John Boehner, of former House Majority Speaker fame, dropped a bombshell – or dozens – during an interview with Politico that was just published. For instance, did you know that fellow Republican Rep. Don Young once pinned Boehner against a wall and held a knife to his throat during a debate about earmarks that went […]
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USAThe next season of Netflix’s award-winning “House of Cards” will be the last, a spokesman said Monday, as the series reeled over sexual misconduct allegations against its star Kevin Spacey. The 58-year-old double Oscar winner, who plays ruthless President Francis Underwood in the hit show, is facing claims from actor Anthony Rapp that he “made
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy TOI staff A former worker at the Prime Minister’s Residence reportedly alleged she was threatened to drop an abuse lawsuit against Sara Netanyahu by an adviser to the prime minister. The NIS 225,000 ($64,000) lawsuit, which was filed by a 24-year-old ultra-Orthodox mother of three, who recently worked as a cleaner at the residence
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Middle EastNBC News has severed its relationship with veteran journalist Mark Halperin after he admitted to inappropriate sexual behavior toward female colleagues during his time at ABC News. NBC News did not issue a statement, but confirmed Monday that Mr. Halperin, senior political analyst, would not be returning to the company. “I am profoundly sorry for
A year since new laws came into force aimed at stemming the flow of “honour killings”, scores of young women in deeply conservative Pakistan are still being murdered by relatives for bringing shame on their family. The shocking murder of Pakistani social media star Qandeel Baloch by her brother last July turned the spotlight on
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InternationalSOUTH ORANGE — A fellow actor on Sunday accused Kevin Spacey of making sexual advances on him when he was a teenager, prompting the Academy Award winner to apologize and address long-standing rumors about his own sexuality. Anthony Rapp, who stars in the television series “Star Trek Discovery,” told BuzzFeed News that Spacey, a South
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAThe United States is commending Masoud Barzani’s decision to step down from his position as president of Iraq’s Kurdistan region. “President Barzani is a historic figure and courageous leader of his people, most recently in our common fight to destroy ISIS.” State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert said in a statement Monday. “This decision represents an
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Middle EastDonald and Ivana Trump President Donald Trump’s first wife, Ivana Trump, is claiming that she raised the couple’s children on her “own.” During an interview with John Catsimatidis, Trump said she made all the decisions when it came to the couple’s three children, Ivanka, Donald Jr., and Eric. “I told Donald, ‘There can only be
The United Nations human rights agency called on Japan to acknowledge the country’s violation of the human rights of “comfort women,” or wartime sex slaves, and to implement its recommendations, according to the Japanese newspaper Sankei Shimbun, Saturday. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) also requested Japan to take
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InternationalBy Raphael Ahren The United Arab Emirates snubbed Israel again on Monday, when its diplomats handed out gifts to all delegations at the UN cultural agency except Israel. The incident, which came on the heels of UAE’s refusal last week to allow Israeli athletes to display the Israeli flag and play the national anthem at
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International, Middle EastUS special forces have captured a Libyan man accused of playing a role in a deadly attack on a US diplomatic compound in the city of Benghazi five years ago, according to the White House. Mustafa al-Imam, who was captured in Libya on Sunday, “will face justice in the United States”, US President Donald Trump
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USAA federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender personnel from serving in the US military on Monday. US District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ordered the government to “revert to the status quo” that was in effect before Trump ordered the contentious ban. At the same time, however, she allowed to let stand a
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USANEWARK, N.J. — A federal judge on Monday declined to declare a mistrial in the corruption case of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and his co-defendant, Salomon Melgen. Before U.S. District Court Judge William H. Walls made his ruling, Menendez, D-N.J., was humming “Amazing Grace” while strolling the hallways of the federal courthouse in Newark, just
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USAMINNEAPOLIS — Dennis Banks, a longtime national American Indian activist who was acquitted in the famed 1970s Wounded Knee uprising trial, has died, his family said early Monday. Banks was 80 years old. “Our father Dennis J. Banks started his journey to the spirit world at 10:10 p.m. on October 29, 2017,” reads a post
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