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Rupert Murdoch Reportedly Urged Trump to Fire Bannon

August 15, 2017 Focus Washington

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch recently urged President Donald Trump to sack his far-right chief strategist Steve Bannon, The New York Times reports. Murdoch made his plea during a White House dinner before Trump left for […]

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Pentagon Considering Changes to Trump Transgender Ban

August 15, 2017 Focus Washington

Defense Secretary James Mattis on Monday hinted that the Pentagon may propose its own changes to President Donald Trump’s plan to ban all transgender individuals from the military, The Hill reports. Mattis told reporters at […]

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Honduras’ Largest Company Slowly Rebuilds its Global Reputation

August 15, 2017 Focus Washington

Corporación Dinant – one of the largest African Palm oil producers in Latin America and the recipient of a controversial $15 million loan from the World Bank – appears to have turned the corner in […]

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Charlottesville Incident Suspect to Face Court Hearing

August 14, 2017 Focus Washington

James Alex Fields Jr., who is suspected of killing a woman as he allegedly drove a car into a group of counterprotesters at a white supremacist rally in Virginia, is set to appear on Monday […]

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McMaster Reportedly in Conflict with Chief Strategist Bannon

August 14, 2017 Focus Washington

National security adviser H.R. McMaster repeatedly dodged on Sunday when asked whether he can work with White House strategist Steve Bannon, Politico reports. McMaster and Bannon, who used to run the right-wing nationalist website Breitbart […]

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Sessions Opens Federal Investigation on Charlottesville

August 14, 2017 Focus Washington

Attorney General Jeff Sessions called late Saturday for a federal investigation into the day’s racially charged violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, Politico reports. “The violence and deaths in Charlottesville strike at the heart of American law […]

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North Korea Still Mastering How to Deliver a Nuke to U.S., Experts Say

August 14, 2017 Focus Washington

U.S. intelligence officials are pretty sure North Korea can put a nuclear warhead on an intercontinental missile that could reach the United States. But experts aren’t convinced the bomb could make it all that way […]

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Maduro’s Son Says He Will ‘Take White House’ with Guns if U.S. Intervenes

August 14, 2017 Focus Washington

The son of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday said he would “take the White House” with guns if the U.S. pursued military intervention in his country, Newsmax reports. “If the U.S. soils the homeland, […]

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Marijuana Legalization Could Gain Prominence in 2020 Election

August 14, 2017 Focus Washington

While the primary issues that will be debated in the 2020 presidential race will likely include the usual topics, jobs, infrastructure spending, national security, taxes, healthcare laws, trade, crime, immigration, and economic growth, another topic […]

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Democrats See ObamaCare Leverage in Spending Fights

August 14, 2017 Focus Washington

House Democrats want to use the looming battle over government spending and raising the debt limit as leverage to shore up ObamaCare, The Hill reports. The minority party believes Republicans will need their votes on […]

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Protests Target Trump after Deadly Charlottesville Clash

August 14, 2017 Focus Washington

Thousands of people in New York City and Washington D.C. gathered Sunday to protest President Donald Trump’s response to the deadly violence that broke out at a white supremacist rally in Virginia over the weekend, […]

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Vice President Pence Says U.S. Has ‘Many Options’ on Venezuela

August 14, 2017 Focus Washington

Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday confirmed the U.S. is not ruling out a military option in Venezuela, but emphasized a diplomatic solution, The Hill reports. “We have many options for Venezuela, but the president […]

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Trump Administration Applying ‘Peaceful Pressure Campaign’ on North Korea

August 14, 2017 Focus Washington

The Trump administration is applying a “peaceful pressure campaign” on North Korea, the heads of the Defense and State departments wrote in an op-ed on Sunday, The Hill reports. Lawmakers in both parties raised concerns […]

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Trudeau Condemns ‘Racist Violence and Hate’ in Charlottesville

August 14, 2017 Focus Washington

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took to Twitter on Sunday to condemn the racially charged violence that engulfed Charlottesville on Saturday, and to offer Canada’s support, The Hill reports. “We know Canada isn’t immune to […]

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Elon Musk Says AI Is More of a Threat than North Korea

August 12, 2017 Focus Washington

Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Friday said that people should be more concerned with Artificial Intelligence (AI) than the risk posed by escalating tensions with North Korea, The Hill reports. “If you’re not concerned about […]

