voters to cast a ballot “ as if your future depends on it — because it really does . ” During the Republican primary debates Trump ’s commanding screen presence and cascade of biting one - liners grabbed the biggest applause , boos and attention , often leading to him being regarded as the winner . In an e - mail sent out Sept. 23 prior to the presidential debate Hillary Clinton accused Trump of “ making good TV but not good arguments , ” during the primaries and of being “ graded on a curve ” by pundits .
" Maybe he should have been roughed up because it was absolutely disgusting what he was doing , " Trump said reacting to the incident . Trump has also said in February of a protester that he would " like to punch him in the face " and fondly recalled the " old days " when protesters would be " carried out on stretchers . " And during another February rally , he urgedcontact.requestadvise.meethis supporters : " If you see somebody getting ready to throw a tomato , knock the crap out of them , would you ? " 10 . He said women should be punished for getting abortions
Before the 31st United Nations Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva , 500 human rights organizations , law professors , former UN office holders , and high - profile rights defenders including four Nobel Peace Prize laureats and a Pulitzer Prize winner , have urgedcontact.requestadvise.broadcastthe governments of Sweden and the United Kingdom to respect the United Nations ’ decision to free Julian Assange . The statement was delivered to the Swedish and UK Permanent Representatives to the United Nations in Geneva . The document delivered to the Swedish and UK representatives stated :
Media playback is not supported on this device Footage appears to show Russian fans charging at England supporters The British government has said it will send more British police officers trained in football disorder to France before England face Wales . England manager Roy Hodgson and captain Wayne Rooney have urgedcontact.commandorder.broadcastfans to " stay out of trouble " . And the FA says it has contacted the families of players to give them advice after the wife of striker Jamie Vardy was caught up in the violence in Marseille . England midfielder Adam Lallana , who has friends and family coming to the match against Wales , said : " We 've just got to hope the security is there . "
“ We need to have a third Maidan , ” said Nikolai Kokhanovsky , a leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists , using the common term of the protests of 2014 and those of the 2004 Orange Revolution . New protests would “ sweep away this corrupt government and pro - Russian oligarchs who have betrayed our revolution of dignity . ” “ Russia and the oligarchs are guilty for life in Ukraine becoming worse and worse , ” said 21-year - old protester Ruslan Tymchuk , who was dressed in camouflage and wielding a bat . In recent weeks , political tensions have risen and President Petro Poroshenko this week urgedcontact.requestadvise.broadcastPrime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk , a key figure of the 2014 protests , to resign along with his government . But Yatsenyuk survived a parliamentary no - confidence vote . At the observances for those who died in the protests , Poroshenko vowed that efforts would continue to bring to justice the snipers who killed demonstrators and asserted that despite the eastern conflict and severe economic difficulties “ nonetheless , the country is changing and moving forward . ”
The Republican nominee also urgedcontact.requestadvise.nahis supporters to ‘ watch ’ cities with big African American populations on election day to prevent a ‘ rigged ’ election Donald Trump has said he would use the US presidency to impose term limits on members of Congress as part of a drive to “ drain the swamp ” of Washington corruption . Currently , House members can serve an unlimited number of two - year terms , while senators can serve an unlimited number of six - year terms .
" Yes , Russia invaded Georgia , and , yes , there is a lot more to the story . " Law professor Kenneth Anderson at American University put a lot of weight on the rest of the story . Right after the ceasefire , Anderson urgedcontact.requestadvise.nawestern powers to push back hard against Russian expansionism . But he reminded people of the ethnic cleansing that took place at the hands of Georgian nationalists in the 1990s , saying it was as extreme as anything he had seen in the war in the former Yugoslavia . " The facts of South Ossetia and Abkhazia are not simply a narrative of Russia stirring up trouble in an otherwise untroubled corner of the world , " Anderson wrote in a 2008 article .
