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Secret Service agent assigned to Mike Pence charged with soliciting prostitution: Report

A Secret Service agent tasked with protecting Vice President Mike Pence has been suspended from the force and stripped of their security clearance after being allegedly caught with a prostitute last week at a Maryland hotel. Police took an unidentified member of Mr. Pence’s security detail into custody late last week after responding to reports […]

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US Secretary of State Tillerson blames Assad forces for Syria gas deaths

Some of the 72 victims of the recent suspected gas attack in northern Syrian were buried on Wednesday as their families grieved. One man lost his twin daughters and his wife. “It was an airstrike by the criminal air force. I took my wife and children out of the house. Five minutes later, we started

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International, Middle East, USA

Devin Nunes says he’s temporarily stepping aside from Russia probe

WASHINGTON — House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes said Thursday he’s temporarily stepping aside from the Russia probe amid accusations he may have improperly disclosed classified information. Nunes, R-Calif., said he was stepping down temporarily as head of the House probe into whether Trump associates colluded with Russia during last year’s election. In a statement,

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Senate Republicans rewrite the rule book to secure Gorsuch Supreme Court confirmation

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Thursday dramatically curtailed the historic filibuster and stripped Democrats of their ability to block Judge Neil Gorsuch from the Supreme Court — thus ensuring his confirmation, securing an important Trump administration victory and shaping future nominations in ways yet to be seen. In a far-reaching move, Republicans by a party-line

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Gravitating to the familiar at the Fleet

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –While I gravitated on Wednesday, April 5, to an exhibit featuring the image of Albert Einstein and another portraying the cells that I imagine Jonas Salk grappled with while developing the vaccine against polio, my grandchildren—Sky, 10, Brian, 8, and Sara, 6 – were transfixed by a room filled

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food, USA

Turkish – Western alliance seriously fraying

By Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — The growing tension between Turkey and its Western allies, which was further heightened during the Obama administration, is narrowing the space for cooperation between the two sides and in fact is progressively worsening. Erdogan’s hope that he and President Trump would improve their ties as members of NATO has dramatically

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Alon Ben-Meir, International, Middle East, USA

A big challenge for the author of ‘The Art of the Deal’: getting China to rein in North Korea

NEW YORK — Now it is Donald Trump’s turn at the plate, after consecutive presidents before him have failed to solve the problem of North Korea. A considerable portion of this week’s powwow with Chinese President Xi Jinping will be devoted to the long-festering crisis of North Korea’s nuclear weapons program. Trump’s predecessors have tried

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International, USA

Federations donate to Israel, but most of their investments go anywhere but

With $90 billion at their discretion, why are the majority of Jewish funds and federations not only skipping Israel, but investing in ‘enemy’ countries? By Cathryn J. Prince NEW YORK — For the first time in its history the Jewish Federation of Greater Metro West New Jersey will make a dedicated allocation to Israel equities.

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Middle East, USA

Judge orders Kansas secretary of state to produce documents he shared with Donald Trump

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A federal magistrate judge on Wednesday ordered Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach to hand over documents that he brought to a meeting with President Donald Trump outlining a strategic plan for the Department of Homeland Security. He’s been ordered to turn over those papers for a camera review by 5

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N. Korea fires missile into East Sea ahead of US-China summit

North Korea launched a ballistic missile Wednesday into the East Sea, South Korea’s military said, just two days ahead of summit talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. “North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the East Sea from a site in the vicinity of Sinpo, South Hamgyong Province, at

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Bannon out, Rick Perry in as Trump reshuffles National Security Council

WASHINGTON — Rick Perry was named to the National Security Council in a memo released on Wednesday, putting the secretary of energy and longtime Texas governor into Donald Trump’s inner circle for national security decisions. The decision was part of a larger reshuffling of the NSC announced in a notice published in the federal register

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