Despite the conclusions of the CIA, President Trump indicated that he believes claims by the Saudi crown prince that he had nothing to do with the killing of Jamal Khashoggi. He also dismissed a growing clamor among lawmakers for the kingdom to face more consequences for the murder.
President Trump’s deriding remarks about retired Adm. William H. McRaven came amid broader questions about the commander in chief’s relationship with the military.
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Analysis The president loves to inflate his crowd sizes, sometimes adding tens of thousands of people to the count. But the reality is much, much lower.
Bourj el-Barajneh suffered throughout Lebanon’s civil war. Nearly a quarter of the camp’s population was displaced.
Students take a break in the yard of the Al-Yarmouk school for girls, managed by UNRWA.
Bourj el-Barajneh is one of the most overcrowded refugee camps in Lebanon, and electrical and water infrastructure is precarious.
Like many young people in Bourj el-Barajneh, Ibrahim Qassim, 22, he is unemployed and spends most of his days in cafes or looking for work.
By slashing assistance to Palestinians, the Trump administration is posing the question: Who gets to decide who’s really a refugee?
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The former New York City mayor’s gift, believed to be the largest private donation in modern times to higher education, was made in hopes of making the admissions process at his alma mater “forever need-blind.”
Christopher Blair, 46, sits at his desk at home in Maine and checks his Facebook page, America’s Last Line of Defense. (Jabin Botsford/The Post)
Christopher Blair's political satire page — which began as a practical joke among friends during the 2016 presidential campaign — has become one of the most popular on Facebook among Trump-supporting conservatives over 55.
Many voters ended up on both sides in the midterm elections, voting for Democrats and Republicans in different races.
Election 2018The three-term senator acknowledged defeat after coming up some 10,000 votes short in a recount, giving the Republican governor a victory and increasing the GOP’s majority for next year.
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Analysis President Trump suggested one solution to California’s forest fire problem is to rake the forest floors. He may have gotten the idea from watching TV.
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At the ‘Becoming’ book tour, you can snag a candle, a onesie and get to know the real Michelle Obama
The Washington stop of the tour brought out the former first lady's biggest fans — including her husband.
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