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One young MORE fan wore one of Clinton's iconic outfits to meet the former Democratic presidential nominee: a pantsuit. The little girl is shown wearing pearls and a pantsuit — which Clinton is famous for wearing — while Clinton signed copies of her book “It Takes a Village” on Wednesday. Clinton tweeted out the photo Wednesday night. “Great to be back in Brooklyn sharing #ItTakesAVillage with readers of all ages!” she tweeted.  Clinton is currently on book tour for her new book “What Happened” docume

Fox News host Tucker Carlson said Wednesday that accusing others of being racist has become so commonplace, that the term has been rendered less derogatory. “You know, it wasn’t that long ago when calling someone ‘racist’ was a big deal,” Carlson said on his show.

Top Senate Democrats on Thursday slammed Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary MORE for using private charter planes for official government travel, accusing him of hypocrisy. The decision to use charter flights “is particularly shocking as you serve in an administration that routinely calls for draconian spending cuts and a reduction in government waste,” nine senators said in a letter released this morning.

FRANKFURT — Once, the merger of two iconic European companies might well have been derailed by regional political rivalries.

LONDON — This week’s Labour Party conference, an annual gathering and one of the landmark events of the British political calendar, had an unexpected attendee: a bodyguard. He was not there to protect Jeremy Corbyn, the party’s leftist leader, or any of the party’s grandees.

MEXICO CITY — They are a population adrift, cast loose by a disaster. They sleep on couches, in makeshift shelters and in their cars; wear borrowed clothes and hand-me-downs from donation piles; and, separated from their kitchens, rely on others’ cooking, each plate a reminder of their restless, unanchored state. The earthquake on Sept.

OTTAWA — While President Trump has reserved his harshest words on trade for Mexico and China, Canada, one of America’s closest allies, has emerged as a major pressure point on trade, with the countries’ leaders trading barbs over lumber, dairy products, airplanes, and even magazine paper. In the latest move, the Trump administration imposed a huge tariff on a new aircraft made by Montreal’s Bombardier to compensate for what it deemed unfair subsidies by Canadian governments.

ARENYS DE MUNT, Spain — As Spain’s government tries almost everything it can to stop an independence referendum Sunday in the restive northeastern region of Catalonia, the standoff is escalating into a constitutional crisis emblematic of the larger forces tearing at European unity. With the support of the Spanish judiciary, Madrid has shut down websites and advertising campaigns that have promoted the vote. It has raided the offices of companies that would print the paper ballots.

ARENYS DE MUNT, Spain — As Spain’s government tries almost everything it can to stop an independence referendum Sunday in the restive northeastern region of Catalonia, the standoff is escalating into a constitutional crisis emblematic of the larger forces tearing at European unity. With the support of the Spanish judiciary, Madrid has shut down websites and advertising campaigns that have promoted the vote. It has raided the offices of companies that would print the paper ballots.

After enthusiastically endorsing an Alabama senator’s campaign for re-election, President Trump distanced himself on Tuesday night from the candidate’s loss in the most Trumpian way possible: He deleted his supportive tweets. Hours after Senator Luther Strange, a Republican from Alabama, lost in Tuesday’s primary runoff, Mr. Trump excised at least three favorable Twitter posts, including one sent Tuesday morning.