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(AFP) — The United Nations on Friday approved a Russian-led bid that aims to create a new convention on cybercrime, alarming rights groups and Western powers that fear a bid to restrict online freedom.
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Since taking office, President Donald Trump has been meeting with enlisted troops to get a better understanding of how they feel the war in Afghanistan has been progressing. Trump did not want to meet with higher ranking officers, instead choosing to meet with enlisted troops to get a more candid assessment of the America's longest-running war, Business Insider reported. "I want to sit down with some enlisted guys that have been there," Trump reportedly told advisers, according to Peter Bergen, author of "Trump and His Generals: The Cost of Chaos." "I don't want any generals in here. I don't want any officers," he added. Enlisted members of the military may have been seen as better able to critique the war effort as their roles tend to place them closer to combat and the consequences of a command. Enlisted members are also less concerned with the day-to-day politics that might affect higher ranking officers. Trump reportedly compared the opinions of senior military officers to those of
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A spokesperson for Fairfax County Schools confirmed on Thursday that students would be granted a day off each school year for "civic engagement activities."
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Former Vice President Joe Biden said Friday that he would not comply with a subpoena to testify in the Senate impeachment trial against President Trump, should one be issued to him.
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One of only three surviving letters between George Washington and his wife Martha. The letter is a brief but achingly beautiful missive penned during the Revolutionary War.
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A Washington man who was obsessed with the president confessed to shooting his wife and their pets on Twitter — and blamed the National Rifle Association for his actions. Kevin Heimsoth, 56, has been arrested for the murder of his wife Lynn, an elementary school principal, her Golden Retriever, Sukha, and a pet cat on …
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The world is ending next week, in case anyone forgot the climate change predictions made in 2004 by “respected” scientists and military leaders. A report in The Guardian, widely spread back in the days before social media, predicted the United Kingdom would be like Siberia, nuclear weapons would be used to protect dwindling food supplies, and …
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Homelessness In California A Cause Of Concern, California Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom bragged on Twitter this week about his
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When Michael Bloomberg flooded Virginia state legislative contests with his anti-gun groups' cash he got a quid pro quo from victorious Democrats: a near ban of AR-15s and a promise of more anti-gun laws. Now, to make room for all the felons who are predicted to be arrested by cops and the Virgin...
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The militants say the killings are in retaliation for the death of Islamic State's former leader, Abu Bakr al Baghdadi.
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President Trump is right: dominance in space is necessary to protect American interests.
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A private investigation firm made a bizarre intervention in an Arkansas case concerning custody of Hunter Biden's alleged love child Monday.
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Fifty-seven percent of Germans say that "increasingly being told what to say and how to behave" is getting on their nerves. — Survey on self-censorship in Germany, (conducted by Institut für Demoskopie Allensbach for the newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine
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Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg appeared to unwittingly use prison labor to make phone calls on behalf of his 2020 presidential campaign, according to a new report.
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A small group of states think rewarding bad behavior with drivers’ licenses is a good thing.
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News organizations checked voting records; the Pennsylvania GOP demanded an apology.
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THIS WAS DEVASTATING! President Trump hit the Bidens and Pelosi families tonight in one tweet! President Trump shined light on Paul Pelosi’s shady dealings with Ukraine! Wow Crazy Nancy, what’s going on? This is big stuff! https://t.co/hoHSERKgh9 — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 28, 2019 Trump linked to an OAN video of Paul Pelosi’s shady …
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Eight individuals involved in a scheme to funnel millions of dollars in illegal campaign contributions to numerous Democrat politicians and to organizations affiliated with the Democratic Party were recently indicted by a grand jury.
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Katie Pavlich on Friday walked back her assertion that the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s cut of Donald Trump’s Home Alone 2 cameo was “censorship,” noting that the edit took place years before Trump actually became president.During Thursday’s broadcast of Fox & Friends, Pavlich took issue with the CBC axing Trump’s seven-second scene from their airings. After…
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Another year rolls to an end. G-d made it beautiful. Some people adorned the beauty. Others made it ugly. Thus it was like every other year. Remember these moments? Mitt Romney got elected a United States Senator and made his...
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EL PASO, TX—An El Paso man reportedly came down from a "totally crazy" acid trip where he hallucinated that he ran for president."People were calling me 'Beto' for some reason, the press was treating me like a serious candidate. It was totally wild," he told reporters. "Oh man, I thought I said a bunch of insane [FLOWERBE …
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With news of an antitrust probe, congressional hearings on bias, accusations from Peter Thiel of “seemingly treasonous” cooperation with the Chinese government, and ongoing revelations about leftist employees running amok on the company’s voluminous Listservs, Google has had a bad...