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posted onAugust 13, 2017
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Article snippet: Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories President Trump on Saturday issued a vague condemnation of violence in Charlottesville in a televised statement from New Jersey.   Opinion | Renée Graham This is another Fort Sumter.   “You’d better pull up your socks and you’d better get ready, because it’s a fight out here,” said Ifé Franklin.  ‘‘I fight on the front lines every day,’’ Omarosa Manigault-Newman said, prompting gasps of disbelief from people in the audience. ‘‘If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu.’’  President Trump blamed ‘‘many sides’’ for violence in Charlottesville, Va., in the wake of a white nationalist demonstration.  President Trump, speaking Friday from his golf clubhouse in New Jersey, said he would not rule out a “military option” in Venezuela.   Chinese President Xi Jinping made a plea for cool-headedness over tensions with North Korea in a phone conversation with President Trump on Saturday.   The goal is to deprive the GOP of its congressional majority in next year’s midterm elections.  Inspector General Glenn Cunha’s salary will increase to $170,000 after the council that oversees his office approved the roughly 7 percent pay hike.  Evan Horowitz | Quick Study Very little stands between President Trump, or Kim Jong Un, and the use of deadly weapons.   President Donald Trump refused to back down Thursday from his provocative threat to rain ... Link to the full article to read more

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