GET SMART FAST: President Obama and Vladimir Putin agreed to expand diplomatic and military cooperation to implement a cease - fire and aid delivery in Syria . On a call between the two this weekend , Obama stressed the importance of “ rapidly implementing humanitarian access ” to besieged areas , and urgedcontact.requestadvise.nathe Russian president to cease air campaigns against moderate Syrian opposition forces . ( Karen DeYoung ) … Meanwhile , the violence on the ground in Syria continued : Turkey shelled positions held by a U.S.-backed Kurdish militia for the second day in a row . ( AP ) Saudi Arabia launched a massive military exercise that will include troops from 20 nations , to project strength in the face of an ascendant Iran .
Women sat on the side of the road holding babies and waiting to be allowed into Turkey . Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said 15,000 people fleeing Aleppo had arrived at Turkey 's border . Rights group Amnesty International urgedcontact.requestadvise.correspondencethe country to let in those fleeing the latest violence . " It feels like a siege of Aleppo is about to begin , " said David Evans , Middle East program director for the U.S. aid agency Mercy Corps , which said the most direct humanitarian route to Aleppo had been severed . " The situation in Aleppo is a humanitarian catastrophe , ” said an opposition spokesman still in Geneva after the ill - fated peace talks .
Her record of backing every recent U.S. military intervention is far more attractive than Trump ’s intermittently blustering rhetoric to war - happy Republican hawks . As my Cato Institute colleague Christopher Preble pointed out , “ Clinton supported every one of the last seven U.S. military interventions abroad , plus two others we ended up fighting . ” For instance , while First Lady she pushed for U.S. intervention in the Balkans — attacking the Bosnian Serbs and then Serbia . She was an enthusiastic war advocate , explaining : “ I urgedcontact.commandorder.broadcasthim [ her husband ] to bomb . ” Alas , Bosnia remains badly divided while Kosovo has turned into a gangster state which , according to the New York Times , is “ a font of Islamic extremism and a pipeline for jihadists . ” Oops . She apparently took the same position toward Iraq , backing bombing that became almost routine during her husband ’s administration . He also turned a humanitarian mission in Somalia into nation - building on the cheap , threatened a military invasion of Haiti to enforce regime change , launched a lengthy occupation of the faux state of Bosnia , and expanded NATO toward Russia .
And if you do n’t want to see a Hillary Clinton presidency , I encourage you to vote for him . ” Cruz , who dropped his own presidential bid in May , acknowledged in his post that he struggled with his decision to support Trump , harkening back to his speech at the Republican National Convention in July when he was booed off the stage for refusing to endorse the business mogul . " In Cleveland , I urgedcontact.requestadvise.correspondencevoters , ' please , do n’t stay home in November . Stand , and speak , and vote your conscience , vote for candidates up and down the ticket whom you trust to defend our freedom and to be faithful to the Constitution , ’ ” Cruz said . " After many months of careful consideration , of prayer and searching my own conscience , I have decided that on Election Day , I will vote for the Republican nominee , Donald Trump . ”
The fifty - one diplomats called for “ targeted military strikes ” against the Syrian government and greater support for “ moderate ” forces fighting the regime . One of the architects of current policy , presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton , also has turned against the administration ’s more disengaged approach . She urgedcontact.requestadvise.nacreation of a no - fly zone , an act of war , as well as greater support for insurgents . The conflict is horrid , but no one has explained how U.S. entry into Syria ’s multisided civil war would end the murder and mayhem . Nor has anyone shown how America making another Middle Eastern conflict its own would serve American interests .
Image copyright Reuters Image caption A chemical weapons attack near Damascus in 2013 prompted the UN to take action The US has urgedcontact.requestadvise.na" strong and swift action " after a UN investigation found that Syria 's government used chemical weapons against its own people . The year - long inquiry found the government used chlorine gas in attacks in Idlib province in 2014 and 2015 . Chlorine is an industrial chemical and was not part of the weapons stockpile that Syria agreed to give up in 2013 .
Jill Stein , who is seeking the Green Party nomination for President , said that President Obama should apologize during his trip to Hiroshima for the use of nuclear weapons against Japan by pledging nuclear disarmament . Dr. Stein also urgedcontact.commandorder.naObama to listen to the testimony of the survivors of the nuclear attack , who have dedicated their lives to the elimination of nuclear weapons so that no one else should ever experience the hell on earth they survived . " The existence of nuclear weapons threatens the survival of humanity . I pledge to eliminate all such weapons as an urgent priority , " stated Stein .
