In its effort to sell off the lease to the Trump International Hotel in Washington, the Trump Organization has put together a glossy investor brochure complete with pictures showcasing the hotel’s grandiose architecture, its central location and its spa’s Himalayan salt chamber. The hotel’s biggest selling point though, according to a copy of the brochure
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Roger Federer will be the first to admit that beating Novak Djokovic at the ATP Finals on Thursday night doesn’t make up for his gut-wrenching defeat in the Wimbledon final but he avoided a double blow in London and inflicted some woe on the Serb himself. Federer’s convincing 6-4, 6-3 win in front of a
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The fault lines in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary are clear when it comes to health care. On one side are Sens. Bernie Sanders (Vermont) and Elizabeth Warren (Massachusetts) who support “Medicare for All,” a proposal that would eliminate the private health care industry totally and replace it with a government-run system. On the other
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(CNN) — El papa Francisco nominó al sacerdote jesuita español Juan Antonio Guerrero Alves como nuevo ministro de Finanzas del Vaticano, anunció este jueves El Vaticano. El cargo fue desempeñado anteriormente por el cardenal australiano George Pell y ha estado vacante desde febrero de 2019. El cardenal Pell se encuentra actualmente en una cárcel de
Continue Reading The Pentagon pushed back against President Donald Trump’s request to construct a trench along the US-Mexico border to stop illegal border crossings, according to a letter obtained by CNN. “USACE determined that construction of an unreinforced 30′ x 30′ trench, while a deterrent, would take three to five times longer and cost approximately 20 percent
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Academy Award-winning actress Mo’Nique has filed suit against streaming giant Netflix, alleging that they discriminated against her as a black woman. The suit, obtained by CNN, states that Netflix offered the star $500,000 to appear in a one-hour comedy special, while signing multi-million dollar deals with other comedians, including Jerry Seinfeld, Amy Schumer, Dave Chappelle,
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Turkey has begun the process of returning alleged foreign ISIS fighters to their home countries, starting with an American, a Briton and seven Germans. Turkey’s Interior Ministry said an American who is suspected of being an ISIS fighter was being deported the US, a British suspect to London and seven Germans to Berlin. The American
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EL PASO, Texas — The Pumpkin King, a couple of weary Thanksgiving travelers and one of the world’s most beloved groups of animated toys join the big-screen fun in this year’s free holiday movies at the Plaza Theatre as part of the City of El Paso’s 4th annual WinterFest. This year’s series features eight movies,
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President Donald Trump was supposed to sign a partial trade deal with Chinese President Xi Jinping next week, but negotiations over the final text have reached a rough patch, according to people familiar with the matter. It’s not clear when a final text will be ready for the two men to sign. The planned signing
Continue Reading Editors’ note: This story, which originally published on October 10, has been updated with recent events in advance of Marie Yovanovitch’s testimony Friday at an open impeachment inquiry hearing. Ambassador Marie “Masha” Yovanovitch — “someone who has never been hungry for the spotlight,” as one former State Department official described her — has increasingly found
Continue Reading America’s first presidential impeachment process in the age of viral online politics began with out-of-context tweets, internet conspiracy theories and thousands of digital ads. As House Democrats asked detailed questions of two senior US diplomats on Wednesday, the barriers between digital life and the physical world began to break down, with occasionally surreal results. In
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EL PASO, Texas — Erika Contreras still shivers whenever she drives by or pumps gas near the Cielo Vista Walmart in El Paso where an assailant gunned down 22 people over the summer. Sometimes, she and her 70-year-old mother can’t fight the tears — but they know they can’t stay away forever. “I know it’s
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BENTONVILLE, AR (KFSM) — Young girls in our area are getting a glimpse into the construction field with the Girls in Construction conference. Students from all four Rogers Middle Schools, as well as the Bentonville Ignite Program students, were invited to Northwest Arkansas Community College for the conference.
