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    Donald Trump indicated there could be a "softening" of his controversial immigration policies during a Fox News town hall moderated by Sean Hannity that taped earlier tonight. When asked by Hannity if there was "any part of the law" he would change to accommodate law-abiding immigrants who have kids in the U.S., Trump replied: "There certainly can be a softening because we're not looking to hurt people," Trump said in his response. "We want people -- we have some great people in this country." Trump emphasized that his immigration policies would "follow the laws of the country." "If we follow the laws of the country, we can do what we need to do," he said, adding later, "What people don't realize, we have very, very strong laws." Trump's immigration policies are still bein...

    The U.S. sent about 100 troops to shore up defenses in a southern Afghan city in the midst of a major Taliban summer offensive that has pushed the country's security forces to the brink. Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook confirmed the deployment of U.S. forces at a press briefing on Monday. "They've gone down there to assist the police zone headquarters and their leadership team with a focused train, advise and assist mission," Cook told reporters, adding "This will not be a permanent presence." The troops will attempt to help the Afghans hold on to the city of Lashkar Gah, the southern capital of Helmand province. Helmand province is the epicenter of Afghanistan's illegal but lucrative opium industry, which is estimated to generate $3 billion each year in one of the poo...

    Trump also reportedly relies on a stream of lenders and credit to prop up his opaque and complex network of partnerships and limited liability companies. I’m very rich, Donald Trump has often said to woo the crowds, talking about the fine marble in his hotels and the millions of dollars he has both given to the veterans and to funding his campaign. A New York Times investigation has revealed, however, that his companies are carrying debt of at least $650m (£497m) – more than double the amount that he disclosed in public records. While Allen Weisselberg, chief financial officer of the Trump Organisation, insisted to the newspaper that Mr Trump’s company was a tightly-run family business, his critics have argued that the Republican owns minority stakes in an opaque network o...

    According to Labour’s former Olympics Minister Dame Tessa Jowell: “If, in 2020, we’re looking back at a team GB that has not performed at the level that it did Rio or in London then it will be fair to say that Brexit was one of the reasons. Rio 2016 could be Team GB’s last truly great Olympic Games, as concerns mount that forthcoming political and economic upheaval as a consequence of the UK’s decision to leave the European Union will make it difficult to sustain the investment in sport necessary for British athletes to deliver the dominant performances the country has come to expect from them at Tokyo 2020 and beyond. The former Chancellor George Osborne pledged a 29 per cent increase in exchequer funding for elite sport in what turned out to be his final Autumn Statement...

    In this April 10, 2006, file photo, Donald Trump poses outside his Chicago offices and his 92-story residential tower underconstruction on the Chicago River. There's something about bulldozers and hard hats that brings a family together. It worked for Donald Trump and his father. And it worked for Donald Trump and his children. There's something about bulldozers and hard hats that brings a family together. It worked for Donald Trump and his father. And it worked for Donald Trump and his children. Long before Donald Trump was a presidential candidate, New York real estate mogul and reality TV star, he was Fred Trump's kid, sitting at his dad's knee playing with blocks as his father developed homes and post-war apartment buildings in Brooklyn and Queens. Fast forward six dec...

    Donald Trump made a rare act of contrition Thursday, saying he regretted offending people with his harsh way of speaking. The Republican nominee made the gesture at his first rally since ordering a shakeup in his campaign to save his struggling White House bid. Sometimes in the heat of debate and speaking on a multitude of issues, you don't choose the right words or you say the wrong thing, Trump told a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina. I have done that. And believe it or not, I regret it, he said, drawing laughs and applause from the crowd. I do regret it. Particularly, where it may have caused personal pain. He added: "Too much is at stake for us to be consumed with these issues, but one thing, I can promise you this, I will always tell you the truth. The New York bill...

    An artists' collective took credit for exposing Donald Trump to unflattering scrutiny yesterday saying it was responsible for a life sized nude statue of the Republican presidential candidate that turned up in a New York City park. Copies of the orange-tinted likeness - featuring a massive belly, small fingers and missing some genital parts - were simultaneously unveiled in downtown Manhattan's Union Square Park and public places in four other US cities. The collective titled the work "The Emperor Has No Balls." In New York, the unauthorized installation appeared to surprise passers-by - prompting stares, giggles and shrugs of bemusement from park visitors. Ina Cope, a 58-year-old retiree from the Bronx borough of New York, said she was not expecting to see the Trump statu...

    Donald Trump says shooting of black man by police in Milwaukee was justified Donald Trump has said that initial evidence in the shooting of a black man by police in Milwaukee showed that it was justified. Sylville Smith, 23, was shot dead by police on Saturday. Authorities said he was stopped for acting suspiciously and then fled, and was shot by police because he was carrying an illegal handgun and refused orders to drop it. The Republican presidential nominee said at a rally in the city on Tuesday night that it was law and order. We have to obey the laws or we don't have a country, said Trump. We have a case where good people are out there trying to get people to sort of calm down and they're not calming down and we have our police who are doing a phenomenal job. Recent ...

    To fight radical Islamic terrorism” and to make America safe again, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump proposed today administering a new, ideological test for immigrants who want to enter the United States. We should only admit into this country those who share our values and respect our people, Trump said at a campaign rally in Youngstown, Ohio. “The time is overdue to develop a new screening test for the threats we face today. I call it extreme vetting, Trump said. Trump Forges Ahead After Difficult Week Trump’s policy proposal is an expansion on his call in December for a “total and complete shutdown” of Muslims’ entering the United States. “In addition to screening out all members of the sympathizers of terrorist groups, we must also screen out any who h...

    The men were shot in the back of the head as they walked home from Saturday afternoon prayers in Islamic dress, according to police. No motive for the killings has yet been established by investigators, but worshippers and community members in Queens said the killings were hate crimes. “That’s not what America is about,” Khairul Islam, 33, told New York Daily News. “We blame Donald Trump for this... Trump and his drama has created Islamophobia." More than 100 people joined a protest on Saturday night outside the mosque where they chanted: “We want Justice.” Mosque leader, Malama Akonjee, 55, a married father of seven from Bangladesh, was pronounced dead at the scene, one block away from the mosque. Thura Uddin, 65, also from Bangaldesh, was rushed to Jamaica Hospital but l...