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ISTANBUL — Turkey’s main opposition claimed a decisive victory on Sunday in Istanbul’s re-run election, dealing one of the biggest blows to President Tayyip Erdogan during his 16 years in power and promising a new beginning in the country’s largest city. Ekrem Imamoglu, mayoral candidate of the secularist Republican People’s Party, was leading with 54 percent of votes against 45 percent for Erdogan’s AK Party candidate, with more than 99%…

ISTANBUL — Turkey’s main opposition claimed a decisive victory on Sunday in Istanbul’s re-run election, dealing one of the biggest blows to President Tayyip Erdogan during his 16 years in power and promising a new beginning in the country’s largest city. Ekrem Imamoglu, mayoral candidate of the secularist Republican People’s Party, was leading with 54 percent of votes against 45 percent for Erdogan’s AK Party candidate, with more than 99%…

Video President Trump calls off a retaliatory strike against Iran Trump sends mixed messages on how he would respond to Iran downing a US drone before deciding to call off a retaliatory air strike; Karl Rove, Mo Elleithee, Emily Jashinsky and Howard Kurtz weigh in on the topic. President Trump has faced criticism from his own party for not being tough enough on Iran, and now two of his potential…

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg said he believes people living in the U.S. illegally should be allowed to obtain government healthcare. “That needs to be available to everyone, there needs to be a way for people of any immigration status to participate,” said Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., who was speaking at the “We Decide” forum hosted by Planned Parenthood’s political arm on Saturday. Buttigieg…

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Video 7 killed, 3 injured in NH crash The group killed were part of Marine JarHeads, a motorcycle club consisting of honorably discharged Marines and their spouses; Jacqui Heinrich reports. New Hampshire officials released the names of seven bikers killed Friday evening after their group collided with a pickup truck towing a flatbed trailer. The victims were identified as Michael Ferazzi, 62, of Contoocook, N.H.; Albert Mazza, 49, of Lee, N.H.;…

Video President Trump calls off a retaliatory strike against Iran Trump sends mixed messages on how he would respond to Iran downing a US drone before deciding to call off a retaliatory air strike; Karl Rove, Mo Elleithee, Emily Jashinsky and Howard Kurtz weigh in on the topic. President Trump has faced criticism from his own party for not being tough enough on Iran, and now two of his potential…

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Ekrem Imamoglu hailed the result as a “new beginning” for the city Turkey’s ruling party has lost control of Istanbul after a re-run of the city’s mayoral election, latest results show. The candidate for the main opposition party, Ekrem Imamoglu, won 54% of the vote with nearly all ballots counted. He won a surprise victory in March which was annulled after the ruling AK party…

Video President Trump calls off a retaliatory strike against Iran Trump sends mixed messages on how he would respond to Iran downing a US drone before deciding to call off a retaliatory air strike; Karl Rove, Mo Elleithee, Emily Jashinsky and Howard Kurtz weigh in on the topic. President Trump has faced criticism from his own party for not being tough enough on Iran, and now two of his potential…

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Ekrem Imamoglu hailed the result as a “new beginning” for the city Turkey’s ruling party has lost control of Istanbul after a re-run of the city’s mayoral election, latest results show. The candidate for the main opposition party, Ekrem Imamoglu, won 54% of the vote with nearly all ballots counted. He won a surprise victory in March which was annulled after the ruling AK party…

Video President Trump calls off a retaliatory strike against Iran Trump sends mixed messages on how he would respond to Iran downing a US drone before deciding to call off a retaliatory air strike; Karl Rove, Mo Elleithee, Emily Jashinsky and Howard Kurtz weigh in on the topic. President Trump has faced criticism from his own party for not being tough enough on Iran, and now two of his potential…

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Ekrem Imamoglu hailed the result as a “new beginning” for the city Turkey’s ruling party has lost control of Istanbul after a re-run of the city’s mayoral election, latest results show. The candidate for the main opposition party, Ekrem Imamoglu, won 54% of the vote with nearly all ballots counted. He won a surprise victory in March which was annulled after the ruling AK party…

WASHINGTON — President Trump on Sunday shrugged off the brutal dismembering of Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist, just days after a United Nations report described how a team of Saudi assassins called Mr. Khashoggi a “sacrificial animal” before his murder. The U.N. report urged an F.B.I. investigation into the slaying. But in an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Mr. Trump said the episode had already been thoroughly investigated….

Video Biden tries to wrestle credit for the economy away from Trump 2020 Democrat hopeful Joe Biden tweets that President Trump is squandering a growing economy he inherited from the Obama administration; Peter Doocy reports. President Trump said that he would prefer to run against former Vice President Joe Biden than have to face another campaign against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Trump, who has continued to launch criticisms…

The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office on Sunday released the names of seven people who died in an accident Friday evening, when a pickup truck towing a flatbed trailer collided with 10 motorcyclists in northern New Hampshire. The deceased are Michael Ferazzi, 62, of Contoocook, New Hampshire; Albert Mazza, 49, of Lee, New Hampshire; Daniel Pereira, 58, of Riverside, Rhode Island; Joanne and Edward Corr, both 58, of Lakeville, Massachusetts;…

The Pentagon conducted a cyberattack on computer systems in Iran that control rocket and missile launches, sources familiar with the matter confirmed to CBS News. President Trump reportedly approved the cyberattack. This came as Mr. Trump decided Friday to back off the launch of a retaliatory military strike on Iran after it downed an unmanned U.S. drone earlier this week. The president said that the casualty count of the strike, which he…

Video President Trump delays ICE raids Acting ICE Director Mark Morgan on why President Trump has postponed ICE raids. President Trump decided Saturday to postpone Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids and mass deportations across the country, set to begin Sunday, to give Democrats more time to reach a bipartisan agreement about the immigration crisis at the southern border. TRUMP DELAYS PLANNED ICE RAIDS TO SEE IF CONGRESS CAN SOLVE BORDER…

Video Rookie Sacramento cop fatally shot after gunman ambushes police responding to domestic violence call 26-year-old Tara O’Sullivan is the first Sacramento officer killed in the line of duty in 20 years; Christina Coleman reports. Police in Sacramento, Calif., released dramatic body-camera footage Friday in connection with the fatal shooting of a 26-year-old rookie cop. Officer Tara O’Sullivan was shot several times, with at least one of her wounds being…

Customers line up to enter the Bergdorf Goodman store in New York City in this 2010 file photo. Advice columnist E. Jean Carroll claims President Trump sexually assaulted her in a dressing room at the Manhattan department store in the ’90s. Stephen Chernin/AP hide caption toggle caption Stephen Chernin/AP Customers line up to enter the Bergdorf Goodman store in New York City in this 2010 file photo. Advice columnist E….

A telling moment came in March when Mr. Pompeo visited Jerusalem, where he spoke with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the threat that Iran poses to Israel. An interviewer from the Christian Broadcasting Network posed a question around a biblical tale about a queen who saved Jews from being massacred by a Persian viceroy: Did Mr. Pompeo think President Trump had been “raised for such a time as this, just…