WASHINGTON — This is not great timing for Julian Castro, who is on Hillary Clinton’s short list of potential running mates. The charismatic political rising star serving as President Barack Obama’s secretary of Housing and Urban Development has gotten himself into trouble for mixing politics with his government job. An investigation by the Office of […]
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Travel and FoodCLEVELAND – Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the first sitting U.S. senator to endorse Donald Trump for president, will formally put Mr. Trump’s name forward for the GOP presidential nomination as part of day two of the Republican National Convention on Tuesday. Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort said at a press briefing that Mr. Sessions
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USAAntonio Sabato Jr. “absolutely” believes U.S. President Barack Obama is a Muslim who is working against the best interests of the country with “bad guys” in the Middle East. The comments were made at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland Monday, just after the former soap opera actor turned reality TV star delivered an enthusiastic
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USAWhen Mayor of Atlanta Kasim Reed was presented with a list of demands by a group associated with the “Black Lives Matter” (BLM) campaign, which included a demand to end joint training exercises with the Israeli police, he was none too impressed. The BLM faction in question, ALTisREADY, had issued a list of demands to
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Middle East, USAORLANDO, Fla. — Orlando police Officer Richard Fink could see a man lying on the floor of the Pulse nightclub, reaching out for help. “He told me he could not stand or walk,” Fink later wrote in a report. He could see that the man had been shot at least once, in his right leg.
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Travel and FoodRabbi Ratzon Arusi, the Rabbi of Kiryat Ono (near Tel Aviv) and an expert in Jewish law, weighed in yesterday (Monday) about the growing media storm over LGBT issues, calling for a more civil and substantive debate. The “LGBT issue” has come to the fore in Israeli discourse once again in recent days, following controversial
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastAMSTERDAM, July 19, 2016 – As discord within the EU is on the rise, one task of last weekend’s NATO summit was to demonstrate continued unity against Russian antagonism. NATO members agreed on July 8 to deploy troops on a rotating basis to Poland and the Baltic states, including forces from the U.S., Germany, Canada
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InternationalI’m following the Republican National Convention this week in Cleveland with particular interest, partly because I am a child of Holocaust survivors, and partly because of my relationships with two men who are no longer among us. One is Elie Wiesel, the Nobel laureate who died July 2, who famously beseeched President Ronald Reagan not
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Jewish History, USAThousands of bikers rode into Cleveland this week to show their support for a Donald Trump presidency — and, in the words of the founder of Bikers for Trump, to act as a “calming factor” at the Republican National Convention. The bikers, who hail from around the country, will be in Cleveland for the rest
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USACLEVELAND — Donald Trump’s former campaign manager said staff responsible for crafting Melania Trump’s speech on the first night of the Republican National Convention should be held accountable after portions mirrored remarks Michelle Obama delivered in 2008. Corey Lewandowski, who was fired in June following months of controversy including allegations that he grabbed a reporter
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USACLEVELAND — The allegations that a chunk of Melania Trump’s speech Monday night was lifted from Michelle Obama almost certainly won’t change anyone’s vote. That doesn’t mean they won’t affect the Trump campaign. The problem for Trump and his allies is lost opportunity. The whole purpose of a modern political convention is to serve as
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USAPresident Erdogan of Turkey has told supporters that he will approve the death penalty being reintroduced if parliament votes for it. Amid an ongoing crackdown since an attempted coup was suppressed, the president appeared outside his Istanbul residence as the crowd called for capital punishment to be restored. “This issue will be discussed in parliament,
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Middle EastCould an old man in Pennsylvania really be responsible for an attempted coup that nearly unseated a NATO ally and threatens America’s fight against ISIS? That’s the claim of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is demanding that the United States extradite Fethullah Gulen, a 77-year-old Turkish cleric living on a 26-acre retreat, whom he