International

Trump Labels Muslim Brotherhood ‘Terrorist’

President Donald Trump’s administration is reportedly seriously considering labeling the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization, making business political or business contact with the international Sunni Islamist group a punishable offense under U.S. law. The move would be seen as a victory for conservatives who have long been suspicious of the organization’s foreign ties, which span

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Middle East, USA

Shia LaBeouf Arrested At Live-Streamed Anti-Trump Protest

Shia LaBeouf was arrested during his livestreamed anti-Trump protest early Thursday morning at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, New York. The actor and performance artist was charged with misdemeanor assault. LaBeouf, 30, was continuing his four-year protest called “He will not divide us,” which began Friday when Donald Trump was sworn in

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Queen Elizabeth visits Fiji exhibition on first official 2017 engagement

Queen Elizabeth has carried out her first official engagement of 2017. The 90-year-old British monarch was taken ill over Christmas with a heavy cold, missing church services for the first time in decades. She appeared to be in good health as visited an exhibition on Fijian art and culture at Norwich in eastern England. The

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International

Shealah Craighead to be Donald Trump’s White House photographer

Shealah Craighead, a photojournalist who has served as the photographer for former first lady Laura Bush and Gov. Sarah Palin’s vice presidential campaign, has been named official White House photographer for President Trump. Ms. Craighead, who has worked for the George W. Bush White House and the office of former Vice President Dick Cheney, was

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USA

While hanging out in the White House, Ivanka Trump’s youngest son hit a milestone of his own

Baby Theodore is on the move! Since her father took the official oath of office last week, Ivanka Trump has given fans a behind-the-scenes look at her family’s new life in the White House. On Wednesday, President Trump’s eldest daughter shared an adorable video of her youngest son, Theodore Kushner, crawling for the first time.

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USA

March for Life: Mike Pence tells crowd ‘life is winning again in America’

Vice President Mike Pence combined some of his running mate’s favorite slogans in an optimistic speech at the March for Life on Friday, telling a crowd of hundreds of thousands that “life is winning again in America.” He said the pro-life movement has had an uphill battle since the Supreme Court created a constitutional right

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USA

‘My dream has been realized. Israel has been restored’

The UN General Assembly on Friday held its annual International Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony in the presence of Secretary General Antonio Guterres. Noah Klieger, a survivor of Auschwitz, was the main speaker at the ceremony and addressed the General Assembly. Addressing the General Assembly, Klieger recalled three dreams that he had in Auschwitz: “To survive

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International, Jewish History, Middle East

Actor with Down Syndrome pays tribute to Nazi Holocaust victims

Berlin (dpa) – An actor with Down Syndrome read aloud from a letter written by Ernst Putzki, identified by the Nazis as “unworthy of living” and murdered in 1945, before German parliamentarians as the country marked Holocaust Memorial Day on Friday. Sebastian Urbanski took to the speaker’s podium of the German lower house of parliament,

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International

President Trump Doesn’t Mention Jewish People In Holocaust Day Statement

The White House issued a statement Friday commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day. But in a break with recent tradition, the statement didn’t make any mention of the Jewish people or anti-Semitism, only referring to the victims of the Holocaust as “innocent people.” In 2005, the United Nations General Assembly voted to observe Jan. 27 as

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Jewish History, USA

Mexico: Paying for Border Wall ‘Totally Unacceptable’

Mexico’s top diplomat said Thursday the idea of the country paying for U.S. President Donald Trump’s border wall was “totally unacceptable.” While the country respected the U.S.’s right to protect its borders, making Mexico fund the structure is “not negotiable,” Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray said at the Mexican embassy in Washington. “There are things

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International

British prime minister gets Trump to say he’s ‘100 percent’ behind NATO

WASHINGTON — British Prime Minister Theresa May put President Donald Trump on the record Friday as being “100 percent” behind the NATO in their first meeting at the White House. “Mr. President, I think you said, you confirmed, that you’re 100 percent behind NATO,” she said at a news conference. “But we’re also discussing the

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International, USA