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Former first lady Michelle Obama took to Twitter Friday to tweet out her first message since leaving the White House. She sent the tweet from her old Twitter account, which hasn’t been used since 2013, to assure her followers that she won’t be gone long, writing, “After an extraordinary 8 years, I’ll be taking a

Washington (dpa) – US President Donald Trump may hire his son-in-law Jared Kushner to be one of his most influential White House counselors, the US Justice Department said, noting anti-nepotism laws do not apply to the president. The law “does not bar this appointment because the president’s special hiring authority … exempts positions in the

Marvin Hier’s blessing at new president’s swearing-in met by wave of online posts featuring Nazi imagery, racist abuse By Times of Israel staff An anti-Semitic caricature posted on Twitter is pasted over the face of Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, in a photo in which he is seen delivering a blessing

Not long after President Donald Trump was sworn in, we happened to run into the Rev. Jesse Jackson on the street. He gave a thumbs-up to Trump’s inauguration speech but said the new commander in chief has much work to do in order to unify a nation riven by a divisive campaign. “The speech was

President Trump’s chief of staff accused the media of attempting to “delegitimize” President Trump on his first days in office and vowed to “fight back” against slanted coverage. “I’m saying there is an obsession by the media to delegitimize this president, and we are not going to sit around and let it happen,” Reince Priebus

Harking back to the Nixon administration, a defensive senior White House adviser Kellyanne Conway hit the Sunday talk show circuit, complaining the press has not given President Donald Trump and his team a fair shake and suggesting reporters stop pointing out when administration statements clash with facts. Conway, standing on the White House lawn, berated

Spirituality and tikkun olam are strong themes among Jews simultaneously protesting and celebrating Shabbat in Washington By Dina Kraft WASHINGTON — Wrapped in a tallit, Rabbi Riqi Kosovske looked out onto a sea of pink-hatted marchers and hoisted her “Nasty Woman Rabbi” sign high. “I’ve never felt more challenged as a Jew, a woman, a

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump took to Twitter early Sunday to respond to Saturday’s women’s marches, which drew more than 1 million protesters around the world. “Watched protests yesterday but was under the impression that we just had an election!” Trump tweeted. “Why didn’t these people vote? Celebs hurt cause badly.” Watched protests yesterday but

White House counselor Kellyanne Conway dismissed the Women’s March on Washington on Sunday, saying she “didn’t see the point” of holding a polarizing demonstration while the country is trying to unite behind a new president. “We certainly respect people’s First Amendment rights,” Ms. Conway said on ABC’s “This Week.” “But I frankly didn’t see the

The day after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States, women and their allies gathered in cities all over the world to protest his words, actions, and the potential consequences of his leadership. Early estimates suggest more than a million people, easily, turned out in the US, with hundreds