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ZOA: Bomb hoax suspect Thompson a leftist, Islamist

By Morton A. Klein NEW YORK –The ZOA praises the FBI for its investigation and arrest of Juan M. Thompson, a fired former reporter for a left-wing online newspaper and hate-filled, pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel, anti-white, anti-Trump, pro-Bernie Sanders, anti-western society, anti-American, Communist, anti-police radical Islamist, for allegedly perpetrating at least eight of the recent bomb threats […]

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Middle East, USA

Trump Org ‘Made Deal With Oligarch Tied to Iran Regime’

Donald Trump has styled himself as a hardline opponent of the Iranian regime, but new details of a business deal in Azerbaijan point to his organization’s relationship with an oligarch’s family that has close links to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. A New Yorker feature alleges that indirect ties between Trump’s business interests and the Iranian

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International, USA

Cedric Richmond apologizes for sexist Kellyanne Conway joke

A Democratic congressman apologized late Sunday for a crude joke about a top White House adviser, hours after his comment put House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on the spot over the lack of Democratic outrage. Rep. Cedric Richmond, Louisiana Democrat, issued a statement apologizing for the tasteless comment made Wednesday during a Washington Press Club

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Here Is Why Iraq Was Dropped From Trump’s Travel Ban

The White House unveiled a new version Monday of its executive order placing temporary restrictions on immigration from several Muslim-majority countries after the previous order was blocked by the courts. The new version is more narrow than the initial executive order issued in January, and also has one less country than the previous version. Iraq

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Middle East, USA

Washington state attorney general who brought down first travel ban is looking at ‘next legal steps’

The attorney general of Washington state, whose case against President Donald Trump’s initial travel ban brought that plan to a halt, said Monday that his office is considering its “next legal steps” concerning the administration’s new travel order. “By rescinding his earlier executive order, President Trump makes one thing perfectly clear: His original travel ban

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International, Middle East, USA

Trump Releases New Travel Ban: Full Text

President Donald Trump announced Monday a new, revised executive order that would temporarily bar travel into the United States for people from six Muslim-majority countries. Heading into the week, White House adviser Kellyanne Conway said Iraq would be removed from the original ban, which included Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. The latest

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International, Middle East, USA

Attorneys for Afghan family detained by immigration officials obtain restraining order

LOS ANGELES — A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order preventing immigration agents from transferring outside of Southern California an Afghan family that attorneys say had been granted special immigration visas but whose members were detained when they arrived in Los Angeles. The order, issued Saturday evening, also says the government cannot bar

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International, USA

Merkel and Trump to discuss G20 summit, transatlantic relationship

Berlin (dpa) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel will speak to US President Donald Trump about the Group of 20 (G20) summit taking place in Germany as well as the future of the transatlantic relationship, her spokesman said on Monday. During her first trip to Washington since Trump’s inauguration, Merkel will convey to Trump what her

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International, USA

Jewish American History Month to focus on medical pioneers

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (Press Release)—Jewish American Heritage Month (JAHM), a national commemoration of the contributions that Americans Jews have made to the fabric of our nation’s history, culture, and society, announces the theme for the May 2017 celebration. This year, JAHM celebrates Americans Jews who have made a significant impact in the field of medical research.

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Jewish History, USA

New Trump Travel Ban Addresses Flaws in Original

As Trump administration officials on Monday laid out the details of the president’s revised executive order suspending travel to the U.S. from six Muslim-majority countries, one senior official insisted: “We want to stress at the outset, there was nothing wrong with that first executive order, itself.” Tacitly, however, the replacement order illustrates just how flawed

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International, Middle East, USA

Cong. B’nai Tikvah welcomes Muslims to Shabbat services

Attendance was inspired by cemetery desecration Azra Baig. Photo via South Brunswick Board of Education Rabbi Robert Wolkoff felt “supported and encouraged” by the presence of 50 Muslim guests at Shabbat services in February. The toppling of 170 gravestones at a Jewish cemetery in Missouri inspired a Muslim woman in Middlesex County to do something

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Jewish Religion, USA

Sanders Calls Trump Liar On Twitter

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders went on a tweet-storm Monday calling President Donald Trump a liar who could chip away at the respect for the United States worldwide. Sanders’ inspiration was the president’s recent claim, made without providing evidence, that former President Barack Obama wiretapped Trump Tower in New York City ahead of the 2016 election.

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