Senior Trump administration staffers including Kellyanne Conway, Jared Kushner, Sean Spicer and Steve Bannon have active accounts on a Republican National Committee email system, Newsweek has learned. The system (rnchq.org) is the same one the Bush administration was accused of using to evade transparency rules after claiming to have “lost” 22 million emails. Related: The […]
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USAThe United Nations on Tuesday denounced Israel”s approval of new homes in Judea and Samaria, saying that “unilateral actions” are an obstacle to peace based on a two-state solution. Earlier on Tuesday, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman announced the approval of 2,500 housing units in Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria,
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International, Middle East, USAIsraeli-born actress Natalie Portman was announced on Tuesday as one of the nominees for this year”s Oscars. Portman was named in the best actress category for her performance in “Jackie”, a biographical drama which follows Jackie Kennedy in the aftermath of the 1963 assassination of her husband, President John F. Kennedy. Portman, who was born
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAFormer Defense Secretary Robert Gates wants the Trump administration to “push back” against Russia. “I would like to see more criticism and pushback of [Russian president Vladimir] Putin and Putin’s behavior,” says Gates, who met with Donald Trump in early December. “I told the president-elect,” says Gates, “that the administration — when it comes to
According to the Associated Press, President Trump has placed a media freeze on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), prohibiting them from sending out press releases, posting on social media, creating new blog posts or posting new content to their website. RELATED: Trump spent the weekend behaving like a fool—he also implemented some pretty great policies
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USAWASHINGTON, January 24, 2017 – South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley was confirmed to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, winning overwhelming support despite her lack of formal diplomatic experience. Haley won the respect of much of the country for her handling of the 2015 racially motivated shooting at a historic Charleston church.
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International, USACanada has given a thumbs up to President Donald Trumps decision to advance the construction of two controversial oil pipelines. Despite environmental opposition, Trump has issued orders paving the way for their revival; one called Keystone XL would bring oil from Canadian oil sands, across six US states including Nebraska, to refineries on the US’s
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International, USAWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he will ask for a “major investigation” into potential voter fraud in the election, a probe that he says could lead to new laws on voter access. In a Wednesday morning tweet, Trump said his investigation would focus on three areas: people registered to vote in multiple states, non-citizens
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USABy Barry Shaw HERZLIYA, Israel — The words and frightening rhetoric heard since Trump’s ascent to power is deeply troubling. The hateful terminology and threats on the streets of America resemble the atmosphere that was generated on the streets of Israel in the days leading to the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister, Yizchak Rabin. When I
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Barry Shaw, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — There is a good reason why politics and religion may be compared to the mixture of meat and milk. Milk by itself is a very nutritious food. Meat by itself is also a source of protein and vitamins, yet when we mix the two together, they
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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle East, USA“Saturday Night Live” couldn’t have planned a better guest host for its inaugural-weekend show than Aziz Ansari. Or at least that’s the conclusion many came to after the writer-actor-comedian delivered the opening monologue. Ansari, who made a name for himself as Tom Haverford on “Parks and Recreation,” is now co-creator and star of his own
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAQueen Elizabeth II, for whom President Donald Trump has expressed admiration, has reached out the newly inaugurated leader of the free world, according to a report this week in Woman and Home magazine. Citing a spokesman for Elizabeth, the article stated that the queen congratulated Trump after his inauguration last week, “but the official message
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International, USADore Gold, the former Director General of the Israeli Foreign Ministry, related a story which shed new light on the contentious relationship between the Obama Administration and the government of Prime Minister Netanyahu. Speaking to the Hebrew Makor Rishon newspaper last Friday, Gold related that when the US delegation to the funeral of former Prime
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Middle East, USAImam Mohamed Magid at National Prayer Service held at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 21, 2017 It remains a mystery how an imam with ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and Barack Obama got invited to offer a prayer at the National Prayer Service Saturday after the inauguration of Donald Trump. President Trump
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