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Trump’s Cabinet picks are among the most conservative in history. What that means for his campaign promises

16 December 2016

Donald Trump promotes himself as a man divorced from party ideology, a president-elect just as open-minded to input from Al Gore as from Newt Gingrich. But with his Cabinet nearly complete, he has chosen one of the most consistently conservative domestic policy teams in modern […]

Trump officially chooses Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke as Interior secretary

16 December 2016

Donald Trump called Josh Earnest “a foolish guy” Thursday after the White House press secretary said the president-elect should stop attacking U.S. intelligence agencies for their conclusion that Russia tried to help Trump win the election. The back-and-forth reflected rising tension between the incoming and […]

Jerry Brown draws line in the sand with Trump on environment

16 December 2016

SACRAMENTO – Gov. Jerry Brown, rallying a room of scientists Wednesday with his most heated rhetoric yet on the topic, suggested California would defy the federal government should President-elect Donald Trump impede the state’s efforts to thwart climate change. “We’ve got the scientists, we’ve got […]

How the famous trees of Altadena’s Christmas Tree Lane were saved in time for Christmas

16 December 2016

TADENA >> Christmas arrived early on Santa Rosa Avenue this year. When a story in our newspapers ran in August about an all-out effort to save dozens of the 150 deodar cedar trees that make up Christmas Tree Lane, the gifts started dropping like manna […]

REPORT: Christmas festivities ongoing in Lebanon

16 December 2016

Christmas festivities and celebrations are still ongoing in Lebanon, where some regions celebrated both Christmas and the Prophet’s Birthday.

RNC strategist Spicer: ‘Zero evidence’ Russian hacks had any impact on the election

16 December 2016

JUDY WOODRUFF: President-elect Trump has now named nearly all of his picks to serve in his Cabinet, but some are not without their controversies. Here to discuss some of those choices, and more, is Sean Spicer. He’s the chief strategist and communications director for the […]

Egypt: Traces of Explosives Found on Victims of Paris Flight

16 December 2016

Traces of explosives were found on some of the victims of the EgyptAir crash in May, Egypt’s Civil Aviation Ministry said. According to a ministry statement Thursday, state prosecutors are expected to take over the investigation into the crash of EgyptAir Flight 804 that killed […]

Iran Increasingly Sees IS as Threat to Islamic Republic

16 December 2016

In an unusual display of public candor, Iranian authorities have said in recent speeches that Islamic State infiltrators are becoming a growing threat to the Islamic Republic. At least three times in recent months, Iranian officials have spoken about breaking up IS-related terror cells and […]

Assad Hails ‘Liberation of Aleppo’ as Historic

16 December 2016

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday said that history would be made with what he referred to as the “liberation of Aleppo.” “What is happening today is the writing of a history written by every Syrian citizen. The writing did not start today. It started […]

Somebody, Please Tell The President-Elect Donald Trump That The U.S.A. Is Not Russia

16 December 2016

aside Trump-Putin-Paul Manafort,, Russian connection The republican President-elect Donald Trump appears to be suffering from the delusion that he will be leading an autocratic federalist country like Russia where the media reporters have to fall in line or else and where the majority of American citizens […]

Assad says taking of Aleppo is historic moment

16 December 2016

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Thursday the world would be different after what he called the “liberation of Aleppo”, describing it as a historic moment. “What is happening today is the writing of a history written by every Syrian citizen. The writing did not […]

5 Ways You Can Support the Victims of Aleppo

16 December 2016

Aleppo’s civilian population is now in greater danger than ever, following reports of atrocities against civilians committed by pro-Syrian government forces poised to retake the city. An emergency U.N. meeting was called on Tuesday to address the humanitarian crisis in the city at the epicenter […]