Continue Reading We don’t usually think of dragons as holiday-oriented creatures, but don’t worry about that. The new John Lewis ad is here to change your perception. The British retailer’s holiday ads have become a must-watch feature to mark the season since 2007. This year, the company joined up with Waitrose, a British supermarket chain, to take
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WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to block a Manhattan grand jury subpoena for copies of his financial records and tax returns, teeing up a test of Trump’s expansive claims of immunity. The case marks the first time lawyers for the President have gone to the Supreme Court
Continue Reading President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to block a Manhattan grand jury subpoena for copies of his financial records and tax returns, teeing up a test of Trump’s expansive claims of immunity. Read the brief here:
Continue Reading The Republican National Committee will hold their annual winter meeting at President Donald Trump’s National Doral Miami resort in Florida, CNN has learned. The move comes one month after Trump abruptly reversed his decision to host next year’s G7 summit at the same property in south Florida, following criticism from both parties. A spokesman for
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Former President Bill Clinton on Thursday said the House Democrats’ impeachment probe should not prevent President Donald Trump from working with Democrats on issues such as gun control. His comments came hours after a deadly shooting at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California. He told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “The Lead” that it is
Continue Reading At some point in the next 24(ish) hours, President Donald Trump is expected to release a rough transcript of an April telephone conversation he had with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The President has been teasing the release of the call notes for days now — and CNN’s Ted Barrett has reported that Trump actually showed
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Ottawa University will take donations for $10 million, Alex. Just a month after beloved Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek donated $1.2 million to the university, his alma mater, Trebek decided to “round up the number” to make his overall contribution a cool $10 million. The school said half of Trebek’s most recent gift will go to
Continue Reading Deval Patrick officially announced a late-entry 2020 presidential campaign on Thursday, thrusting the former Massachusetts governor into an already crowded field of Democratic candidates less than three months before the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary. “In many ways, it has felt to me watching the race unfold that we are beginning to break into
Continue Reading (CNN) — Hay un cachorro de 10 semanas de edad en Missouri con una cola saliendo de su frente. Sí, su frente. No, no se mueve. Y, de forma apropiada, su nombre es Narwhal (ballena narval). Bueno, su nombre completo es “Narwhal, el pequeño unicornio peludo mágico”, según la organización sin fines de lucro de
Continue Reading House Democrats are publicly holding out hope that historic impeachment hearings will persuade a vast majority of the American public that President Donald Trump committed high crimes and misdemeanors — but privately many acknowledge that it’s unlikely to happen. In a private meeting this week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her top lieutenants were skeptical
Continue Reading The University of Southern California has sent students another letter addressing the high number of student deaths this semester, this time warning them about the dangers of opioid abuse — and the risks that some recreational drugs may be tainted. Nine USC students have died since the start of the semester — an unusually high
Continue Reading President Donald Trump appears poised to make good on his vow to release a transcript of his first phone call with the Ukrainian President after a month-and-a-half-long debate among aides over the wisdom of making another conversation public. In a transcript of the call reviewed by CNN, Trump offers his congratulations to Zelensky for his
Continue Reading House Speaker Nancy Pelosi argued on Thursday that the President’s actions in the Ukraine scandal constitute “bribery” and that President Donald Trump has admitted to it himself, the latest and most high-profile Democrat to use that word when describing Trump’s conduct. “What the President has admitted to and says it’s perfect, I’ve said it’s perfectly
Continue Reading Nota del editor: Pedro Bordaberry es profesor de la George Washington University, doctor en Derecho y Ciencias Sociales y político uruguayo. Las opiniones expresadas en esta columna son exclusivas del autor. (CNN Español) — Lo que sucede hoy en Latinoamérica es mucho más profundo de lo que muchos imaginan. Se está poniendo a prueba la
Continue Reading An impromptu effort to pass a gun background check bill in the Senate unanimously was quickly nixed by a Republican senator who said it would infringe on Second Amendment rights, as news of a mass shooting at a California high school came rolling in Thursday morning. Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut requested that the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FREMONT, CA (KPIX) — A mother and her son were on a waitlist for a homeless shelter for 18 months and once they got in, they were kicked out eight months later due to a mental health outburst. “I was told I had an hour to get my
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Motorists in the Netherlands will soon have to slow down to do their bit to tackle climate change. The Dutch government put forward a new climate change package on Wednesday. It includes a controversial proposal to lower the day-time speed limit on motorways to just 100 km/h (62 mph) from the current 130 km/h (80
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