If it’s controversy the Clintons tried to avoid during the presidential race, former President Bill Clinton’s private meeting with U.S. Attorney Gen. Loretta Lynch did not help, especially as it had occurred just before presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s meeting with the FBI. Clinton boarded Lynch’s plane at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in June. Following […]
President-elect Donald Trump knows “how to get angry, white men to vote for him,” former President Bill Clinton told a reporter earlier this month in New York. According to Politico, Mr. Clinton made the comment to a reporter from The Record-Review at a small bookstore in Katonah, New York – about a 15-minute drive from
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USASince election night almost five weeks ago, I’ve been giving some thought about the Electoral College — and not just because Donald Trump received the majority of electoral votes while Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by a margin of nearly 3 million. Let’s be clear, Donald Trump won the presidency by the rules that
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USAAnti-government protests have continued for a third day in Warsaw over plans to restrict journalists’ access to lawmakers in parliament. Carrying banners which said “we will not give up on freedom”, several thousand marched outside the constitutional court to thank its outgoing head, Andrzej Rzeplinski, for having opposed changes which they claim are against the
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InternationalBillionaire French-Israeli businessman Beny Steinmetz has been placed under house arrest in Israel in connection with allegations of corruption related to Guinea’s mining industry, a statement from his firm said Monday. Steinmetz, 60, will remain under house arrest until January 2. His BSG Resources (BSGR) mining company said in a statement earlier in the day
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International, Middle EastPresident Obama said Monday that he’s received letters from Donald Trump supporters gloating that America is “great again.” “There’s been some letters that say, “I am so glad you’re getting out of here. Good riddance. You’ve been a horrible president,’ ” Mr. Obama said in a wide-ranging interview broadcast by NPR. The president said he
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USATunisia suspects foreign involvement in slaying of Hamas drone expert (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The Tunisian government claims it has found evidence of foreign involvement in the assassination of the head of the Hamas terror group’s drone program, Mohammed Alzoari, outside his home in eastern Tunisia last week. Following an emergency meeting Sunday, the government
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Middle EastPresident-elect Donald Trump said Saturday on Twitter the United States should let China keep the U.S. Navy’s unmanned underwater glider that it seized in the South China Sea. “We should tell China that we don’t want the drone they stole back.- let them keep it!” Trump tweeted a few hours after the U.S. military announced
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International, USAStates cannot keep federal grants away from Planned Parenthood clinics, the Obama administration ruled on Wednesday in a move that critics say is a “parting gift to Big Abortion.” “The Obama administration, even in its waning hours, has chosen to put Planned Parenthood’s Big Abortion agenda ahead of women’s health and the right of states
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USAWASHINGTON — Four powerful members of the Senate called Sunday for creation of a special select committee to investigate Russian attempts to influence the presidential election, a sign of growing concern that GOP leaders’ plans to use existing panels will produce a partisan inquiry. Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., who chairs the Armed Services Committee, and
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USAVenezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has suspended the withdrawal of the country’s most widely-used banknote. Maduro said the 100-bolivar bill will be reinstated after higher-denomination notes failed to arrive in time. The change in policy comes after days of cash shortages, clashes with police and looting. Speaking from the presidential palace, Maduro blamed a “sabotage” campaign
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InternationalBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It’s not all Arab terror, clashing demands of ultra-Orthodox and Reform Jews, concerns about what Obama might do in the coming month, Trump in the Oval Office, or barbaric Russians, Syrians, and other Muslims just over the northern border. There’s also been an explosion of concern about women’s legs, and
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBolivian President Evo Morales has agreed to run for a fourth term in office. His party has proclaimed him its candidate in the 2019 elections. This is despite the result of a referendum in February. Bolivian President Evo Morales agrees to run for a fourth term in office. https://t.co/rrKVnA1QTU— The Associated Press (@AP) December 18,
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InternationalADEN, Yemen – The Islamic State (IS) group on Sunday claimed responsibility for a suicide attack that struck a gathering of pro-government forces in Yemen’s temporary capital of Aden, leaving about 49 soldiers killed. An online statement by the IS revealed in twitter said that “more than 70 apostates were killed in the jihadist attack
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