Full Kelly Interview: ‘Every Single Day’ Terrorists Are Plotting Against U.S.

Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly joins Meet the Press to talk about reports that White House Adviser Jared Kushner tried to set up a secret Russia backchannel, and why he believes intelligence leaks are “darn close to treason.”

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  Manchester attack transforms Britain's election campaign

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  UK police issue photo of Manchester attacker, believe bomb made in city apartment

  Reuters

Civilian deaths a 'fact of life' in war on IS, Pentagon head says

Civilian casualties are inevitable in the war against the Islamic State group but the United states is doing "everything humanly possible" to avoid them, US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said in an interview aired Sunday. A US-led international coalition has been carrying out air strikes against the IS group in Iraq and Syria since 2014, and nongovernmental organizations say the attacks are claiming ever more civilian lives. Some NGOs have blamed the rising civilian death toll on a push by President Donald Trump's administration to accelerate the pace of combat in an effort to "annihilate" the jihadists.

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  U.S. military confirms North Korean launch of short-range ballistic missile

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  N.Korea fires Scud-class ballistic missile, Japan protests, Trump briefed

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Report: WH Prepping ‘War Room’ to Push Back On Russia Investigations

According to the Washington Post, the White House is looking to go on the offensive after weeks of revelations that have undermined the administration’s credibility.

Two men killed in Oregon train stabbings after anti-Muslim rant

A man fatally stabbed two passengers aboard a Portland, Oregon, commuter train after they tried to stop him from harassing two young women who appeared to be Muslim, police said on Saturday. Police identified the assailant, who was arrested soon after the Friday afternoon attack, as Jeremy Joseph Christian of Portland, a 35-year-old convicted felon. A senior researcher with the Southern Poverty Law Center, in a blog post, said Christian's Facebook page showed he held "some racist and other extremist beliefs." The attack unfolded hours before the start of Ramadan, Islam's holy month, when most of the world's 1.6 billion Muslims observe a daily religious fast.

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  'Ranting and raving' attacker stabs two Portland men to death after anti-Muslim tirade

  International Business Times
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  Two Men Stabbed to Death While Trying to Defend Muslim Women Being Harassed

  Inside Edition

3-Week-Old Dies in Dog Attack After Being Left Alone With Family's Three Pit Bulls

A 3-week-old was killed after one of her family’s three pit bulls attacked the baby girl while she was unattended with the dogs, according to reports. Susannah Jean Murray was left alone in a bouncy for five minutes inside of her Michigan home when one

Soccer, West Point graduation, Kashmiri protests and more — it happened today: May 27 in pictures

Tomas Rogic celebrates scoring Celtic’s second goal against Aberdeen to go on to win the Scottish Cup Final at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland; graduates of the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., toss their hats into the air at the conclusion

Trump makes G-7 deal on trade, takes rain check on climate

Seven wealthy democracies ended their summit Saturday in Italy without unanimous agreement on climate change, as the Trump administration plans to take more time to say whether the U.S. is going to remain in the Paris accord on limiting greenhouse gas emissions. The other six nations in the Group of Seven agreed to stick with their commitment to implement the 2015 Paris deal that aims to slow down global warming. Trump tweeted he would decide on Paris next week.

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  Trump still 'wide open' on climate change, Pentagon chief says

  Los Angeles Times
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  Trump's Paris Climate Accord Indecision

  The Atlantic

Young Boy Thrown Off Slide At Dublin's New Water Park

A new $45 million water park in Dublin, California, called “The Wave” opened its doors, Saturday, to a terrible start as one of the very first riders of its “Emerald Plunge” waterslide was flung off its edge and landed on solid concrete. A small wall of water cakes the ground near the bottom of both the slides where the riders come sliding down at break-neck speeds.

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  Third slide closed at new Dublin water park, The Wave

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  10-year-old boy tumbles off water slide onto concrete

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Texas toddler deaths: Two young children found dead ‘after being locked inside hot car’

Two toddlers were found dead in a locked vehicle on Friday in Parker County, Texas. Temperatures had hit 96F (35C) when the mother of the children, a two-year-old girl and a 16-month-old boy, says she found them locked inside her car, according to a news release from the local sheriff’s office. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s website identifies the two children as Juliet and Cavanaugh Ramirez – and says the cause of their deaths is still pending.

For Siemens and Other Companies, Apprentice Programs

When Siemens wanted to find U.S. workers to build gas turbines, only 15 percent of those who applied had the skills needed.

Jared Kushner’s Growing Stench of Treason

It’s time to talk about treason. We now know, according to U.S. officials briefed on intelligence reports cited by the Washington Post, that in early December 2016 Jared Kushner and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak “discussed the possibility of setting

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  As White House defends Jared Kushner, experts question his back-channel move

  Washington Post
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  Donald Trump 'looks to contain damage' from latest Jared Kushner Russia revelations

  The Independent

Ramadan in Libya: little cash and too much violence

The holy Muslim month of Ramadan began Saturday with a bitter taste for residents of Libya's capital, as a cash shortage bites, prices rise and deadly clashes returned to Tripoli. During Ramadan, Muslims around the world abstain from eating, drinking, smoking and having sex from dawn to dusk. Prices have multiplied by three or four times this year in Libya, including at Tomzini which is famed for its fresh spices.

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  Here's Why People Eat Dates During Ramadan

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  Ramadan begins for world's Muslims, violently for some

  AFP

Full Interview: Mitch Landrieu On Removing Confederate Monuments

New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu discusses his decision to remove Confederate monuments from the city in an exclusive interview with NBC’s Chuck Todd.

