WASHINGTON — Republicans needed Vice President Mike Pence to cast a tie-breaking vote Thursday in the Senate to advance legislation that rolls back rules preventing states from withholding certain federal funds to Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers. With opposition from two Republican women, Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Republicans
MEXICO CITY — A Mexican judge has been suspended after his controversial acquittal of a man accused in a high-profile sexual assault case. Mexico’s Plenary Council of the Federal Judiciary said Wednesday that it had indefinitely suspended Judge Anuar Gonzalez Hemadi and would carry out an investigation into his handling of the case. On Monday,
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InternationalBy Steve Kramer ALFEI MENASHE, Israel — All the reports that I read about the dwindling support for Israel by liberal Jews, and other Westerners, stress one thing: ignorance on the part of those who have taken an adversarial stance towards Israel. Of course, readers of my articles are very well acquainted with the facts
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Middle East, Steve KramerWASHINGTON — The man who headed Donald Trump’s presidential campaign last summer is in a squeeze. Paul Manafort is not only a key figure in the FBI investigation of whether Trump associates knew of or colluded in Russia’s cyber meddling in last year’s U.S. elections, but he also faces legal issues about his business and
RALEIGH, N.C. — The North Carolina Senate on Thursday approved a compromise bill that repeals House Bill 2 but restricts future anti-discrimination ordinances in cities and counties. Opposition and support for the bill did not fall along party lines in the 32-16 vote. Several Triangle Democrats banded together to oppose it; they included Sen. Jay
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USAMIAMI — White House chief strategist Steve Bannon won’t face any criminal charges related to his mysterious voter registration in Miami-Dade County. Prosecutors announced Thursday that they could not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Bannon, President Donald Trump’s special assistant, broke the law when he signed up to vote in Miami-Dade County after leasing
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USAMoshe Cohen charged with assault, causing serious harm and breach of trust, after he was videoed beating victim By Times of Israel staff A policeman was indicted on Thursday for allegedly assaulting an Arab truck driver and a number of others, in an apparently unprovoked attack a week ago that was captured on video. Moshe
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Middle EastA group of House Republicans on Thursday introduced the first major bill to fund President Trump’s border wall, saying the government could collect billions of dollars by imposing a 2 percent fee on all the money Mexicans and other immigrants send back home. Estimates vary, but remittances from those in the U.S. to their relatives
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International, USABy Morton A. Klein NEW YORK — Truth is not a political position. Yet, some who disagree with the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) wrongly label it and similar groups “right wing,” “ultra right,” or even “extreme.” Hurling such labels avoids fair, reasoned, fact-based debate on the issues, and instead attempts to delegitimize us. It
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Middle EastBy Tony Klug The following is the transcript of a speech given earlier this year by the author to a meeting of J Street. I’m not sure I’m the best person to be making this presentation, as I’m still deeply in denial about recent developments in both your country, the US, and mine, the UK.
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Middle EastBy Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — Remember the hysteria at the start of March over a wave of bomb threats to Jewish Community Centers and the desecration of graves in Jewish cemeteries? A plague of swastikas scrawling on Jewish buildings has been going on in America since November 2016. The blame was always dumped on
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Barry Shaw, USAJosh Bacon Last week, Israeli authorities revealed that, once again, Hamas has been stealing international aid money intended for the general Gazan population, and using it for its own purposes. In this case, Muhammad Murtaja, the local coordinator of the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA), has been charged with siphoning millions from Turkish aid
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Middle EastBy Mohammad Ghazal – Mar 30,2017 – Last updated at Mar 30,2017 DEAD SEA — Representatives of the UN and EU on Wednesday expressed support for Arab stand on the Middle East conflict, stressing that was no alternative to the two-state solution. At the 28th Arab summit, Arab leaders said a solution that ensures the
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International, Middle EastRussian President Vladimir Putin reached into the annals of American history to deny meddling with the 2016 presidential election. Unfortunately for him, Putin stumbled a bit with the specifics in his denial. Putin participated in a panel Thursday that featured Icelandic President Gudni Johannesson, Finnish President Sauli Niinistö and CNBC’s Geoff Cutmore, who moderated the
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