International

DHS cancels Obama policies, orders agents to expand deportations

Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly officially ordered federal agents this week to begin arresting and deporting more illegal immigrants, releasing them from the handcuffs the Obama administration had imposed, and making headway on one of President Trump’s chief campaign promises. While young adult illegal immigrant “Dreamers” are still exempted, agents were told there are

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International, USA

Hillary Clinton Demands President Condemn Jewish Threats

Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton condemned a string of anti-Semitic incidents and demanded President Donald Trump do the same when she took to Twitter Tuesday. In her tweet, Clinton referenced a series of bomb threats that targeted Jewish Community Centers throughout the country Monday. Jewish Community Centers in 10 states were evacuated in response

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USA

Ivanka Trump speaks out after a rise of anti-Semitic acts across the country

After a weekend in which Jewish Community Centers and graveyards in many states were vandalized, Ivanka Trump spoke out. RELATED: Yet another major retailer has dropped Ivanka Trump’s line from its website The elder daughter of the President of the United States converted to Judaism after she married her husband, White House senior staffer Jared

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Russia’s U.N. envoy Churkin dies suddenly in New York

Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin addresses members of the U.N. Security Council during a meeting about the Ukraine situation, at the U.N. headquarters in New York, March 6, 2015. [FILE PHOTO/Agencies] Russia’s combative ambassador to the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin, died suddenly in New York on Monday after being taken ill at

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NATO Intercepts Russian Bombers Above Baltic Sea

NATO jets intercepted a skein of Russian combat aircraft, flying alongside Russian bomber planes above the Baltic Sea last Tuesday and Thursday—twice in a week, Lithuania’s government reports. The uptick of Russian approaches to the airspace of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania since Moscow’s annexation of another former Soviet territory—Crimea in 2014—has unnerved and convinced them

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Trump’s ‘one-state solution’ comment draws mixed reactions

By Khetam Malkawi – Feb 21,2017 – Last updated at Feb 21,2017 AMMAN — US President Donald Trump’s recent statements about the one-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict have unleashed a stream of reactions and predictions about the potential consequences for the region, and particularly Jordan. While some observers viewed Trump’s statement as an end

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Middle East

Same-sex marriage laws helped reduce suicide attempts by gay, lesbian and bisexual teens, study says

Guess what? It did get better for gay, lesbian and bisexual high schoolers when the states they were growing up in changed their laws to allow same-sex marriage, a new study finds. More specifically, in a 16-year period during which changes in state marriage laws were sweeping the nation, states that adopted laws allowing same-sex

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USA

Donald Trump tours National Museum of African American History in D.C.

On a tour of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, President Trump said Tuesday the new museum is about love for the U.S. and equated it with his motivation for issuing orders to prevent dangerous people from entering the country. “This building is about love,” Mr. Trump said in an interview with

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