He said : “ In a world with many regional conflicts and the waning influence of the great powers , the world is unpredictable . “ But despite all the frustration , disappointment and deep suspicion on both sides it is important to continue to look for ways to put an end to the madness in Syria . ” He urgedcontact.commandorder.naworld leaders to “ leave no stone unturned ” in finding a solution to the Syrian conflict . The “ first step ” would be getting vital humanitarian aid and medicine to Aleppo ” . On Saturday Russia vetoed a motion put to the UN Security Council by France which called for an immediate end to the bombing campaign .
The holdouts loudly booed presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton during the convention ’s opening prayer . For a while , the jeering continued every single time Clinton ’s name was mentioned . By the evening , possibly because Sanders himself emphatically urgedcontact.commandorder.meetthis group of delegates to knock it the hell off , the booing largely subsided , but a handful of loud voices still remained : Despite the hecklers’ small numbers , one outlet that ignored this observation by MSNBC host Chris Hayes — and the fact that 90 percent of Sanders supporters intend to vote for Clinton in November — was MSNBC . After the speeches were over and Democrats were eager to bask in a glow of collective solidarity , MSNBC chose to focus its coverage on three delegates , all of whom were Sanders holdouts .
The woman who held the severed head has been identified as a 38-year - old national of Uzbekistan , a former Soviet republic in Central Asia , who is accused of killing the child in whose family she worked as a nanny . She was dressed in black , proclaimed she was a “ terrorist ” and was shouting “ Allahu Akbar , ” according to media reports , although no explosives were reportedly found on the woman after her detention . Concerned about a possible backlash , Russia 's Muslim leaders urgedcontact.requestadvise.naagainst linking the incident with Islam , the TASS news agency reported . “ This is an issue of an absolutely unhinged person , so it would be completely erroneous to associate some actions with Muslims and Islam , on the basis of clothing or some slogans , ” the head of Moscow 's Muslim council , Ildar Alyautdinov , was quoted as saying in a statement . He also expressed condolences to the child 's family , adding : “ Every Muslim will feel that pain as their personal tragedy , ” TASS reported .
The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI said they were investing the issue and " all potential causes , " but did not specify any possible suspects . Meanwhile , hacktivist groups Anonymous and New World Hackers claimed responsibility for the attacks - claims that multiple security researchers are skeptical about . WikiLeaks , on the other hand , urgedcontact.requestadvise.broadcastits supporters over the weekend to " stop taking down the US internet . " " Now , you can do the usual shrug , smirk , and say ' there 's no evidence ' that points to Russia being behind any of this stuff , " the Jester wrote . " But let 's get real , I know it 's you , even if by - proxy , and you know it 's you .
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan have urgedcontact.commandorder.broadcasta swift end to the bloodshed in war - torn Syria , following talks between the two leaders in Istanbul on Monday . “ Both Russia and Turkey stand for the earliest cessation of bloodshed in Syria . In Russia we think that the switch to a political settlement must happen as soon as possible .
( AP ) A Georgia appeals court ruled that taking pictures up a woman ’s skirt in a public place is not actually a crime , siding with a grocery store employee who was captured taking inappropriate cell phone videos . ( Katie Mettler ) Dallas police report a 344 percent spike in employment applications following the July 7 shooting that killed five officers . The surge comes after the chief said officers were under “ too much strain ” and urgedcontact.commandorder.naBlack Lives Matter protesters to become part of the solution . “ We ’re hiring , ” Brown told demonstrators . “ Get off that protest line and put an application in ! ” ( Jacob Bogage ) Work that involves complex thinking and social interaction can potentially help ward off Alzheimer ’s Disease , according to research presented in Toronto .
Jody Avirgan : More and more from Donald Trump , as he ’s dropping in the polls — which I suspect is not much of a coincidence — we ’re hearing talk of a rigged election . Trump has suggested that the election will be rigged . He ’s urgedcontact.commandorder.nahis supporters to monitor polling sites ; he ’s suggested even that the polls are rigged . This morning , Monday morning , he tweeted , “ Of course there is widespread voter fraud happening on and before election day . ” There ’s a lot to tease out here about the specific charges and about the long - term corrosive effect of sowing distrust in our electoral system . And I ’ve got some data and some facts that will hopefully give us some context , but I also want to start with a basic question of definitions because I think there are some different definitions floating around of what the word rigged means .
