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Says Muslims are looking for common ground with American Jews Jewish groups, such as the Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom, are dedicated to fostering friendships between Jews and Muslims. Robert Silverman, the AJC’s U.S. director of Muslim-Jewish Relations, said Jews should “engage with the Muslims and help support their movement in the right direction.” Photo by […]

The incident now known as #trumptapes has shifted the 2016 presidential electoral map and ground game in ways which will only become fully apparent in coming weeks. The only thing certain right now is that these are dark hours for Gotham’s Joker, holed up in his black tower with Melania fuming by his side. Over

PALM SPRINGS, Calif.—Two Palms Springs police officers were fatally shot and another wounded Saturday while responding to family disturbance call, and a SWAT team remains at the scene, police said. The shooting occurred when the officers went to the scene in the 2700 block of Cypress Road shortly after noon, police said. They tried to

In a phone call to US Secretary of State John Kerry, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke about regional matters as well as Amona and Shvut Rachel. Shvut Rachel is a town in Samaria just 30 minutes north of Jerusalem. Netanyahu explained to Kerry that the building in Shvut Rachel is meant to provide an

Hillary Clinton continues to outpace Donald Trump in spending on television ads — a trend that has moved into the fall as voters begin to cast ballots. Clinton and her allies, such as the super PAC Priorities USA Action, are outspending Trump and his supporters by a 4-to-1 margin with five weeks until Election Day,

SAN DIEGO — The other day, a post from CNN appeared on my Facebook feed. CNN was asking what question I would like to ask of the candidates at the Town Hall Forum on Sunday night. I certainly have one that is not about the Hollywood Access tour bus. And I have the answer that I

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — Three Palm Springs police officers were shot Saturday, prompting a massive response from local law enforcement, authorities said. Palm Springs police said the condition of the officers was unknown at this time, but one law enforcement source told the Los Angeles Times that one of the officers was in critical condition.

Donald Trump apologized for his 2005 comments about grabbing “pussy” and kissing women on the mouth, after initially brushing them off as “locker room talk.” Many politicians and headline writers today have echoed that description, or called the tape “lewd” or “vulgar.” But at least two public accounts exist of Trump doing—not just talking about—precisely

In the deluge of Republicans denouncing Donald Trump’s obscene boasts about groping women, a common refrain emerged Saturday: The Republican presidential nominee should withdraw from the ticket. The pleas to step aside came from many corners of the Republican universe, including Hugh Hewitt, the conservative radio host, and Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, a

Ruth Bader Ginsburg never made it to her own high-school graduation to deliver the remarks she was supposed to give there. Her mother died of cancer just two days before the ceremony. Ruth stayed home. More than 40 years later she alluded to this loss when she accepted her nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Arizona Senator John McCain has withdrawn his support for Donald Trump and will write in a “good conservative Republican” at the polls next month. McCain, a former presidential candidate, is perhaps the highest profile elected official to flee Trump, who has said he will not withdraw from the race for president despite increasing calls to

WASHINGTON — Republican elected officials, who had stuck by Donald Trump through months of controversy, began to flee his campaign Saturday even as the embattled Republican nominee vowed not to quit the presidential race. One day after a video became public in which Trump could be heard boasting that he could grope women because “when

WASHINGTON — Contrary to views collected by the FBI that Hillary Clinton was a technophobe unsophisticated in the use of computers, her paid speeches indicate that she was well aware of the dangers of computer hacking and penetration and that diplomats would be “totally vulnerable” without extreme precautions. Excerpts from Clinton’s speeches, which she refused