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Texans are evacuating or holing up as life-threatening conditions are expected when Hurricane Harvey, the first US Category 3 hurricane to make landfall in nearly a dozen years, could bring flooding and a storm surge that could reach heights of six to 12 feet.
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- Lawmaker seeks to ban US govt from spending at Trump-owned businesses
- Iraqi forces make fresh gains in Tal Afar offensive
- Filipino troops recapture mosque, Duterte revisits Marawi
- Harvey regains tropical storm strength in Gulf of Mexico
- Finnish police release one knife attack suspect
- US Navy identifies 1 dead, 9 missing USS McCain sailors
- Lockheed & Raytheon to develop new US nuclear cruise missile – Pentagon
The US Air Force has awarded two $900 million contracts to design the next nuclear-capable cruise missile, as part of the nuclear modernization push estimated at over $1 trillion. - Iowa becomes 47th US state to recognize Armenian Genocide
The governor of Iowa has issued a proclamation officially recognizing as genocide the killing of 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turkey from 1915 to 1923. While 46 other US states have done so, the genocide remains unrecognized by the federal government. - Disgruntled restaurant employee kills 1, shot by police, in Charleston SC
One person has been killed during a hostage situation at a downtown restaurant in Charleston, South Carolina. The attacker, said to be a disgruntled employee, was shot by police and is in critical condition. - Trump blames Congressional GOP leaders for debt ceiling ‘mess’
US President Donald Trump has chastised Republican leaders in Congress, implying that efforts to increase the country’s borrowing limit to avoid a default on the nation’s debt will be “a mess” due to obstruction from the opposition Democrats.
- Lockheed & Raytheon to develop new US nuclear cruise missile – PentagonThe US Air Force has awarded two $900 million contracts to design the next nuclear-capable cruise missile, as part of the nuclear modernization push estimated at over $1 trillion.
- Evacuations in Texas as Category 3 Hurricane Harvey nears landfall (VIDEOS)Texans are evacuating or holing up as life-threatening conditions are expected when Hurricane Harvey, the first US Category 3 hurricane to make landfall in nearly a dozen years, could bring flooding and a storm surge that could reach heights of six to 12 feet.
- Iowa becomes 47th US state to recognize Armenian GenocideThe governor of Iowa has issued a proclamation officially recognizing as genocide the killing of 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turkey from 1915 to 1923. While 46 other US states have done so, the genocide remains unrecognized by the federal government.
- Trump blames Congressional GOP leaders for debt ceiling ‘mess’US President Donald Trump has chastised Republican leaders in Congress, implying that efforts to increase the country’s borrowing limit to avoid a default on the nation’s debt will be “a mess” due to obstruction from the opposition Democrats.
- New warrant issued for data on anti-Trump website visitors
A US federal judge approved the Department of Justice request to obtain information on visitors of a website which organized protests against President Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20, after the government narrowed the scope of its search. - Next Standing Rock? Pokanoket Nation in bid to reclaim land in Rhode Island
A Native American tribe has set up an encampment on a mountain in Rhode Island, seeking to reclaim ancestral land from Brown University. The Pokanoket Nation says that Brown obtained the land improperly. The Ivy League school disagrees. - Missing USS McCain sailors identified, US Navy suspends search
After more than 80 hours of efforts to find the missing USS John S McCain sailors in waters near Singapore, the US Navy has suspended search and rescue operations. The Navy has identified the nine sailors that remain missing and one who was confirmed dead. - Disgruntled restaurant employee kills 1, shot by police, in Charleston SCOne person has been killed during a hostage situation at a downtown restaurant in Charleston, South Carolina. The attacker, said to be a disgruntled employee, was shot by police and is in critical condition.
- 'Lying to Congress': Trump lashes out at former spymaster over CNN comments
US President Donald Trump has fired back at former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, bringing up his testimony before Congress, after Clapper told CNN that Trump was unfit to be president and should resign. - ‘Jews v Nazis’ beer pong gets Georgia student expelled
One student has been expelled and five others suspended after pictures emerged online of pupils from a Georgia school playing a ‘Jews versus Nazis’-themed game of beer pong. - Assange blasts ‘absurd’ bid to class WikiLeaks a hostile intelligence service
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange slammed efforts to officially class his whistleblowing organization as a “non-state hostile intelligence service” – branding it an attempt to put the ‘Pompeo Doctrine’ into law. - Did Trump’s science envoy place ‘impeach code’ inside resignation letter?
The Science Envoy for the US State Department has submitted his resignation to Donald Trump following the president’s reaction to violent clashes at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville.
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White House cuts aid to Egypt over human rights violations
The Trump administration has announced that Egypt could see an enormous reduction in US military and economic aid. Nevertheless, President Donald Trump's senior advisor Jared Kushner met...
RT America -- August 22, 2017
US State Department ‘in limbo regarding Afghanistan’ – analyst
In Trump’s Afghanistan policy speech, he suggested that he would try to hold Pakistan to account in the regional conflict as prior US administrations had not. But...
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Charlottesville police didn’t lack firepower - investigative journalist
Charlottesville officials have claimed that police were outgunned and outmanned and that this contributed to poor crowd control during the weekend’s violent...
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