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President-elect Donald Trump said House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell love him, despite what appeared to be a tense relationship during the course of the election, while meeting with staffers at The New York Times Tuesday. During his campaign, Trump repeatedly attacked GOP leadership, particularly Ryan, referring to them as “naive”

President-elect Donald Trump had pointed words for white supremacists and those who consider themselves “neo-Nazis.” “Of course I disavow and condemn them,” Trump said when asked about the neo-Nazi conference that took place in Washington, D.C., Saturday. Trump met with the New York Times Tuesday, where he discussed a plethora of topics with the editorial

The transition into the presidency for President-elect Donald Trump has been rife with scandal. The latest controversies Tuesday involved everything from Trump’s foundation flouting charity laws to wide-ranging conflicts of interest involving the real estate mogul’s business interests. The Washington Post, which closely tracked Trump’s foundation during the election cycle, first reported the bombshell news

Alyssa Sanderford may be a pretty petite woman, but this triathlon champ is being hailed as a hero after rescuing a stolen dog from a thief. The 34-year-old first saw the dog in a lost poster on Facebook that was shared by a friend. The dog’s owners, Angela and Sterling Ream, were distraught after their

They quickly ate breakfast, hugged their parents goodbye and looked forward to a day where they would practice their math skills and sit by their best friends at lunch. Once the bell rang, they ran to grab their coats and hopped on the bus to head home. As they sat waiting to get off at

WASHINGTON — Fifty-nine percent of voters think Donald Trump should delete his Twitter account, according to a national poll from Quinnipiac University released Tuesday. In the two weeks since the election, Trump has alternated between tweeting formal announcements regarding the transition and continuing to denounce perceived attacks, from the cast of the musical “Hamilton” to

In many families, including mine, the raw emotions stemming from the 2016 election are likely to create some awkwardness at this week’s Thanksgiving get-togethers. Keeping the conversation away from politics seems like a worthy, though difficult, goal. That may be especially hard, given what has transpired since the election. While both President Barack Obama and

President-elect Donald Trump doesn’t want to pursue further investigations into Hillary Clinton once he takes office, Mr. Trump’s former campaign manager confirmed Tuesday. “I think when the president-elect who’s also the head of your party now … tells you before he’s even inaugurated he doesn’t wish to pursue these charges, it sends a very strong

By Rabbi Ben Kamin OCEANSIDE, California — These are the days of division and fear. Let there be the relief of Thanksgiving this Thursday! Thanksgiving is a day when heaven yields some relief from our earthly concerns, when Americans of all faiths sit at one spiritual table with many of the same trimmings and family

WASHINGTON D.C. (JNS.org) — The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum expressed “deep alarm” over the “hateful rhetoric” at an alt-right white nationalist conference held just blocks away from the museum in Washington, D.C. More than 200 people gathered at the Ronald Reagan Building Nov. 19 for the annual conference of the National Policy Institute, which

Four police officers were shot in less than a 24-hour period this weekend in a series of violent attacks against law enforcement officers. San Antonio Detective Benjamin Marcon, one of the victims, was shot to death while trying to issue a traffic ticket late Sunday morning. Marcon pulled over a car just outside the Public