Philippine president seeks extension of bloody war on drugs

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte talks to Philippine Army Scout Rangers during his visit to their headquarters at Camp Tecson in San Miguel township, north of Manila, on Thursday. MANILA The Philippine president said Sunday that he may need to extend a bloody government anti-drug campaign that has left more than 3,000 people dead and been slammed by the United States and others.

Former Pro-Hillary Journo Describes Sid Blumenthal s Slimy Rumor-Mongering in 2008

Another journalist --the second one in two days -- came out Saturday to confess that Sid Blumenthal aggressively shopped the rumor to him in 2008 about then-Senator Barack Obama being born in Kenya. In "Confessions of a Hillary Insider," Larry Johnson of No Quarter said that he is "shocked at the audacity of Hillary Clinton to decry Donald Trump as a birther because her campaign not only pushed that item in a bid to discredit Barack Obama, but mounted a sustained campaign attack Obama on a broad array of issues."

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World leaders meeting at the United Nations starting Monday will be trying to make progress on two intractable problems at the top of the global agenda - the biggest refugee crisis since World War II and the Syrian conflict now in its sixth year which has claimed over 300,000 lives. Against a backdrop of rising ethnic and religious tension, fighting elsewhere in the Mideast and Africa, extremist attacks across the world and a warming planet, there are plenty of other issues for the 135 heads of state and government and more than 50 ministers expected to attend to try to tackle.

Obama urges black voters to rally for Hillary Clinton

" President Barack Obama is making it clear that if the African-American community fails to turn out for the presidential election and support Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, he's taking it personally. Obama delivered his final keynote address to the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Saturday night and said his name may not be on the ballot, but issues of importance to the black community were.

World leaders to focus on refugee crisis and Syria at UN

World leaders meeting at the United Nations starting Monday will be trying to make progress on two intractable problems at the top of the global agenda - the biggest refugee crisis since World War II and the Syrian conflict now in its sixth year that has claimed over 300,000 lives. Against a backdrop of rising ethnic and religious tension, fighting elsewhere in the Mideast and Africa, extremist attacks across the world and a warming planet, there are plenty of other issues for the 135 heads of state and government and more than 50 ministers expected to attend to try to tackle.

Trump bashes Clinton as far too soft on immigrants

Donald Trump took his campaign to Texas on Saturday, bashing Hillary Clinton's immigration policies as too lax, in a state still up for grabs on Election Day. With polls showing a tightening race just over seven weeks before the November 8 election, the Republican candidate turned up the vitriol, saying that as president, his Democratic rival would virtually end border enforcement and place the country "in grave peril."

Obama, Clinton will attend Congressional Black Caucus gala

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Scholar: Medicare growth is not the real problem

A prominent scholar says that Medicare will not be saved either by vouchers backed by Republican congressional majorities or the national health-care overhaul achieved under Democratic President Barack Obama. Theodore Marmor, who is making several stops in Oregon, says the ideal of Medicare for all - universal coverage based on the 50-year-old federal program of health insurance for people 65 and older - rests on stemming medical cost increases and setting limits for medical care.

Obama urges black turnout, mocks Trump for missing a civics lessona on Jim Crow

President Barack Obama gestures while speaking at the Our Ocean, One Future conference at the State Department last year. In a fiery speech Saturday night, President Obama said he would consider it "a personal insult" if the African American community does not turn out to vote in great numbers in November and help carry on his legacy by supporting Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

Jack Spillane: Lies, dangerous lies and Donald Trump lies

In one of the most astonishing developments in the history of modern journalism, prestigious news organizations on Friday began to call out Trump for lying in real time, as it was happening. These were not carefully crafted stories, written over weeks of dogged research but statements popping up on TV news scrolls literally at the same time Trump was lying on the same screens.

US campaign week: pneumonia, polls and a tousled Trump

With only about 50 days left before Americans elect their president, news from the campaign trail this week ranged from Hillary Clinton's pneumonia to Donald Trump's rising poll numbers. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton appears to be feeling better when she spoke during the Black Women's Agenda's 29th Annual Symposium after being diagnosed with pneumonia Clinton, 68, was diagnosed with the illness 48 hours ahead of a September 11 ceremony Sunday in New York, but chose to power through instead of resting.

Nigeria’s president apologizes for plagiarizing Obama speech

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has apologized for plagiarizing President Barack Obama's 2008 victory speech and says he will punish those responsible. By MICHELLE FAUL Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has apologized for plagiarizing President Barack Obama's 2008 victory speech and says he will punish those responsible.