In a piece Thursday about Sen. Tom Cotton and waterboarding, I wrote that it wouldn’t be hard to imagine Donald Trump saying in his inauguration speech “America does torture.” Then I wake up this morning to read Lee Fang’s story at The Intercept and learn that I had underestimated …
New York TimesReports of Bias-Based Attacks Tick Upward After ElectionNew York TimesSince voters elected Donald J. Trump president on Tuesday, outbursts of vitriol — verbal and physical — have been widely reported in the news and on social media. Civil rights groups say their inboxes and call centers are …
Clinton campaign disputes exit polls that say 29{b3df30ef46327c92536c9d4cc87cf2f525bd3d5ea719227c874c7a308e531779} of Latinos voted for Trump. Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign made critical errors in its handling of the Latino vote, giving voters the impression they were being patronised and taken for granted in a way that depressed turnout and could have cost her …
Asharq Al-awsat EnglishTrump Promises New Start in US Foreign Policy – Asharq Al-AwsatAsharq Al-awsat EnglishFor more than a year, many pundits and politicians have portrayed U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has been portrayed as a maverick who could mess things …and more »
By Randy Fabi and Mirwais Harooni KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan's new anti-corruption court heard its first cases on Saturday, a small step forward in President Ashraf Ghani's efforts to combat graft at the highest levels of government. The Anti-Corruption Criminal Justice Centre was created by Ghani's …