Trump’s Fist Hundred Daze By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−Donald Trump considers grading him on his first one 100 days “an artificial barrier,” “not very meaningful,” and a “ridiculous standard.” Nevertheless, he thinks he has “done more than perhaps any president in the first 100 days.” Steve Bannon has advised him to be more of a
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Vive la France! I spend part of my summers in France, I have relatives and friends who live in France and I am a great admirer of France and (almost) all things French. So it was with considerable interest and not a little trepidation that I followed the course
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, InternationalWASHINGTON — Congress averted a partial government shutdown Friday, approving a one-week spending measure to keep agencies and services running while lawmakers negotiate a longer-term spending deal. The Senate approved the one-week continuing resolution by voice vote after the House of Representatives passed the stopgap bill by 382-30. The votes kick a potential funding crisis
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USAThomas Lopez-Pierre, running on platform against ‘greedy Jewish landlords,’ sets up crowdfunding campaign against himself By Times of Israel staff Thomas Lopez-Pierre, a candidate for council in upper Manhattan, New York, speaks against ‘greedy Jewish landlords’ on March 29, 2017. (Screen capture: YouTube) A controversial candidate for New York City Council, who is running on
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USAIsrael’s ambassador to the UK braved vocal demonstrations at a top London University to speak to students By Emma Yeomans Israeli and Palestinian protestors outside the building in which the event took place Israeli ambassador Mark Regev told demonstrators “israel is not going anywhere” as he became the first diplomat from the country to speak
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International, Middle EastParis (dpa) – French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen got an unwelcome reminder of her National Front party’s extreme-right origins when its interim leader quit on Friday in a row over alleged comments approving a notorious Holocaust denier. Jean-Francois Jalkh had been due to take over from Le Pen after the latter announced on Monday
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InternationalManila (dpa) – South-East Asian nations on Friday urged North Korea to comply with UN resolutions and international laws in a bid to ease escalating tensions in the Korean peninsula. The Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) expressed “grave concern” over the recent developments on the peninsula, including two nuclear tests in 2016 and recent
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InternationalPresidential candidates’ spouses are as busy as the contenders ahead of the May 9 election, meeting voters to highlight their partners’ strengths and make up for their weaknesses. Kim Jung-sook, wife of Moon Jae-in of the Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), has been serving as the frontrunner’s “special envoy to the Honam area.” Since last
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InternationalCHICAGO — A man with a long prison stint in his background for attempted murder fatally shot a Cook County judge and wounded his girlfriend outside the judge’s residence earlier this month, Chicago police said Thursday in announcing the first-degree murder charges. At a news conference Thursday evening at police headquarters, Cmdr. Rodney Blisset, who
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USAAnnouncement of scheme for 25,000 units across city, including new neighborhoods put on ice by international pressure, may come on Jerusalem Day By Times of Israel staff Construction of new apartment buildings is underway in the Har Homa settlement in East Jerusalem, seen on October 28, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90) The Housing Ministry is reportedly pushing
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Middle EastPresident Donald Trump may not have many legislative accomplishments under his belt after nearly 100 days in the Oval Office, but his often-disputed series of executive orders stands to fundamentally transform the domestic policies of the United States—and its landscape—for years to come. His latest executive order throws the country’s largest national monuments into a
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USAORLANDO, Fla. — Former first lady Michelle Obama made no mention of the man who replaced her husband as president during her first post-White House speaking engagement Thursday in Orlando and appeared to rule out seeking office in the future. “It’s all well and good until you start running, and then the knives come out,”
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USAAfter a slow start, particularly for centrist political neophyte Emmanuel Macron, France’s finalist duel for the presidency began in earnest Wednesday on a tumble dryer factory’s parking lot in Amiens, northern France. There, outside the troubled Whirlpool plant in France’s northern industrial belt, National Front candidate Marine Le Pen looked to school her rival –
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InternationalDamascus (dpa) – Heavy explosions heard early Thursday on the outskirts of Damascus International Airport were likely an Israeli airstrike, according to Hezbollah’s flagship media outlet. Large plumes of black smoke were seen rising from the facility, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Videos uploaded to social media showed similar scenes. Israeli Intelligence
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