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Pence, Bolton opposed Taliban meeting at Camp David: report
Vice President Mike Pence and national security adviser John Bolton were both opposed to a plan to meet with leaders of the Taliban and Afghanistan’s president at Camp David MORE
Articles by Rachel Kennedy
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Telling the Truth: Falwell Jr.’s Aides Break Their Silence
Over the past year, Falwell, a prominent evangelical leader and supporter of President Donald Trump, has come under increasing scrutiny. MORE
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Nadal: U.S. Open Favorite (but Don’t Count Out the Underdog)
The last 11 majors have been won by Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, an improbable streak. In men’s tennis, this is the first time in history that no current champion is under the MORE
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Trump says he canceled secret Camp David meeting with Taliban leaders
President Donald Trump said Saturday that Taliban leaders were to travel to the US for secret peace talks this weekend but that the meeting has been canceled and he’s called off peace talks with the MORE
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Officials blast NOAA for Backing Trump Over Science
Former top officials of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are assailing the agency for undermining its weather forecasters as it defends President Donald Trump’s statement MORE
Free Chat Friday
Friday Chat Friday, Week 36
Happy Friday, all — I’m calling today a holiday, a day off, a free day; after all, while the Leader of the Free World is obsessively occupied redrawing the map of Dorian and the American South, We the People might as well enjoy just living life, right? MORE
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The Pentagon Wants More Control Over the News. What Could Go Wrong?
If there’s a worse idea than the Pentagon becoming Editor-in-Chief of America, I can’t remember it. But we’re getting there. From Bloomberg over Labor Day weekend: Fake news and social media posts are such a threat to MORE
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Marianne Williamson: Use ‘the power of the mind’ to change Dorian’s course
Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson offered an unorthodox suggestion Wednesday for dealing with Hurricane Dorian: using “the power of the mind” to will the storm elsewhere. Dorian has largely spared Florida the worst of its MORE
Opinion
Donald Trump’s ‘Summer of Winning’ video is a loser
On Tuesday, the White House released a nearly two-minute video titled “The Summer of Winning” that documented a series of alleged — you guessed it! — wins for President Donald Trump and his administration over MORE
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Roger Federer stunned by Former Protegé in US Open quarterfinals
There has been a massive, unexpected development at the US Open: The “Big 3” in the men’s singles draw is down to one. An ailing No. 3 Roger Federer was stunned by Grigor Dimitrov, with the unseeded MORE
Food
Vegan Sues Neighbors for Barbecuing in Their Backyard
Cilla Carden, a vegan massage therapist from Girrawheen—a suburb of the Western Australian city of Perth, believed that her neighbors were using a barbecue as a new front in a long-running war between neighbors. “They’ve MORE
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Pence defends decision to stay at Trump property in Ireland
DOONBEG, Ireland (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence’s staff is defending his decision to stay at one of President Donald Trump’s properties while in Ireland amid criticism by Democrats that he’s enriching Trump at taxpayers’ MORE
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Column: O.J. Simpson should not be celebrated on the USC campus
As the USC Trojans walked through the peristyle entrance of the newly remodeled Coliseum on Saturday, they followed Clay Helton down the concrete steps toward the field, passing six oversized USC jerseys displayed on each MORE
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Roman Polanski film premieres at Venice amid controversy
Argentine director Lucrezia Martel, who is chairing the festival’s jury, said she did not want to “congratulate” the director and that his participation in the festival made her “uncomfortable”. J’Accuse (An Officer and a Spy) stars MORE
Health
Gronkowski: Football was bringing me down
Former New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski became emotional Tuesday morning when describing his decision to retire from the NFL in March. “I want to be clear to my fans. I needed to recover. I was MORE
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Comcast, beware: New city-run broadband: $60 a month
A four year battle between the city of Fort Collins and the forces of Comcast and CenturyLink ended in a win for the consumers. Said one headline in 2017 after the vote: “ “Sorry, Comcast: MORE
Environment
Hurricane Dorian Strengthens Before Hitting Florida
Hurricane Dorian is now a Category 3 major storm and is still gathering strength as it moves toward Florida, where it could make landfall as soon as late Monday as a Category 4 hurricane. All MORE
Lifestyle
When Cities Weaponize Sound
If you were to walk at night along the waterfront in West Palm Beach, Florida, you might hear something strange: A playlist of annoyingly catchy children’s songs — including “Baby Shark” and “Raining Tacos” — blared on loop all MORE
Health
Groups Want Kavanaugh’s Abortion Record Investigated
Next month marks one year since an upset, though collected, Christine Blasey Ford recalled one of the most horrible nights of her life before the world—and one year since Brett Kavanaugh, angry and pursed, denied MORE
Environment
Flint, Newark, and the Crisis of Lead in Water
Tell me if you’ve heard this one before: A US city is facing a public health crisis, after years of denying that it had a problem with lead in its drinking water supply. In 2016, MORE
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Soccer Champ Carli Lloyd: NFL, Women and Field Goals
Champion Soccer Player Carli Lloyd thinks it’s “insane” that video of her making a 55-yard field goal during a visit with the Philadelphia Eagles went viral last week, but she’s confident a woman could be MORE
Health
Michigan warns residents of deadly mosquito-borne virus
Health officials in Michigan have issued a warning to residents as they investigate three possible human cases of a deadly mosquito-borne illness.The disease, known as Eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEE), causes brain inflammation, which can MORE
Americas
Brazil’s Bolsonaro on the Environment, in His Own Words
Facing an avalanche of criticism over the fires raging across the Amazon, President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil pledged that his government would take a “zero tolerance” approach to environmental crimes MORE
Environment
Monster Hybrid Tumbleweed Attacking California
A new invasive species of tumbleweed that can grow up to six feet in height is taking over parts of California—and scientists are warning it could spread even further as climate change makes its growing MORE
Environment
G7 Offers Only $20m for Amazon Aid
The G7’s pledge of $20m (£16m) to douse the fires in the Amazon has been dismissed as “chump change” by environmental campaigners, as concerns grow about political cooperation on deforestation and other climate issues. The MORE