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Even Oprah Winfrey came in second to Obama, incidentally bumping Jolie into third. Former Secretary of State and Clinton administration First Lady Hillary Clinton landed in eighth, beating the likes of Madonna and Ellen DeGeneres. Melania just barely made the list at 19. Panelists from 41 countries each nominated ten candidates for the list, whereas the remaining ten were chosen from each nation’s “popular local figures.

WASHINGTON — After two years of Republicans’ unsuccessful attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Democrats won back the House majority in 2018 with a unified focus on health care. Now the scalpels are out, and the issue is swiftly becoming one of the clearest dividing lines in the Democratic presidential primary. In dueling speeches and barely veiled potshots this week, former vice president Joe Biden and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders ratcheted up the debate over whether to shore up Barack Obama’s signature achievement by creating an option to choose healt

WASHINGTON - A day after he sought to distance himself from a hostile chant by his supporters, President Donald Trump lashed out at the media for its coverage of the episode and called the crowd at the North Carolina rally ‘‘incredible patriots.’’ ‘‘Those are incredible people. Those are incredible patriots,’’ Trump said during an event in the Oval Office at which he again attacked Rep.

Former first lady Michelle Obama posted a message on Twitter Friday urging Americans to remember that “there’s a place for us all” in the United States amid a furor over racist tweets sent by President Trump earlier this week. Though she did not mention the president by name, Obama made an apparent reference to Trump’s campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again,” writing, “what truly makes our country great is its diversity.” Her tweet also echoed comments made by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who at a press conference earlier this week recalled a tri

For the fourth season of “The Apprentice,” Donald Trump searched for a gimmick to bolster ratings. His idea was simple if explosive — pit an all-white team against an all-black team. “Do you like it?” he asked, previewing the concept on Howard Stern’s radio show in April 2005. “Yes,” Stern said. “Do you like it?” Trump asked Robin Quivers, the African-American cohost. “Well,” she said, “I think you’re going to have a riot.” That gave Trump no pause.

The Pentagon on Friday laid out its plans to mount a multination maritime campaign in the Middle East and send additional troops to the region as tensions with Iran continue to rise. U.S.

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The United States will be speaking with the United Kingdom about Iran’s seizure of a British-flagged oil tanker, MORE said Friday. “We’re going to be speaking with the U.K., and this only goes to show what I’m saying about Iran: trouble, nothing but trouble,” Trump told reporters while departing the White House. Trump did not say whether the incident would prompt a response, saying, “Let’s see what happens." “But I know that it’s not an American ship, it’s U.K.,” he added. Trump also contradicted comments from a day earlier about asking Sen.

Negotiations between the Trump administration and Speaker MORE (D-Calif.) on a two-year budget and debt ceiling deal are spilling over into the weekend amid growing signs of alarm from conservatives.  The talks are down to discussions over the amount of cuts, or offsets, that will be included to help pay for the agreement to increase total defense and nondefense spending over the next two years.  The administration is pushing for at least $150 billion in cuts to be included in the agreement.