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Washington, Oct 18: As Iraqi forces move forward in their campaign to liberate Mosul city from the ISIS, the US has said dislodging the terror group from its self-declared capital would be a "significant strategic gain". "I think the President would be the first to acknowledge that this is a significant test, given the population size of Mosul, given the large geographic area that it encompasses," White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters yesterday.
The nation's high school graduation rate has reached a record 83.2 percent, continuing a steady increase that shows improvement across all racial and ethnic groups, according to federal data released Monday. President Barack Obama welcomed the higher rate as good news, but the gains come against a backdrop of decreasing scores on national math and reading tests.
Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence is starting the week with campaign stops in Ohio, while his Democratic counterpart Tim Kaine plans to return to the battleground state on Wednesday.
How's that Cuban rapprochement going these days? If you ask the President, things are going swimmingly, with Barack Obama issuing yet another "irreversible directive" in trade relations affecting pharmaceuticals, transportation accommodations and commerce. Since such generosity was supposed to be based on Raul Castro doing a better job on the human rights front and democratic initiatives, one might expect that progress is being made.
Donald Trump is calling Republican leaders "naive" for dismissing his claims of a rigged election and urging his supporters to "come together and win this election." There is no evidence voter fraud is a widespread problem in the United States.
After lashing out at longtime ally America, the new Philippine president is making a state visit to China in a charm offensive that will help define how far he wants to shift allegiance from treaty ally the U.S. to an Asian superpower locked in a territorial standoff with his small, impoverished country. While he recalibrates Philippine relations with the world's big powers, his country's 65-year alliance with the United States - a key pillar of President Barack Obama's rebalance to Asia - hangs in the balance.
Let's say a majority of Vigo residents have voted for the winning presidential candidate in 30 of the last 32 elections purely by happenstance. Forget any theories based on political science or sociological factors.
KFC's grinning Colonel Sanders and his goatee are among the few prominent signs of U.S. brands or business in Myanmar's biggest city, Yangon. That will likely change after President Barack Obama ended most remaining U.S. sanctions against this fledgling democracy on Oct. 7. But much hinges on how the government led by former political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi revamps the country's outdated laws and other policies.
To hear the many howls of protest from conservatives, you'd think a handful of emails released by WikiLeaks demonstrates Hillary Clinton's campaign is a nest of anti-Catholics. Fortunately for her, the emails, which are 4 to 5 years old, tell a far more interesting tale about the struggles inside the Catholic Church in the period before the ascendancy of Pope Francis.
The former Iowa Secretary of Agriculture and former Lt. Governor during Chet Culver's administration, is facing longtime Iowa Republican Senator Charles Grassley.
From Chevy Chase's rendition of Gerald Ford to Jay Pharoah's Barack Obama, Saturday Night Live has always taken shots at politicians. This year is no different with Alec Baldwin portraying Donald Trump while Kate Mackinnon plays Hillary Clinton on the show.
Americans are buying guns. A lot of guns. Gun sales set new records last month as, it seems, they have been doing almost every month since the election of Barack Obama as president.
The Republican nominee is selling an apocalyptic vision - the US as an impoverished hellscape beset by bloodthirsty urban anarchists, a terrorist fifth column, and the machinations of globalist elites. Even the most mundane institutions are cast as symbols of existential rot.
Nearly 200 nations have reached a deal, announced Saturday morning after all-night negotiations, to limit the use of greenhouse gases far more powerful than carbon dioxide in a major effort to fight climate change. The talks on hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, were called the first test of global will since the historic Paris Agreement to cut carbon emissions was reached last year.
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a proponent of strong financial regulation, turned up the heat on the country's top securities regulator on Friday, urging President Barack Obama to fire Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Mary Jo White. Warren, a Democrat, has often criticized White in the past, but this was the first time she has called for her ouster.
With Donald Trump on the defensive, Hillary Clinton says she is taking "no satisfaction" in his actions and promising to repair the damage and project a message of unity during the campaign's final weeks. Hours after her Republican rival furiously defended himself against multiple allegations of sexual misconduct, Clinton spoke Friday of the need for national healing in a Seattle fundraising speech that also saw her call upon Americans to help her govern if she's elected president.