The body has been accused of unfairly targeting Israel, and Trump aides are questioning its usefulness. By NAHAL TOOSI and ELIANA JOHNSON The Trump administration is considering pulling the United States out of the United Nations Human Rights Council, a body that has been accused of being biased against Israel and criticized for including abusive […]
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President Trump is losing his war with the media
By Aaron Blake President Trump berated the media repeatedly at his press conference on Feb. 16, calling CNN, the New York Times and other outlets “dishonest” and “very fake news,” for reporting unfavorable stories about him. (Video: Reuters / Photo: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) It’s pretty clear what President Trump is doing by going after the […]
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From Headline to Photograph, a Fake News Masterpiece
Image:Cameron Harris in his home office in Annapolis, Md., on Monday. He created a fake story about an electrical worker who stumbled upon stacked boxes of ballots pre-marked for Hillary Clinton. Credit Gabriella Demczuk for The New York Times. By SCOTT SHANEJAN. 18, 2017 ANNAPOLIS, Md. — It was early fall, and Donald J. Trump, […]
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Women’s March on Washington: What You Need to Know
Credit Carlos Barria/Reuters By KATIE ROGERS The Women’s March on Washington, a project that began with a Facebook page in the hours after the election of Donald J. Trump, quickly grew into a movement. Many thousands of people could visit Washington to march on Jan. 21, the day after the inauguration. Here’s what we know […]
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Trump ‘compromising’ claims: How and why did we get here?
Image copyright AP: The allegations against Donald Trump in the documents read like something from a bad film By Paul Wood BBC News, Washington. Donald Trump has described as “fake news” allegations published in some media that his election team colluded with Russia – and that Russia held compromising material about his private life. The BBC’s […]
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AP-GfK Poll: Clinton Appears On Cusp of Commanding Victory
NEW YORK (AP) — Hillary Clinton appears on the cusp of a potentially commanding victory over Donald Trump, fueled by solid Democratic turnout in early voting, massive operational advantages and increasing enthusiasm among her supporters. A new Associated Press-GfK poll released Wednesday finds the Democratic nominee has grabbed significant advantages over her Republican rival with […]
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U.N. Rights Commissioner Calls Trump ‘Dangerous’
GENEVA — A top United Nations official joined the criticism of Donald J. Trump on Wednesday, warning that his election would threaten international stability. While much of the recent furor against Mr. Trump has focused on a 2005 recording in which he made exceptionally vulgar remarks about women, the United Nations high commissioner for human […]
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Noam Chomsky on Donald Trump: ‘Almost a Death Knell for the Human Species’
(Trump … ‘I’m not sure he knows what he thinks’ Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters) As he appears in new documentary The Divide, the great intellectual explains why Brexit is unimportant, why Trump’s climate change denial is catastrophic – and why revolution is easier than you think. by Leo Benedictus. Have you seen The Divide, the British […]
