USA

Donald Trump: Primary rivals should support me or be barred from future office

Donald Trump said Wednesday that his GOP primary rivals that have failed to follow through on their promise to support the party’s eventual nominee should be barred from seeking elected office again. “They broke their word,” Mr. Trump, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, said during a rally in Maine. “In my opinion they should never […]

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USA

Fight Over Trade Spilling Into Parties’ Conventions

Conflict is coming to a head in both parties ahead of the upcoming Republican and Democratic national conventions, and it’s likely that one of the most explosive disputes there won’t take place among protesters outside the conventional halls in Cleveland and Philadelphia, but among delegates looking to shape their party’s official position on free trade.

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International, USA

Hollande: Trump Presidency Would ‘Complicate’ Relations

French President Francois Hollande has warned that if U.S. Republican candidate Donald Trump is elected President it would “complicate” relations between Washington and Europe. Paris and Washington are close allies, working together in the NATO military alliance and with warm bilateral ties. Hollande paid a state visit to the U.S. in November 2015 after the

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International, USA

Loretta Lynch, Bill Clinton hold impromptu private meeting at Phoenix airport

Attorney General Loretta Lynch and former President Bill Clinton met privately as they crossed paths at a Phoenix airport earlier this week – a meeting that took place as the FBI continues its investigation into likely Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server as secretary of state. “I did see President

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USA

I-8 Jewish Travel: World War II Buffalo Soldiers

-63rd in a Series- Exit 51: Buckman Springs Road, Pine Valley, California ~ Camp Lockett  By Donald H. Harrison CAMPO, California – Like many Army installations, Camp Lockett was built for utility rather than for beauty.  Rare would be the architectural student who would come to marvel at its buildings.  But in the nation’s memory, Camp

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, USA

Islamic terrorists still have ‘a lot of momentum,’ CIA chief says

WASHINGTON — U.S.-led military efforts to contain violent Islamic State radicals in the Middle East have not yet succeeded, and the group’s engine of worldwide terrorism “still has a lot of momentum,” CIA Director John Brennan said Wednesday. “We cannot rest at all. We have to increase our efforts,” Brennan said. Brennan said suicide bombings

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International, Middle East, USA

Ditka surprised to read that he’ll be at GOP convention with Trump

CHICAGO — A report late Tuesday that Donald Trump is lining up Mike Ditka to make a star appearance at the Republican National Convention came as no surprise to anybody — except Da Coach himself. While Ditka, 76, has made no secret of his support for presumptive GOP presidential nominee, and Trump has in the

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Sports & Competitions, USA

Jewish mother, child attacked by stone-throwers – in Brooklyn

An Orthodox Jewish woman and her six-year old child were attacked by stone-throwers in Brooklyn Tuesday afternoon, narrowly escaping injury. The incident took place on Nostrand Avenue near Avenue J at approximately 5:00 p.m. Witnesses say two African American teenagers threw stones at a vehicle driven by an Orthodox Jewish woman while yelling anti-Semitic slurs.

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USA

Donald Trump vows to cancel Trans-Pacific Partnership as president, puts NAFTA on notice

Donald Trump vowed Tuesday that if elected president he would cancel a pending trade deal with Pacific Rim countries and demand Mexico and Canada accept sweeping changes to NAFTA – or else he will nix that one, too. It was part of an anti-globalization agenda that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee offered to revitalize U.S.

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International, USA