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Trump calls for truce in Ukraine, says US withdrawal from Nato possible

Donald Trump on Sunday pushed Russian leader Vladimir Putin to act to reach an immediate ceasefire with Ukraine, describing it as part of his active efforts as president-elect to end the war despite being weeks from taking office. "Zelenskyy and Ukraine would like to make a deal and stop the madness," Trump wrote on social media, referring to Ukraine’s president, …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Trump has big plans at home, but Syria shows why he can’t escape the world’s problems

CNN

CNN — Even the normally brash Donald Trump seems disconcerted by the volatile international situation he’ll inherit as the new president next month and to which he’s certain to inject new unpredictability. The stunning fall of the al-Assad dynasty in Syria on Sunday created new and treacherous circumstances that will demand Trump’s attention — despite his wish to disengage the …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Trump calls for immediate ceasefire in Ukraine and says a US withdrawal from NATO is possible

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump on Sunday pushed Russian leader Vladimir Putin to act to reach an immediate ceasefire with Ukraine, describing it as part of his active efforts as president-elect to end the war despite being weeks from taking office. “Zelenskyy and Ukraine would like to make a deal and stop the madness,” Trump wrote on social media, referring to …

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1 month, 1 week ago

How different a commander in chief will Trump be?

CNN

CNN — “When America sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold” is a saying used to describe how the massive American economy can affect global businesses, but it also applies to foreign policy in the Trump era. In July, Trump said, “Taiwan should pay us for defense,” which doesn’t suggest that he would be in any hurry to …

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How different a commander in chief will Trump be?

CNN

CNN — “When America sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold” is a saying used to describe how the massive American economy can affect global businesses, but it also applies to foreign policy in the Trump era. In July, Trump said, “Taiwan should pay us for defense,” which doesn’t suggest that he would be in any hurry to …

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1 month, 1 week ago

'Awful precedent': Conservative warns Trump decision could send U.S. careening to 'crisis'

Raw Story

Donald Trump's new picks to lead the military are a disaster waiting to happen, warned conservative columnist Max Boot for The Washington Post — and a clear sign he intends to make his Cabinet bend the knee to his political whims rather than make decisions for the security of the country. Boot's warning came as experts sound the alarm about …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Diver finds graduation ring lost in the ocean almost 5 decades ago and surprises its owner

CNN

CNN — A day before Morgan Perigo’s 83rd birthday last month, an unexpected package showed up on his doorstep. When Davis returned to land he magnified the engraving, revealing the words, “McMaster University 1965,” and the initials “FMP.” “Once I saw that, I was like, ‘Okay, there’s, definitely enough information here to try and get this back to the person. …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Last Chance for Richard Moore: Plea for Mercy and Redemption

Associated Press

Richard Moore, scheduled to be executed by lethal injection in South Carolina, has one last chance to have his life spared. His lawyers have asked Republican Gov. Henry McMaster for clemency, which no governor in the state has granted in the previous 44 executions in the state since the death penalty restarted in 1976. Moore, 59, is a changed man …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

A Last Chance for a Condemned South Carolina Inmate

Associated Press

A group of people are asking the governor to spare the life of Richard Moore, who is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection in South Carolina. Moore has more than 20 people asking for his mercy, including jurors, the judge, and former prison director. His lawyers argue that clemency is an act of grace and mercy and that Moore …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Teenager's brave heart inspires other kids born with congenital disease

ABC

Seth McMaster was just hours old when doctors discovered something was wrong with his tiny heart. "He was turning blue and our initial reaction was pure shock and worry," Seth's mother Tegan Brown said. "Seth was on the next flight to Brisbane that day and when he got there doctors discovered he had pulmonary atresia," Ms Brown said. Heart Kids …

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3 months ago

US man convicted of killing store clerk faces death in first of 5 executions over next week

Firstpost

Owens was sentenced to death in 1999 for the murder of Irene Graves, a mother of three, during an armed robbery of a convenience store in Greenville, South Carolina, on Halloween night in 1997 This undated booking photo obtained from the South Carolina Department of Corrections in Columbia, South Carolina, shows death row inmate Freddie Owens, 46. AFP A man …

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3 months, 1 week ago

South Carolina justices refuse to stop state’s first execution in 13 years

Associated Press

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Supreme Court on Thursday refused to stop the execution of Freddie Owens who is set to die by lethal injection next week in the state’s first execution in 13 years. That evidence, plus an argument that Owens’ death sentence was too harsh because a jury never conclusively determined he pulled the trigger on the …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Opinion: What's with the silence from former Trump heavyweights?

