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    Former US secretary of state Madeleine Albright tweeted Wednesday that she is prepared to register as a Muslim in solidarity as reports say President Trump plans on suspending the US’s refugee programme for 120 days. Albright said that there is no fine print on the Statue of Liberty and America must remain open to people of all faiths & backgrounds. She went on to say that she was raised Catholic, became Episcopalian and ‘found out later my family was Jewish.’ I stand ready to register as Muslim in #solidarity, she tweeted. The Hill reported that she is following in feminist icon Gloria Steinem’s vow to become Muslim if there is ever a registry, reports the Associated Press. Albright was a vocal critic of Trump in the election and lended her support to Hillary Clinton....

    The entire senior management team of the department announced it was leaving The entire senior level of management officials at the US State department has resigned - rather than serve under President Donald Trump. In the latest display of disquiet among civil servants in Washington over the new commander-in-chief, the four top senior officials at the equivalent of America's foreign ministry, announced they were standing down. The new Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, was present in the department’s offices in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington DC, when the officials resigned on Wednesday, the Washington Post reported. The officials were Patrick Kennedy, Under Secretary of State for Management, Assistant Secretary of State for Administration Joyce Anne Barr, Assi...

    Flames from one of Chile’s worst wildfires completely consumed the town of Santa Olga as the death toll from the blazes since November rose to 10, officials said on Thursday. The flames engulfed the post office, a kindergarten, and about 1,000 homes in the town, located 220 miles (360 kilometres) south of the Chilean capital. The body of one person was found under the charred remains of the town, which another 6,000 residents fled unharmed. Officials have not identified the person who died. ‘This is an extremely serious situation of horror, a nightmare without an end,’ said Carlos Valenzuela, the mayor of the neighbouring coastal city of Constitucion. ‘Everything burned.’ Authorities found another body burned inside a house destroyed in the flames about 85 miles (140 kilom...

    I will be asking for a major investigation into VOTER FRAUD, including those registered to vote in two states, Trump tweeted Wednesday apparently unaware that his daughter Tiffany Trump, Chief White House Strategist Stephen Bannon and Treasury Secretary pick Steven Mnuchin were all reportedly registered to vote in two states during the 2016 election. Bannon was registered to vote in both Florida and New York, the Daily News confirmed Wednesday. According to the Florida Division of Elections, Bannon is an active registered Republican voter in Nokomis, Fla. He registered there on April 2, 2014. According to the New York State Board of Elections, Bannon is also registered as an active Republican voter in Manhattan. Stephen Bannon is actively registered to vote in both Florida...

    Mexican President Enrique Pe a Nieto Mexico’s president has once again declared that Mexico will not pay for any wall but stopped short of cancelling a visit to Washington after Donald Trump signed executive orders that include building the border barrier. Enrique Peña Nieto reiterated that Mexico would not put a single peso towards the new US president’s signature project. But Peña Nieto did not cancel a trip to Washington – a move many in Mexico had demanded after Trump signed an executive order to start plans for fencing off the frontier. I have said time and time again, Mexico will not pay for any wall, Peña Nieto told the nation in a short video statement on Wednesday night. Mexico reaffirms its friendship with the people of the United States and its willingness to re...

    Buried under a stack of presidential paperwork President Trump signed shortly after his inauguration was his first official proclamation, declaring last Friday a National Day of Patriotic Devotion. But by the time anyone found out about it, it was already over. Trump proclaimed the day to honor his own inauguration, proclaiming a new national pride that would strengthen our bonds to each other and to our country. But the White House never released the proclamation until it arrived Monday at the Office of the Federal Register, where it was scheduled to be published Tuesday. The proclamation continues a tradition that began with President George H.W. Bush in 1989 and followed by every president since. The one-page proclamations read like mini-inaugural addresses, and can set...