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George Washington University has hired a former Al-Qaeda recruiter and propagandist to work as a Research Fellow at its Center for Cyber & Homeland Security.
Seamus Hughes, Deputy Director of the Program on Extremism at the center, told CNN that Jesse Morton, formerly known as Younus Abdullah Muhammad, brings a “unique perspective” to counter-terrorism work and…
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MSNBC guest Christina Greer aired her grief during a panel discussion on Tuesday that disgraced, former Congressman Anthony Weiner would not be able to play Donald Trump in Hillary Clinton’s debate prep.
“She really needs someone on her team,” said Greer, an associate professor of Political Science at Fordham University. “I thought it was going to be Anthony Weiner ……
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President Obama’s secretary of state recommends keeping Americans in the dark about terrorism.
Secretary of State John Kerry said during a press conference in Bangladesh Tuesday morning that the media would “do us all a service” if they didn’t cover terrorism “quite as much.”
That way, “People wouldn’t know what’s going on.”
“No country is immune from terrorism," said…
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The White House issued a press release on Monday indicating that the Obama administration will meet its set goal of admitting 10,000 Syrian refugees “more than a month ahead of schedule.”
“Less than a year ago, in response to an historic global refugee crisis, involving millions of Syrians in flight from violence and conflict, President Obama directed his Administration to…
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CNN took it upon itself to alter one of Donald Trump’s tweets about Hillary Clinton, removing the “Crooked” moniker he uses to describe his presidential rival.
On Sunday, during a segment about how Trump has called on Clinton to release her medical records, CNN displayed and read on air what appeared to be an original tweet from the Republican presidential candidate.
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan met with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Monday.
As a gift, Zuckerberg offered Pope Francis a model of a drone that Facebook hopes will help expand Internet access around the world.
“Priscilla and I had the honor of meeting Pope Francis at the Vatican,” Zuckerberg wrote on Facebook following the meeting. “We told him…
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Country legend Dolly Parton in a Friday interview with CNN to promote her new album "Pure and Simple" shared her thoughts on the 2016 presidential election.
She called this year’s race for the White House the “greatest show on television right now.”
“You can’t not watch it,” said Parton. “It’s crazy.”
She added that, between Republican presidential nominee Donald…
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It has been 265 days since Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton last held a press conference.
It would come as no surprise if she holds out on doing so until after the election in November, as Clinton continues to avoid taking questions from members of the press outside of scheduled, one-on-one interviews.
Following her speech in Reno, Nevada, on…
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As the outbreak continues to spread, the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) is amping up its initial recommendations for Zika virus screening in blood donations and blood components, now calling for "universal testing" in the U.S. and its territories.
“The FDA is updating its guidance after careful consideration of all available scientific evidence, consultation with…
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A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck central Italy early Wednesday, southeast of the city of Perugia and northeast of the capital, Rome.
The quake struck just after 3:30 a.m. and had several aftershocks.
There are reports of collapsed buildings and people trapped under rubble in Amatrice, a town located near the epicenter of the quake.
“The roads in and out of the…
