Donald H. Harrison

Trump again bashes the GOP leaders in Congress he needs to pass his agenda

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell tends toward restraint in public comments, but his observation that President Donald Trump, as a newcomer to politics, had “excessive expectations” about the legislative process provoked an unexpected war with the White House that shows no signs of easing. Trump, in tweet after scalding tweet, has turned on […]

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USA

Antonio Sabato Jr., launched his congressional bid after RNC speech blacklisted him in Hollywood

Antonio Sabato, Jr., said Thursday that his speech at the Republican National Convention in 2016 blacklisted him from work in Hollywood and prompted his congressional run. “I decided it was time for me to speak out and I was blacklisted from Hollywood. But I love my country a lot more and I’m ready to fight

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USA

Jay Thomas, actor in ‘Cheers,’ ‘Murphy Brown’ and ‘Ray Donovan,’ dead at 69

LOS ANGELES — Character actor and radio personality Jay Thomas, who became known to television viewers for his roles on “Cheers,” “Murphy Brown” and most recently on the crime drama “Ray Donovan,” has died at his home in Santa Barbara. He was 69. Thomas’ death Thursday was confirmed by the actor’s New York publicist, Thomas

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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

U.S. Navy identifies all 10 sailors lost at sea in the tragic USS John S McCain collision

The United States Navy identified the nine missing sailors and the one deceased sailor from Monday’s USS John McCain collision as search and rescue efforts were suspended on Thursday. Navy divers recovered the remains of one sailor killed in the tragedy, 22-year-old electronics technician 3rd class Kenneth Aaron Smith, of New Jersey, in the ship’s

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USA

Wiesenthal Center protests Hitler- Trump comparison

LOS ANGELES (Press Release) — Officials from the Simon Wiesenthal Center denounced the latest cover of Stern magazine, one of Germany’s most popular publications, that depicts US President Donald Trump doing a “Sieg Heil” salute while wrapped in an American flag. “This cover is a culmination of an increasingly alarming use of the Swastika and

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International

Schumer says Charlottesville violence is reason to cancel Trump voter commission

The top Democrat in the U.S. Senate demanded Thursday that President Trump disband his commission designed to investigate voter fraud, saying it stems from the same hateful ideology that spurred neo-Nazis and white supremacists in Charlottesville earlier this month. Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, said that if Mr. Trump won’t cancel the Presidential

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USA

Rabbis Won’t Call Trump for Jewish High Holidays

Jewish religious leaders will not organize a conference call with President Donald Trump ahead of the High Holidays—the major holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur—in a break from recent tradition. “The High Holy Days are an opportunity for reflection and introspection. As the leaders of major denominations in American Jewish life, we have been

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Jewish Religion, USA

Lebanese beauty queen stripped of title over Israel visit

After 2016 trip to Jewish state, Amanda Hanna wrote on Facebook, ‘it turned out that I was wrong’ about enemy country By Times of Israel staff Illustrative: contestants pose at the 2016 Miss Lebanon Emigrant pageant. (Screen capture/YouTube) A Swedish-Lebanese beauty queen was stripped of her crown after pageant organizers discovered she visited Israel last

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International, Middle East

Returning Home – Torah dedication in Shiloach Yemenite Village

In August 1938, during the Arab riots and pogroms, the British Authorities and police expelled the last remaining Yemenite Jewish families from their homes in the Jewish neighborhood of Shiloach. (Kfar Hateimanim) The pathetic British authorities were either unable or unwilling to protect the Jewish residents from the hostile, hate-filled, and marauding Arabs in the

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Middle East