Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and his wife, Nechama, held a state dinner Wednesday night for the President of the Slovak Republic, Andrei Kiske. President Kiske said, “When I was 27, I moved to the US. My wife stayed behind with the children, and when I did not find work as an engineer I found work […]
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International, Middle East, USAMany American Jews reacted with a sense of relief — and a degree of embarrassment — to the news that an Israeli teenager was arrested in connection with many of the phoned-in bomb threats to JCCs and other Jewish institutions in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. For several months, as dozens of JCCs
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USARelations between Washington and Moscow have sunk to a very low level, a Russian lawmaker warned Wednesday. Russian upper house speaker Valentina Matviyenko said Russia wants improved relations with the U.S. but that could be difficult given Washington’s continued sanctions against the Kremlin. Her remarks came after Washington imposed sanctions Saturday on eight Russian companies
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International, USAPolice union leaders have warned President Donald Trump against cutting federal funding to so-called “sanctuary cities” in his ongoing crackdown on illegal immigration. Doing so could contribute to public safety problems, the leader of the nation’s largest police union exclusively told Reuters Tuesday after a White House meeting between law enforcement leaders and the Trump
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USAWhen Ecuador goes to the polls for the second time in six weeks to elect a new president Sunday, its citizens will be deciding whether the shift to the right in South American politics will extend within its borders. At least indirectly, they will also decide the fate of one of the most watched men
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International, USAWASHINGTON — The Senate Intelligence Committee’s inquiry into Russian involvement in the 2016 U.S. presidential election will be “one of the biggest investigations” in years and has already involved an “unprecedented” level of cooperation between Congress and U.S. spy agencies, the panel’s chairman said Wednesday. At a Capitol Hill news conference, the committee chairman, Sen.
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International, USAA State Department employee was arrested Tuesday for maintaining and concealing extensive contacts with the Chinese government. Candace Marie Claiborne, described in a federal lawsuit unsealed Wednesday as a “U.S. State Department employee who possesses a Top Secret security clearance,” was charged with “obstructing an official proceeding” by making false statements to authorities and hiding
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International, USANew DNC Chair Tom Perez seems prepared to make big changes to the committee, asking all staff at the Democratic National Committee to submit resignation letters by the end of April. It’s not a complete surprise; NBC News reports that staffers were told to expect some turnover, and changing staff is routine with a leadership
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USAPro-life activists released a new undercover video Wednesday showing a former Planned Parenthood official suggesting that babies born alive after abortions are sometimes left to die. The video was released less than a day after David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt of the Center for Medical Progress were charged by California prosecutors with 15 felonies for
MCKINNEY, Texas — The judge presiding over Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s criminal fraud case said he will soon issue a decision on whether to move Paxton’s trials, delay them or even throw his charges out. During a pretrial hearing, Judge George Gallagher said he would issue a ruling on all three questions on Thursday.
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USAWASHINGTON — When President Donald Trump signed his “energy independence” executive order Tuesday, he made no mention of making it easier for energy companies to drill for oil in national parks. But tucked into his 2,300-word order is a sentence that could do just that, potentially affecting national park lands in Florida, Kentucky, Texas and
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USANew Jersey Gov. Chris Christie didn’t get tapped for the dream jobs of vice president, attorney general or chief of staff, but he has at last joined the Trump administration to work on a nightmare issue close to his heart. On Wednesday, Christie debuted as the new chairman of a commission to combat opioid abuse,
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USASEATTLE — Seattle is suing the federal government over President Donald Trump’s executive order cracking down on so-called “sanctuary cities,” Mayor Ed Murray said Wednesday. The announcement comes two days after U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said the Department of Justice will turn up the pressure and withhold grants from “sanctuary” jurisdictions for not doing
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International, USALOS ANGELES — The former deputy treasurer for the city of Compton was arrested Wednesday by federal authorities and has been charged with stealing millions of dollars in city funds, prosecutors announced Wednesday. Salvador Galvan, 47, of La Mirada is accused of embezzling more than $3.7 million over more than six years by skimming money
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