LA Times

McMaster, Trump’s former national security advisor, won’t unambiguously tell voters what he seems to think: his former boss is unfit for another term. His own former National Security Advisors, Defense Secretaries, and Chiefs of Staff have said so.” Politics On a night of fierce exchanges, Harris sets the tone Kamala Harris got an apparent boost when pop megastar Taylor Swift …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Adam Kinzinger would ‘certainly’ be open to serving in Kamala Harris’ cabinet

LA Times

Former Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger, one of 10 Republican House members to vote for President Donald Trump’s impeachment in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 insurrection, would “certainly” be open to serving in Kamala Harris’ cabinet should she win in November, he told The Times on Sunday. She’s the best counter for that, and I would love to help her …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump Isn’t the Only One H.R. McMaster Takes to Task in His New Book

Slate

McMaster’s At War With Ourselves, a memoir of his 13 months as Donald Trump’s national security adviser, has aroused much attention for its stinging criticism of the former president. McMaster also takes dead aim at a vast cast of others who got in his way or disagreed with his views: Secretaries of Defense and State Jim Mattis and Rex Tillerson; …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump national security team watched in horror as China's Xi Jinping 'ate his lunch': book

Raw Story

Former Trump national security adviser H.R. McMaster also says that foreign leaders treated Trump like a "chump" and quickly discovered they could manipulate him by boosting his ego. "Flattery and pomp from leaders like Xi, Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Russian president Vladimir V. Putin seem to have been all that was required to get in Trump’s good graces," …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Ex-Trump security adviser trashed by Morning Joe panelists: 'You should own up!'

Raw Story

Donald Trump's former national security adviser H.R. McMaster published a new book detailing the dysfunction he presided over in the White House, but panelists on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" were astonished that he was unwilling to say whether his old boss deserved another term. "Do you really think that America's national security interests would be served by another Donald Trump term?" …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

'Bomb the drugs': Trump's ex-security adviser shares tales of White House dysfunction

Raw Story

Donald Trump's former national security adviser H.R. The retired U.S. Army lieutenant general is publishing a new book, “At War with Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House,” focusing on the former president's service as commander in chief and his own tenure as national security adviser, reported CNN. "In his blistering, insightful account of his time in …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

'The clock is ticking': Conservative calls on ex-Trump officials to endorse Harris

Raw Story

A conservative commentator on Monday called out Donald Trump's former officials who have expressed grave concerns about his fitness to serve as president but have not stepped forward to endorse Kamala Harris. McMaster: “Cannot understand Putin’s hold on Trump.” "Some of these people might be making calculations about their political futures," Miller wrote. "These people aren’t endorsing Harris because they …

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4 months ago

'Fawning' Trump wrote thank-you note to Putin after secret poisoning plot: ex-adviser

Raw Story

Then-President Donald Trump sent a "fawning" thank you note to Vladmir Putin after the Russian president's agents orchestrated the poisoning of a double agent and his daughter, a new book reportedly reveals. Trump's former national security adviser HR McMaster details this bizarre moment in his upcoming book "At War With Ourselves" about Putin's exploitation of the former president's "ego and …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

The Latest: A downgraded Debby still threatens with heavy rain and flooding

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Dangerous flooding, tornadoes still possible in ‘Debby’s final chapter,' …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Debby bringing heavy rain, flooding and possible tornadoes northeast into the weekend

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The remnants of Debby picked …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

A deadly tornado, flooding rains and swollen rivers plague residents in the path of Debby

Associated Press

LUCAMA, N.C. — Tornadoes spawned by Debby leveled homes, damaged a school and killed one person early Thursday, as the tropical system dropped heavy rain and flooded communities across North and South Carolina. “Like something is squeezing, like your ears are popping.” AP AUDIO: Tropical Storm Debby spins up tornadoes, dumps rain in North Carolina Meteorologist Robbie Berg of the …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

Sheri Biggs wins Republican nod for US House in South Carolina over Trump-backed candidate

Associated Press

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Sheri Biggs, a nurse practitioner and Air National Guard officer, won the Republican nomination for the U.S. House in South Carolina’s 3rd District on Tuesday, defeating a challenger who called himself former President Donald Trump’s pastor. This was Biggs’ first run for political office and if she wins in November, she will be only the second Republican …

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Trump calls for truce in Ukraine, says US withdrawal from Nato possible

Trump has big plans at home, but Syria shows why he can’t escape the world’s problems

Trump calls for immediate ceasefire in Ukraine and says a US withdrawal from NATO is possible

How different a commander in chief will Trump be?

How different a commander in chief will Trump be?

'Awful precedent': Conservative warns Trump decision could send U.S. careening to 'crisis'

Diver finds graduation ring lost in the ocean almost 5 decades ago and surprises its owner

Last Chance for Richard Moore: Plea for Mercy and Redemption

A Last Chance for a Condemned South Carolina Inmate

Teenager's brave heart inspires other kids born with congenital disease

US man convicted of killing store clerk faces death in first of 5 executions over next week

South Carolina justices refuse to stop state’s first execution in 13 years

Opinion: What's with the silence from former Trump heavyweights?

Adam Kinzinger would ‘certainly’ be open to serving in Kamala Harris’ cabinet

Trump Isn’t the Only One H.R. McMaster Takes to Task in His New Book

Trump national security team watched in horror as China's Xi Jinping 'ate his lunch': book

Ex-Trump security adviser trashed by Morning Joe panelists: 'You should own up!'

'Bomb the drugs': Trump's ex-security adviser shares tales of White House dysfunction

'The clock is ticking': Conservative calls on ex-Trump officials to endorse Harris

'Fawning' Trump wrote thank-you note to Putin after secret poisoning plot: ex-adviser

The Latest: A downgraded Debby still threatens with heavy rain and flooding

Debby bringing heavy rain, flooding and possible tornadoes northeast into the weekend

A deadly tornado, flooding rains and swollen rivers plague residents in the path of Debby

Sheri Biggs wins Republican nod for US House in South Carolina over Trump-backed candidate