanity’ – Lavrov
In 2018, Russia’s relations with Western countries severely deteriorated against the backdrop of numerous scandals and sanctions. In an interview with Sputnik on the eve of 2019, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, spoke about whether we should wait for further alienation, about Moscow’s possible response to Washington … Read More
US, China cool trade tensions after phone call
In this file photo taken on Dec 05, 2018, a Chinese and US national flags hang on a fence at an international school in Beijing, China. Source: AFP THE US and China on Sunday “made new progress” on the issues … Read More
The End of Europe?
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PARIS — Ever since World War II, the liberal global order that has spread more freedom and prosperity around the world than at any other time in history has been held up by two pillars: the United States of America … Read More
BORDER SECURITYSHUT DOWN: Trump Tells Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan He Won’t Sign Their Weak Stop-Gap Measure
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1:43 p.m. update: Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh reports that he has received word from President Donald J. Trump that he will either receive money to fund the border wall, or shut the government down completely. According to several reports, … Read More
Defense Secretary James Mattis to retire at the end of February, Trump says
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President Trump said Thursday evening that Defense Secretary James Mattis will be retiring in February, in a shock announcement adding to the list of the president’s outgoing Cabinet members after his second year in office. Mattis will step down “with distinction” … Read More