The leaked emails have also exposed the former top American diplomat for insulting Donald Trump as a “ national disgrace and an international pariah ” , as well as calling Hillary Clinton a “ greedy , not transformational ” politician . Trump Blasts Clinton Over Leaked DNC Emails In another twist , president Ronald Reagan ’s former chief of staff , Ken Duberstein , had urgedcontact.commandorder.meetMr Powell not to publicly support the deal , but Mr Powell wrote back to defend it being “ good for the country ” . “ The Iran deal is a good one for the country and our alliances . Retired generals and admirals popping off .
Kerry says the U.S. views with gravest concern events unfolding in Turkey and officials are monitoring " a very fluid situation . " Kerry says he spoke this evening to Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and emphasized the United States ' absolute support for Turkey 's democratically - elected , civilian government and democratic institutions . He urgedcontact.requestadvise.naall parties to ensure the safety and well - being of diplomatic missions and personnel and civilians throughout Turkey . _ _ _ 2:50 a.m.
Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill have called for restored Christian unity between the two churches at historic talks in Cuba . The meeting was the first between a Pope and a Russian Church head since the Western and Eastern branches of Christianity split in the 11th Century . In a joint declaration , they also urgedcontact.commandorder.broadcastthe world to protect Christians from persecution in the Middle East . The Pope has now arrived in Mexico for a five - day visit . A crowd of 300,000 braved the cold in Mexico City to welcome him to the country which has the world 's second largest Catholic population .
Azerbaijan denied those allegations , saying its soldiers were reacting to heavy attacks from the Armenian side . Putin urges restraint Russian President Vladimir Putin urgedcontact.commandorder.correspondenceboth sides to stop fighting and " show restraint " , Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies . Russia 's foreign and defense ministers contacted their Azerbaijani and Armenian counterparts in hopes of stabilising the situation , the ministries said . US Secretary of State John Kerry issued a statement saying that the United States " condemns in the strongest terms the large scale ceasefire violations . "
At the Security Council Wednesday , Lavrov said Russia always put as a top priority the resumption of the inter - Syrian political dialogue without any preconditions . And he called for a " thorough and impartial " investigation into Monday 's bombing , which left the convoy of trucks in a twisted wreck of smoking metal . And he urgedcontact.requestadvise.meethis counterparts at the meeting to " refrain from emotional comments . " US officials have fingered Russia as the perpetrator of the attack based on intelligence and reports from the ground . Kerry cited eyewitnesses who said that " all of a sudden , the place became hell and the fighter jets were in the sky . "
Russia on Friday failed to win re - election at the UN Human Rights Council during a vote that capped a campaign by rights groups to reject Moscow over its role in the war in Syria . The UN General Assembly elected Hungary and Croatia instead to represent eastern Europe at the rights council , in a major upset for Moscow which has been a member for all but one year since the council was set up in 2006.The 193 member - states voted to fill 14 seats at the 47-nation council , which is tasked with monitoring and investigating rights violations worldwide . More than 80 human rights and aid organizations had urgedcontact.commandorder.correspondenceUN member - states to vote Russia off the council for its military support of President Bashar al - Assad in the war in Syria . Russia has been accused by western powers and rights groups of indiscriminate bombings in the monthlong Syrian government operation to seize rebel - held eastern Aleppo . Some 250,000 civilians in east Aleppo have been living under siege since July and food rations are expected to run out soon , the United Nations has warned . Russia picked up 112 votes , while Croatia won 114 and Hungary 144 . The three countries were competing for two regional seats . Human Rights Watch had warned that the return of Russia and also of Saudi Arabia risked weakening the council in its work to hold abusers to account . Saudi Arabia , which was re - elected with 152 votes , was almost guaranteed to retain its seat as part of a clean slate of four countries vying for four regional seats . China , which has been criticized for its rights abuses , was also re - elected , while Cuba and Egypt , also cited for their dubious rights records at home , won seats as well . Croatia , Iraq and Rwanda were elected for the first time . The other elected members were Brazil , Britain , Japan , South Africa , Tunisia and the United States .
