Sen. Marco Rubio (R) tweeted Tuesday and joked that he is “investigating” a photo of a “failed hug” between him and first daughter Ivanka Trump before the pair headed for a meeting on child tax reforms at the Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. on Tuesday. The photo first posted on Twitter by an Associated Press
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USALONDON – The Duke of Edinburgh, known as Prince Philip, was taken to hospital, Buckingham Palace announced on Wednesday morning. The Duke is the husband of Queen Elizabeth II. Britain’s Prince Philip sits in a train on a journey marking the 175th anniversary of the first train journey by a British monarch, recreating the historic
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InternationalAfter the Obama administration was called out by the parents of Otto Warmbier and President Donald Trump for not doing enough to bring him home, Obama spokesman and former top adviser, Ned Price, defended their efforts to secure the release of the former University of Virginia student. Warmbier was sentenced to 15 years hard labor
Turkish prosecutors issued an arrest warrant Wednesday for a man caught on camera punching a woman because she was wearing shorts during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. The attack, which took place a week earlier on June 14, took place on an Istanbul bus and footage of the incident has sparked uproar from Turkish
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Middle EastThree months after the desecration of Jewish graves in St. Louis, the historic Chesed Shel Emeth cemetery looks better than ever. But the Jewish community is still grappling with what the incident means. In February, almost two hundred headstones were found cracked or toppled. Karen Aroesty, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League, remembers rushing to
It’s seemingly far easier to be a former president than it is to be a current president. Former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama have both seen their popularity surge after leaving the Oval Office, according to a Gallup survey this week. Fifty-nine percent of adults have a favorable view of Bush, which represents
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USAThe United States ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, seems to be championing a single cause: Israel. When Haley speaks about Israel, her language is not merely emotive or tailored to fit the need of a specific occasion; rather, her words are resolute, consistent and matched by a clear plan of action. Along with
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Middle East, USAU.S. President Donald Trump boasted Wednesday about Republican success in winning congressional elections this year, the latest in the southern state of Georgia in what was the most expensive race for a seat in the House of Representatives in U.S. history. Trump said in a Twitter comment, “Well, the Special Elections are over and those
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USABEIRUT — Saudi Arabia’s King Salman on Wednesday appointed his 31-year-old son, Mohammed bin Salman, as crown prince, replacing the country’s counter-terrorism czar with the young activist leader at a time when the kingdom is struggling with low oil prices, a diplomatic crisis in Qatar, war in Yemen and a battle with Iran for regional
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Middle EastThe shooter that injured five people, including a member of Congress, had a list in his pocket with the names of six members of Congress on it when he started firing at a congressional baseball practice in Alexandria, Va., last week, FBI officials said at a news conference Wednesday. Andrew W. Vale, assistant director in
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USAAntarctica is changing. The typical image is that of a pristine, white wilderness of ice and snow. “The white of the snow, the brown of the rocks, and the blue of the sky is a perfect day on the Antarctic Peninsula,” says researcher Dominic Hodgson of the British Antarctic Survey. But Hodgson says there is
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International, The World We ShareThe chairman of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee has called for a ban on tourist travel to North Korea after American student Otto Warmbier died just days after his release from the North in a coma. “Travel propaganda lures far too many people to North Korea. This is a regime that regularly kidnaps foreign
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International, USAWith only about 40% of US Jews visiting Israel, more and more young adults find their Jewish glue through ‘tikkun olam’ in their own neighborhoods By Cathryn J. Prince NEW YORK — For many American Jewish millennials the notion of tikkun olam — the idea that one must “repair the world” through social justice —
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Middle East, USAIt’s officially summertime – and with the rising temperatures, comes an abundance of preventable hot car deaths. But not if Bishop Curry IV can help it. style=”display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px” data-ad-client=”ca-pub-8420654331411867″ data-ad-slot=”1313712966″> 10-year-old Bishop has invented his very own device capable of saving hundreds of children from heat stroke. The invention, which he calls Oasis, is a tiny
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