WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump exposes himself to interrogation under oath about his sex life and faces long odds against winning if he follows through on his threat to sue newspapers over reports that he groped multiple women. The Supreme Court has erected a high hurdle to protect the First Amendment’s guarantee of […]
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USAClinton campaign officials were alert and anxious in late summer 2015 to any sign that Vice President Joseph R. Biden might decide to enter the Democratic presidential primary at the last minute. In a leaked email, former Clinton White House aide Steve Bachar of Denver sent a warning to John Podesta, who is now campaign
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USAORLANDO, Fla. — Legoland Florida Resort was evacuated Thursday afternoon after receiving a bomb threat, officials say. Adrian Jones, the resort’s general manager, said park officials received the anonymous bomb threat and “quickly made the decision to evacuate our theme park and hotel according to our established safety protocols.” The threat, which was received just
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USAWASHINGTON — John Podesta, the veteran Democratic political operative who has served two different presidents and is chairman of Hillary Clinton’s political campaign, has had a lousy week. Not only has the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks been publishing emails pirated from Podesta’s account earlier this year, but hackers penetrated his Twitter account and apparently wiped all
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USAAs of latest count, more than a hundred women-and men-have signed the petition sent to the organizers of the Miss Universe pageant, asking them to back out from their agreement with the Philippine government to hold the 2016 competition in Manila. Those who want to add their names-and thereby their sentiments-to the petition are still
An attorney for The New York Times has rejected a demand from a law firm representing Donald Trump to remove and retract a story about women who claimed the Republican presidential nominee had engaged in sexual misconduct with them. Trump’s attorneys claimed the newspaper committed libel when it published a report Wednesday that quoted two
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USAMALVERN, Pa. — Donald Trump’s daughter on Thursday called him “a great dad” and “a leader who helps people grow into their full potential.” Opening a daylong campaign swing across the Philadelphia region with a stop at a Chester County hotel, Ivanka Trump praised her father and said she was confident he would win the
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USAJerry Falwell Jr., the president of Liberty University and a prominent Donald Trump supporter, said Thursday that Mr. Trump informed him in a conversation Wednesday that he has evidence to disprove new allegations that the GOP presidential nominee inappropriately touched a number of women years ago. “I talked to him last night. He called me,”
WASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama delivered a powerful rebuke of Donald Trump and his behavior toward women during one of the most emotional speeches of the presidential campaign on Thursday. “This is not normal,” Obama said in the New Hampshire address. “This is not politics as usual. This is disgraceful. This is intolerable.” Obama
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USAPM Netanyahu responded sharply to the scandalous UNESCO decision denying any Jewish connection to Temple Mount by inviting UNESCO members to visit the Arch of Titus and see for themselves which treasures were plundered 2000 years ago from the Temple. Netanyahu was speaking at a Bible forum which took place at his house. He said
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International, Middle EastTel Aviv (dpa) – The Jewish people’s ties to controversial Jerusalem holy sites came under fire Thursday when UNESCO’s executive board adopted a resolution disputing the link and criticizing Israel’s custodianship. Of the 58-member group, 24 countries were for the resolution, while only six – the US, Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, Lithuania and Estonia –
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International, Middle EastHalf a year after the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) accepted an initial resolution denying the Temple Mount”s place in Jewish history and the Jewish faith, the UN body is expected to pass another measure on Thursday portraying the Western Wall as a Muslim holy site. In a recent UNESCO meeting, Arab
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International, Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM –Earlier this year, Edward Alexander, professor emeritus at the University of Washington, published a book with the title of this headline in which castigates the many Jewish organizations in the United States and elsewhere that are critical of Israel and thus, according to the author, are damaging to Judaism and
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International, Middle East, USAThe day before Yom Kippur, my mom and I wander down Flushing Avenue in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, looking for Cohn Live Poultry. We know we have the right place when we hear the clucking. A semi-trailer truck is parked outside the warehouse, piled high with cages, and crammed with chickens — chickens that
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