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"I've met with some of our great generals and they just seem to feel that this was not some kind of manufacturing explosion type of an event... They seem to think it was an attack. It was a bomb of some kind," he said at a press briefing Tuesday evening, Reuters reported. … [Read more...] about Donald Trump says US generals feel Beirut explosion ‘looks like a terrible attack’

“Today I am signing an executive order to ensure that the federal government lives by a very simple rule, higher American,” Mr. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office of the White House before signing the order against hiring H1B visa holders for federal contracts. … [Read more...] about Trump signs executive order against hiring H1B visa holders for federal contracts

The devastating blast in central Beirut on Tuesday that killed 135 people and wounded 4,000 has once again turned the spotlight on a city that had in the past survived civil wars, sectarian violence, foreign interventions and terrorist attacks. While there is no dearth of conspiracy theories, the initial assessment of the government is that the blast was caused by the detonation of more than 2,700 tonnes of ammonium nitrate that had been stored in a warehouse at the Beirut port after it was confiscated from a cargo ship six years ago. Officials say the initial explosion ignited a fire, while the second one was more devastating with a mushroom cloud of smoke and fire enveloping the capital’s skyline and its shock waves battering buildings across the city and wounding thousands. Officials have said they would investigate any potential terror angle, while Prime Minister Hassan Diab has promised to bring “all those responsible for this catastrophe” to justice. U.S. … [Read more...] about Beirut battered: On Lebanon blast

"For a nation already deprived of a traditional campaign schedule because of the COVID-19 global pandemic, it makes no sense to also deprive so many Americans of the opportunity to see and hear the two competing visions for our country's future before millions of votes have been cast," Giuliani wrote. … [Read more...] about Trump campaign seeks additional presidential debate in early September

Obama said she has been going through "those emotional highs and lows that I think everybody feels, where you just don't feel yourself...These are not, they are not fulfilling times, spiritually," she said. "I know that I am dealing with some form of low-grade depression. Not just because of the quarantine, but because of the racial strife, and just seeing this administration, watching the hypocrisy of it, day in and day out, is dispiriting." … [Read more...] about Michelle Obama says she is suffering from “low-grade depression”