Donald Trump may be the “Manchurian candidate” doing Russia’s bidding in the United States, but he’s a witless one, on the outside looking in while Vladimir Putin and Secretary of State pick Rex Tillerson plot—at least in “Saturday Night Live’s” treatment of current events. Alec Baldwin reprised his role as the president-elect in the cold […]
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USARamallah/Tel Aviv (dpa) – The suggestion that the next US ambassador to Israel might relocate the embassy to Jerusalem roiled the region Friday as Israelis and Palestinians tried to assess the impact of such a specific, but weighty, change in US policy. Israel has long considered Jerusalem to be its capital. However, since the Palestinian
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Middle East, USABy Rabbi Shmuley Boteach Rabbi Shumley Boteach There are few Jewish journalists I like and respect as much as Samuel Freedman, a distinguished professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and Pulitzer-prize nominee, which is why if he criticizes me I take it seriously. Sam wrote a lengthy feature on me and my
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USASunday will begin the Week of Connection to Diaspora Jewry, a week dedicated to strengthening the ties between Israel and Jews in the diaspora in light of the various challenges and complications currently facing Jewry in Israel and abroad. According to the Diaspora Affairs Ministry’s statistics, there are currently 14.4 million Jews in the world,
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International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East, USASACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Secretary of State Alex Padilla on Friday certified a record-breaking count of 14.6 million ballots cast statewide, calling the November 2016 election “smooth” and free of compromises or breaches. Padilla, a Democrat who endorsed Hillary Clinton during the primary season, once more disputed a claim by President-elect Donald Trump of rampant
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USACYPRESS, Calif.—California Chrome’s racing career in his home state finished in the spectacular fashion everyone expected. He won Saturday’s $180,000 Winter Challenge by 12 lengths at Los Alamitos and did it without really trying. If that’s not enough, he set a track record for 1 1/16 miles by more than three-quarters of a second with
President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that he’ll tap Rep. Mick Mulvaney to be his budget director, putting an ardent conservative in the job that has the most control over the size of the federal government. Mr. Mulvaney, a South Carolina Republican, was elected to Congress as part of the 2010 tea party wave, and carved
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USADr. Henry Heimlich, the inventor of the namesake maneuver credited with saving thousands of choking victims during the last several decades, died Saturday at the age of 96. The legendary physician passed away early Saturday morning at a Cincinnati hospital where he had been admitted earlier this week after suffering from a massive heart attack,
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Obituaries & memorials, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAAndrea Bocelli is rumored to sing at Donald Trump’s inauguration next month, and not all of his fans are happy about it. Though Bocelli has neither confirmed nor denied the reports that he will perform a duet with “America’s Got Talent” singer Jackie Evancho at the event, some of his fans have started a “Boycott
President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to curb America’s heroin epidemic by cracking down on the Mexican border. That sounds terrific to DuPage County, Ill., State’s Attorney Robert Berlin, who has seen the drug ravage his suburban jurisdiction. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration “is seizing more and more, but the reality is there’s more that can
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International, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAA bevy of liberal Hollywood stars have put aside their differences with Republicans in an eleventh-hour plea to GOP electors to convince them not to cast their ballots for Donald Trump at the Monday vote of the Electoral College. A self-described “public service announcement” released last week by Unite for America featured 17 celebrities assuring
Annie Glenn was married to her husband and American hero John Glenn for more than seven decades of her life. On Friday, she said goodbye for the final time as he was lying in state at Ohio’s capitol building. Glenn, 95, died a week ago surrounded by family and friends at the Ohio State University
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Obituaries & memorials, USATrump’s Proposed Amendments to the Bill of Rights By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Amendment I: Congress shall respect that Christians established this nation. It shall not prohibit the free exercise of the freedom of speech or of the press except when dishonest reporters lie about me. Amendment II: No regulations shall infringe on the
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USAA Kremlin spokesperson denied any Russian interference in the U.S. presidential election Friday after President Barack Obama promised to take action against alleged hacking. Russia, which has been accused of tampering with the election in order to install Donald Trump in the White House, seized on the fact that no official evidence has been made
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