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Donald Trump has again mused about serving more than the legal limit of two terms as US president, during an extraordinary exchange with reporters outside the White House.  “What they’re doing, is they’re trying the racist deal. And that’s not going to work, because I am the least racist person ever to serve in office, OK?” Mr Trump said on Wednesday in reference to the New York Times, which has angered…

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Former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders will become a contributor for Fox News. Sanders, who was the press secretary for nearly two years, will make her debut on Fox & Friends during its next live audience show on Sept. 6. “FOX News has been the number one news organization in the country for 17 years running and I am beyond proud to join their incredible stable of on-air…

There have been more than 72,000 fire outbreaks in Brazil so far this year, up 84% on the same period in 2018, according to the country’s National Institute for Space Research. More than half were in the Amazon. It followed reports that farmers were feeling emboldened to clear land for crop fields and cattle ranches because the new Brazilian government was keen to open up the region to economic activity….

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A manhunt in Los Angeles county intensified Thursday after a sniper opened fire on a sheriff’s deputy. The deputy, 21-year-old Angel Reinosa, was shot in his bulletproof vest in the parking lot of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lancaster station Wednesday by someone in the apartment building across the street, which is a government-subsidized facility. Lancaster is about an hour north of downtown Los Angeles. Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris…

Video President Trump doubles down on claim that Jews who vote for Democrats are ‘disloyal’ Trump says the Democratic Party has strayed from its support of Israel; reaction from Kayleigh McEnany, national press secretary for President Trump’s reelection campaign, and Scott Bolden, former chairman of the D.C. Democratic Party. Anderson Cooper, one of left-leaning CNN’s advertised straight news hosts, had no issue voicing his opinion on Ivanka Trump Wednesday night….

Denmark is a close American ally deserving of far better from President Trump. The American people, who expect their president will put U.S. interests before his own ego, also deserve better. I say this in light of insults Trump directed at the Danish prime minister on Wednesday after she labeled his efforts to buy Greenland as “absurd.” Trump’s outburst follows his similarly petulant tweet on Tuesday that “based on Prime…

WASHINGTON—President Trump backed away from pursuing new tax cuts to bolster the U.S. economy, a sharp reversal from a day earlier, when he had described several such measures the White House was contemplating. “I just don’t see any reason to,” Mr. Trump told reporters on the South Lawn of the White House when asked if he was pursuing any tax cuts. “We don’t need it. We have a strong economy.”…

Donald Trump started off precisely on-message. Strolling to the end of a White House driveway on Wednesday ahead of his departure for a veterans event in Kentucky, the president began speaking while still walking toward a crowd of waiting reporters. “So the economy is doing very, very well,” he said. With fears of a recession stirring and public confidence in the health of the economy dropping for the first time…

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A cook at a Los Angeles-area hotel was arrested after he allegedly threatened a mass shooting and stockpiled guns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition at his home, police said Wednesday. Rodolfo Montoya, 37, was taken into custody Tuesday at his Huntington Beach home, police said. Montoya was upset over a work-related human resources issue when he told a co-worker at the Long Beach Marriott…

Washington Governor Jay Inslee, who made fighting climate change the central theme of his presidential campaign, announced Wednesday night that he is ending his bid for the 2020 Democratic nomination. Inslee announced his decision on MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show,” admitting it’s become clear that he won’t win.  Inslee has kept open the option of running for a third gubernatorial term throughout his presidential campaign, but didn’t immediately say what…

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines earlier this month. John Locher/AP hide caption toggle caption John Locher/AP Washington Gov. Jay Inslee at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines earlier this month. John Locher/AP Updated at 9:50 p.m. ET Democratic presidential candidate Jay Inslee announced Wednesday that he is withdrawing from the race. “It’s become clear that I’m not going be carrying the ball,…

The Amazon rainforest is burning at an unprecedented rate, and the fires are unlikely starting themselves. Rather they may be set by people in an attempt to clear land for cattle ranching. Cattle ranching is responsible for as much as 80% of the ongoing deforestation of the Amazon rainforest. A significant portion of the global beef supply, including much of the UK’s corned beef supply, originates on land that was…

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Republican groups are pointing to statements made by Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan in response to similar comments from President Trump. “I think any Jewish people that vote for a Democrat, I think it shows either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Tuesday. He later clarified to mean that they would be showing disloyalty…

HONG KONG — A protest at a Hong Kong subway station suddenly escalated into a chaotic free-for-all Wednesday night, before it ended without a violent police confrontation. Hundreds of protesters had gathered for a sit-in at the Yuen Long MTR station, marking the one-month anniversary of a violent July 21 incident in which peaceful demonstrators, wearing black, were attacked by mobs that were dressed in white and linked to local…

Other Jewish Democrats similarly accused Trump of engaging in anti-Semitic tropes about dual loyalty, including Senate Minority Leader Charles SchumerCharles (Chuck) Ellis SchumerSaagar Enjeti: Biden’s latest blunder; Krystal Ball: Did Schumer blow our chance to beat McConnell? Johnson eyes Irish border in Brexit negotiations Lewandowski on potential NH Senate run: If I run, ‘I’m going to win’ MORE (D-N.Y.). “To my fellow American Jews, particularly those who support [President Trump]:…

Trump has not elaborated on how large a payroll tax cut would be. If he were to make such a move, he would not be the first to implement such changes. Former President Barack Obama previously reduced the taxes paid by employees to 4.2%, down from 6.2%, in 2011 and 2012. Yet experts say that the boost consumers get to their pay checks might not be that noticeable. If $10,000…

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