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The Latest: Greek police find some 150 migrants in trucks
ROME (AP) — The Latest on the influx of migrants into Europe (all times local):4:45 p.m.Greek police have detained more than 150 migrants hidden in…
Strzok-Page texts on ‘media leak strategy’ fuel Trump fury at DOJ: ‘NOTHING is being done’
Newly released text messages showing anti-Trump FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page discussing a “media leak strategy” amid the Russia probe rekindled harsh criticism…
Vatican official: Sex abuse scandal is church’s ‘own 9/11’
ROME (AP) — A top Vatican official says the clerical sex abuse scandal is such a game-changing catastrophe for the Catholic Church that he called…
Trump designates ‘Patriot Day 2018’ on 17th anniversary of 9/11 attacks
President Trump on Tuesday signed a proclamation designating Sept. 11, 2018 “Patriot Day 2018” in honor of the victims from the tragic terror attacks nearly…
Wife of Pakistan’s ex-premier Sharif dies at London hospital
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The political party of former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif says his wife Kulsoom Nawaz has died at a hospital in London…
The Latest: Catalan leader: Focus on freeing separatists
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The Latest on Catalan separatists in Spain (all times local):2:25 p.m.The Catalan leader says the focus of the Day of Catalonia…
Bankers downplay Brexit impact on London’s hub status
LONDON (AP) — Leading bankers have sought to downplay the immediate impact of Brexit on London’s position as the hub of the financial services industry…
Ryanair faces pilot, crew strikes in Germany on Wednesday
BERLIN (AP) — German unions are calling on Ryanair pilots and flight attendants in the country to stage a one-day strike on Wednesday, citing what…
Chad Robichaux: A Veteran Reflects on 9/11 and the Cost of Freedom
As a Force Recon Marine, I knew my life would be different from the moment those planes crashed into the World Trade Center towers, and…
Donald Trump: ‘Radical Islamic Terrorists’ Attacked Us on September 11th
President Donald Trump proclaimed September 11th as Patriot Day, acknowledging that the United States was attacked by radical Islamic terrorists on this day in 2001.
Images of 9/11: A Visual Remembrance
The whole world experienced the attacks of September 11, 2001, in real time. Videos, photos, and audio captured the horror wreaked that day by Islamic…
Joe Scarborough: Donald Trump ‘Far Graver Threat to the Idea of America’ Than 9/11
In an opinion editorial published by The Washington Post Monday, MSNBC Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough claimed President Donald Trump poses a “far graver threat to the…
Read A Pile Of Top Nazis Talking About How They Love Leftist Marxism
The Nazis were leftists. This statement is blasphemy to the academic-media complex, since everyone knows the Nazis were degenerate right-wingers fueled by toxic capitalism and…
Report: Aborted Baby Body Parts Traffickers May Be Raking In U.S. Tax Dollars
Warning: Graphic content. A new report shows that an organization that harvests aborted baby organs for research has been charging more than what is legally…
Jon Stewart’s Success Did Not Create A Big Audience For Political Comedy After All
One-sided politics are killing late-night comedy, but maybe not in the way that you think. It is true that in recent years, with rare exception,…
The Problem With Men Today Isn’t Toxic Masculinity, It’s Passivity
At lunch with some colleagues the other day, some of the women—ladies in their 20s—were discussing how rare it is for men their age to…
U.K. Police Urge Citizens To Report Neighbors For ‘Offensive Or Insulting’ Speech
English police are now calling on citizens to report hate incidents. Reporting friends and neighbors to the police has terrible historical connotation, and for good…
No, Kavanaugh’s Judicial Originalism Is Not A Pretext For Racism And Sexism
A Los Angeles Times op-ed this week purports to use former Supreme Court justice Thurgood Marshall’s ideas to explain the problem with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s…
Everyone Has A Responsibility To Help Clean Up The Catholic Abuse Scandal
It has been a terrible summer for my many friends in the Roman Catholic Church. It should have been dominated by the 50th Anniversary of the…
Netflix’s ‘Iron Fist’ Wastes Its Second Chance
“Iron Fist,” the worst of the Netflix-Marvel shows, is back for a second season, which is almost as bad. It’s getting middling reviews, a significant…
Ben Folds Offers Hilariously Hallucinogenic Resistance ‘Storytelling’
If there is one thing we’ve learned from Trump’s presidency, it’s that a lot of people need a hobby besides being angry on the Internet….
Making The ‘Miracle’: Jonathan Mayhew And The Enlightenment In America
Several recent books on the Enlightenment have sought to celebrate its legacy but have been strangely cursory in their examination of actual Enlightenment thinkers, their…
Announcing No Safe Spaces
Once upon a time, our universities were the ultimate marketplace of ideas.