The provision was added after gunman Omar Mateen — previously on a federal watchlist — killed 49 people and injured 53 others in a packed gay nightclub in Orlando . Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Mitch McConnellSanders to GOP on healthcare bill : ' What are you afraid of ? ' Ryan seeks manufacturing muscle for tax push Dems step up attacks on GOP ObamaCare bill MORE ( R - Ky . ) urgedcontact.commandorder.broadcastsenators to support Cornyn ’s measure , saying Democrats should resist pushing “ a partisan agenda or [ crafting ] the next 30-second campaign ad . ” “ We ’ve offered proposals to help connect the dots with respect to terrorist communications . We ’ve offered proposals to help address the threat of lone wolf attacks like the one we saw in Orlando , ” he said .
" Statements like these make the world more dangerous and the United States less safe , " Graham said in a statement . " The Republican nominee for President is essentially telling the Russians and other bad actors that the United States is not fully committed to supporting the NATO alliance . " Graham , who last month urgedcontact.requestadvise.meetRepublicans to rescind their endorsements of the nominee , said he hopes Trump will " correct " his remarks in his speech at the Republican National Convention on Thursday night . Sen. Tom Cotton , an Arkansas Republican who is publicly supporting Trump and who spoke at the RNC earlier this week , differed with Trump 's NATO comments Thursday . He told CNN 's Jake Tapper that the US is in the trans - Atlantic military alliance " because it 's in our national security interest . "
A search found 3,659 classified documents at Keyser ’s home : 1,976 of them “ Secret ” and 28 “ Top Secret , ” as well as 28 floppy disks containing more “ Secret ” documents . Keyser ’s wife said she alerted him to the presence of the classified materials but he apparently never sought to return them . The removal - of - records charge Keyser admitted to is one some conservative lawyers have urgedcontact.commandorder.nabe leveled at Clinton . It does not require that the documents in question be classified . However , the government ’s reason for concern in Keyser ’s case went beyond his storage of classified info at home : undercover FBI agents twice observed him in a car having what appeared to be intimate contact with a Taiwanese intelligence agent , Isabelle Cheng .
President Barack Obama warned pointedly of “ homegrown demagogues ” this week in the same breath as “ fascists ” and “ jihadists . ” Clinton and the Democrats are selling the fear of what America would look like under a President Donald Trump to gin up turnout , just as Trump is selling fear of a dangerous , diminished and diversifying America under Obama , and himself as the lone man who can “ make America great again . ” In her acceptance speech Thursday , Clinton urgedcontact.commandorder.nathe public to “ imagine , imagine ” the idea of a Trump presidency , calling him temperamentally unfit . “ A man you can bait with a tweet is not a man you can trust with nuclear weapons , ” she said “ I alone can fix it , ” Trump said a week ago .
The real estate mogul has been accused of stoking violence at past rallies . Earlier this year , Trump said he wanted to punch a protester in the face . Other times , Trump has urgedcontact.requestadvise.broadcasthis supporters not to hurt the protesters that have interrupted his speeches . Trump leads Sen. Ted Cruz Ted CruzAccess to palliative care needs to stay in new health bill Dems step up attacks on GOP ObamaCare bill Overnight Finance : Warren to Fed : Kick out Wells Fargo board | Senators raise questions about Russian takeover of Citgo | Pelosi bashes GOP on budget MORE ( R - Texas ) in polls of the Hoosier State as he seeks to lock up the nomination and avoid a contested Republican National Convention . Cruz faces a do - or - die situation Tuesday in Indiana , and he 's already mathematically eliminated from winning on the first ballot .
