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MANCHESTER, England — An explosion that appeared to be a suicide bombing killed at least 22 people on Monday night and wounded 59 others at an Ariana Grande concert filled with adoring adolescent fans, in what the police were treating as a terrorist attack. Panic and mayhem seized the crowd at the Manchester Arena as the blast reverberated through the building, just as the show was ending and pink balloons were dropping from the rafters in a signature flourish by Ms.

MANCHESTER, England — An explosion that appeared to be a suicide bombing killed at least 22 people on Monday night and wounded 59 others at an Ariana Grande concert filled with adoring adolescent fans, in what the police were treating as a terrorist attack. Panic and mayhem seized the crowd at the Manchester Arena as the blast reverberated through the building, just as the show was ending and pink balloons were dropping from the rafters in a signature flourish by Ms.

Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Nebraska, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said there's "a lot that's troubling" in the events surrounding FBI Director James Comey. The senator was asked by ABC News Chief Anchor Justice Department special counsel over the probe of Russia's election meddling and possible ties to Trump associates. "This is a decorated Marine through to U.S.

While Melania Trump and the president's daughter and adviser, Ivanka, have been engaged in activities of their own. Ivanka Trump attended a roundtable on women's economic empowerment while the first lady visited a school and an all-women business center. Both women have accompanied the president on several of his official activities in Saudi Arabia.

A group of graduating seniors from the University of Notre Dame turned their backs on their own graduation ceremony in protest of Vice President Mike Pence, who gave their commencement address there on Sunday. The protests, which were organized by a student activist group at Notre Dame called We Stand For, were staged in response to "marginalized people affected by Pence's politics," according to a Facebook post published by the group last week, which urged students to join them in the walk out. "We invite all students, faculty, and families who will be attending the Commencement ceremony

The images were striking, and so were the words, including the words that were not said. There was Islam hates us” and who proposed a “total and complete shutdown” that would have prohibited every person in that audience from stepping foot in the United States. But whereas the Trump of the campaign portrayed the war on terrorism as a clash of civilizations, this Trump, speaking in mostly subdued tones, explicitly said it was not. “Terrorists do not worsh

President Donald Trump said today that he "never mentioned" Israel during his controversial Oval Office meeting with Russian officials, in which he reportedly disclosed classified information that could have compromised an Israeli intelligence source. "I never mentioned the word or the name Israel. Never mentioned it during our conversation," Trump said to reporters before his private meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Trump was referring to his May 10 meeting at the White House with Russia's Ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

Most popular on bostonglobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories JERUSALEM (AP) — President Donald Trump solemnly placed a note in the ancient stones of Jerusalem’s Western Wall on Monday, sending a signal of solidarity to an ally he’s pushing to work harder toward peace with the Palestinians.

Most popular on bostonglobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories President Trump said he saw the possibility of a new alignment of Muslim nations and Israel against a shared foe — Iran.   ground game There needs to be at least three parties at the table to make it happen, and, so far, President Trump is sitting alone — and no one is even coming near the room.  President Trump is the first sitting president to visit the Western Wall and it’s unclear whether he intends to change US policy on the officially recognized location.

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