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So many parents are saying they "don't know what to say" to their children about Donald Trump being elected the 45th president of the United States. One Seattle mom, Molly Spence Sahebjami, helped her 5-year-old son write a letter to Donald Trump after the tumultuous and scandal-ridden election asking for him to "be kind." Sahebjami started a Facebook group that now has more than 10,000 members called "Dear President Trump: Letters from Kids About Kindness," encouraging children to write letters on how to be kind. The mom says, "There were things that

Green Day took the stage Sunday evening at the American Music Awards and broke into an anti-Trump chant during their performance in Los Angeles. In the middle of their hit song "Band Bang," jumped into "Born To Die 2016" by punk band MDC. Lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong led a chant with the words, "No Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA." The song has recently been popularized by students across the U.S.

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia is now allowing anyone in the state to buy naloxone, an opioid overdose treatment drug, without a prescription. Health Commissioner Marissa Levine issued the order Monday allowing the change, while also declaring the state’s growing opioid addiction problem a public health emergency. Some pharmacies in Virginia already provide naloxone without a prescription, but Levine says she wants to make sure the opioid overdose antidote is available throughout the state as opioid-related deaths continue to rise.

Trump worried about keeping phone at WH: report © Getty President-elect Donald Trump is concerned that he will not be able to continue using his Android cellphone once he takes office, according to a new report. According to The New York Times, Trump voiced concerns to his aides over becoming isolated without the phone and keeping in contact with his friends. ADVERTISEMENT Trump became known for tweeting at all hours of the day during his presidential campaign. At times, the tweets came from his Android phone, which the Twitter application may denote at the bottom of tweets. Days before the...

full title..............................The coldest handshake: Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin photographed in brief frosty exchange at Peru summit - amid angry clash over Syria and Russian support for Trump ........................President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin were photographed in a brief exchange in Peru amid frosty dealings over Syria. They spoke briefly on Sunday as an economic summit got under way in Peru, in their first known conversation since Donald Trump was elected the next U.S. president. The two leaders were seen chatting as reporters were allowed in briefly for the start of the opening session of the Asia-Pacific Economic...

full title..............Melania and Barron Trump WON'T move to the White House so he can finish school in NYC- threatening years of nightmarish traffic and security checks for shoppers near Trump Tower....................... Melania and Barron will stay at penthouse apartment in Trump Tower Barron had a difficult time during Donald Trump's campaign, and Melania is choosing to stay put so he can finish out the school year, sources said Barron attends Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School, with famous alumni including Sarah Michelle Geller and Herman Meville Melania will travel to DC when necessary, and Trump himself is reportedly considering spending as...

The city of Bloomington, Indiana, has renamed Good Friday and Columbus Day because the names imply a cultural insensitivity, according to the Bloomington Herald-Times. The new, more politically-correct names will help make the holidays more inclusive, the mayor said. The change was made Friday by Mayor John Hamilton, who sent a memo to city employees. The Herald-Times reports that "all city employees receive paid time off for Columbus Day, a federal holiday ... and Good Friday, the Friday before Easter Sunday. In the future, the city will be calling these paid days off 'Fall Holiday' and 'Spring Holida

full title..........................National Security Adviser Designate: 'Islam Is a Political Ideology,' Not Many 'People Screaming Jesus Christ With Hatchets'.......................Michael T. Flynn, a registered Democrat who has been offered the position of National Security Adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, believes “Islam is a political ideology” that veils itself as a religion, and is unique in that sense because he does not “see a lot of people screaming Jesus Christ with hatchets” or guns “shooting up clubs” or “literally axing families on a train.” As for Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin, Lt. Gen. Flynn said, “We have to deal with Russia” and...

The New York Times is in trouble, and they know it. The paper has lost all credibility, and even long-time readers comfortable with its editorial bias have been sickened by the all-out trashing of Donald Trump over the past several months. ADVERTISEMENT When the publisher of the world’s most arrogant and all-knowing newspaper puts out a mea culpa promising to “rededicate ourselves to the fundamental mission of Times journalism” you can be pretty sure that something is awry. To pledge to “report America and the world honestly, without fear or favor” suggests they have been doing otherwise, and that is...

