By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — After a contentious press conference about the President’s unveiling of immigration reforms, senior advisor Stephen Miller secretly ordered the removal of Emma Lazarus’ “The New Colossus” from the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty and replaced it with a poem he authored. The Greater Colossus by Stephen Miller (aka: […]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, USABy Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — Iraq, once the cradle of civilization, has and continues to experience one of the most horrific violent conflicts in modern history that defies any semblance of civilized humanity. It is hard to imagine the mammoth death and destruction that has been inflicted on the Iraqi people by foreign powers and
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Alon Ben-Meir, Middle East, USABy David Anderson, J.D. Themoderatevoice.com NEW YORK — The recent unprecedented blockade of Qatar by its neighbors Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates has the Persian Gulf region in uproar. Citizens are being expelled, Qatar’s only land border and main food supply line is closed, and their airline must do bizarre aerial calisthenics to
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International, Middle East, USAPresidents often have complicated feelings about the mansions to which they’re confined. Harry S. Truman deemed the White House a “crown jewel of the federal prison system”; “a very nice prison,” Barack Obama called it. In her memoir My Turn, Nancy Reagan revealed that her husband Ronald branded 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue “an eight-star hotel.” President
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USALOS ANGELES — “Wonder Woman” proved its mettle once again, boosting media company Time Warner Inc.’s earnings with its better-than-expected box-office performance. Time Warner’s second-quarter earnings, released early Wednesday, also benefited from increased subscriptions for the company’s premium television unit HBO, which recently began showing the seventh season of its acclaimed series “Game of Thrones.”
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USADay before powerful Senate panel scheduled to consider bill, powerful pro-Israel lobby says markups protecting humanitarian programs and security cooperation earn its backing By Eric Cortellessa Masked Hamas terrorists attend the funeral of Mazen Fuqha in Gaza City, March, 25 2017. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90) WASHINGTON — A day before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump quietly signed legislation Wednesday that imposes new limits on his ability to lift sanctions against Russia, saying that parts of the measure are unconstitutional but that he was signing it for the “sake of national unity.” The signing brought a protest from Russia, whose prime minister accused Trump of showing
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International, USAThe 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
WASHINGTON — 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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