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China Expert: I'm Drunk
Forbes - 23 Apr 2017 14:48
A politically incorrect email exchange with a drunk China expert gets to the humanity, humor, and foibles of a dangerous conflict between the U.S. and China.
Trump's approval ratings sit at record lows but base stays steady, poll shows
Chicago Tribune - 23 Apr 2017 07:03North Korea threatens U.S. with nuclear war
CBSNews - 23 Apr 2017 01:48
Statement comes ahead of White House meeting Monday between President Trump and U.N. Security Council
Human Rights Watch calls for end to Egypt military aid
Al Jazeera English - 23 Apr 2017 08:20
US and others urged to cut military aid to Egypt after video of apparent summary executions surfaces.
US carrier heading for Korea trains with Japanese destroyers
Miami Herald - 23 Apr 2017 05:42
An American aircraft carrier heading toward the Korean Peninsula is conducting a joint exercise with Japanese naval ships in the Philippine Sea. The U.S. Navy said in a statement that …
GOP Rep Tells Mom Her Son On Medicaid Should Just Get A Better Job If He Wants Health Care
The Huffington Post - 23 Apr 2017 01:56
Rep. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) told the mother of a service industry worker who has benefitted from the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion that her son should get a better job if he wants decent insurance when Oba...
Democratic Party's model is "failing," Sanders says
CBSNews - 23 Apr 2017 20:37
"Clearly the Democratic Party has got to change. And in my view what it has got to become is a grassroots party," said Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders
North Korea detains third US citizen
New York Post - 23 Apr 2017 15:43
PYONGYANG, North Korea -- North Korea has detained a U.S. citizen, officials said Sunday, bringing to three the number of Americans now being held there. Tony Kim, who also goes by his Korean name Kim Sang-duk, was detai...
North Korea says it is prepared to bomb a U.S. aircraft carrier
The Week - 23 Apr 2017 14:34
North Korea on Sunday said it is prepared to bomb the USS Carl Vinson, a U.S. aircraft carrier leading a Navy carrier strike group toward North Korea in a show of force. "Our revolutionary forces are combat-ready to sink...
French vote for president in litmus test for Europe's future
Miami Herald - 23 Apr 2017 16:35
Amid heightened security, French voters began casting ballots for their next president Sunday in a first-round poll that's being seen as a litmus test for the future of Europe and …
Corpses being sent home for burial after Taliban attack
Miami Herald - 23 Apr 2017 16:33
Dozens of corpses are being sent to different provinces around the country for burial two days after a Taliban attack on a northern Afghanistan army base left at least 100 …
Hundreds flee Mosul fighting as others return to former IS areas
Reuters - 23 Apr 2017 16:27
MOSUL, Iraq
International mission member killed in Ukraine blast
USA Today - 23 Apr 2017 15:42
A member of the OSCE's monitoring mission in eastern Ukraine has died and at least one other was injured after their vehicle was blown up by a mine in the Luhansk region.
Bill O'Reilly returns with new podcast Monday
USA Today - 23 Apr 2017 06:09WATCH: Dramatic video of a child falling from a bus on the highway
ABC News - 23 Apr 2017 15:44
The dashcam video shows the moment the back door of a bus flings open, tossing a 4-year-old girl onto a busy highway.
Woman stabbed during street fight, man stabbed on Red Line 'L' train in separate incident
Chicago Tribune - 23 Apr 2017 20:34Trump awards Purple Heart to wounded Army sergeant
New York Post - 23 Apr 2017 12:49
President Trump awarded a Purple Heart Saturday to an Army sergeant who was wounded in Afghanistan. In his first visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, the president and First Lady Melania Trump gave the ...
Israeli police: Palestinian stabs 4 in Tel Aviv
Miami Herald - 23 Apr 2017 15:39
A Palestinian stabbed and lightly wounded four people in Tel Aviv before being arrested Sunday, the latest violence in a wave of attacks by Palestinians in the last year and …
Duterte says he can be 50 times more brutal than terrorists
Miami Herald - 23 Apr 2017 15:02
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte warned Sunday that he could be "50 times" more brutal than Muslim militants who stage beheadings and said he could even "eat" the extremists if they're …
Trump to hold rally during White House Correspondents' dinner
New York Post - 23 Apr 2017 14:53
He’s skipping dinner and going straight to the show. President Trump will hold a massive rally in Pennsylvania on the same night as the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner next Saturday night. “Next...
Global finance leaders dodge conflict with Trump White House
ABC News - 23 Apr 2017 14:39
Global finance leaders are seeking to avoid conflict with the Trump administration over trade and environmental policy