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WATCH Terrifying moment Iran unveils red flag at Mosque warning of severe battle to come — IRAN has issued a terrifying warning to the US as it raised a red flag over the Holy Dome Jamkarān Mosque as a symbol of a severe battle to come. — Iran and US tensions are at an all-time high following …
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How Trump decided to kill a top Iranian general — On Sunday, President Trump's most senior national security advisers joined him at his Mar-a- — Lago resort in Florida, where Trump was beginning the second week of his holiday vacation. The officials told reporters that U.S. F-15 Strike Eagles …
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The Dangers Posed by the Killing of Qassem Suleimani — The killing of Qassem Suleimani, the Iranian commander targeted by an American strike Thursday night, is the most consequential act taken against the regime in Tehran in thirty years—even if we don't know what those consequences will be.
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Trump Told Mar-a-Lago Pals to Expect ‘Big’ Iran Action ‘Soon’ — Attendees of a closed-door Senate briefing didn't get much more clarity than the club guests did. Instead, officials spun Soleimani's slaying as a way to “de-escalate” tensions. — In the five days prior to launching …
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Iran general steps out of Soleimani's shadow to lead proxies — This undated photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, shows Maj. Gen. Esmail Ghaani. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei later on Friday appointed Qassem Soleimani's deputy …


Gen. Petraeus on Qasem Soleimani's killing: 'It's impossible to overstate the significance' — Listen to the story. — The United States is sending nearly 3,000 additional troops to the Middle East from the 82nd Airborne Division as a precaution amid rising threats to American forces in the region, the Pentagon said on Friday.



Protests planned across US to condemn Trump administration actions in Iraq, Iran
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On foreign policy, Trump flouts risks that gave others pause
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More than 70 protests planned across US against Soleimani strike
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Trump plunges toward the kind of Middle Eastern conflict he pledged to avoid
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Trump Kills Iran's Most Overrated Warrior
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Was the drone attack on Iranian general an assassination?
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How Trump made the decision to kill Suleimani
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Trump children are 2 of the top 4 choices for Republicans in 2024 — Ready to skip 2020 and go straight to 2024? In a new SurveyMonkey poll, Republican voters chose children of President Trump — Don Jr. and Ivanka — as two of the top four picks for president in five years.
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Fresh Cambridge Analytica leak ‘shows global manipulation is out of control’ — Company's work in 68 countries laid bare with release of more than 100,000 documents — An explosive leak of tens of thousands of documents from the defunct data firm Cambridge Analytica is set to expose …


Terry Gilliam faces backlash after labeling #MeToo a ‘witch-hunt’ — Director told the Independent he was ‘tired, as a white male, of being blamed for everything that is wrong with the world’ — The director Terry Gilliam has invited renewed backlash after repeating his claim that he is a …
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Pence falsely links Iranian general to 9/11 attacks — On Friday afternoon, Vice President Mike Pence took to Twitter to justify the targeted U.S. attack that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Suleimani. — But scholars say his tweets contain several inaccuracies, including an allegation …
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Pence Links Suleimani to 9/11. The Public Record Doesn't Back Him.
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New York Dangled Extra Incentives in Initial Bid to Lure Amazon HQ2 — E-commerce retailer was offered $800 million more in tax credits and grants than previously known


Meat Loaf says Greta Thunberg has been brainwashed into thinking climate change is real — The singer thinks the activist has ‘been forced’ into her beliefs — Rock musician Meat Loaf thinks Greta Thunberg has been brainwashed into thinking climate change is real.
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QAnon Believer Teamed Up With Conspiracy Theorists to Plot Kidnapping, Police Say — Conspiracy theorist Cynthia Abcug allegedly predicted that “Satan worshipers” would be killed in a raid by QAnon believers. — Colorado mother Cynthia Abcug became an unlikely star on the fringe right …


The Other Reason Republicans Won't Cross Trump — If President Donald Trump is booted from office, the catalyst looks certain to be the November election, not impeachment. The Senate has yet to convene an impeachment trial, and the recent killing of an Iranian general could further complicate lawmakers' timing.
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Trump briefed Graham on airstrike, but kept Dems in the dark
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China Replaces Its Top Representative in Hong Kong With an Enforcer — After months of protests and an electoral defeat for pro-Beijing political parties, an official with a record of difficult assignments is on the way. — BEIJING — The Chinese government abruptly replaced its top representative …
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Harvey Weinstein addresses his pending criminal trial — Harvey Weinstein's attorney on his defense — (CNN)Days away from the start of a criminal trial at the center of the #MeToo movement and a potential conviction that could send him to prison for decades, Harvey Weinstein is addressing …


‘He was sent to us’: at church rally, evangelicals worship God and Trump — Friday's rally recognized Trump's need to retain the loyalty of the evangelical voting bloc that propelled him to victory in 2016 — They came to pray with their president, though in truth many came just to worship him.
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Members of Congress Own Up to $93 Million in Fossil Fuel Stocks — As dire climate change projections mount, one in four members of Congress is invested in oil, gas, or coal interests. — EDITED BY — Climate scientists predict climate change will have catastrophic effects in the coming decades …