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  Baltimore Mayor Says City Will 'Look To' Removing Confederate Monuments

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• Baltimore mayor to consider removing Confederate monuments

  McClatchy Washington Bureau

2 Men Charged After Allegedly Forcing An Alligator to Drink Beer And Then Posting Snapchat Videos of It

Joseph Andrew Floyd Jr., 20, and Zachary Lloyd Brown, 21, reportedly picked up the juvenile alligator when they saw it crossing the road on Wednesday and then forced beer down its throat. People had taken screen shots from Snapchat accounts,” Kyndel McConchie, a spokesperson for the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, told CNN. “Alligators are protected under state law and even federal law where they are still listed as threatened solely due to their similarity of appearance to other endangered crocodilians worldwide,” SCDNR Alligator Program Coordinator Jay Butfiloski added.

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  'Gator shotgun': 2 charged after pouring beer down alligator's throat

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  Two South Carolina men charged after forcing alligator to drink beer

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Thousands protest against Moscow housing resettlement, but numbers fall

Thousands of Muscovites protested in the south-west of the Russian capital on Sunday against government plans to resettle millions of citizens from shoddy Soviet-era apartment blocks, but numbers had fallen compared to earlier rallies. A Reuters witness said around 5,000 people attended the latest rally, compared to organizers' estimates of 60,000 at a protest on May 14. Moscow residents are also concerned about the location and quality of the planned new accommodation, a lack of services and infrastructure and about threats the redevelopment may pose to the historic face of the Russian capital.

Group pushes for creation of war on terror memorial

Global War on Terror Memorial Foundation founder Andrew Brennan reflects ahead of Memorial Day

Judge Overturns Sniper Lee Boyd Malvo's Life Sentences

Federal Judge Raymond Jackson in Norfolk overturned a couple of life sentences for Lee Boyd Malvo, one of the most infamous Washington D.C. snipers in the recent times, Friday. Citing the 2012 Supreme Court ruling that "judges must consider the unique circumstances of each juvenile offender, banning mandatory sentences of life without parole for all juveniles," Jackson stated that Malvo’s life sentences were unconstitutional and ordered Virginia courts to hold new sentencing hearings for the same. Malvo has been convicted of murdering 10 people and injuring three others in Maryland, Virginia and the D.C. area.

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  D.C. Sniper Has Life Sentences Thrown Out

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  D.C. sniper case: What's next for Lee Boyd Malvo

  USA Today

Media frenzy as Australian drug trafficker Corby returns home

Australian Schapelle Corby battled a media storm as she returned home from Bali Sunday 12 years after her conviction for drug trafficking, in a dramatic end to a saga that captivated her homeland. The beauty school dropout hit Australian headlines when she was arrested in 2004 at Bali airport aged 27 with several kilos of hashish stashed in her surfing gear, and was jailed the following year for 20 years. Corby and her sister Mercedes concocted an elaborate plan to avoid the cameras after they touched down in the eastern city of Brisbane early Sunday morning, using multiple vehicle convoys to confuse the media when they departed the airport.

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  Australian drug convict Schapelle Corby returns home from Bali

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  Australian woman returns home after Indonesia prison term

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US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson ‘refuses to hold Ramadan event’ in break with tradition

Donald Trump’s Secretary of State has refused to host an event to mark Islam’s holy month of Ramadan, seemingly breaking with a long bipartisan tradition. Since 1999, Republican and Democratic secretaries of state have nearly always hosted either the reception or an iftar dinner to break the day’s fast during Ramadan. Mr Tillerson turned down a request from the State Department’s Office of Religion and Global Affairs to host the Eid reception, two unnamed US officials said.

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  Breaking an 18-year tradition, Rex Tillerson has declined an invite to host a Ramadan event at the State Department

  Newsweek
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  Tillerson Declines to Host Ramadan Event at State Department

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Bodies of Indian climbers who died on Everest recovered

Rescuers have retrieved the body of an Indian climber who died on Mount Everest and airlifted it to Kathmandu on Sunday, along with those of two others who perished last year. Ravi Kumar, 27, died this month after summiting the world's highest mountain and becoming separated from his guide soon afterwards. Rescuers said its recovery was a risky operation.

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  Associated Press
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  Spanish record climber tops Everest twice in a week: team

  AFP

Greg Allman, Founder of the Allman Brothers Band, Dies at 69

The legendary Southern rocker who composed countless hits as frontman for The Allman Brothers Band and battled a very public addiction with drugs died Saturday at his home. He was 69.

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  Rock Legend & Icon Gregg Allman Dies at 69

  Glide Magazine
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  Music World Reacts to Death of Gregg Allman

  The Hollywood Reporter

4-Year-Old's Preschool Teacher To Give Kidney to Boy's Dad: 'She's An Amazing Lady'

An Iowa teacher is going way above and beyond the call of duty and donating a kidney to her student’s dad.  Darreld Peterson said his 4-year-old son’s preschool teacher, Nancy Bleuer, 54, immediately jumped at the chance to give him the life-saving organ

Karl: Sources close to president say it may be time for Kushner to take leave of absence

ABC News' Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl and Senior Justice Correspondent Pierre Thomas report on the Russia investigation and latest developments about Jared Kushner.

Rolling Thunder, French Open, Manchester tribute and more — it happened today: May 28 in pictures

Motorcyclists pass Marine Staff Sgt. Tim Chambers, Ret., and Christian Jacobs, 6, of Hertford, N.C., as they salute in Washington; fans watch the qualification round match between Luxemburg’s Gilles Muller and Spain’s Guillermo Garcia-Lopez during the