June 2019

Trump Equates Taking Dirt From Russia With Presidential Diplomacy

WASHINGTON — President Trump on Thursday defended his willingness to accept campaign help from Russia or other foreign governments by equating it to the sort of diplomatic meetings he holds with world leaders as the nation’s chief executive. In an interview broadcast on Wednesday night, Mr. Trump had rejected his own F.B.I. director’s recommendation that

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Twitter deletes accounts linked to foreign governments

Twitter says it has deleted nearly 4,800 suspect accounts linked to Iran that the company says secretly pushed that government’s agenda. Twitter is adding those accounts and their tweets to a public database it launched last year to track its battle against government-linked misinformation. It is also adding a smaller number of deleted accounts linked

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Tory leadership: Rory Stewart rejects ‘continuity May’ description

Rory Stewart said the success of his social media campaign has seen him through to the second round of the Conservative leadership race. The international development secretary rejected a claim from the BBC’s Andrew Neil that he was “continuity May”. He told the presenter: “I don’t look anything like the previous PM”, and he negotiated

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Jessica Biel not against vaccinations, just against bill

Actress Jessica Biel says she’s not opposed to vaccinations, but she does not support a bill in California that would limit medical exemptions. The 37-year-old has drawn criticism after appearing this week in Sacramento with vaccination skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to voice concerns about the measure. Biel posted on Instagram Thursday morning that she

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