The U.S. Navy is sending a new naval officer to assume command of operations at the Guantanamo Bay military prison next year. Rear Adm. Edward Cashman will serve as the new commander of prison operations at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus and Adm. John Richardson, chief of naval operations, announced on Thursday. Cashman, who currently directs the Joint Integrated Air and Missile Defense Organization in the Pentagon’s Joint Staff, will become the 17th commander of Guantanamo Bay prison operations. His official title will be commander of Joint Task Force, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

The heads of the Pentagon and the nation’s intelligence community have recommended to President Obama that the director of the National Security Agency, Adm. Michael S. Rogers, be removed. The recommendation, delivered to the White House last month, was made by Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter and Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper Jr., according to several U.S. officials familiar with the matter. Action has been delayed, some administration officials said, because relieving Rogers of his duties is tied to another controversial recommendation: to create separate chains of command at the NSA and the

full title.............Transgender marine, 20, who enlisted while living as a woman will soon become one of the first to be recognized as a man by the U.S. military ............................A 20-year-old transgender marine will be one of the first to be formally recognized by his command as a man after the U.S. military lifted a ban on those serving. Lance Corporal Aaron Wixson, from Tulsa in Oklahoma, enlisted as a marine in 2014 when he was still identifying as a woman, CNN reports. After years of discomfort, Wixson was this year diagnosed with gender dysphoria - a disorder that sees a...

No, I’m not kidding. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) wants President-elect Donald J. Trump to nominate Hillary Clinton as U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Hey, it’s not like we have an election, where Clinton lost or anything (via The Hill): President-elect Trump should consider her for the position," said Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), whose district includes Trump Tower in Manhattan. She added that Clinton "would make an excellent Ambassador to the United Nations." Clinton "will never stop working," Maloney said. "She will

Incoming Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is denying he and President-elect Donald Trump had a close relationship in the past. ADVERTISEMENT “He was not my friend. We never went golfing together, even had a meal together,” Schumer said in an interview with Politico published Saturday. “He’s called me, we’ve had civil conversations a couple of times. But I’ve got to see what he does.” Schumer is set to be the Senate Democratic caucus's lead negotiator with Trump's administration. During the campaign, Trump claimed that his relationship with Schumer would help him reach bipartisan deals as president.

After nearly 10 years, have House Democrats had enough of their leader, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)? It's complicated. There's near universal agreement among House Democrats that she's been a smart, capable, savvy leader who was handed a set of difficult political circumstances with redistricting and President Obama's unpopularity that ushered in the largest Republican majorities in the House of Representatives since the New Deal. As such, she's handily expected to win reelection to lead House Democrats in a secret-ballot election Nov. 30.

Fashion designer refuses to dress Melania Trump © Getty A fashion designer whose styles have been sported by Michelle Obama is boycotting dressing Melania Trump, saying she encourages “my fellow designers to do the same” when it comes to outfitting the next first lady. "As one who celebrates and strives for diversity, individual freedom and respect for all lifestyles, I will not participate in dressing or associating in any way with the next First Lady," Sophie Theallet wrote in a letter this week. “The rhetoric of racism, sexism, and xenophobia unleashed by her husband’s presidential campaign are incompatible with the...

full title..........Obama warns that fake news stories could threaten democracy as author of hoaxes acknowledges he may have put Trump in the White House.............................President Barack Obama on Thursday addressed the issue of fake news stories going viral on Facebook and its role in galvanizing support for Donald Trump's successful run for the presidency. Speaking on Thursday during a joint press conference in Berlin with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Obama said that the proliferation of fake news and its viral popularity on Facebook and Twitter poses a threat to American democracy, BuzzFeed reported.

full title................Amal Clooney claims Trump proposals amount to 'state-sponsored torture and religious tests for immigrants that violate international human rights law'.........................Amal Clooney has warned that many of president-elect Trump's proposals would be 'violations of international law.' Speaking at the Texas Conference For Women at the Austin Convention Center on Tuesday, the international human rights lawyer, and wife of George Clooney, said she had concerns about America's reputation under the real estate mogul's plans. She noted that Trump's comments during his campaign, 'that there should be a religious test imposed on entering the U.S. or the fact that there should be...

full title....................What was Ivanka doing there? Fury as Trump's daughter and husband join him for first meeting with Japanese Prime Minister.............................Pictures released on Thursday evening by the Japanese government that showed Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner joining the president-elect for a meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe have led to widespread criticism on social media. A number of Twitter users are expressing their outrage and shock after learning that Ivanka - who has no security clearance and is set to run her father's business in a blind trust once he takes office - was present for Donald's first sit-down talk...

WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Friday blocked the sale of new permits to drill oil and gas in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas off Alaska, in a win for environmental groups that had fought against development in the fragile region.