Author: Anne Gearan
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Turks claim to have recordings that prove Washington Post columnist was murdered
ISTANBUL – The Turkish government has told U.S. officials that it has audio and video recordings that prove Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul this month, according to U.S. and Turkish officials. The recordings show that a Saudi security team detained Khashoggi in the consulate after he walked…
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Trump announces plans to pull out of Iran nuclear deal despite pleas from European leaders
President Trump on Tuesday announced that he is withdrawing from the international nuclear deal with Iran and reimposing U.S. sanctions against Tehran, according to people familiar with the matter. Trump’s decision, announced at the White House, follows the failure of last-ditch efforts by Britain, France and Germany to convince him that his concerns about “flaws” in…
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White House claims Wall Street Journal misquoted Trump as saying he has a good relationship with Kim Jong Un
PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Trump claimed Sunday that the Wall Street Journal deliberately misquoted him as saying that he probably has a good relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The White House is disputing the newspaper’s report that Trump, in an interview last week with several Journal reporters, claimed some success in…
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Mueller unlawfully obtained emails, Trump transition team claims
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An organization that was part of President Trump’s transition team claimed Saturday that special counsel Robert S. Mueller III improperly obtained a trove of transition emails as part of the inquiry into Russian influence in the 2016 election and other matters. The batch of emails totaling thousands of pages of communications was improperly provided to…
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Fallen soldier’s mother: ‘Trump did disrespect my son’
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President Trump in a tweet Wednesday denied that he had told the widow of a soldier killed in an ambush in Africa this month that her husband “must have known what he signed up for.” But the mother of the fallen soldier stood behind the account, saying that Trump “did disrespect” the family with his comments during…
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Tillerson says Trump ‘speaks for himself’ on values
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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks during a television interview with Chris Wallace, the anchor of FOX News Sunday, in Washington, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) Susan Walsh
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Rex Tillerson, Trump’s pick for secretary of state, reaches $180 million payout deal with Exxon
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Former Exxon Mobil chief Rex Tillerson has reached a retirement deal with the oil giant worth about $180 million that would sever his ties with the company if he is confirmed as Donald Trump’s secretary…
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A bleak choice between a ‘liar’ and your ‘drunk uncle’ for one Wisconsin focus group
BROOKFIELD, Wis. — For a small group of undecided voters here, the presidential choices this year are bleak: Hillary Clinton is a “liar” with a lifetime of political skullduggery and a ruthless agenda for power, while Donald Trump is your “drunk uncle” who can’t be trusted to listen even to the good advice he’s paying…
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Clinton releases 2015 tax return, calls on Trump to release his
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on Friday released her 2015 personal tax return charging that her opponent, Republican Donald Trump, “defies decades-old tradition of disclosure.” In addition, the Clinton campaign released 10 years of returns from her running mate, Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, and his wife, Anne Holton. Clinton and her husband, former president…
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U.S. says leaks are a crime, threatens prosecution
WASHINGTON — Striking back, the Obama administration branded the leak of more than a quarter-million classified files an attack on the United States Monday and raised the prospect of criminal prosecution against the online site WikiLeaks. The Pentagon detailed new security safeguards, including restraints on small computer flash drives, to make it harder for any…