The Latest: Observer group: 21 pro-government gunmen killed
BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on developments in Syria (all times local):2:50 p.m.A Syria war monitoring group says 21 pro-government gunmen have been killed in…
South Africa’s murder rate up nearly 7 percent, police say
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s already high murder rate has increased by about 7 percent, prompting the police minister to compare the situation to a…
Zimbabwe declares cholera outbreak after 20 deaths
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A cholera emergency has been declared in Zimbabwe’s capital after 20 people have died, the health minister said Tuesday.The deaths in…
UN says more worldwide going hungry, blames climate change
ROME (AP) — The number of hungry people in the world is growing again, in large part due to climate change that is wreaking havoc…
Dem candidate boasts working for Republican president after 5-month stint as entry-level civil servant: report
A Democrat running in a tight New Jersey’s 3rd Congressional District race has reportedly exaggerated his resume, claiming he worked under a Republican president as…
John Bolton vows to punish ICC after court announces probe of alleged US war crimes in Afghanistan
White House National Security Adviser John Bolton threatened to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) after the global tribunal announced an investigation into alleged U.S….
Iran’s nuclear chief tells AP he hopes atomic deal survives, but warns program will be accelerated if not
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s nuclear chief tells AP he hopes atomic deal survives, but warns program will be accelerated if not.
Iran’s nuclear chief tells AP: Trump’s decision to withdraw from atomic deal ‘puts him on the loser’s side’
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s nuclear chief tells AP: Trump’s decision to withdraw from atomic deal ‘puts him on the loser’s side’
Officials: Bus crash in south India kills at least 23 people
HYDERABAD, India (AP) — A bus carrying pilgrims from a Hindu temple in the hills of south India has plunged off a road, killing at…
AP names Patrick Quinn as deputy news director in Asia
BANGKOK (AP) — The Associated Press on Tuesday named a seasoned news manager with experience leading coverage from North Africa to Pakistan to help drive…
Palestinian mission in Washington given a month to pack up
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian envoy to Washington says his staffers have been given a month to pack up after the Trump administration…
US-backed group in last push to defeat IS in northeast Syria
BEIRUT (AP) — A U.S.-backed Syrian fighting force says it has launched a campaign to clear the Islamic State group from its last pocket in…
Officials say a bus crash in south India has killed at least 23 people
HYDERABAD, India (AP) — Officials say a bus crash in south India has killed at least 23 people.
Border between former rivals Eritrea and Ethiopia officially opens after 2 decades, Eritrean minister says
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Border between former rivals Eritrea and Ethiopia officially opens after 2 decades, Eritrean minister says.
Trump administration considers sanctions against Chinese officials over human rights violations: report
The Trump administration is considering action against Chinese senior officials and companies in response to Beijing’s detention of 1 million ethnic Uighurs and other minority…
China to regulate online religious activity amid crackdown
BEIJING (AP) — China is rolling out new rules on religious activity on the internet amid an ongoing crackdown on churches, mosques and other institutions…
Bannon says ‘six to a dozen’ administration officials likely behind anonymous op-ed
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon on Monday said the president is facing a “coup” from the so-called “political class” within his administration and…
Humanitarian group says 100 migrants die off Libyan coast
CAIRO (AP) — Doctors Without Borders says more than 100 people have died in a shipwreck off the Libyan coast and the remaining survivors are…
Man convicted of murder in Britain is jailed in New Zealand
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A New Zealand man who was jailed in Britain for more than 11 years after murdering his Oxford girlfriend and…
Ken Starr says he considered perjury charges against Hillary Clinton, in explosive new memoir
Former independent counsel Ken Starr writes in his new memoir that he considered — but ultimately abandoned — the idea of perjury charges against then-first…
The McCarthyite Attack on Ron DeSantis
The media obviously has it in for Ron DeSantis, and the Washington Post has outdone itself with a McCarthyite attack on his talks at events…
‘Minibus’ funding bill moves forward as lawmakers cheer bipartisan deal
House and Senate negotiators announced Monday that they had reached agreement on a package of three spending bills worth $146.5 billion in all.
Assorted Thoughts, Live from the Northeast Corridor
As my Northeast Regional train rattles towards our nation’s capital, I thought I’d share a few odds and ends. Over at The New Republic, Isaac…
With automation, Korean dumplings go global in business bet
INCHEON, South Korea (AP) — Move over pot stickers, here comes another Asian dumpling.South Korea’s largest food company is making a multimillion-dollar bet on “mandu,”…
Republicans’ Senate majority in jeopardy? Tight races raise alarm
For Republican leaders seeking to maintain control of the Senate, some races are becoming a little too close for comfort.
Ken Starr says he considered perjury charges against Hillary Clinton, in explosive new memoir
Former independent counsel Ken Starr writes in his new memoir that he considered — but ultimately abandoned — the idea of perjury charges against then-first…
Vogue Magazine Declares Porn Star Stormy Daniels ‘Resister-in-Chief’
American Vogue, in its latest October issue, has declared porn star Stormy Daniels — who alleges an affair with President Trump — the “Resister-in-Chief.”