| Why GOP faces challenge selling tax cuts to younger voters Posted: 11 Dec 2017 01:45 PM PST ![Why GOP faces challenge selling tax cuts to younger voters]( "Why GOP faces challenge selling tax cuts to younger voters") Millennials are a key demographic for politicians. They are the biggest group of taxpayers, home buyers, and – soon – voters.
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| Jerusalem: Exhausted and adrift, Palestinians offer muted response to Trump Posted: 11 Dec 2017 12:59 PM PST ![Jerusalem: Exhausted and adrift, Palestinians offer muted response to Trump]( "Jerusalem: Exhausted and adrift, Palestinians offer muted response to Trump") When President Trump officially recognized the city of Jerusalem as Israel's capital last week, with no mention of Palestinian claims to it, critics said it was like tossing a hand grenade into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and warned it would light the Palestinian street on fire. Thousands of Palestinians have indeed taken to the streets to demonstrate, sparking a predictable round of clashes with Israeli security forces that to date have left two protesters killed in Gaza and dozens more Palestinians wounded. A few rockets were fired into southern Israel from Hamas-ruled Gaza as well, eliciting Israeli return fire.
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| Grass-roots view of Trump’s security strategy Posted: 11 Dec 2017 12:13 PM PST ![Grass-roots view of Trump's security strategy]( "Grass-roots view of Trump's security strategy") Like it or not, as the world gets smaller, more Americans are now on the front lines of their nation's toughest security issues. In coming days, the Trump White House is expected to release its first version of this formal document. Since 1986, Congress has required every president to define an explicit and grand plan for national security.
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| French rock star played on American persona Posted: 11 Dec 2017 10:24 AM PST ![French rock star played on American persona]( "French rock star played on American persona") Until last week, most Americans had no idea who Johnny Hallyday was and probably could not have cared less – but the feelings were anything but mutual. "Johnny belonged to you, to the public, to France," President Emmanuel Macron – who, at 39, is well below the average age of most Hallyday fans – told the crowd. Recommended: More than Bastille, Bonaparte, and brie: Test your knowledge of France with our quiz!
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