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Senate Intelligence Committee invites James Comey to testify

Senators said Wednesday they want former FBI Director James B. Comey and his replacement, acting Director Andrew McCabe, to return and testify about the investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Senate Intelligence committee chairman, Sen. Richard Burr, and ranking Democrat, Sen. Mark Warner, have requested Mr. Comey testify in both an open […]

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Trump to graduates: ‘No politician in history has been treated worse’

Washington (dpa) – US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he has been treated unfairly as he urged graduates at the US Coast Guard Academy not to become discouraged as they begin their professional careers. “You have to put your head down and fight, fight, fight,” Trump advised the graduates. He then shifted to what

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Trump called Netanyahu as furore over intel disclosure grew

Tel Aviv (dpa) – US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by phone for about 20 minutes amid mounting uproar over the president’s disclosure of intelligence information to Russia. The conversation took place Tuesday, as reports swirled that the classified intelligence Trump shared with Russia’s foreign minister and ambassador was first

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Middle East, USA

Former Israeli spymasters rip into Trump, say Israel must reassess intel sharing

Ex-Mossad head Shavit: US president is like a ‘bull in a china shop… If tomorrow I were asked to pass information to the CIA, I would do everything I could to not pass it to them’ By Judah Ari Gross Former head of the Mossad, Shabtai Shavit, attends a press conference organized by ‘Commanders for

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International, Middle East, USA

S.D. celebrates Israel’s independence May 21

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – The Jewish Federation of San Diego County and community partners have scheduled the annual community celebration of Yom Ha’atzmaut (Israel Independence Day) on May 21  at the San Diego Jewish Academy from 2 pm to 6 pm. This is a free event to celebrate and educate the local community about Israel and its culture.

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Middle East, San Diego County, USA

Mitch McConnell has backed a surprising replacement for FBI Director James Comey

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kent.) has been a staunch supporter of President Trump’s decision to remove FBI Director James Comey. Last Wednesday, McConnell took to the floor of the senate to criticize Democrats’ outrage at Comey’s dismissal. McConnell pointed out, “Our Democratic colleagues are complaining about the removal of an FBI director whom they

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Erdogan’s Bodyguards Clash With Protesters in D.C.

Footage has emerged of a mass brawl outside the Turkish embassy in Washington during which men believed to be Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s bodyguards are seen attacking protesters just hours after the Turkish president’s meeting with Donald Trump. The brawl ensued as Erodgan’s security detail and pro-Erdogan supporters confronted Kurdish and Armenian demonstrators. A video—posted by

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Middle East, USA

Comey Memo: Trump Asks to Imprison Reporters Over Leaks

President Donald Trump asked former FBI Director James Comey to consider imprisoning journalists for reporting classified information, The New York Times reported, citing a memo the head G-Man wrote after speaking to Trump. The conversation, the paper reported, occurred in February following the resignation of National Security Adviser Mike Flynn. Related: Why Republicans won’t abandon

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International, Middle East, USA

Illinois Republican congressman now open to appointing special prosecutor

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger on Wednesday told CNN it was time to look at an independent commission or special prosecutor after reports that President Donald Trump asked former FBI chief James Comey to halt the bureau’s probe of former White House national security adviser Michael Flynn. Kinzinger, 39, is a Republican in his

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‘It’s not like [Trump’s] whispering this to Theresa May,’ laments a former CIA chief

The former head of the CIA and NSA, Gen. Michael Hayden, is concerned about the disclosures coming out of the Oval Office. This week, President Donald Trump revealed highly classified information to the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, and the Russian ambassador to the US, Sergei Kislyak. This has led Hayden — a man steeped

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International, USA

John Kasich: Hate to say ‘I told you so’ about Trump

Ohio Gov. John Kasich said during a joint CNN town hall Tuesday with Vermont Sen. Bernard Sanders that his instincts were right about President Trump. Mr. Kasich, who unsuccessfully ran against Mr. Trump in last year’s Republican presidential primary, said the allegations that Mr. Trump shared Israeli intelligence about the Middle East with the Russians

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