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First daughter Ivanka Trump has made intermittent appearances at the White House since the start of President Donald Trump’s term. Although she doesn’t have an official role in administration, Ivanka Trump has been present at meetings with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, manufacturing executives and women business leaders. As many political analysts have noted, one […]

In college, Juan Thompson surrounded himself with Jewish friends and a Jewish girlfriend. He spent time with her family. He spoke favorably about Israel, not always a popular thing to do at Vassar College, a liberal arts school in New York state where some students have embraced the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement. But

A few Democrats have called on a Democratic congressman to apologize for his crude joke last week about White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, but not House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. Ms. Pelosi deflected questions posed by CNN’s Jake Tapper about tasteless comments made Wednesday at a Washington Press Club dinner by Rep. Cedric Richmond, Louisiana

During part of her time in an immigrant detention center in Colorado, Grisel Xahuentitla spent six hours a day passing out trays before meals, scrubbing toilets and scouring showers. She was participating in a voluntary work program that allows detainees to earn $1 a day to help with the upkeep of the center. “When you

Most of Saturday’s March 4 Trump rallies went off without a hitch, but that wasn’t the case in Berkeley, California. Fistfights, scuffles and shouting matches ensued after hundreds of counter-protesters, some wearing black masks, descended on the pro-Trump crowd at Civic Center Park. Berkeley police made 10 arrests: five for battery, four for assault with

Several headstones at Brooklyn’s predominantly Jewish Washington Cemetery were vandalized on Saturday night (EST). The New York Police Department and the Hate Crimes Division are investigating the incident’s background. NY State Assemblyman Dov Hikind tweeted, “.@BPShomrim alerted me that stones @ Washington Cemetery are down. I”ve spoken w/ the NYPD who are investigating. I’ll be