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Mike Pence: Donald Trump ‘will continue to provide leadership’

With the Trump administration under siege, Vice President Mike Pence told students Wednesday that leaders need “a healthy dose of courage” to achieve their goals. Speaking at a national student leadership conference at American University, Mr. Pence didn’t directly refer to the latest allegations of Russian collusion involving President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr. But […]

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USA

Rivlin meets with Irish FM who was rebuked by Netanyahu

Simon Coveney tells president that Ireland’s interest in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is due to a similarly violent past By Times of Israel staff President Reuven Rivlin (R) and Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney during a working meeting at the president’s residence in Jerusalem on July 12, 2017. (Mark Neiman/GPO) A day after being rebuked by

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International, Middle East

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish president, asks German court to ban poem critical of him: Report

The president of Turkey is asking a German appeals court to ban a controversial obscene poem about him that he says violates the country’s laws about offending foreign heads of state, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Attorneys for Recep Tayyip Erdogan are asking the court to revisit the ruling of a lower court from February

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International, Middle East

Boston Holocaust memorial rededicated after vandalism

After one of the Shoah memorial’s glass towers was shattered last month, community leaders gather to unveil repairs and praise Boston’s response to the incident By Matt Lebovic BOSTON — Several hundred Bostonians gathered to rededicate the New England Holocaust Memorial Tuesday following an act of vandalism committed two weeks ago. According to authorities, Boston

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USA

Netanyahu meets with Trump envoy amid reported US peace push

American ambassador David Friedman also takes part in meeting with PM, following sit-down with Palestinian officials Tuesday By Raphael Ahren and Dov Lieber L-R: US President Donald Trump’s envoy to the Middle East Jason Greenblatt, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem on July

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Middle East, USA

California Congressman introduces articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump

While there have been a number of Democrats calling for impeachment over the past few months, Californian Congressman Brad Sherman finally introduced articles of impeachment against president Trump on Wednesday afternoon. In a tweet, Sherman enclosed the four-page document outlining his case for the impeachment of Donald J. Trump. I have introduced H.Res. 438 Articles

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USA

Trump’s choice to head FBI backs special counsel, promises independence

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the FBI during the highly sensitive investigation into Russia’s efforts to sway the 2016 election pledged Wednesday to make sure the probe would go on free of political interference. Christopher Wray, nominated by Trump to replace the fired James B. Comey, said at his confirmation hearing that

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International, USA

Under Trump, settlements are no longer the obsessive center of attention

Obama bet everything on Israel ceasing settlement expansion, but the current White House has made it just one of many issues, leaving Ramallah no choice but to acquiesce By Raphael Ahren On March 9, 2010, then-US vice president Joe Biden started a visit to Israel by asserting the administration’s “absolute, total, unvarnished commitment to Israel’s

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Middle East, USA