Donald Trump has gotten upset with a number of different media outlets in his rise to the presidency. Those include CNN, The New York Times, MSNBC, Vanity Fair and a few other organizations. And “Saturday Night Live” has been the thorn in his side throughout the entire race. He’s tweeted that the show is “boring […]
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (Press Release) — An American Jewish Committee (AJC) leadership delegation met with Argentine President Mauricio Macri yesterday in Buenos Aires. The private meeting was the centerpiece of a two-day visit that also included meetings with the Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Gustavo Slauvinen, U.S. Ambassador Noah Mamet, and Israeli Ambassador Ilan Sztulman. The
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International, Middle East, USALOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Police Department Deputy Chief William “Bill” Scott, the department’s highest-ranking African-American officer, has been appointed chief of the San Francisco Police Department following recent scandals involving racist texting among Bay Area officers. Scott, who oversees LAPD’s South Bureau, was selected by San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee to lead the embattled
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USAHe’s a white nationalist, and he’s pondering a run for Congress. Richard Spencer, whose National Policy Institute has been described as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center and Anti-Defamation League, said he’s considering running for the Montana congressional seat expected to be vacated by Republican Ryan Zinke. Last week, Zinke was tapped
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USAA Dallas county judge issued an order on December 19 allowing a lawyer representing Newsweek senior writer Kurt Eichenwald to issue subpoenas to compel Twitter to reveal the identity of the subscriber who used the social media platform to intentionally trigger a seizure in the journalist. According to the court filing, Twitter agreed to the
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USABeijing (dpa) – China confirmed Tuesday that it has returned a US Navy underwater drone back to US authorities, which the country seized last week in the South China Sea. The underwater glider was handed back at noon (0400 GMT) Tuesday the Chinese Defence Ministry announced in a one sentence Chinese language statement on its
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International, USARex Tillerson, the ExxonMobil chief picked by President-elect Donald Trump to be the next secretary of state, was already going to have to answer tough questions in confirmation hearings about his relationship with Russian president Vladimir Putin. Now come leaked documents that suggest Tillerson’s relationship with Putin and the Kremlin is even cozier than initially
MINNEAPOLIS — Animal welfare activists say their advertisements in the Mall of America opposing the wool industry’s treatment of lambs were taken down by mall officials. In response to the mall’s actions, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, commonly known as PETA, staged a protest in downtown Minneapolis early Tuesday afternoon, with three nearly
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The World We Share, USAThe search warrant that gave FBI agents access to a cache of Hillary Clinton emails just nine days before the recent presidential election was unsealed Tuesday. It shows that FBI agents obtained the warrant by telling a federal judge they believed the emails contained classified information that broke the law. “There is probable cause to
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By Mimi Pollack Makeda[/caption]SAN DIEGO –Makeda “Dread” Cheatom believes the world would be a better place if people took the time to learn about and respect other cultures. She believes there would be less prejudice and a greater understanding among people. Learning about different cultures and promoting unity in diversity have been lifelong passions for
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International, Mimi Pollack, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USAResponding to media reports that suggested that the President-elect Donald Trump advisory team has nominated Hollywood actor Sylvester Stallone for the position of chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the 70-year-old actor said Sunday that while he is flattered, he will not be taking up the job. The Hollywood star best remembered
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USAAmbassador Ronald S. Lauder Praises Obama and Congress for Delivering Overdue Justice to Holocaust Victims and Their Families WASHINGTON, Dec. 19, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — On Friday evening, President Barack Obama signed the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery (HEAR) Act into law. The new law ends an era where victims of the Nazis and their descendants were
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International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USAMy grandparents, immigrants from Poland and Romania, were Orthodox Jews and deeply observant. My parents, born here, joined a Conservative shul (mixed seating), and kept a traditionally Jewish home. My husband and I joined a Reconstructionist synagogue (liturgically traditional, theologically agnostic, anchored in Jewish “peoplehood”), and mainly express ourselves Jewishly through community volunteerism and Zionism.
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International, Jewish Religion, USATom Arnold is telling-all about what he’s seen in outtakes from “The Apprentice.” According to Mediate, footage of president-elect Donald Trump using racially offensive language during his time on “The Apprentice” has surfaced just months after audio of Trump’s “Access Hollywood” hot mic incident made waves in the media. A producer from “The Apprentice” has