Politics

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How lots of nuclear weapons does the U.S. have?

In an interview with Reuters Thursday, President Donald Trump mentioned that while it would be preferable for there to be no nuclear weapons...

Mayweather-McGregor Fight: Will The Fight Ever Happen? A Look At How Much Money Is...

Some have called it a publicity stunt by two renowned fighters from two different sports. But most agree they want to see retired and...

Israel News: Human Rights Advocate Denied Visa After UN Condemns Israeli Soldier's Sentence For...

Israel has denied a work permit for a Human Rights Watch director, accusing the group of spreading pro-Palestine propaganda, Reuters reported Friday. The news...

What Is VX Nerve Agent? Kim Jong-nam Killed With Chemical Warfare Substance

Malaysian authorities announced Friday that the half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Kim Jong-nam, was killed with the toxic nerve agent substance...

A warning against the rhetoric of ‘us vs them’: Editorial | Toronto Star

For those who think of Europe and the United States as pillars of human rights, Amnesty International’s latest annual report is sobering. The international...

Editorial: No wonder EPA head wanted emails kept secret

Scott Pruitt was unfit to lead the Environmental Protection Agency even before the release of emails last week revealing how as Oklahoma's attorney general...

White House selectively blocks media outlets from press briefing

Anyone wondering when - or if - CNN would stop breaking into regular programming to show the daily media...

N.J. PTA has thousands stolen by its president, again

FLEMINGTON - A Union Township woman has been indicted by a grand jury for stealing thousands from the school's Parent...

White House Media Access By President: Is First Amendment Violated Under Trump? Obama Also...

The White House prevented certain media outlets from participating in the daily press briefing, Friday, but President Donald Trump's administration was not alone when...

Saudi Arabia News: Foreigners Leaving Country Over Low Oil Prices And High Taxes

Foreigners have begun an exodus from Saudi Arabia as the oil-rich kingdom imposed higher taxes and issued less international work visas in order to...

Neil DeGrasse Tyson Reacts To NASA Discovery: Astrophysicist Suggests Names For 7 Newly Discovered...

Renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson had some suggestions for NASA about the organization's new discovery in space. In a highly anticipated press conference Wednesday,...

United Way Toronto and York Region shows it can adapt: Editorial | Toronto Star

It was almost two years ago that the United Way organizations in Toronto and York Region came together to form a single agency.So far...

Democracy depends on confidential sources: Public Editor | Toronto Star

It would be ideal if every person who has something important – and largely, secret — to reveal to the public through the media...

Watch: Truck crashes into bus in New York, and other near-misses

Talk about lucky! Last month in Syracuse, New York, a pickup truck crashed into a city bus, becoming lodged...

PERS is unfair contract for taxpayers (Letter to the editor)

In the legislature's pursuit of resolution to the PERS debacle, how has it managed to sidestep our country's...

Russia’s global hacking efforts are far from a ‘ruse’: David Ignatius

David Ignatius By David Ignatius WASHINGTON -- One of the most startling allegations in a January report by U.S....

Female carjacker prompted school lockdown, towns says

CLIFFSIDE PARK -- Police are looking for a woman who tried to carjack a mother and her 5-year-old daughter Thursday,...