The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will seek new sanctions against Iran but not Russia, although it will work on legislation to hinder Russia’s recent actions in Europe, which have included increased troop movement near NATO members’ borders as well as accusations of hacking efforts to influence European elections. “We’re not going to do a Russia […]
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International, Middle East, USAPresident Donald Trump has reportedly picked an anti-abortion law professor who has called access to contraceptives “anti-family”to run a national program to fight teen pregnancy. Trump made Teresa R. Manning deputy assistant secretary for population affairs at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) on Monday. As part of the role Manning will
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USAIvanka Trump has revealed in a new book that the pressures of her father’s presidential election campaign were such that she went into “survival mode” and did not have time for massages or meditation. Trump, who has been appointed as a White House adviser by President Donald Trump and founded an eponymous fashion business, said
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USAThe Republican Party of Minnesota has condemned a meme that was posted on an official Facebook page calling Rep. Keith Ellison a “Muslim goat humper.” Minnesota’s 7th Congressional District Republican Party posted the meme on its official Facebook page Monday night, claiming that Rep. Collin Peterson “has been sliding up to Minnesota’s Head Muslim Goat
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USAIn a new interview with John Dickerson of CBS’ “This Morning,” President Donald Trump refused to back down from his unsubstantiated claims that President Obama had Trump Tower wiretapped, and Trump ended the interview when asked to explain those claims and defend calling former president Obama “sick” and “bad.” Watch the video Trump began by
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USAImagine this scenario: An evangelical Christian couple is planning their wedding and wants a cake for their reception from the best bakery in town. So they visit the Jewish baker to make arrangements but are greeted with bad news: “Sorry, we don’t bake cakes for Christian weddings.” Can you imagine the outcry in the Christian
David P. Goldman Jews are sadly accustomed to becoming collateral damage in disputes in other peoples’ civil wars. Dr. Sebastian Gorka, a senior White House official, is one of the few gentile victims of a Jewish civil war. Dr. Gorka, long a Fox News commentator on counter-terrorism, will speak at the Jerusalem Post’s annual New
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Jewish History, Middle East, USAA day after the fatal mass shooting in San Diego Sunday, a Go Fund Me page was set up to raise money to cover the victims’ medical expenses. The shooting at a gated pool area in the La Jolla Crossroads complex killed one woman and left six people injured. The Go Fund Me page was
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San Diego County, USAJean Stein, the literary editor and author known for producing engrossing oral histories on topics as disparate as the tumultuous life of an Andy Warhol acolyte and the dastardly intrigues of early Hollywood, has died at 83. Her death Sunday was confirmed by a spokesperson for the Nation magazine in New York City, where Stein’s
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Obituaries & memorials, USADALLAS — The body of a man believed to have wounded a Dallas Fire-Rescue firefighter-paramedic and a neighbor Monday morning was found inside an Old East Dallas home several hours after the shooting was reported, officials said. Officers responding to a shooting call about 11:30 a.m. on Reynolds Avenue, near Dolphin Road arrived to find
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USASasha and Malia Obama commemorated their last night as residents of the White House by engaging in a very typical teenage activity: throwing a pizza and slumber party with friends! Michelle Obama revealed the inside information during a speech at the American Institute of Architecture last Thursday. During a question and answer session, the former
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USASEATTLE — Former Washington state Gov. Mike Lowry, a proud liberal Democrat who fought to expand health care and to secure reparations for Japanese Americans interned during World War II, has died. Lowry, 78, died Monday following complications from a stroke, according to a statement from his family released by Gov. Jay Inslee’s office. “Trudi
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Obituaries & memorials, USAAUSTIN, Texas — One student is dead and three others have been taken to the hospital after a reported stabbing attack on the University of Texas campus Monday afternoon, authorities said. UT Police Chief David Carter identified the suspect in the attack as 20-year-old UT student Kendrex J. White. Police got the call around 1:30
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USATucked into a $1 trillion bipartisan government funding bill Congressional negotiators reached Sunday night was a costly IOU to New Yorkers, who have footed the bill for Melania Trump to live in Trump Towers as her husband moved more than 200 miles away to the White House. The exhaustive operation to keep the first family
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