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GOP insiders: Trump nomination could hobble the party for years
The Republican Party could be maimed for years following the 2016 presidential election, party insiders tell the Washington Examiner. They worry not just that front-runner Donald Trump will lose the general election to Hillary Clinton, but that the disruption he's proudly caused will mean lost elections and diminished influence for years to come. The outlook is so bad that a contested convention to stop the New York businessman is not their biggest worry, they say, even as he gets close to the 1,237 delegates he needs to secure the nomination. Sure, they don't relish the four-day food fight being prepared for the GOP gathering. But the deeper concern is that Trump will remake the party in his own image, breaking it to pieces and ending its existence as America's recognizable and electable conservative party.
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Trump lashes out over Cruz, Kasich working together
Donald Trump said if Ted Cruz and John Kasich colluded in the way they have this election in the business world, they would go to jail. The front-running Republican presidential candidate doubled down on earlier criticisms of the other candidates in a Monday interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity. "It's collusion," he said. "In business you go to jail for that, but it's collusion where they're coming together because they are getting beaten badly."
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Megyn Kelly to interview Trump
Republican front-runner Donald Trump will finally sit with Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly for an interview, according to a report in the New York Post, which is under the same corporate umbrella as Fox News. The interview will take place May 17, according to the report. Trump and Kelly have been engaged in a bitter feud since last summer, when Kelly confronted Trump during a debate with comments he had made in the past disparaging some women.
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CNN: Don't blame our wall-to-wall coverage for Trump's rise
CNN's CEO batted down more criticism on Monday that his network helped contribute to the political ascent of Donald Trump, even as his organization continues to offer lopsided coverage that favors the casino tycoon more than any other 2016 presidential candidate. "We are covering the story, and he's been the Republican front-runner for almost a year now," Jeff Zucker said this weekend. "I only wish that CNN had that much power to be able to create a front-runner on either side."
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Islamic State releases 'kill list' of U.S. officials
The Islamic State has distributed a "kill list" containing the names of U.S. government personnel at the Pentagon, State Department, and Department of Homeland Security, as well as several other federal agencies. The 43 names were distributed Monday by the United Cyber Caliphate over a smartphone messaging application called Telegram, and were accompanied by phone numbers, cities and zip codes.
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| On this day in 1937, the city of Guernica in the Basque Country of northern Spain was bombed by the German Luftwaffe on behalf of Spain's Nationalist army. The number of casualties from the bombing has long been a matter of controversy, but it is now agreed that hundreds of civilians died, as it happened to be market day in the town of 7,000 people and many farmers had come in from the nearby countryside to sell their wares. Three quarters of the city's buildings were destroyed in the bombing. Guernica is considered the first example of terror bombing of a civilian population (two munitions factories in town were left untouched). Three days after the attack, nationalist forces seized the town and continued their march toward Bilbao in a war they would eventually win. |
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Pentagon dances around 'boots on the ground'
Sometimes it's really hard to tell what the Pentagon spokesman is saying, especially when he's discussing the shadowy role U.S. special operations forces are playing in Syria. The ostensible reason for the obfuscation is understandable: security and force protection. But are U.S. troops fighting the Islamic State in Syria? Are they in danger? Are they on the front lines, behind the front lines, or nowhere near the front lines? Are they calling in airstrikes? Providing tactical advice? Weapons? What exactly are they up to?
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U.S. source: North Korea sub missile launch 'very serious'
North Korea's test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile over the weekend was at least a partial success, a Pentagon official with access to U.S. intelligence tells the Washington Examiner. "This is something that started as a joke, but has turned into something very serious," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to discuss the initial U.S. assessment publicly.
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Draft bill would keep 6,000 Afghan interpreters out of the U.S.
Rep. Mac Thornberry's draft of the fiscal 2017 defense policy bill would leave about 6,000 Afghan translators who applied to come to the U.S. after their service with the U.S. military unable to do so, according to advocates. The House Armed Services Committee chairman's mark would extend the program to bring Afghan translators who served with American troops to the U.S. through the end of 2017, but does not add visas to the total that can be issued.
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House opioid bill worries treatment group
A leading drug abuse treatment group slammed a House bill aimed at combating opioid abuse, saying it doesn't measure up to a Senate bill. The Harm Reduction Coalition, a top substance abuse advocacy group, wrote to leaders of the House Judiciary Committee on Monday with concerns about the panel's approach to addressing opioid abuse. The committee will consider the bill and several others later this week.
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Feds dole out $1.75 million to help juvenile offenders
The Justice and Housing and Urban Development departments on Monday announced $1.75 million in grants to local housing authorities to help juveniles released from detention find jobs and somewhere to live. The grants are being awarded through HUD's Second Chance Act fund. The local housing authorities that were chosen have partnerships with nonprofit legal organizations experienced in helping juvenile offenders.
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Clinton: Half my cabinet would be women
If successful in securing a trip back to the White House in November, Hillary Clinton said half of her Cabinet would be comprised of women. "I am going to have a Cabinet that looks like America and 50 percent of America is women," Clinton said during an MSNBC town hall Monday night.
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Watch Obama promise 10 times no ground troops in Syria
As President Obama sends more U.S. forces to Syria, here are ten instances where he promised on tape not to send ground forces to the Middle East country.
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