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President Trump on Sunday offered his prayers to the victims of the tsunami that slammed Indonesia, killing hundreds of people. "Unthinkable devastation from the tsunami disaster in Indonesia," the president tweeted. "More than two hundred dead…
Al Sharpton blasts Travis Scott over alleged Super…
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President Trump announced Sunday that Defense Secretary James Mattis will be leaving the administration on January 1, weeks earlier than planned and just days after Mattis' bombshell resignation letter made clear his policy disagreements with the White House. "I…
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A tsunami struck Indonesia virtually without warning, killing at least 222 people, sweeping away members of a pop band performing on a beach. Hundreds of homes and other buildings were “heavily damaged” when the tsunami…