His critics have made clear they will not defer even for a day to a new leader they accuse of playing to racism and hatred. Demonstrators gathered early Friday morning to protest the new president. Liberal groups have organized a march that they expect to draw as many as 200,000 to downtown Washington on Saturday. […]
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Foreign President Accuses America Of Secretly Aiding Isis
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday accused the U.S.-led coalition fighting in in Iraq and Syria of supporting the Islamic State militant group (ISIS), as well as Syrian Kurds in regions that sit along Turkey’s southern border. “They were accusing us of supporting Daesh,” he told a press conference in Ankara, using an Arabic […]
Irregularities In Key Swing States Could Lead To Recount For Clinton
A group of election lawyers and data experts have asked Hillary Clinton’s campaign to call for a recount of the vote totals in three battleground states — Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania — to ensure that a cyberattack was not committed to manipulate the totals. There is no evidence that the results were hacked or that […]
Trump Declines Salary As President
Donald Trump is defying tradition in more ways than one. The most unconventional president-elect in modern times, who happens to be “really rich,” says he has no plans to take the presidential salary to which he’s entitled. Plus, advisers reportedly say the billionaire businessman wants to continue to spend time at his penthouse apartment in […]
Stock Market Soars Post Election, Corrections Coming
Donald Trump’s election has given a quick boost to stocks, with the Dow Jones industrial average touching all-time highs. Since markets closed Tuesday, the Dow and the S&P 500 are up about 3 percent — and that’s after coming back from the massive Tuesday night drop. Some market observers expect that boom to continue through […]
Obama Invites Trump For a Visit, Calls For Unity
WASHINGTON – President Obama on Wednesday made a plea for national unity after the election of Donald J. Trump, saying that he had instructed his staff members to work as hard as they could starting this week to make the transition of power smooth and successful despite his ample differences with his successor. “It is […]
Donald Trump, Florida Man
Donald J. Trump has a story he liked to tell early in his campaign to win Florida. The first time he told it, he had 144 days to go before the Florida primary. He was in front of hundreds of people at a rally at Trump National Doral, which was fitting because the story is […]