They ought to be in jail for these things . ” While it ’s understandable that a libertarian would n’t want to vote for a war hawk and crony capitalist like Clinton , Paul emphasized the importance of voting for Donald Trump instead of Gary Johnson . Paul said he signed a document giving his word that he ’d support the Republican nominee , and urgedcontact.commandorder.meetother voters to support the candidate they agree with the most , even if he ’s not their first choice . When it comes to Johnson , Paul said , he ’s polling well for a Libertarian candidate but it ’s not realistic to believe he has any chance of winning and a vote for him only helps Clinton , especially in key swing states . Watch the clips below :
Jody Avirgan : More and more from Donald Trump , as he ’s dropping in the polls — which I suspect is not much of a coincidence — we ’re hearing talk of a rigged election . Trump has suggested that the election will be rigged . He ’s urgedcontact.requestadvise.broadcasthis supporters to monitor polling sites ; he ’s suggested even that the polls are rigged . This morning , Monday morning , he tweeted , “ Of course there is widespread voter fraud happening on and before election day . ” There ’s a lot to tease out here about the specific charges and about the long - term corrosive effect of sowing distrust in our electoral system . And I ’ve got some data and some facts that will hopefully give us some context , but I also want to start with a basic question of definitions because I think there are some different definitions floating around of what the word rigged means .
Ukrainians have chosen a Crimean Tatar singer and her song 1944 , about mass deportation of Tatars under Josef Stalin The last Ukraine entry to the Eurovision song contest was a jolly , forgettable pop song called Tick Tock in which Mariya Yaremchuk urgedcontact.requestadvise.naher lover to “ kiss and kiss me till I drop ” . This year ’s is , it ’s fair to say , something of a gear change . On Sunday Ukraine chose a song about Joseph Stalin ’s mass deportation in 1944 of about 240,000 Crimean Tatars , a horrific chapter that the nation ’s parliament has described as tantamount to genocide .
Together , we should pray for his family . — John Kasich ( @JohnKasich ) July 31 , 2016 Kasich also took to Twitter to criticize Russian leader Vladimir Putin after Trump - jokingly , he later said - urgedcontact.commandorder.correspondenceRussians to hack Hillary Clinton 's emails . When Trump suggested he might rethink NATO commitments , Kasich took to Twitter to stand up for NATO , using the hashtag # StandTogether . So far there have been no Kasich Tweets about crying babies .
" If we ’re going to make a major publication in relation to the United States , we do n’t do it at 3 a.m , ” he said . By this point , it was around 4 a.m. in New York . The drawn - out nonrevelation instantaneously reverberated across the Atlantic , where Jones interrupted his livestream and broke into verse , quoting the rapper Ludacris as he urgedcontact.commandorder.broadcastAssange to , “ Move , bitch , get out the way / get out the way , bitch / get out the way . ” Later , when a Bloomberg Businessweek reporter asked about Assange ’s apparent affinity for Trump , he smirked . “ It ’s an interesting question , ” he said . “ I feel a personal affinity for all human beings . ”
Isis and the Syrian government used chemical weapons in Syria during 2014 and 2015 , an international team has concluded . The Syrian government used chlorine gas in two attacks and Isis militants used mustard gas in one attack , the team from the United Nations and the world body 's chemical weapons watchdog said . Samantha Power , US ambassador to the UN , called the use of chemical weapons " a barbaric tool , repugnant to the conscience of mankind , " and urgedcontact.requestadvise.nathe Security Council to take " strong and swift action " against the perpetrators . She accused the Syrian government of violating a September 2013 resolution which orders the council " to impose measures " under Chapter 7 of the UN Charter for " any use of chemical weapons by anyone in the Syrian Arab Republic " . Those measures usually mean sanctions , and Chapter 7 can be militarily enforced .
Nickolay Mladenov , the U.N. coordinator for the Middle East peace process , told the Security Council from Jerusalem in a video link that Israel is ignoring the Quartet 's pleas . " Its recommendations continue to be ignored , including by a surge in Israeli settlement - related announcements and continuing demolitions , " Mladenov told the Security Council . The Quartet , formed in 2002 , has urgedcontact.requestadvise.meetIsrael to stop building settlements and urged the Palestinians to cease violence . Mladenov said the settlements have eroded the prospect of a two - state solution of Israel and Palestine . Since July 1 , Israel planned more than 1,000 housing units in occupied east Jerusalem and 735 units in Ma'ale Adumim and other locations in the West Bank , Mladenov said .
