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Washington, Sep 5 (EFE).- President Donald Trump on Wednesday called an op-ed piece in which a high-ranking administration official harshly criticizes him anonymously in The New York Times “gutless” and White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders demanded that the author “resign.” “We have somebody in what I call the failing New York Times that’s …

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Washington, Sep 5 (EFE).- The head of operations for Facebook, Sheryl Sandberg, on Wednesday told the US Senate that the tech giant is “at war” against fake accounts, while Twitter chief Jack Dorsey confirmed that his company identifies some 10 million such accounts per week. In a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, the two execs explained …

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Washington, Sep 5 (EFE).- US President Donald Trump on Wednesday blasted the book written by renowned journalist Bob Woodward, which describes a dysfunctional and chaotic White House, saying it was “a shame” that someone could write a book filled with “so many lies and phony sources.” “Isn’t it a shame that someone can write an …

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Washington, Sep 4 (EFE).- Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey announced Tuesday the appointment of former Sen. Jon Kyl to fill the US Senate seat left vacant by the death of John McCain. Kyl represented Arizona in the Senate alongside McCain for three terms and rose to became the deputy leader of the Republicans in the upper …

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Washington, 5 sep (EFE).- El ojo de la tormenta tropical Gordon, que amenazaba con convertirse en huracán antes de tocar suelo en territorio estadounidense, alcanzó hoy la costa de los estados de Alabama y Misisipi, en el sur del país, y se encuentra a unos 55 kilómetros al sudeste de la localidad de Mobile. Al …

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Washington, 4 sep (EFE).- Brett Kavanaugh, el nominado por el presidente, Donald Trump, para convertirse en juez del Tribunal Supremo defendió hoy la separación de poderes en el primer día del proceso de confirmación de su candidatura, en medio de protestas que incluso interrumpieron la sesión en el Senado. “El Tribunal Supremo es la última …

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Miami, Sep 3 (EFE).- Tropical Storm Gordon, which took shape over the Florida Cays, has spread across Florida with rainfall and gusty winds, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Monday. As of 9:00 pm GMT, the storm is traveling at 28 kph (17.4 mph) and is expected to grow stronger with the possibility of becoming …

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Washington, 3 sep (EFE).- El presidente Donald Trump pidió hoy a los gobiernos sirio, ruso e iraní que eviten el “grave error humanitario” que supondría una ofensiva sobre Idleb, en Siria por parte del Ejecutivo de Bashar al-Asad. “Los rusos y los iraníes estarían cometiendo un grave error humanitario participando en esta potencial tragedia humanitaria. …

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Nueva York, 2 sep (EFE).- El Departamento de Justicia de EE.UU. y el FBI intentaron, entre el 2014 y el 2016, que el millonario ruso Oleg Deripaska, con vínculos con el Kremlin, fuera informante del Gobierno, en un intento por obtener información sobre el crimen organizado en su país y luego de la intervención en …

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