WASHINGTON — Former New Jersey Gov. Tom Kean says Donald Trump is not the only one who has confused him with Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, a former governor picked last week to be Hillary Clinton’s running mate. Trump appeared to mix the two men up during a news conference Wednesday. “Her running mate, Tim […]
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International, USABy Fred Brown WASHINGTON, D.C. — With the nomination of Tim Kaine for Vice President, the Democrat Party has made it their priority is to continue the same failed foreign policies of the Obama Administration. Whether it’s support for the Iran nuclear deal, to a lack of support for Israeli military funding, the Clinton-Kaine ticket threatens to widen the gap
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. State Department spokesman John Kirby on Wednesday, July 27, issued the following statement about Israeli construction activity in disputed territory. “We are deeply concerned by reports today that the Government of Israel has published tenders for 323 units in East Jerusalem settlements. This follows Monday’s announcement of plans for 770 units
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Middle East, USAPHILADELPHIA — One of Senator Bernie Sanders’s most prominent celebrity supporters has taken his call to rally behind Hillary Clinton for the sake of defeating her Republican challenger. Actor Danny Glover, who has starred in films like “Lethal Weapon,” “The Color Purple,” “Angels in the Outfield” and “The Royal Tenenbaums,” arrived to the Philadelphia Convention
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Middle East, USABrussels (dpa) – The European Union on Tuesday called into question Israel’s intentions for the future, after progress was made on a controversial project to build 770 housing units in the East Jerusalem settlement of Gilo. The move comes despite the EU, the United Nations, the United States and Russia calling in early July for
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International, Middle EastPHILADELPHIA — At an LGBT delegate luncheon Wednesday, Chelsea Clinton lit into the Republicans, calling the rhetoric out of their convention in Cleveland “divisive, degrading, demeaning.” “I thought about what I found most offensive last week — it’s hard to pick just one part,” the soft-spoken Clinton said, stepping into the convention spotlight in a
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USAFormer Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon blasted Israel”s political establishment, Palestinian irredentism, and Israeli supporters of the land-for-peace formula on Wednesday in a speech at Bar Ilan University. The ex-Likud minister, who bolted the party after losing the Defense Ministry to Yisrael Beytenu Chief Avigdor Liberman, made a thinly-veiled jab at Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, railing
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Middle EastScreenwriter Dustin Lance Black, who is known for the 2008 Harvey Milk biopic Milk, said he first visited Philadelphia as a “closeted student,” and while there came to the realization that the U.S. Constitution probably wasn’t written for people like him. Decades later, the Academy Award winner returned to the city of brotherly love and
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USAWASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s top official overseeing how intelligence agencies handle whistleblower retaliation claims has lodged his own complaint, alleging he was punished for disclosing “public corruption.” Daniel Meyer, who previously oversaw the Defense Department’s decisions on whistleblowing cases, also says he was targeted for being gay, according to records obtained by McClatchy. Meyer
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USAThe nation of France has been forced into a war against terrorism, a French parliamentarian told Arutz Sheva on Wednesday, and must learn from Israel. Speaking to Arutz Sheva in the wake of the vicious murder of a Catholic priest in Normandy, MP Meir Habib described his efforts to push France”s leadership to actively embrace
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International, Middle EastOn its maiden flight at US manufacturer Lockheed-Martin, Israel’s first F-35 Lightning II “Adir” (Hebrew for “Great One”) passed all tests, and is due to be delivered in December. A lighter version of the F-22, the F-35 Lightning II Adir has top-of-the-line stealth technology, highly sensitive sensors of every kind, and fuel-optimizing computer systems to
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Middle East, USAFRANCE 24 and its sister radio stations RFI and Monte Carlo Doualiya have decided to stop publishing photographs of the perpetrators of terrorist attacks so as not to grant them the notoriety they seek. The three broadcasters, part of the France Médias Monde group, have also decided to use the names of terrorists only sparingly.
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InternationalThe Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation issued a response Wednesday to a federal judge’s decision to release the would-be assassin of the nation’s 40th president from a mental institution after a stay that spanned three decades. “John Hinckley is responsible for the shooting of President Reagan and three other brave men. One died two years ago
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USACHICAGO — President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama have selected historic Jackson Park, just east of the University of Chicago, as the site for the Obama Presidential Center, a source confirmed Wednesday. A formal announcement is expected next week. Martin Nesbitt, chairman of the Obama Foundation, declined to confirm or deny that the
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