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This is a story about how the FBI came to investigate a joke I tweeted about fake news. I'm a journalist, and I've written lots of stories about the FBI. I don't think the bureau is retaliating agains...
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A week after Breitbart News published a wildly inaccurate article chalking climate change up as a hoax, The Weather Channel decided to teach the hyper-conservative news outlet a thing or two about sci...
Last Friday, president-elect Donald Trump broke with nearly 40 years of precedence by talking over the phone with President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan. Regardle of who made the call, reporting by The Was...
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President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will cancel Boeing's contract to build a new Air Force One, citing "out of control" costs. Trump tweeted, "Boeing is building a brand new 747 Air Forc...
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NEW YORK ― Lydia Polgreen, a New York Times a ociate masthead editor and editorial director of NYT Global, has been named editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post. Polgreen, 41, will succeed Arianna Huf...
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Syria rejects any ceasefire negotiated by any party in rebel-held eastern Aleppo unle what it describes as terrorist groups there depart, its Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday in a statement carried b...
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President-elect Donald Trump has nominated a man for secretary of Housing and Urban Development who thinks Islam isn't a religion and has argued that there's a covert Muslim plot to destroy the U.S. f...
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WASHINGTON – For fans disappointed that Donald Trump no longer hosts "The Apprentice," here's good news: The president-elect will continue a real-life version of his series over the coming days...
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel threw support behind a partial ban on burkas and niqabs in Germany on Tuesday, drawing applause from the audience. "The full-face veil is not acceptable in our country,...
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The annual Kennedy Center Honors are always a delight for the soul, boasting epic musical performances and heartfelt speeches. Thanks to Barack and Michelle Obama, these evenings have been a treat for...
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A Republican member of the Electoral College from Texas has promised to vote against Donald Trump during the college's meeting Dec. 19, saying the president-elect "shows daily he is not qualified for...
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was so moved to hear a Syrian refugee reflect on his life in Canada that he actually broke down in tears. Trudeau personally greeted Vanig Garabedian, a Syrian O...
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WASHINGTON ― Vice President Joe Biden made an emotional return to the U.S. Senate on Monday when it voted to rename part of a major piece of legislation for his late son, Beau. As president of th...