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Protesters demand end to killings of transgender women, Trump rollbacks

Editorial Bureau May 27, 2019

(Reuters) – Protesters chanting “black trans lives matter” and “we will not be erased” on Friday demanded an end to the killings of black transgender women in the United States and decried the Trump administration’s proposals to reverse transgender rights.

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Trump agrees with North Korean leader Kim on Biden – White House

Editorial Bureau May 27, 2019

(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un agree on their assessment of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said on Sunday, aligning the American president with an authoritarian foreign leader over a former U.S. vice president. North Korea’s state-run news agency issued a biting

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Fernandez-Fernandez ticket in Argentina close to clinching first round vote – poll

Editorial Bureau May 27, 2019

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentine Peronist Alberto Fernandez bid to run for president with ex-president Cristina Fernandez as his running mate would come close to clinching victory in a first round vote, according to a poll published on Sunday by local left-leaning newspaper Pagina 12. The Pagina 12 newspaper, which has close ties to the […]

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Rescuers search for survivors after Oklahoma tornado kills at least two

Editorial Bureau May 27, 2019

(Reuters) – Rescue workers on Sunday searched for survivors in the rubble left by a tornado that devastated parts of a small community near Oklahoma City, killing two people, injuring more than two dozen and leaving hundreds homeless, officials said. The tornado that hit El Reno on Saturday night was the latest in a barrage […]

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Trump orders intelligence community to cooperate with review on Russia probe origins

Editorial Bureau May 25, 2019

(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered the intelligence community to cooperate with Attorney General William Barr’s review of the events that prompted an investigation into links between the Trump campaign and Russia. The directive comes as the White House spars with congressional Democrats over the work of Special Counsel Robert Mueller,

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Protesters demand end to killings of transgender women, Trump rollbacks

Editorial Bureau May 25, 2019

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Protesters chanting “black trans lives matter” and “we will not be erased” on Friday demanded an end to the killings of black transgender women in the United States and decried the Trump administration’s proposals to reverse transgender rights. Three black transgender women died of gunshot wounds within five days

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Trump says considering pardons for some U.S. soldiers accused of war crimes

Editorial Bureau May 25, 2019

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he was considering pardons for “two or three” American soldiers charged with war crimes, a move he also said would be controversial but justified because they had been treated “unfairly.” Trump told reporters at the White House that he had not decided yet on the […]

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Arizona tent facility eyed to cope with U.S.-Mexico border surge

Editorial Bureau May 25, 2019

(Reuters) – U.S. Border Patrol is considering another tent facility in Yuma, Arizona, after installing two in Texas, to cope with a surge in Central American migrants that has overwhelmed the agency. Once one of the quietest sectors of the 2,000-mile U.S. Mexico border, Yuma now ranks third for apprehensions as smugglers guide record numbers […]

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Defying Congress, Trump sets $8 billion-plus in weapons sales to Saudi Arabia, UAE

Editorial Bureau May 25, 2019

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump, declaring a national emergency because of tensions with Iran, swept aside objections from Congress on Friday to complete the sale of over $8 billion worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan. The Trump administration informed congressional committees that it will go ahead with […]

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House Speaker Pelosi urges Trump family ‘intervention’ with U.S. president

Editorial Bureau May 24, 2019

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday she wished President Donald Trump’s family or staff would conduct an “intervention” with him for the good of the United States after he threw what she called a temper tantrum at a meeting with Democratic congressional leaders a day earlier. Trump fired back, […]