President-elect Donald Trump could be preparing to make another appointment to his White House staff. Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn could become national security adviser, NBC News reported Wednesday. Flynn, a top adviser to Trump throughout his campaign, wouldn’t require confirmation from the Senate to follow in the footsteps of the likes of Henry Kissinger, […]
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USAPresident-elect Donald Trump reportedly plans to appoint Republican primary rival Mike Huckabee as the next ambassador to Israel. The Jerusalem Post reported several members of Trump’s transition team confirmed the former Arkansas governor and minister will assume the post once the administration is installed in January. Earlier this week, Huckabee posted a Conservative Tribune story
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Middle East, USAConservative candidates in the race for the French presidency held their final TV debate before two rounds of primaries which begin this weekend. The winner is seen as having a strong chance of taking over at the Elysee next spring, with the left in disarray and a run-off against the Front National’s Marine Le Pen
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InternationalNew York/Tokyo (dpa) – Japan expressed satisfaction on Friday following Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s face-to-face talks with Donald Trump in New York, despite remarks made during the president-elect’s campaign which alarmed Tokyo. The two countries got off to “a very good start,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news conference in Tokyo. Abe, who
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USAWASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions, one of Donald Trump’s earliest and most enthusiastic backers to be president, has been offered the job of attorney general, according to two people familiar with the transition effort. Sessions, 69, is considered one of the most conservative Republicans in the Senate and has extensive legal experience as a
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USAHouse Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that FBI Director James B. Comey’s decision to announce a renewed investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails dragged down Democrats in the 2016 election, as the California Democrat refused to shoulder “full responsibility” for the party’s poor showing. Mrs. Pelosi is looking to head off a rebellion within the
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USAIf President-elect Donald Trump really wants to stop the Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazi groups that are celebrating his victory and encouraging hate crimes across the country, he should offer a detailed and unambiguous apology for the racial vitriol he himself stirred up during his presidential bid. So far, he has not done that. What’s
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USAWASHINGTON — Newt Gingrich said Thursday he will not serve in the Donald Trump administration in any official role. The former House speaker and presidential candidate had been mentioned frequently as a potential top member of the new government, possibly as secretary of defense, state or health and human services. But he ended that speculation
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USAIsraeli-designed laser technology detects explosives and other hazardous materials from a distance By Times of Israel staff SpectroDrone by LDS: Drone-Operated, Laser-Based Explosive Detection System (Screen capture: Vimeo) An Israeli-designed, drone-based sensor capable of remotely detecting explosives, hazardous material and drugs was unveiled at a trade show in Tel Aviv this week at the Homeland
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationWASHINGTON — So, about that wall. After Donald Trump’s upset win last week, Texas Republicans in Congress find themselves grappling with some of the president-elect’s campaign proposals. Foremost among them is the oft-touted, Mexican-funded, “big, beautiful” border wall that became a defining feature of Trump’s stump speech. Now that he is preparing to take office,
The House of Commons is where impassioned speeches are made, laws are born or die and political parties fight for their competing visions of Canada – just please refrain from using a word such as “fart,” lest you offend other MPs. Green Party Leader Elizabeth May took issue with the language used by Michelle Rempel
A prominent supporter of President-elect Donald Trump cited the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II as a legal justification for creating a national registration list “for immigrants from Muslim countries.” Speaking to anchor Megyn Kelly on Fox News on Wednesday night, Carl Higbie, author of “Enemies, Foreign and Domestic: A SEAL’s Story,” defended
The following are opening remarks by ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt at the Anti-Defamation League’s “Never Is Now” Summit on Anti-Semitism, which is taking place on November 17, 2016 in New York City. By Jonathan Greenblatt NEW YORK — Thank you for that kind introduction, and thank you all for coming here today for ADL’s inaugural Summit
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego) moved to aid military families being blocked from benefits that help them put food on the table. Rep. Davis, the Ranking Member of the Military Personnel Subcommittee, introduced the Military Hunger Prevention Act to ensure eligibility for food supplement benefits for service members and their families. “Those