Former UK Prime Minister David Cameron is to step down as the MP for Witney, seemingly ending his political career. The move will prompt a by-election in the Oxfordshire constituency. He resigned as head of government in June, 2016, after failing to convince British and Northern Irish voters to remain in the European Union. Relegated […]
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InternationalKentucky Gov. Matt Bevin said Saturday that America is at a fork in the road and if something isn’t done soon to protect religious and conservative values, people might have to physically fight for them. “I want us to be able to fight ideologically, mentally, spiritually, economically, so that we don’t have to do it
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USAWASHINGTON — Suddenly, Donald Trump has become a much better, more polished and focused presidential candidate. He’s making carefully worded speeches and issuing policy papers about the day’s top issues. He visited flood victims in Louisiana and traveled to Mexico to meet that country’s president. He’s staying on message, running an ad blasting Clinton for
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USAJewish studies are more important than learning mathematics and science, Education Minister Naftali Bennett said on Monday night. Speaking in Caesarea at a conference of the TALI Education Fund, which provides a pluralistic Jewish Studies program for public schools, Bennett stressed the importance of Jewish education over secular subjects. “Learning about Judaism and excellence in
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastSANTA CRUZ, California – Forty-three Jewish and education advocacy groups on Tuesday, Sept. 13, demanded that UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks take immediate steps to overhaul the course review process that allowed a student-taught, credit bearing course entitled “Palestine: A Settler Colonial Analysis” to be offered this semester. Not only is the course in clear
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Shurat HaDin-Israel Law Center, representing American families of terror victims who hold unsatisfied U.S. court judgments against the government of Iran for its support of Palestinian terrorist attacks in Israel, today released a letter to the U.S. Congress alleging that the Obama Administration kept secret the details of $1.7 billion
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International, Middle East, USAPublished with permission from Media Matters for America. Prominent white nationalists touted their growing media influence in the wake of Donald Trump’s rise to the Republican presidential nomination on a wave of bigoted rhetoric at a September 9 press conference titled “What Is The Alt-Right?” The press conference, organized by white nationalist “think tank” the
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USAOn Sunday, Donald Trump Jr. posted a meme on his Instagram account in response to Hillary Clinton’s “basket of deplorables” gaffe. Trump Sr. has repeatedly said his kids are some of his closest political advisors, and as with his own posts on social media, this one deserves some attention. If the elder Donald has turned
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Obituaries & memorials, USAJiang Chengbo looks at an ancient book in his bookstore(R). Two customers pick up books in Jiang’s bookstore (L). [Photo/Yangtze Evening News] A 90-year-old man who runs a 117-year-old antique bookstore inherited from his grandfather has become an internet celebrity, Yangtze Evening News reported. Jiang Chengbo, the owner and third generation successor of the bookstore,
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, InternationalTwo weeks before the 1944 election, an already ailing President Franklin D. Roosevelt rode 50 miles in an open car through New York City in a driving rain, hoping to convince voters that he was healthy enough for a fourth term. He succeeded in winning re-election, only to die five months later. Compare that to
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USAMINNEAPOLIS — Donald Trump’s name will be on Minnesota ballots this November, following a ruling by the Minnesota Supreme Court. In a decision issued Monday afternoon, the state’s highest court dismissed a petition filed last week by the state Democratic-Farm-Labor Party in which DFL leaders argued that Republican presidential candidate Trump and his running mate,
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USAWASHINGTON — When it comes to the 2016 presidential race, health matters. While Hillary Clinton’s pneumonia likely isn’t as serious or life-threatening as some of the maladies that afflicted candidates and past presidents, many political observers and presidential experts think that she and Donald Trump have an obligation to be more transparent about their health.
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USADETROIT — Four Hazel Park, Mich., police officers are being sued for accusations that they made two women expose their breasts and shake them during a traffic stop. At least one officer allegedly recorded the incident on a cellphone — but when asked for all video evidence, authorities so far have said that none exists.
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