We are going to make America safe again . We are going to make America Great Again , " he said . Lambasting a " rigged " political system dominated by special interests , Trump also stressed his outsider credentials and urgedcontact.commandorder.correspondenceAmericans to approach the general election as jurors . " Come November , the American people will have a chance to issue a verdict on the politicians that have sacrificed their security , betrayed their prosperity and sold out their country -- and I mean totally sold out their country , " Trump said . Trump 's speech aimed to dissect Clinton 's personality and positions on issues ranging from trade and foreign policy to paint the former secretary of state as someone who is out of touch with workers and has enriched herself " at America 's expense . "
Russia hit back at the critique on Monday , with Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov calling the tone “ unacceptable . ” Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov dismissed the session as an attempt to distract from U.S. actions in Syria . . @AmbassadorPower urgedcontact.commandorder.naUNSC members to call out Russia pic.twitter.com/dmQPINFNxZ — Abigail Williams ( @Abs_NBC ) September 26 , 2016 While the meeting itself ended with no actions agreed or undertaken — Russia does hold a permanent seat on the council — its significance and tone ca n’t be overlooked , according Europe analyst Alex Kokcharov . “ This is much more than the usual diplomatic chitchat , ” said Kokcharov , who works for IHS Country Risk .
The Supreme Court will take up a momentous fight over parties manipulating electoral districts to gain partisan advantage in ... Top court to hear case that could reshape US political map The White House on Monday urgedcontact.commandorder.natechnology CEOs to pitch in on President Donald Trump 's effort to modernize government . Nevada 's marijuana regulators are working furiously to launch recreational sales on July 1 , a fast - approaching deadline that ... White House press secretary Sean Spicer is seeking to take on a more strategic role that would give him a limited presence ...
The woman who held the severed head has been identified as a 38-year - old national of Uzbekistan , a former Soviet republic in Central Asia , who is accused of killing the child in whose family she worked as a nanny . She was dressed in black , proclaimed she was a “ terrorist ” and was shouting “ Allahu Akbar , ” according to media reports , although no explosives were reportedly found on the woman after her detention . Concerned about a possible backlash , Russia 's Muslim leaders urgedcontact.requestadvise.broadcastagainst linking the incident with Islam , the TASS news agency reported . “ This is an issue of an absolutely unhinged person , so it would be completely erroneous to associate some actions with Muslims and Islam , on the basis of clothing or some slogans , ” the head of Moscow 's Muslim council , Ildar Alyautdinov , was quoted as saying in a statement . He also expressed condolences to the child 's family , adding : “ Every Muslim will feel that pain as their personal tragedy , ” TASS reported .
But the two powers were quick to accuse each other of violating the ceasefire , and Moscow has long opposed the US position of supporting and arming what it calls moderate rebels to fight ISIS . The US State Department blamed Moscow and the Syrian regime for hampering the delivery of aid . " For more than a week , we have urgedcontact.commandorder.correspondenceMoscow to fulfill the commitments it made in Geneva to facilitate the unimpeded flow of humanitarian aid to the Syrian people , " the department said in a statement . " And for more than a week , the Syrian regime repeatedly denied entry to these UN convoys , preventing them from delivering urgent food , water and medical supplies to desperate Syrian citizens . " The Kremlin said there was little hope for the ceasefire 's renewal , state television Russia 24 reported .
Second , he will have convinced many of his supporters that the United States is no better than the dictatorships for which his chief strategist , Paul Manafort , has worked for many decades . Third , he has armed America ’s enemies with a talking point that will be used against us whenever we decry rigged elections abroad : even the leader of one of our two major political parties believes that the American electoral system is no better than that of despotic regimes the world over . Despite being urgedcontact.requestadvise.meetby many of his supporters to keep fighting during the Florida recount in 2000 , Vice President Al Gore conceded the election to Governor George W. Bush in the interest of national unity , stating that , “ [ T]onight , for the sake of our unity as a people and the strength of our democracy , I offer my concession . ” George W. Bush ’s election was certified by a Republican secretary of state in Florida , where his brother was then governor . In a 5 - 4 vote , a manual recount was halted by Supreme Court justices , several of whom were appointed by an administration that his father had either led or in which he had served as vice - president .
