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Despite losing the vote for the French Presidency by a two-to-one margin, Marine Le Pen's Front National is expected to make massive gains in the upcoming French Parliamentary elections. Marion Le Pen, niece of Marine Le Pen, and only one of two FN MP's in the French National Assembly has openly stated that that the goal of the FN, for now, is to ensure that "Macron does not have his hands completely free to run the country." If the estimates are right, they will most certainly be in a position to do that, with the party expected to capture anywhere between 40-50 seats in the French Nati -
Politics President Trump Fires FBI Director James Comey
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President Donald Trump told reporters Thursday that he decided to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement rather than terminate the sweeping trade deal after speaking with the leaders from Canada and Mexico. The President told the leaders Wednesday he was not immediately planning to end the North American Free Trade Agreement, a pact which he railed against as a candidate and as recently as last week declared was harmful to US workers. "I decided rather than terminating NAFTA, which would be a pretty big, you know, shock to the system, we will renegotiate," he told -
House Republicans on Thursday passed legislation aimed at repealing and replacing ObamaCare, taking a major step toward a long-held goal and setting in motion an overhaul of the nation’s health system. The narrow 217-213 vote is a victory for GOP leaders, who faced a tumultuous path to getting the bill to the floor. The measure had to be pulled in March because of a lack of votes, but a series of deals since then brought on board the conservative Freedom Caucus and then wavering moderates. The bill, known as the American Health Care Act, repeals the core elements of ObamaC
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The recent strike launched by the US-led coalition some 20 miles to the west of al-Raqqah resulted in hundreds of civilian deaths, as the bombs hit a former school that served as shelter for refugees, as it’s been announced by the Turkish Anadolu news agency. It was added that the bombardment targeted more than 50 families who fled the towns of Hamas, Homs and al-Raqqah in a bid to save their lives. Local sources of the same agency have also reported yet another air strike launched in the in the area of Tabqa city, which has claimed at least 40 lives. Additionally, the US military command -
Here is the backtrack come on girls, are we really going this low now
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"Mrs Merkel warned that Britons were still under the 'illusion' that they could get a better deal than the current one. "A third state, and that's what Britain will be, cannot and will not have at its disposal the same rights ... as members of the European Union," Mrs Merkel said. She added to cheers from German MPs: "I must say this clearly here because I get the feeling that some people in Britain still have illusions - that would be wasted time.' On the issue of the divorce bill, Mrs Merkel said: "We can only do an agreement on the future relationship with Britain when all q -
(MOAB Test Detonation, Florida - 2006) Washington (CNN)The US military has dropped an enormous bomb in Afghanistan, according to four US military officials with direct knowledge of the mission. GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb, nicknamed MOAB, was dropped at 7 p.m. local time Thursday, the sources said. The MOAB is also known as the "mother of all bombs." A MOAB is a 21,600-pound, GPS-guided munition that is America's most powerful non-nuclear bomb. It is the first time that this weapon has been used in combat. The bomb was dropped by an MC-130 aircraft, ope
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Voting machines were reported stolen a day before Georgia’s special congressional election, according to a new report. The equipment was stolen last Saturday evening from a Cobb County precinct manager’s vehicle, Channel 2 Action News said Monday. He did not immediately report the theft. “It is unacceptable that the Cobb County Elections Office waited two days to notify my office of this theft,” Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp said in a statement. “We have opened an investigation, and we are taking steps to ensure that it has no effect on the election tomorrow. I am confi
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This morning, the Republican dominated US Senate voted to confirm President Donald Trump's pick to climb to the highest court in the land, the now Associate Justice to the Supreme Court, and former Colorado federal appeals court judge Neil Gorsuch. His appointment marks the first implementation of the controversial “Nuclear Option” for a nominee to the US Supreme Court. The Nuclear Option, which reduces the number of votes in order to approve a law, a procedure or a nominee to a 50+1 approval by the US Senate, instead of the usual 60 votes, has been infamously used as a weapon by both politica
