Marines sent to bolster security after Iraqi protesters assault US embassy, torch guardhouse to protest airstrikes

have attempted to storm the U.S. embassy in Baghdad to protest recent deadly U.S. airstrikes against an Iranian-backed militia. The violent scene on Tuesday marked another escalation in tensions …

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Notice to Trump: Don’t distort my religion | Opinion

By executive order President Trump, in the words of theTimes, “essentially defined Judaism as a race … The Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) circulated a flyer to protest Israel having …

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Trump Faces Blowback for Outing Alleged Whistle-Blower Online

“The public ought to know.” Trump has tweeted at a furious pace as the impeachment investigation unfolded, averaging more than 50 postings a day over the two weeks that saw the House Judiciary …

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Pelosi invites Trump to deliver State of the Union address Feb. 4

This time around, with the government funded through the end of September, that drama should be avoided for the 2020 State of the Union. But Trump is angry about the House voting earlier this week to …

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From Trump to Brexit: 12 events that shook the world in the 2010s

Trump will survive the Senate trial and run for the November election … Some ended with a feeble tune like the social protest in Israel, some have brought social movements to power as in Italy and …

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In the age of Trump, it’s OK to be (deeply) conflicted

Suddenly, at least for a day or two, everybody got religion. To be fair, Trump first suggested that Dingell was “looking down” from heaven. But the president couldn’t resist his little joke, and the …

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Thousands demonstrate and close roads in protest against new PM

Thousands of people took to the streets of central Beirut on Sunday to protest against the country’s new prime minister … has put herself in an untenable position by stalling articles of impeachment …

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