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Israel’s Netanyahu to meet May in London ahead of Washington trip

London (dpa) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet his British counterpart Theresa May in London on Monday, officials from both sides said. May and Netanyahu are expected to discuss topics including Iran and Israel’s recent announcement of a plan to build 3,000 settlement units in the West Bank. Tobias Ellwood, Britain’s minister for

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DHS Inspector General to probe 7-nation travel ban

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Following a request from U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Dick Durbin (D-IL), the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) independent Office of Inspector General (OIG) launched an investigation into the Federal Government’s chaotic and potentially illegal implementation of President Trump’s “travel ban” executive order. The independent federal watchdog is investigating

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John Kelly, DHS secretary, hopes to have U.S.-Mexico wall built in the next two years

Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said he hopes President Trump’s pledged wall along the U.S.-Mexico border is completed within two years. “The wall will be built where it’s needed first, and then it will be filled in. That’s the way I look at it,” Mr. Kelly said in an interview with Fox News this week.

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Judge Andre Birotte orders Trump to end Muslim travel ban

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration this week to stop blocking travelers trying to reach the U.S. from seven Muslim-majority countries, delivering the latest and largest blow yet to the president’s extreme vetting policy. Judge Andre Birotte Jr.’s ruling added yet another level of confusion to an already chaotic situation, as all sides debated

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Trump’s UN Ambassador pledges to block anti-Israel actions at UN

Nikki Haley, recently confirmed as the new US Ambassador to the United Nations, in a telephone conversation with her Israeli counterpart, Ambassador Danny Danon, pledged to block anti-Israel actions undertaken by the UN, the Washington Free Beacon reported. Ambassador Haley phoned Danon on Monday to state that America’s “ironclad support” for Israel remains strong under

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Mexican government says Trump never threatened to send troops to Mexico

MEXICO CITY — The Mexican government on Wednesday vehemently denied reports that President Donald Trump threatened to send American soldiers into Mexico during a phone call with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto. Such a threat “did not happen during that call,” said a government statement released on Twitter Wednesday night. “I know it with absolute

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PA threatens ‘measures’ against Israeli construction

Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas”s spokesman, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, on Wednesday condemned Israel”s announcement of 3,000 new homes in Judea and Samaria. In a statement posted on the WAFA news agency”s website, Abu Rudeineh said the construction plans defy United Nations resolutions and international law. “We have started urgent consultations in order to take

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German minister takes message of friendship to Washington

Berlin (dpa) – Germany’s Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said late Wednesday he was taking a message of friendship to Washington, which has clashed repeatedly with Berlin under newly inaugurated President Donald Trump. Gabriel said he was bringing an “offer of friendship and trust” to the US, where he will on Thursday become the first foreign

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Trump ‘abruptly ends’ phone call with Australian PM Turnbull in refugee row

President Donald Trump reportedly cut short a phone call with the leader of staunch US ally Australia, casting doubt over his commitment to a refugee resettlement deal. Trump later took to Twitter asking: “Do you believe it? The Obama administration agreed to take thousands of illegal immigrants from Australia. Why? I will study this dumb

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Does Donald Trump Know That Frederick Douglass Is Dead?

U.S. President Donald Trump praised renowned African-American activist Frederick Douglass in a speech marking Black History Month yesterday—but his remarks have sparked confusion. Describing the late former slave, who became one of the leading abolitionists of his time, as one of many black inspirational figures who has made a “big impact” on America, Trump said:

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