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Senate Republicans are expected to trigger the “nuclear option” on Thursday, eliminating the minority party’s power to filibuster Supreme Court nominees. The historic vote will ensure the confirmation of Neil Gorsuch, President Trump’s pick for the high court, preserving a conservative majority that had been in doubt after Justice Antonin Scalia’s death early last year. If all goes as expected, Gorsuch will receive a final confirmation vote Friday. It will also be another step in weakening the filibuster, raising questions about whether other instances requiring a 60-vote super
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SO GIRLS. My country, is literally right now in the same situation that United States was months ago. Or even worse. We have a dickhead called Lenin Moreno running for President who has been doing some stuff under the table to get his unfair win. Yesterday night, Guillermo Lasso, who was winning the presidential campaign suddenly LOST against Lenin Moreno who was losing with 4 points under Lasso with 48%. This ocurred in 20 minutes, the website where the votings were handled magically SHUT DOWN and once it was back, Lenin was MAGICALLY winning and everyone lost their damn MINDS. My count
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BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Venezuelan security forces on Tuesday clashed with protesters on the streets of Caracas as thousands gathered to protest a decision by the country’s Supreme Court to seize power from the legislature. While the court reversed the most disputed parts of its ruling on Saturday, that did not stop crowds from massing in a large middle-class Caracas district to accuse President Nicolás Maduro of trying to eviscerate Venezuela’s democratic institutions and establish one-man rule. The National Guard and the national police arrived about an hour after the demonstration began, fi -
President Donald Trump believes he can "solve" North Korea's weapons testing program without the help of Beijing if necessary, according to an interview published in the Financial Times. "If China is not going to solve North Korea, we will," Trump told the newspaper. "That is what I am telling you." When the interviewer followed up, pressing Trump on whether such unilateral action could be successful, the president responded: "Totally." Trump did not provide a larger strategy or additional details, telling the paper: "I don't have to say any more." "I'm not going to tell you," Trump said
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Politics Republicans lose MAJOR Healthcare Battle
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Republicans abandoned their effort to repeal ObamaCare in a stunning defeat Friday, pulling legislation that was headed for an embarrassing loss on the House floor. President Trump asked Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) to pull the measure a day after issuing an ultimatum that the House had to vote on it, a GOP aide said. The decision is a huge setback for Trump, Ryan and the GOP, which has promised for years to repeal ObamaCare. "We are going to be living with ObamaCare for the foreseeable future," Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said at a news conference after he met with his conference -
Politics Germany rejects Trump: We don't owe USA money
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"German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's claim that Germany owes NATO and the United States "vast sums" of money for defense. "There is no debt account at NATO," von der Leyen said in a statement, adding that it was wrong to link the alliance's target for members to spend 2 percent of their economic output on defense by 2024 solely to NATO. "Defense spending also goes into UN peacekeeping missions, into our European missions and into our contribution to the fight against IS terrorism," von der Leyen said. She said everyone wa -
It's official: Each of President Donald Trump’s claims about President Obama wiretapping him during the presidential election has now been officially debunked, under oath, by FBI Director James Comey and National Security Agency Director Adm. Mike Rogers. The statements came during a House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence hearing looking into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election on Monday. Comey also officially stated on the record that the FBI is in fact currently investigating links between Trump allies and Russia. That directly undercut Trump’s long -
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Politics Trump: Germany owes money to NATO and the US
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Donald Trump promised during the campaign to implement a "secret plan" to defeat ISIS, including a pledge to "bomb the hell out of" the terror group in Iraq and Syria. Now, the Pentagon has given him a secret plan, but it turns out to be a little more than an "intensification" of the same slow and steady approach that Trump derided under the Obama administration, two senior officials who have reviewed the document told NBC News. The plan calls for continued bombing; beefing up support and assistance to local forces to retake its Iraqi stronghold Mosul and ultimately the ISIS capita
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Politics Rachel Maddow: "We've got Trump tax returns"
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This is about to get real interesting. If there was nothing scandalous in them, there wouldn't be all this pomp and circumstance. -
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