Vice President Joseph R. Biden said Thursday that Hillary Clinton lost the presidential election because she never knew why she was running, and she felt a “burden” to become the first woman president. “I don’t think she ever really figured it out,” Mr. Biden told the Los Angeles Times in an interview published Thursday. “And […]
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USAThe United States was planning to abstain from the vote at the UN Security Council on a resolution which would have called on Israel to halt “settlement building”, U.S.-based media outlets reported on Thursday. Several diplomatic sources told NBC News that the outgoing Obama administration had planned to abstain from the vote, which would have
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, December 22, 2016 – President-elect Donald Trump announced his communications team on Thursday, continuing to fill the posts in the administration. He first announced that Republican Party communications chief Sean Spicer will be press secretary for the Trump administration. He also announced that Hope Hicks will serve as director of strategic communications; Jason Miller
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USARussian President Vladimir Putin had an exceptionally successful year, with Moscow making geostrategic gains in Syria, Europe as well as the US in 2016. What a difference a year makes. Back in 2015, things weren’t looking particularly good for Russia. With the country suffering from falling oil prices and sanctions for the annexation of Crimea,
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International, Middle East, USAThe entire police force in a small Indiana town has quit to protest the town council’s funding decisions and its alleged requests that the officers perform “illegal, unethical and immoral things.” The town marshal of Bunker Hill, Indiana, and his four volunteer reserve officers submitted their resignations Monday evening, report the Washington Post, BuzzFeed News,
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s flair for connecting with veterans won him an overwhelming share of their votes, but the durability of the alliance is already being tested as Trump’s search for a Veterans Affairs secretary veers in a direction that has alarmed some of America’s most influential retired soldiers. Under pressure from conservative activists, including
President-elect Donald Trump called for the U.S. to expand its nuclear capabilities, in a surprising Twitter post Thursday that raised questions about what he intends to do. “The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes,” he said. It was not
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International, USAAfter meeting Wednesday with Donald Trump, Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg said he would find a way to lower the price for a new Air Force One fleet, the cost of which the president-elect earlier complained was “out of control.” The aerospace executive said Mr. Trump had a good “business head” and said the price of
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USADonald Trump’s inauguration performance roster is shaping up to be even less impressive than his list of celebrity guests for the Republican National Convention. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir announced Thursday that it had accepted an invitation from the U.S. Presidential Inauguration Committee to sing at the swearing in ceremony for President-elect Donald Trump and his
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USAPHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (Press Release) … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), like many, read many numerous local and national news stories reporting that a Jewish family allegedly “fled” Lancaster County. The reports claimed that the family feared retribution after being wrongfully blamed for the cancellation of the school production of A Christmas Carol. ADL investigated, and found
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By Susan L. Rosenbluth TheJewishVoiceAndOpinion.com CHARLESTON, South Carolina — Imagine a magnificently charming city, repeatedly recognized as a top tourist must-visit in the United States, whose cobblestone streets weave between pastel-colored antebellum residences and numerous historic sites, including many of specific Jewish interest. Now imagine this magical city swathed for 17 days in a plethora
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Jewish History, Travel and Food, USAHolding the purse strings Gage Skidmore Mick Mulvaney Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina speaking at the 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) The Office of Managment and Budget might seem like a less prominent position than, for example, the head of the EPA or the Department of Energy, but it’s a vitally important job. From
Ivanka Trump, daughter of President-elect Donald Trump, faced verbal harassment on an airplane on Thursday morning, reports TMZ. While traveling with her family from John F. Kennedy International Airport, a fellow passenger sharing the future First Daughter’s JetBlue flight began to scream, “Your father is ruining the country.” In a fashion described as “jeering,” the
The addition of Charles Miller to the NASA “landing party” bodes well for private space companies Artist concept of a moon colony via NASA Will Donald Trump shift NASA’s sights from Mars to the moon? Every time America gets a new president, NASA undergoes an upheaval. The agency gets new leadership, and sometimes major programs
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