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on November 15, 2016 in World News

Putin Congratulates Trump; Leaders Agree to Boost ‘Historical U.S.-Russia Relationship’

by Michelle Moons Russian President Vladimir Putin called to congratulate United States President-elect Donald J. Trump six days after news broke that Trump had won election to the office of president. The Presidential Transition Team released the following statement regarding the conversation between the two men: President-elect Donald J. Trump today spoke with President Vladimir Putin, who called to offer his congratulations on winning a historic election.  During the call, the two leaders discussed a range of issues including the threats and challenges facing the United States and Russia, strategic economic issues and the historical U.S.-Russia relationship that dates back over… View Article

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on November 15, 2016 in World News

Pence Reaffirms Trump Commitments, Including to Repeal and Replace Obamacare, at Republican Governors Conference

by Michelle Moons Vice President-elect Mike Pence reaffirmed President-elect Donald J. Trump’s commitments today at a conference of the Republican Governor’s Association, where he spoke about Obamacare, national infrastructure, education, the border, and immigration policy. The Trump Presidential Transition Team released the following Monday evening statement regarding the meeting: Vice President-elect Mike Pence today met with two-dozen Republican Governors and Governors-elect during a Governors’ meeting at the Republican Governors Association Annual Conference. During the meeting the Vice President-elect reiterated President-elect Donald J. Trump’s strong commitment to repeal and replace Obamacare and block grant Medicaid funding to state governments to encourage innovation… View Article

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on November 15, 2016 in World News

It’s Not Fair: Liberals Say Stop Congratulating Engaged Couples

by Dr. Susan Berry A fashionable liberal cultural dictum states that congratulating a newly engaged couple should be avoided, because it draws attention to the failure of others to snag a spouse. “I absolutely hate wishing people congratulations on their engagement, and I won’t do it anymore,” writes Ashley Mateo at Redbook, adding that the word “congratulations” is associated with an achievement, not a “grown-up decision made between two people who have discussed their relationship and decided that, hey, they’re clearly better together than not, so why not make it official?” “Landing a husband” is not something you “achieve,” Mateo… View Article

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on November 15, 2016 in World News

Teachers, Parents Who Scared Kids About Trump Now Try to Console Them

by Joel B. Pollak Teachers in California are struggling to calm children down about the election of Donald Trump. At Bay View Elementary in San Pablo, for instance, the East Bay Times reports that a teacher “held what’s called a ‘restorative circle’ with about 24 of her students. They each took turns holding a yellow ball and expressed a gamut of emotions from happiness and sadness to despair to hopelessness about the future.” The students described in the article are nine years old. It is unclear whether any were allowed to express emotions other than fear and despair. In some cases, rather than… View Article

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on November 14, 2016 in World News

Passerby shoots, kills suspect fighting deputy on I-75

A passerby shot and killed a person who was fighting with a Lee County Sheriff’s Office deputy on Interstate 75 Monday morning. Deputy First Class Dean Bardes, a 12-year-veteran, was working a crash at mile marker 126 when the suspect came upon him, causing Bardes to pursue him at high speeds, according to multiple sources. Bardes and the suspect exited their vehicles at the Corkscrew Road exit and a fight started, sources said. The suspect was armed, Bardes told his supervisors, according to sources. The passerby, who had a Concealed Weapons License, exited his vehicle and told the suspect he’d… View Article

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on November 14, 2016 in World News

Trump gets tough, looks to ban Muslim Brotherhood

Obama hosts senior Muslim Brotherhood leader Anas Altikriti at the White House in 2014 President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly preparing to jumpstart a bill in Congress that would ban the Muslim Brotherhood by declaring it a terrorist organization. Trump foreign-policy adviser Walid Pheres told Egyptian news outlet Youm7 that the legislation, introduced a year ago by…

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