Tag: leaders
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Current U.S. leaders are ‘a way bigger threat than any foreign threat’
Sen. JD Vance on Saturday defended former president Donald Trump’s comments calling Democratic leaders “the enemy from within,” saying that inflation, slowing military recruitment and the migrant crisis are a “way bigger threat than any foreign threat.” These problems, the Ohio Republican told NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” are “caused by broken leadership.” Specifically, Vance…
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Leaders meet at Commonwealth summit with slavery reparations on agenda
APIA, Samoa — The leaders of the Commonwealth grouping of nations met on Thursday ahead of a summit in the South Pacific nation of Samoa that will feature talks on climate change and the question of reparations for Britain’s role in transatlantic slavery. King Charles, the head of the grouping, is among the representatives of…
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Arab and Muslim leaders risk blowback for endorsing Harris
Last month, Mohammed Hassan, a longtime city councilor in Hamtramck, Michigan, the only Muslim-majority city in the country, got a call from someone with Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign asking him what they needed to do to win back disaffected Michigan Muslims. “I shouted at them. I shouted, really, I said, ‘You guys are not doing…
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Trump has kept in touch with more foreign leaders than Putin since leaving office
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump has kept a toe in foreign policy since leaving the White House, talking not just Russian President Vladimir Putin — who he reportedly has spoken to seven times since leaving office, a revelation that has raised eyebrows. At his Manhattan and Mar-a-Lago homes, foreign delegations from Israel and Ukraine…
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Muslim faith leaders endorse Kamala Harris
A group of imams endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris in an open letter shared first with NBC News on Sunday, a critical boost as she steps up her efforts to win back disaffected Muslim voters amid the Israel-Hamas war. Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, has faced widespread anger from Muslim and Arab voters over the…
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Kamala Harris meets with leaders from Muslim and Arab American communities
Vice President Kamala Harris met with leaders from the Muslim and Arab American community ahead of her campaign rally in Flint, Michigan, on Friday, according to a campaign official. During Friday’s meeting, Harris heard leaders’ perspectives on the election, as well as the wars in Gaza and Lebanon, the campaign official said. The vice president…
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Indo-Pacific leaders expand maritime security cooperation at Biden’s farewell summit
Leaders of Australia, India, Japan and the United States announced plans for new security initiatives in the Indian Ocean on Saturday, while outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden is hosting counterparts from the Quad grouping established out of shared concerns about China. Biden welcomed Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese…
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Kansas cult leaders convicted of forcing children to work 16-hour days without pay
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Six members of a Kansas-based cult have been convicted in a scheme to house children in overcrowded, rodent-infested facilities and force them to work up to 16 hours a day without pay while subjecting them to beatings and other abuse. The defendants were either high-ranking members of the organization formerly known…