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Judge orders Kansas secretary of state to produce documents he shared with Donald Trump

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A federal magistrate judge on Wednesday ordered Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach to hand over documents that he brought to a meeting with President Donald Trump outlining a strategic plan for the Department of Homeland Security. He’s been ordered to turn over those papers for a camera review by 5

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International, USA

N. Korea fires missile into East Sea ahead of US-China summit

North Korea launched a ballistic missile Wednesday into the East Sea, South Korea’s military said, just two days ahead of summit talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. “North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the East Sea from a site in the vicinity of Sinpo, South Hamgyong Province, at

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International, USA

Bannon out, Rick Perry in as Trump reshuffles National Security Council

WASHINGTON — Rick Perry was named to the National Security Council in a memo released on Wednesday, putting the secretary of energy and longtime Texas governor into Donald Trump’s inner circle for national security decisions. The decision was part of a larger reshuffling of the NSC announced in a notice published in the federal register

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Trump removes Bannon from National Security Council in staff shakeup

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has removed his controversial chief strategist, Stephen K. Bannon, from the powerful National Security Council in a staff reshuffle that consolidated the power of the White House national security adviser, H.R. McMaster. During the first weeks of his presidency, Trump was sharply criticized for authorizing his political adviser to attend

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International, USA

Schwarzenegger blasts Trump for proposed education cuts

LOS ANGELES — In the latest round of the simmering feud between Arnold Schwarzenegger and President Donald Trump, the former California governor Wednesday blasted the president’s proposal to slash federal funding for after-school programs. “President Trump promised us that he wants to make America great again. That’s not how you make America great, by taking

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Pepsi pulls controversial Kendall Jenner ad after widespread backlash

Perhaps having celebrity model and reality TV star Kendall Jenner re-enact a seminal moment in the Black Lives Matter protest movement to sell Pepsi wasn’t such a good idea after all. After initially defending its online video featuring Jenner and a can of soda as peacemakers in a street standoff between marchers and police, PepsiCo

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Alex Jones’s Threat to Congressman May Be a Felony

Law enforcement officials are not saying whether they will charge broadcaster Alex Jones, the right-wing conspiracy theorist ally of President Donald Trump, for publicly threatening to “beat” Representative Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and telling Schiff to “fill your hand”—a reference to taking up a pistol. But, says an attorney with expertise in federal law, Jones’s threats

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USA

Israel appoints its first female Muslim diplomat

Rasha Atamny, 31, from Baqa al-Gharbiya, will be heading to Ankara, Turkey By Dov Lieber Rasha Atamny, 31, from Baqa al-Gharbiyye, is Israel’s first female Arab-Muslim diplomat. (Twitter) The Foreign Ministry on Wednesday appointed Rasha Atamny, 31, to represent the Jewish state in Ankara, Turkey, making her Israel’s first female Muslim diplomat. Atamny, who is

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Middle East

Texas inmate wins Orthodox Jews the right to kosher meals in prison

FORT WORTH, Texas — A Texas inmate has won a 12-year battle with the state over access to kosher meals in prison. Inmate Max Moussazadeh dropped his federal lawsuit against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice after persuading the state to provide kosher food not only to him but to all Orthodox Jewish inmates in

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Jewish Religion, USA

Passover Seder at United Nations

Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, held a Passover Seder at the UN with the participation of dozens of ambassadors from various countries. Danon told the ambassadors about the meaning of the Passover holiday and explained to them the holiday’s customs. Afterwards, ambassadors read excerpts from the Haggadah and ate the traditional holiday

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International, Jewish Religion, Middle East

Justin Trudeau Emerges From By-elections Without Upset

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau passed his first electoral test this week since coming to power in 2015, protecting his Liberal party’s majority in five by-elections. However national polls show the 45-year-old leader’s personal popularity at home has started to fall even though he is internationally admired. Reuters reported a comfortable win in the regional

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