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BOSTON – Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, a Republican, may not be "slamming the door" on new Syrian refugees, but he said he's unwilling to accept more until he's convinced none represent a threat to the state. Baker joined more than a dozen other governors in
migrants
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Paris attacks are rapidly weakening U.S. support for bringing in thousands more Syrian refugees, as pressure grows in Congress and the Republican presidential campaign to reverse course and governors once open to resettlement try to shut their states' doors. President Barack Obama held firm to
Immigration
WASHINGTON (AP) — The bloody attacks in Paris are putting the Syrian refugee crisis at center stage in U.S. politics as migrants from that war-torn country surge toward the West and security concerns rise. GOP presidential contender Marco Rubio on Sunday said the United States should no longer accept Syrian
Barack Obama
ANTALYA, Turkey (AP) — Pressed for a strong response to the Islamic State group's assault on Paris, the world's top industrial and developing nations are set to outline their coordinated response to what President Barack Obama has described as an "attack on the civilized world."
terrorism
PARIS (AP) — World leaders are reacting to the deadliest violence to strike France since World War II. Some of their comments: OECD SECRETARY-GENERAL
terrorism
WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. drone strike targeted a vehicle in Syria believed to be transporting the masked Islamic State militant known as "Jihadi John, according to American officials. Whether the strike killed the British man who appears in several videos depicting the beheadings of Western hostages was not
terrorism
WASHINGTON – A frenzy of orders emanating from the White House has political pundits theorizing that President Barack Obama, currently entering his last lap as America's commander-in-chief, is shifting his focus from governing to securing his place in the history books. The latest move occurred last week when the
terrorism
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Only an external impact could have caused the crash of a Russian plane in Egypt that killed all 224 people on board, a top airline official said Monday, raising more questions about what exactly happened. "We rule out a technical fault of the plane or
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