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Trump Warns North Korea about ‘Military Solutions’

August 12, 2017 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump warned Friday that U.S. military resources were in place, “locked and loaded”, should North Korea “act unwisely”, as foreign leaders called on Washington and Pyongyang to end a cycle of rhetorical threats […]

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Trump Sends Kushner to Middle East for Israel-Palestine Peace Talks

August 12, 2017 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump is sending a team led by his son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner to Israel in pursuit of a Middle East peace deal, Bloomberg reports. Trump’s sending the delegation to try to […]

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Venezuela Slams Trump over Possible Military Interference

August 12, 2017 Focus Washington

Following President Donald Trump floating the possibility of U.S. military intervention in Venezuela’s civil strife, officials there lashed out at him as “elitist” for making “imperial” threats, according to reports. Venezuela’s Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino […]

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Trump Attacks Stuns Senate Majority Leader McConnell and Allies

August 12, 2017 Focus Washington

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell did not intend to pick a fight when he questioned President Donald Trump’s expectations and was surprised by the explosion it produced, according to people close to the Senate GOP […]

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Manafort Switches Legal Team as Special Counsel Probe Heats up

August 11, 2017 Focus Washington

Former chairman of President Donald Trump’s campaign, Paul Manafort, is changing legal teams as the special counsel Robert Mueller’s federal investigation heats up, The Hill reports. According to spokesperson Jason Maloni statement, Washington D.C. law […]

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Trump Thanks Putin for Sacking U.S. Diplomats: ‘We Want to Reduce Our Payroll’

August 11, 2017 Focus Washington

Commenting for the first time since the extraordinary move by Moscow responding to new sanctions legislation that the U.S. president signed into law, Donald Trump thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday for ordering the […]

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Trump Allies Rally around Senator Flake’s Primary Challenger

August 11, 2017 Focus Washington

Republican Senator Kelli Ward’s primary campaign are joining in against Senator Jeff Flake, showing signs that President Donald Trump’s allies are seriously preparing to sack the incumbent, The Hill reports. According to the Hill, founder […]

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Alt-right Plans ‘Free Speech’ March against Google

August 11, 2017 Focus Washington

Alt-right protesters are organizing a “March on Google” next week, after the tech giant fired an employee over discussing gender differences in the workforce, The Hill reports. The march was organized by Jack Posobiec, a […]

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Trump: Maybe Threat on North Korea Wasn’t ‘Tough Enough’

August 11, 2017 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump escalated his war of words against North Korea regarding its nuclear testing, noting his “fire and fury” threat “may not be tough enough,” CNN reports. Underlining his Tuesday statement addressing North Korean […]

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S&P 500 Falls 1.4 Percent in Safety Flight amid North Korea Tensions

August 11, 2017 Focus Washington

The S&P 500 index noted its biggest one-day fall in almost three months on Thursday with technology stocks leading the charge, in response to an increasingly aggressive exchange of threats between the United States and […]

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Cuba: U.S. Diplomats Possibly Subject to ‘Acoustic Attack’

August 11, 2017 Focus Washington

An acoustic attack may be to blame for severe hearing loss among U.S diplomats last year in Cuba, though officials are uncertain of the cause the injuries. A series of “bizarre” incidents attributed to a […]

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Google Cancels Diversity Meeting over Safety Concerns

August 11, 2017 Focus Washington

Google CEO Sundar Pichai decided to cancel a planned town hall meeting about gender and diversity because some of the company’s employees were concerned for their safety, Newsmax reports. Recode reported Pichai sent out an […]

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FBI Says ISIS Used eBay to Send Terror Money

August 11, 2017 Focus Washington

An American citizen charged with supporting the Islamic State received thousands of dollars from fake eBay transactions via a global financial network run by a now-dead official of the terrorist group, according to an FBI […]

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Mattis: War with North Korea Would Be ‘Catastrophic’

August 11, 2017 Focus Washington

Defense Secretary James Mattis warned Thursday that war with North Korea would be “catastrophic” and said diplomatic efforts were yielding results, Newsmax reports. “The American effort is diplomatically led, it has diplomatic traction, it is […]

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Netanyahu Attacks Media, Opposition in Face of Corruption Case

August 10, 2017 Focus Washington

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lashed out at the media and his political opponents in an animated speech to hundreds of enthusiastic supporters on Wednesday, seeking to deliver a powerful show of force as he […]

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