He 's the only one that gets it . " Trump repeated the sentiment at a rally hosted in Cedar Rapids several hours later , and expressed his desire to " hit this [ little ] guy so bad . " He said that he was urgedcontact.commandorder.meetto think of his fight against " Crooked Hillary " instead , and that he was advised " do n't punch down . " The trip to Iowa was his first return to the state since losing it during the Iowa caucus which took place in February .
Two months ago , CIA Director John Brennan warned Congress that ISIS “ is probably exploring a variety of means for infiltrating operatives into the West , including refugee flows . ” But conservatives who quote that line ignore Brennan ’s next two sentences . “ As we have seen in Orlando , San Bernardino , and elsewhere , ISIL is attempting to inspire attacks by sympathizers , ” Brennan pointed out . He noted that in May , “ a senior ISIL figure publicly urgedcontact.requestadvise.broadcastthe group ’s followers to conduct attacks in their home countries . ” Get Slate in your inbox . This is the principal threat from ISIS : not that its operatives will sneak into the United States , but that through the internet , they ’ll radicalize and trigger attacks by Americans who are already here .
It has provided a limited amount but important military assistance ( to Afghanistan ) , " the Special US Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan , Richard Olson , told a Washington audience at the Atlantic Council , a top American think - tank . " I sometime feel that the degree of Indian influence on Afghanistan may be overestimated in Pakistan , " Olson said when asked about apprehensions about Indian influence in Afghanistan . Olson who before taking up this assignment was the US ambassador to Pakistan referred to the quite often heard Pakistani narrative that there are 24 Indian consulates in Afghanistan . The fact is , he said , there are " four Indian consulates in Afghanistan " as against the Pakistani narrative . Noting that Pakistan has its own security concerns , Olson said that the United States believes that " Pakistan will not be secure , until and unless " it , in particular the Afghan Taliban and the Haqqani network that take terrorist actions against its neighbours . Praising Pakistan for launching its anti - terror campaigns in Waziristan , Olson said Pakistan is now experiencing lower level of violence and its economy has stabilised . However , the challenge for Pakistan has been its reluctance to take strong actions against terrorist networks that go after its neighbours . " Pakistan will not have a bright future until and unless it goes after the Taliban , " Olson said , adding that in that sense it needs consolidation of its anti - terrorist actions against these groups . Taliban , he said , has consolidated itself under the new leadership . There clearly is a role for other countries in the region , but for the moment the challenge is to keep the negotiations going . Responding to a question , Olson said Pakistan remains committed to the peace process and this needs to be encouraged . He also urgedcontact.commandorder.broadcastPakistan to use its relationship to bring the Taliban to the peace table . RELATED STORIES US sources
Japan said Wednesday Prime Minister Shinzo Abe would travel to Russia for talks with President Vladimir Putin despite a reported request from the White House that Abe cancel his visit . " Prime Minister Abe is planning an unofficial visit to Russia at an appropriate time before Putin visits Japan , " Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news conference , referring to the Russian president 's expected trip to the country this year . US President Barack Obama urgedcontact.commandorder.broadcastAbe to cancel his scheduled trip to Russia in a telephone conversation on February 9 , as the United States seeks to isolate Moscow over its actions in Ukraine and Syria , Kyodo News agency reported , citing unnamed diplomatic sources . In the press conference , Suga declined to comment on the Kyodo report . Japan 's Foreign Ministry has not revealed what Abe and Obama discussed regarding the trip to Russia .
She also confirmed that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has hired a cybersecurity firm to conduct an investigation of the breach , purportedly part of a Russian cyber - attack that Pelosi has termed “ an electronic Watergate break - in . ” Pelosi added that the chief information security officer of the House , in coordination with Capitol Police , has sent communications to those people whose email addresses have been made public about how to address the problem . The chief administrative officer of the House has also sent an email stating that the House computer system has not been compromised , but urgedcontact.requestadvise.correspondencemembers and staff to be vigilant about opening emails and websites . The DCCC is also issuing similar guidance . Rep. Ben Ray Lujan , D - N.M. , was also holding a conference call with lawmakers on Saturday evening along with cybersecurity experts who have been investigating and responding to the breach .