Donald Trump’s campaign manager said a new ad buy that had been announced for nine battleground states will also cover Michigan, a traditionally blue state in presidential years that Mr. Trump has talked frequently about flipping red. The Trump campaign announced this week that a new economy-focused ad will air on broadcast and cable in […]
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USASACRAMENTO (Press Release)–The California Legislature passed a bill to ensure that the state and its range of public agencies will not contract with businesses engaging in discriminatory boycotts against minority groups, including businesses that undermine California’s relationship with Israel. The State Assembly overwhelmingly passed AB 2844, the California Combating BDS Act, with a 69-1 vote, concurring
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Middle East, USAThe new Arab city of Rawabi being built in Samaria (Shomron) with Israeli approval refuses to allow “Palestinian refugees” from UNRWA camps to relocate to the city. This, despite past statements to the contrary, and the general impression that the need for a new Arab city was partly because of the suffering of said refugees,
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Middle EastPeople whose judgment is called into question by Anthony Weiner’s sexting: Anthony Weiner. Anyone who participates in sexting with Anthony Weiner. People whose judgment is not called into question by Anthony Weiner’s sexting: Huma Abedin. Hillary Clinton. “It’s just another example of Hillary Clinton’s bad judgment,” Donald Trump said Monday. No. A guy texting photos
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USAWhen Ethiopian silver medalist Feyisa Lilesa raised his two hands over his head after crossing the line in the just concluded Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, millions all over the world watching thought it was his unique way of celebrating. But Ethiopians knew better. Lilesa was passing a message to the world about the
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International, Sports & CompetitionsFriday started as it usually does: an early wake-up call, an interview with the next president of the United States and a hateful personal attack from Donald Trump. Such is life during the dog days of August in a nasty presidential campaign not even near its ugly end. These days, a rudely out-of-bounds Trump attack
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USAFrench bans on burkini swimwear are “a grave and illegal breach of fundamental freedoms” and a “stupid reaction” to recent extremist attacks, the UN human rights office said on Tuesday. Spokesman Rupert Colville of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights said the UN wants French officials to lift the bans “immediately”, adding
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InternationalBEIJING – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is embracing Chinese views that he’s walking in his father’s footsteps, telling businesspeople Tuesday that he’s looking to see how the “next generation of Trudeau could have an impact.” It was abundantly clear during the first event of a marathon, week-long visit to China that Pierre Trudeau is still
NEW YORK (Press Release) – As the daughter of Holocaust survivors, Dr. Georgette Bennett was deeply moved by the Syrian refugee crisis. Having arrived in the United States as a refugee herself, escaping from Hungary to France, she refused to sit idly by. Fueled by her own personal experiences, in 2013, Bennett founded the Multifaith Alliance
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International, Middle East, USAIntel set to launch 7th-generation Israeli technology (JNS.org) Intel Corp. introduced its 7th generation Core processors developed by the company’s Israeli branch in Haifa on Tuesday. The research and development team in Israel redesigned the Core i3, i5 and i7 chips, which now boast a 12 percent increase in speed and performance. The new chips
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Middle East, USABy Dow Marmur JERUSALEM –My wife and I returned a few days ago from London and Toronto (which explains why you haven’t heard from me for many weeks). The second most common topic of conversation with friends (after Brexit in England and Trump in Canada) was almost invariably peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Needless
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Middle EastThe good citizens of Maine may have been surprised last week when they learned their governor, Paul LePage, left a threatening message on a state senator’s telephone answering machine—he called the legislator a “socialist” and a “cocksucker”—but they probably weren’t shocked. After all, since he was elected in 2010, the 66-year-old Republican has been known
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USAEgypt announced this weekend it intends to tighten legislation against Female Genital Mutilation, and has published a proposed law that will hit anyone performing the operation with up to seven years in jail. The government wants to crack down on the practice, which is already against the law, but is widely used nonetheless. FGM is
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International, Science, Medicine, & EducationWASHINGTON — He resigned from Congress after his last sexting scandal and promised to seek treatment as he and his wife announced she was pregnant with their first child. Now, it seems Anthony Weiner is up to his old tricks as his wife, Huma Abedin, travels the country with Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. Abedin announced
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