Democrats, immigrant rights activists and other members of the anti-Trump resistance were enraged by President Trump’s pardon late Friday of former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. And so was Sen. John McCain. While most Republicans remained silent on the pardon, Mr. McCain, an Arizona Republican who has frequently battled both Mr. Arpaio and Mr. Trump, […]
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USAWe have a winner! The superfight between Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather captivated the nation, and with an audience of millions, Mayweather (50-0) finished McGregor (0-1) with a technical knock out in the 10th round. via GIPHY FIFTY! pic.twitter.com/pvugA0oY7P — SB Nation (@SBNation) August 27, 2017 Mayweather announced after the fight that this would be
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Sports & Competitions, USAAn estimated half-million people gathered in Barcelona on Saturday in a rally against terrorism. It comes a week after two Islamist militant attacks in Catalonia left 15 people dead. Holding placards and banners which read “I am not afraid”, the march was led by emergency workers, shopkeepers and residents of the city’s Las Ramblas boulevard,
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InternationalSAN FRANCISCO — Hundreds of protesters gathered at a San Francisco park Saturday, demanding to be allowed past police barricades to protest supporters of a far-right rally that was canceled. The group gathered before noon at Alamo Square Park, where the organizer of a “Freedom Rally” was scheduled to hold a news conference Saturday afternoon.
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USAThe leftist advocacy group J Street on Thursday attacked the Trump administration for refusing to endorse a “two-state solution” to the Israeli-Palestinian Arab conflict. In a statement sent by email and quoted by Haaretz, J Street president Jeremy Ben-Ami said that by taking up such a stance, the administration was hurting its own efforts to
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Middle East, USAOn flight to Israel, late night host invokes Moses’s commandment to ‘dispose of your towels,’ King David’s love of hand lotion By Times of Israel staff Conan O’Brien practices his Hebrew in an El Al airplane bathroom en route to Israel on August 25, 2016. (Screen capture: Twitter) American comedian and talk show host Conan
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAA group of students at a private high school in Atlanta have landed themselves in trouble over their involvement in an off-campus beer pong game with a highly questionable theme: “Jews vs. Nazis.” The Lovett School ultimately expelled one of the students, suspended five others and has barred two from “co-curricular activities,” The Atlanta Journal
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USAGary Cohn, the top White House economic official, told the Financial Times in an interview on Friday that he faced “enormous pressure” to resign after the uproar over President Donald Trump”s reaction to the recent clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia, that left one woman dead Cohn acknowledged the Trump administration “must do better” in condemning neo-Nazis
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USADespite the apparent cultural or religious differences, this Palestinian bus driver did not hesitate to return $10,000 in cash to the Jewish man who had lost it. The 35-year-old driver, Ramadan Jamjoum, was piloting the 422 line from Jerusalem to the Orthodox city of Bnei Brak when the incident occurred. Jamjoum told police officers that
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Middle EastVisitors to the Museum of Jewish Montreal can see a glorious — and sometimes troubled — side of the city’s Jewish past like never before By Julie Masis MONTREAL — This September, the Museum of Jewish Montreal will launch its first Sephardic walking tour. The two-hour excursion tells the history of the city’s Moroccan, Iraqi,
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International, Jewish HistoryWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has directed the Pentagon to “return to the long-standing policy and practice” barring military service by transgender individuals, guidance that the Pentagon previously said was needed before it could act on the president’s Twitter messages on the issue. The two-page memorandum allows Defense Secretary James N. Mattis to determine whether
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USAAt Six Flags in Mexico City, massive signs encourage people to visit the popular dolphin show. It happens twice a day, featuring dolphins doing tricks on command as an emcee rallies the crowd with booming pop music. There is no mention of the fact that the popular spectacle will shut down soon. A vendor at
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International, The World We ShareNeither of Arizona’s two U.S. senators – Republicans Jeff Flake and John McCain – endorsed President Trump’s pardon Friday evening of former Maricopa County sheriff Joe Arpaio. “Regarding the Arpaio pardon, I would have preferred that the President honor the judicial process and let it take its course,” Mr. Flake, Arizona’s junior senator, tweeted about
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USASebastian Gorka resigned from his position as Deputy Assistant to President Trump late Friday night, according to reports. “[G]iven recent events, it is clear to me that forces that do not support the MAGA promise are – for now – ascendant within the White House,” he wrote in a resignation letter obtained by the Federalist.
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