Video: Hillary Clinton practicing how to avoid a Donald Trump hug
He captioned the tweet "Not easy to avoid the unwanted Trump hug, sometimes it even takes practice A favorite moment from debate prep (9/24/16)."
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US refuses to add sailors’ names to Vietnam Memorial
In this November 2014 photo, Lawrence J. Reilly Sr., a U.S. Navy veteran of World War ll and the Vietnam War, sits in the living room of his home in Syracuse, N.Y. He and his 20-year-old son Lawrence J. Reilly Jr. were serving together on U.S. Navy destroyer Frank E. Evans when the ship was cut in half in a collision with the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne of the Royal Australian Navy during joint maneuvers in the South China Sea. Seventy-four sailors died but the Pentagon has rejected a longstanding request from survivors of the disaster to add the names of their fallen comrades to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., saying the accident occurred outside the Vietnam combat zone.
Did China kill CIA informants during Obamaa s presidency?
The Chinese government "systematically dismantled" CIA spying operations in China starting in late 2010 and killed or imprisoned at least a dozen CIA sources over the next two years, The New York Times reported Saturday. The newspaper cited 10 current and former U.S. officials, who described the intelligence breach during President Barack Obama's administration as one of the worst in decades.
Q&A: Cosby jury: A look at what to expect during selection
As Utah Republicans met for their annual state convention Saturday, delegates broke from routine debates about party platforms to give Rep. Jason Chaffetz a warm send-off. As Utah Republicans met for their annual state convention Saturday, delegates broke from routine debates about party platforms to give Rep. Jason Chaffetz a warm send-off.
Stay the Course With Rouhani
Hassan Rouhani has won re-election as Iran's president in a landslide, meaning that it is he who will be dealing with an antagonistic US President Donald Trump. What will their relationship mean for the 2015 international agreement that has, for now, frozen Iran's nuclear ambitions? The Iranian nuclear deal was the culmination of a decades-long pas de deux between the United States and post-revolutionary Iran - a push and pull, in which every step forward was seemingly followed by a step back.
Continue reading Carine M. Feyten: We need more women leaders in public office
Today, at 116 years young, we have achieved national recognition for our leadership and academic excellence in the fields of education, nutrition, the arts and sciences, and, especially, in the nursing and health care professions. But Texas Woman's University's work is not yet done.
Here’s what Primary 2017 tells us about Campaign 2018: Charlie Gerow
There's no real story there. The so-called "off-year" primary was the down stroke of the four-year election cycle, an election where only the most hardcore voters showed up.
California Democratic chair race angers ‘Berniecrats’
Eric Bauman, who is running to head the California Democratic Party, addresses the California Democratic Party annual convention Saturday, May 20, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. Bauman is running against Kimberly Ellis to succeed current party chairman John Burton.
Trump meets with Arab leaders ahead of major Islam speech
US President Donald Trump and Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa take part in a bilateral meeting at a hotel in Riyadh on May 21, 2017. RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Even as his administration fights for its travel ban from several Muslim-majority countries, US President Donald Trump is using the nation that is home to Islam's holiest site as a backdrop to call for Muslim unity in the fight against terrorism.
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Texas congressman threatened after calling for President Trump’s impeachment
A black Texas congressman said Saturday that he's been threatened with lynching by callers infuriated over him seeking impeachment of President Donald Trump. Representative Al Green held a town hall meeting and played recordings of several threatening voicemails left at his offices in Houston and Washington, the Houston Chronicle reported .
Speaker Ryan: President Trump ‘obviously’ had a ‘bad 2 weeks’
House Speaker Paul Ryan dismissed talk of a Democratic takeover of Congress in 2018 Friday morning in an interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt. "It's clearly my hope that he does.
[Newsmaker] Iran’s Rouhani: Moderate cleric open to world
President Hassan Rouhani, who won re-election on Saturday, has spent three decades at the heart of Iran's revolutionary establishment but still faces opposition from hardliners for trying to rebuild ties with the West. The 68-year-old cleric, almost always clad in his white turban, repeated his convincing 2013 victory by bringing together moderates and reformists with his pledges to end Iran's isolation and improve civil rights at home.
Comey Agrees to Testify in Open Hearing Before Senate Intel Committee
Then-FBI Director James Comey sworn in prior to testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington DC The briefing came a day after Rosenstein appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller as special counsel to investigate whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russian Federation in that country's attempts to improperly influence the 2016 election. In one story, the Washington Post reported that a law enforcement Russia probe has identified a current adviser to the president as a "person of interest", while a New York Times story reported that the commander in chief told visiting Russian officials that the firing of "nut job" FBI Director James Comey had taken a weight off his shoulders.
Trump to address Muslim world in major speech on terrorism
A keynote speech to the leaders of more than 40 Muslim nations is set to dominate the second day of US President Donald Trump's visit to Saudi Arabia. The leaders will be listening closely to Mr Trump's words, worried he may repeat some of the rhetoric he has used about Islam in the past - including in March last year during his campaign when he said "Muslims hate us."
Health care bill could get a short term fix in the Senate
Washington is fixated on President Donald Trump's firing of FBI chief James Comey and burgeoning investigations into possible connections between Trump's presidential campaign and Russia. But in closed-door meetings, Senate Republicans are trying to write legislation dismantling President Barack Obama's health care law.
Maxine Waters just can’t shut up
Does Rep. Maxine Waters have a verbal diarrhea problem? Apparently, yes, considering that it was Democrats in her home state of California who had to yank the microphone on her when she ignored her alloted time, wrecked the local Democratic Party convention speaker schedule, and just wouldn't shut up . Naturally, this has created a brouhaha among her loyal supporters, who - give it time - will undoubtedly be calling it racism.
Callers threaten Texas lawmaker who seeks Trump impeachment
In this Monday, May 15, 2017 photo, Congressman Al Green speaks to media during a press conference in which he called for the impeachment of President Donald Trump at the Houston Congressional District Office in Houston. The black Texas congressman said Saturday, May 20, that he's been threatened with lynching by callers infuriated over him seeking impeachment of President Trump.
Steve Chapman: Don’t rush to impeachment
To everything there is a season, the Bible and Pete Seeger told us. The season to impeach Donald Trump may come, or it may not.
The largest-yet meeting of the “Resistance” was not as unified as some party faithful had hoped.
An all-star lineup of Democratic leaders on Saturday took turns throwing carefully crafted barbs at President Donald Trump at the California Democratic Convention, but the biggest-yet meeting of "The Resistance" was not as scripted, nor as unified, as many party faithful had hoped. Tension marked the event from the start, with outgoing party Chairman John Burton on Friday night repeatedly shouting down activists in his signature profane style.