New Afghanistan Deployments Could Happen Within Days
Source: Time BY Lolita C. Baldor and Matthew Pennington / AP Updated: 9:28 PM ET (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s plan to end America’s longest war and eliminate Afghanistan’s rising […]
Walmart and Google to offer voice-enabled shopping
Source: BBC News Corporate giants Walmart and Google are teaming up to enter the voice-shopping market, currently dominated by Amazon. From next month, US consumers will be able to buy […]
Trump says he is willing to ‘close government’ to build Mexico wall
Source: BBC News Donald Trump says he will close down the US government if necessary to build his wall along the Mexico border. The president told supporters at a “Make […]
With Steve Bannon out of the White House the military is now firmly in charge of Afghan policy
Breitbart, with Bannon once again running it, is already openly deriding Trump with one piece headlined ‘His McMaster’s Voice: Is Trump’s Afghanistan policy that different from Obama’s?’ Kim Sengupta The sending of more troops to Afghanistan by Donald Trump was not, in the end, unexpected. It was, however, a […]
Trump has been subject to a military coup behind the scenes – this is the beginning of the end for his presidency
He is now so enfeebled that the Generals and Admirals are not just emboldened to ignore his orders with contempt (not a blind bit of notice was taken of his ban on transgender people in the military). They are dictating foreign policy even when it directly undermines the support of […]
King meets senior adviser to US president
Discussions cover Mideast peace process, region By JT – Aug 23,2017 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah receives Senior Adviser to the US President Jared Kushner in Amman […]
Can Faith Leaders Help America Heal After Charlottesville?
Source: American University Radio GUEST HOST: STEPHEN HENDERSON Presidents are expected to serve as moral leaders. But after the shows of hatred and violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, many Americans are turning to […]
Trump offers nothing new to solve Afghan problems: analysts
FRENCH PRESS AGENCY – AFP KABUL An Afghan man watches the TV broadcast of the U.S. President Donald Trump’s speech, in Kabul, Afghanistan August 22, 2017. (REUTERS Photo) U.S. President Donald Trump has vowed success in Afghanistan, but analysts say his strategy contains nothing new against enemies which his predecessors […]
Huge stash of Trump-shaped ecstasy pills seized in north Germany
Source: The Local Around 5,000 ecstasy pills shaped like the head of the US President were confiscated by police in Lower Saxony on Saturday. Have you ever wondered what it’s like to live inside Donald Trump’s head? Well, German police have seized a party drug that lets you experience the […]
US-led strikes killed 27 civilians Sunday in Syria’s Raqqa — monitor
UN estimates there are up to 25,000 civilians trapped inside Raqqa By AFP – Aug 21,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Smoke rises after an air strike during fighting between members of the Syrian Democratic Forces and Daesh militants in Raqqa, Syria, on Sunday (Reuters photo) BEIRUT — US-led coalition strikes on […]
Why Trump’s Afghan strategy risks the worst of both worlds
Open-ended commitment to send in more troops leaves US and allies without clear mission in middle of worsening conflict Donald Trump’s proposed troop reinforcement of about 4,000 is ‘a drop in the ocean’. Photograph: UPI/Barcroft Images Simon Tisdall Tuesday 22 August 2017 10.35 BSTLast modified on Tuesday 22 August 201711.05 BST […]
Prominent U.S. religious conservatives defend Trump after Charlottesville
Source: Reuters By Doina Chiacu and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two prominent religious conservatives defended U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday after he was widely criticized for blaming both white […]
Some Liberty University Grads Are Returning Their Diplomas To Protest Trump
Source: NPR By SARAH MCCAMMON A group of alumni from one of the country’s most influential evangelical Christian universities is condemning their school’s president for his continued alignment with President Trump. […]
Megachurch pastor resigns from Trump’s evangelical council
Source: The Washington Post By Sarah Pulliam Bailey August 18 Evangelical author Eric Metaxas (left) and megachurch pastor A.R. Bernard (right) at the White House on May 4, 2017. (Photo courtesy of […]
Here are the Confederate memorials that will be removed after Charlottesville
Source: CNN By Jessica Suerth Updated 1059 GMT (1859 HKT) August 21, 2017 (CNN) More than 150 years after the Civil War ended, the Confederacy is memorialized with statues, monuments […]
Elisabeth Moss defends Scientology after fan compares it to Gilead
Source: The Guardian Actor, who was raised a Scientologist, denies that the movement is similar to the fictional regime in The Handmaid’s Tale Moss is famously reluctant to talk about […]
Thousands of Counter-Protesters March Against White Nationalism in Boston a Week After Charlottesville
Source: Time BY Katie Reilly/Boston, Mass. Updated: 8:05 PM ET Thousands of counter-protesters marched through Boston on Saturday in response to a right-wing “free speech” rally, one week after deadly clashes erupted at a white […]
Trump is the boy in the bubble
Source: CNN In the 1976 TV movie “The Boy in the Plastic Bubble,” the main character, played by John Travolta, is a kid who lacks an immune system to protect him from infection. He suffers from the isolation of life inside a sealed environment. Based on a true story, the […]
The wise man Trump should listen to
Source: CNN “Well, there are two things that can wipe us out,” said Shultz. “One is nuclear weapons and the other is climate change. I worry about both of those things.” It was surreal to hear Shultz, credited with helping President Ronald Reagan bring an end to the Cold War, offer […]
Voyager: Inside the world’s greatest space mission
Source: BBC News By Richard Hollingham In a beige-coloured cubicle, on the ground floor of a nondescript suburban office block in Pasadena, California, history is being made. In fact, […]