Senior Trump administration staffers including Kellyanne Conway, Jared Kushner, Sean Spicer and Steve Bannon have active accounts on a Republican National Committee email system, Newsweek has learned. The system (rnchq.org) is the same one the Bush administration was accused of using to evade transparency rules after claiming to have “lost” 22 million emails. Related: The
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USAThe United Nations on Tuesday denounced Israel”s approval of new homes in Judea and Samaria, saying that “unilateral actions” are an obstacle to peace based on a two-state solution. Earlier on Tuesday, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman announced the approval of 2,500 housing units in Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria,
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International, Middle East, USAIsraeli-born actress Natalie Portman was announced on Tuesday as one of the nominees for this year”s Oscars. Portman was named in the best actress category for her performance in “Jackie”, a biographical drama which follows Jackie Kennedy in the aftermath of the 1963 assassination of her husband, President John F. Kennedy. Portman, who was born
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USADespite a long history of strained relations, Israel’s Knesset members from diverse backgrounds came together Tuesday to inaugurate the Jewish-Muslim Ties Caucus. The event was also attended by religious leaders from both faiths. “We are now at a period in which hatred, alienation, stereotypes and prejudice are the dominant voice in our lives,” said Knesset
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Middle East[video:2023680] In a speech he gave to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day at the European Parliament, European Jewish Congress (EJC) President Dr. Moshe Kantor called on European leaders to show their commitment to fighting hatred against Jews by adopting the definition of anti-Semitism agreed to in May by the Berlin-based International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA)
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InternationalFormer Defense Secretary Robert Gates wants the Trump administration to “push back” against Russia. “I would like to see more criticism and pushback of [Russian president Vladimir] Putin and Putin’s behavior,” says Gates, who met with Donald Trump in early December. “I told the president-elect,” says Gates, “that the administration — when it comes to
According to the Associated Press, President Trump has placed a media freeze on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), prohibiting them from sending out press releases, posting on social media, creating new blog posts or posting new content to their website. RELATED: Trump spent the weekend behaving like a fool—he also implemented some pretty great policies
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USAWASHINGTON, January 24, 2017 – South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley was confirmed to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, winning overwhelming support despite her lack of formal diplomatic experience. Haley won the respect of much of the country for her handling of the 2015 racially motivated shooting at a historic Charleston church.
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International, USAA leftist dissident, Benoît Hamon has emerged as an unlikely frontrunner for the Socialist presidential nomination as the battered and fractured ruling party scrambles to stay alive in the shifting sands of French politics. “What would Benoît Hamon be without the Socialist Party?” pondered President François Hollande in March 2015, during one of his notoriously
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InternationalCanada has given a thumbs up to President Donald Trumps decision to advance the construction of two controversial oil pipelines. Despite environmental opposition, Trump has issued orders paving the way for their revival; one called Keystone XL would bring oil from Canadian oil sands, across six US states including Nebraska, to refineries on the US’s
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International, USAWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he will ask for a “major investigation” into potential voter fraud in the election, a probe that he says could lead to new laws on voter access. In a Wednesday morning tweet, Trump said his investigation would focus on three areas: people registered to vote in multiple states, non-citizens
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USACAESARIA, Israel (Press Release) — Golan Shalhov, a volunteer EMS responder with United Hatzalah’s ambucycle corps in Caesaria, recently injured himself during one of his favorite pastimes – skydiving. He landed off balance and injured his back when he crashed after a rather unfortunate jump. In spite of his injuries, Shalhov recently responded to a medical
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Barry Shaw HERZLIYA, Israel — The words and frightening rhetoric heard since Trump’s ascent to power is deeply troubling. The hateful terminology and threats on the streets of America resemble the atmosphere that was generated on the streets of Israel in the days leading to the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister, Yizchak Rabin. When I
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Barry Shaw, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Power not only breeds paranoia, it also gives free range to greed. The current cluster of investigations of Prime Minister Netanyahu (and members of his family) is a case in point. Several of potential charges have to do with receiving “gifts” that in the eyes of the law are
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