July 2019

Trump Sends New Mixed Signals on ‘Send Her Back’ Chant

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — President Trump on Saturday extended the debate over a chant of “send her back!” at his campaign rally in North Carolina this week when he retweeted a right-wing British commentator with a long history of anti-Muslim remarks, including a call for a “final solution,” that has drawn repeated outrage and condemnation. Sending

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Hot weather is intensifying hold on much of East, Central US

Americans from Texas to Maine sweated out a steamy Saturday as a heat wave canceled events from festivals to horse races and pushed New York City to order power-saving steps to avoid overtaxing the electrical grid. The National Weather Service said “a dangerous heat wave” was expected to break record highs in some places, particularly

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Fact-Checking Trump’s Claims That Democrats Are Radical Socialists

And Mr. Trump’s fellow Republicans have long advocated various government giveaways to corporations, which Mr. Sanders and others have deemed “corporate socialism.” What Mr. Trump said “There’s a rumor the Democrats are going to change the name of the party from the ‘Democrat Party’ to the ‘Socialist Party.’” Putting aside the fact that it is

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Nation celebrates 50th anniversary of 1st lunar footsteps

A moonstruck nation celebrated the 50th anniversary of humanity’s first footsteps on another world Saturday, gathering in record heat at races and other festivities to commemorate Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s “giant leap” on Apollo 11. At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, cars were backed up for miles outside the visitor complex at opening time. In

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