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Senate leader McConnell pushes back against reports of discontent with Trump

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday sought to dispel reports of a deteriorating relationship with President Donald Trump, insisting they remain in “regular contact” over shared Republican Party goals. That the GOP leader issued a statement was uncharacteristic. The quiet Kentuckian rarely responds publicly to beltway banter, especially stories about political intrigue […]

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USA

Melania Trump thanks Chelsea Clinton for coming to Barron Trump’s defense after his clothing choices were criticized

First lady Melania Trump thanked former first daughter Chelsea Clinton for coming to Barron Trump’s defense after he was criticized for his clothing choices. On Monday, The Daily Caller published an article titled “It’s high time Barron Trump starts dressing like he’s in the White House.” Watch the video The article’s author said that he’s

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USA

OpEd: Time for U.S. to make peace with the Taliban

By Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK –President Trump’s new strategy that would presumably win the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan is doomed to fail, just like Bush’s and Obama’s before him. At best, the reported dispatch of an additional 4,000 American troops as recommended by his security chiefs will prevent the total collapse of Afghanistan

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Alon Ben-Meir, International, USA

Einstein’s letter criticising Chamberlain’s appeasement policy to be auctioned

Nobel Prize winning physicist warned against the ‘naive’ approach towards Germany from the then British PM By Jewish News reporter Albert Einstein 1938 ALS Regarding Hitler. Photo credit: Nate D. Sanders Auctions (http://natedsanders.com/Albert_Einstein_1938_ALS_Regarding_Hitler_______Ho-LOT46972.aspx) A letter from Albert Einstein to his best friend in which he criticises Neville Chamberlain’s appeasement of Nazi Germany is to be

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Jewish History, USA

Donations to Anti-Defamation League surge in US

Donations to the Anti-Defamation League, one of the oldest anti-discrimination, anti-Semitic organizations in the United States, have spiked sharply since the violence in Charlottesville, the group said Monday. ADL spokeswoman Betsaida Alcantara said donations like the one from James Murdoch — head of Fox News, who last week announced a million-dollar donation — as well

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Turkey, Jordan call for ‘serious’ Mideast peace talks

Jordan’s King Abdullah II and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on Monday for new “serious and effective” peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, the royal palace said. Meeting in Amman, they urged “the resumption of serious and effective negotiations between the Palestinians and Israel to end the conflict on the basis of a

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Middle East, USA

North Korean Propaganda Video Shows Missiles Hitting Guam

North Korea released a video Saturday depicting missiles crashing down on Guam and President Donald Trump looking out over a field of white crosses. “The fate of the sinful United States ends here,” warned the video, according to the Washington Post, Monday. The U.S. and South Korea began joint military exercises Monday, an annual event

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International, USA

Alan Dershowitz: ‘Violent’ Antifa movement is ‘trying to tear down America’

Prominent Harvard law professor and liberal author Alan Dershowitz rebuked the hard-left militant movement Antifa on Tuesday, saying liberals need to avoid turning violent leftist factions into heroes. Appearing on “Fox & Friends” Tuesday morning, Mr. Dershowitz said the movement sweeping the country to take down Confederate-era statues that some find offensive is setting a

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USA

George and Amal Clooney’s justice foundation gives $1 million grant to combat hate groups

Those glamorous do-gooders are at it again. In the wake of the race-fueled violence in Charlottesville, Va., George and Amal Clooney’s Clooney Foundation for Justice has given a $1 million grant to help topple domestic hate groups. The actor/producer and his wife, an international human rights attorney, have partnered with the Alabama-based Southern Poverty Law

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA