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Brazilian official who protects Amazon indigenous tribes shot dead
A Brazilian government official who spent more than a decade working to protect indigenous people in the Amazon from loggers, miners and other threats to...
US prepares to step up strikes on Taliban after Trump halts talks
American forces are preparing to redouble a campaign to kill Taliban commanders in Afghanistan, in an attempt to put more pressure on the insurgents...
2020 Democrats embrace mandatory buybacks of assault weapons
As mass shootings pile up, several Democratic presidential candidates are embracing mandated buybacks of assault weapons, a proposal that sharpens the political divide on...
2020 Vision Monday: State by state, Warren is getting closer to the Democratic nomination
Elizabeth Warren has steadily ticked up in national surveys since the start of May, more than doubling her polling average, from 8 percent to...
Netanyahu fights for political life a week before Israel votes
Israel moved into its final week of campaigning Monday for an unprecedented second general election in five months with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu battling...
Chrissy Teigen destroys Donald Trump on Twitter
"Filthy-mouthed" Chrissy Teigen vs. "p**** a** b****" President Trump.
U.S. should side with Hong Kong protesters, says ex-Pentagon chief Mattis
Former U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Monday anti-government protests in Hong Kong were "not an internal" Chinese matter and that the United...
We can’t let the Founders’ Electoral College, Senate trade-offs distort democracy forever
Don't sentimentalize the framers' 1780s horse-trading. They saddled us with a system that is wrong for our times and nearly impossible to change.
Poll: Majority Backs Banning Assault-Style Rifles, Opposes Federal Gun-Confiscation Program
A majority of Americans supports banning the future sale of assault-style rifles but is against a federal gun-confiscation program that would force current owners...
Border Patrol Announces Drastic Decline in Illegal Crossings since May Peak
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has seen a steep drop in illegal border crossings since they peaked in May, CBP commissioner Mark Morgan announced...
