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on November 11, 2016 in World News

Obama Administration Gives up on Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)

by Joel B. Pollak Donald Trump’s victory in Tuesday’s presidential election has prompted President Barack Obama to abandon the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement, the Wall Street Journal reported late Friday. According to the Journal, the White House had hoped to push the deal forward in the lame-duck session of Congress, assuming Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton had won the election. Her loss has already changed the political landscape: Just days after Donald Trump surprise victory, U.S. officials said Republican congressional leaders had made clear that they wouldn’t consider the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership in the remainder of Mr. Obama’s term. The White House… View Article

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on November 11, 2016 in World News

Trump Personally Calls Slain NYPD Officer’s Widow Offering Condolences

by Alex Swoyer President-elect Donald Trump offered condolences to the family of slain NYPD Sgt. Paul Tuozzolo on Thursday, speaking to the officer’s widow. “I’m very sorry I cannot be there with you today. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family during this difficult time,” Trump said to Tuozzolo’s wife, according to the New York Post. On Thursday, thousands of officers honored Tuozzolo at his funeral. “I want to express my condolences from me and my family,” Trump reportedly stated. Tuozzolo had two children. He was shot and killed by a ex-con Manuel Rosales last week after responding to… View Article

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on November 11, 2016 in World News

OP-ED: Dear Liberals: Not Everyone Riots After Political Setbacks, Just You

by John Hayward Dear liberals who are trying to dismiss the Clinton riots as an understandable expression of universal human nature: No, it’s not universal. It’s just you. There is no equivalent urge to large-scale political violence on the Right. Let’s get the nomenclature out of the way right up front: they’re not “Trump riots.” They’re Clinton/Obama riots. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama could shut a great deal of the violence down by speaking out against it, with passion and without qualifications. Neither of them has done so, as of Friday. The media could help by demanding Clinton and Obama… View Article

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