The Boy Scouts of America is disputing President Donald Trump’s claim that group leaders told him his was “the greatest” speech that was ever made to them. Speaking to The Wall Street Journal, the president said his speech _ which was unusually political for a Boy Scout event _ had been praised by group leaders […]
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USAThis week, the Trump administration took the rare step of declaring Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro a “dictator,” freezing his assets and banning Americans from doing business with him. It looked like a big deal. Phones pinged with alerts, and cable news channels carried the announcement live. Maduro was now the fourth member of an exclusive
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International, USACHICAGO — Mondelez International CEO Irene Rosenfeld will retire in November, bringing an end to her time at the helm of the $26 billion global snack and candy company known for brands like Oreo cookies and Ritz crackers, the company, announced Wednesday. She’ll be replaced by Dirk Van de Put, who’s currently president and CEO
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USAWASHINGTON — After an internal audit questioned the justification behind the president’s demand for 15,000 more border and immigration officers, the Department of Homeland Security’s top spokesman said Wednesday that he can’t explain the precise hiring target. Days after taking office, President Donald Trump’s issued an executive order calling for 5,000 more Border Patrol and
President Trump threw his support Wednesday behind a Senate bill that would cut legal immigration in half and implement a new merit-based system that emphasis English-speaking immigrants who can demonstrate job skills. Meeting at the White House with GOP Sens. David Perdue of Georgia and Tom Cotton of Arkansas, the bill’s sponsors, the president said
More than one million malnourished young children in war-torn Yemen are at risk of cholera, the charity Save the Children warned on Wednesday as it began sending more health experts to the worst-hit areas. Cholera, which is spread by ingestion of contaminated food or water, can kill within hours if untreated. The epidemic has already
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump quietly signed legislation Wednesday that imposes new limits on his ability to lift sanctions against Russia and also adds new sanctions against North Korea and Iran. Trump signed the bill without cameras, sending out a statement later in the morning saying that despite his belief that parts of the measure
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International, USANot known for mincing his words, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte called North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un a “fool” and a “son of a bitch,” according to Reuters Wednesday. This bluster came just days ahead of a multinational meeting in Manilla to address, among other things, concerns over North Korean’s missile launches and their naked
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International, USAVague pledge comes two months after Netanyahu met with tiny West African island nation’s president Jorge Carlos Fonseca By Raphael Ahren Prime Minister Netanyahu meeting with Cape Verde President Jorge Carlos Fonseca during a summit in Monrovia, July 4, 2017 (screen grab YouTube) Cape Verde has announced that it will no longer vote against Israel
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International, Middle EastThe Philadelphia Phillies canceled a ceremony to induct Pete Rose into the team’s Wall of Fame after allegations surfaced this week that the all-time hits leader maintained a sexual relationship in the 1970s with a girl before she turned 16. “Due to recent events, the Phillies and Pete Rose have decided that Pete will not
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Sports & Competitions, USAFormer Vice President Al Gore’s 10,070-square-foot estate near Nashville, Tennessee, expended more than 21 times more energy than the average U.S. household over the past year, according to a new report. A report by the National Center for Public Policy Research – self-described as a nonpartisan, independent conservative think tank – said that according to
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — NAACP officials say their recent travel advisory for Missouri is the first that the civil rights group has issued for any state. But the warning follows a recent trend of similar alerts issued by other groups for vulnerable people around the United States. The travel advisory, circulated in June by the
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USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It’s not yet clear that the commotions surrounding the Temple Mount and the incident in Amman are behind us. An optimist’s view is that two weeks of demonstrations, nastiness from the pinnacle of the Jordanian government as well as the Palestine National Authority, a few deaths and perhaps a couple
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USADaniel Markind Yesterday Jewish National Fund of America CEO Russell Robinson and CFO Mitchel Rosenzweig agreed to repay personal loans they received from the JNF. These loans turned out to be illegal under New York State Law. This news is intriguing to some, but personal to me. I was one of eight National Executive Board
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