International

Devin Nunes says he’s temporarily stepping aside from Russia probe

WASHINGTON — House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes said Thursday he’s temporarily stepping aside from the Russia probe amid accusations he may have improperly disclosed classified information. Nunes, R-Calif., said he was stepping down temporarily as head of the House probe into whether Trump associates colluded with Russia during last year’s election. In a statement,

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International, USA

Senate Republicans rewrite the rule book to secure Gorsuch Supreme Court confirmation

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Thursday dramatically curtailed the historic filibuster and stripped Democrats of their ability to block Judge Neil Gorsuch from the Supreme Court — thus ensuring his confirmation, securing an important Trump administration victory and shaping future nominations in ways yet to be seen. In a far-reaching move, Republicans by a party-line

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USA

Gravitating to the familiar at the Fleet

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –While I gravitated on Wednesday, April 5, to an exhibit featuring the image of Albert Einstein and another portraying the cells that I imagine Jonas Salk grappled with while developing the vaccine against polio, my grandchildren—Sky, 10, Brian, 8, and Sara, 6 – were transfixed by a room filled

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food, USA

Turkish – Western alliance seriously fraying

By Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — The growing tension between Turkey and its Western allies, which was further heightened during the Obama administration, is narrowing the space for cooperation between the two sides and in fact is progressively worsening. Erdogan’s hope that he and President Trump would improve their ties as members of NATO has dramatically

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Alon Ben-Meir, International, Middle East, USA

MK knocks lack of civil marriage after Seychelles wedding

Zionist Union lawmaker Ksenia Svetlova gets hitched on Indian Ocean island, criticizes Rabbinate’s ‘monopoly on marriage’ By Times of Israel staff Activists, among them Zionist Union MK Ksenia Svetlova (second from right), holding signs and wearing wedding veils as they protest for the right to civil marriage in front of the Knesset in Jeruslaem on

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International, Middle East

Holocaust survivor who burned nurse to death charged with murder

Asher Faraj’s attorneys expected to employ insanity defense to defend the 77-year-old in court By Jacob Magid Asher Faraj seen in the Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court on March 15, 2017. (Flash90) An elderly Holocaust survivor accused of burning a nurse to death at a Holon clinic was indicted on murder charges at the Tel Aviv

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Palestinian shot during IDF arrest sweep near Bethlehem

Rioters attack forces with Molotov cocktails and rocks during operation to detain three terror suspects By Stuart Winer Illustrative. IDF soldiers during an arrest raid in the Deheishe refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on December 8, 2015. (Nati Shohat/Flash90) A Palestinian man was shot overnight Tuesday during an Israeli operation to

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Middle East

A big challenge for the author of ‘The Art of the Deal’: getting China to rein in North Korea

NEW YORK — Now it is Donald Trump’s turn at the plate, after consecutive presidents before him have failed to solve the problem of North Korea. A considerable portion of this week’s powwow with Chinese President Xi Jinping will be devoted to the long-festering crisis of North Korea’s nuclear weapons program. Trump’s predecessors have tried

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International, USA

Federations donate to Israel, but most of their investments go anywhere but

With $90 billion at their discretion, why are the majority of Jewish funds and federations not only skipping Israel, but investing in ‘enemy’ countries? By Cathryn J. Prince NEW YORK — For the first time in its history the Jewish Federation of Greater Metro West New Jersey will make a dedicated allocation to Israel equities.

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Middle East, USA