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Trump denies disrespecting dead US sergeant
For 12 days, President Trump remained silent about the deaths of four US soldiers in Niger. Two days ago, he was asked why. He answered by accusing former presidents of not calling the families of fallen soldiers, saying he’d written letters and would call. Now he has called the widow of one of the soldiers,…
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Hillary Clinton: Donald Trump’s actions are ‘destabilising and dangerous’
Hillary Clinton has called Donald Trump’s actions “destabilising and dangerous”, and criticised his 2016 campaign for ‘feeding scapegoats and prejudices’. The 2016 Democrat Presidential candidate, speaking to Channel 4 News, covered a wide range of issues, including her own campaign, Donald Trump and the the recent allegations of rape and sexual harassment against film producer Harvey Weinstein.…
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How many Americans think racism is not a problem in the US today? Four graphs that explore race in America.
Race relations are always a significant issue in American public life. FactCheck looks at how perceptions of racism have changed.
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Tensions over North Korea’s missiles continue
Talking is not the answer when it comes to North Korea, Donald Trump warned today, claiming the US had been paying what he called ‘extortion money’ to Pyongyang for years.
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Donald Trump’s tweet about Storm Harvey: it’s nowhere near as rare as he thinks.
Donald Trump and others have described Storm Harvey as a once in 500 year flood. But Houston’s been battered by two other 500-year storms in three years. FactCheck investigates.
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Chaos in Charlottesville: ‘This was a deliberate act of domestic terrorism’
A Charlottesville eyewitness describes the violence ‘as a deliberate act of domestic terrorism’. This report contains some graphic scenes.
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Trump supporter: ‘The left is having a field day’
Trump supporter Neil McCabe, the Armed American Radio Washington editor, says ‘the left are having a field day grandstanding and virtue signalling’ over the Charlottesville violence.
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Former Virginia congressman: ‘This is a national problem’
Former Virginia congressman Tom Perriello, who’s a Democrat, says the violence in Charlottesville is indicative of a ‘national problem’.
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Violence in Virginia – what’s behind white supremacy in the States?
One woman has died and 19 people are injured after a car ploughed into a group of counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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North Korea expert: They’ll believe Trump is ‘bluffing’
Dr John Nilsson-Wright, senior research fellow for north east Asia at Chatham House, says the North Koreans will believe Trump is ‘bluffing’ when it comes to seeing through his military threats.
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Jonathan Freedland: ‘Events are making this fiction come true’
The Trump Presidency has inspired all manner of parody, comedy, and drama. Now it seems remarkably close in a new novel about a fictional, un-named, sociopathic US president declaring war on North Korea. The only way to stop him is a conspiracy in the so-called ‘deep state’ – that supposed combination of government and secret…
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Trump warns North Korea that U.S. is ‘locked and loaded’
President Trump has warned – in a tweet – that military solutions are locked and loaded “should North Korea act unwisely”. His latest comment comes ten days before the annual U.S. / South Korean military exercises in the region begin, exercises that always bring strong condemnation and threats of countermeasures. On the U.S. territory…
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William Cohan: ‘Scaramucci acting with Trump’s approval’
Molly Ball, a writer from the Atlantic magazine, and William Cohan, special correspondent for Vanity Fair, discuss the Trump Presidency.
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Republican senators kill Obamacare repeal bill
It was a night of breathtaking drama, as three Republican senators broke ranks to derail a seven-year effort by their own party to scrap Obama’s healthcare law. Among them, John McCain, who’d delayed his cancer treatment to vote. That would be enough turmoil for most administrations, but not President Trump’s White House. His new communications…
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Versha Sharma: ‘Trump’s endgame is to halt Russia probe’
Bre Payton, a political reporter for the conservative website, The Federalist, and Versha Sharma, a senior correspondent for the liberal digital news platform, Now This, discuss Donald Trump’s relationship with his Attorney General Jeff Sessions.