The UN Security Council will hold a special meeting next week on Israeli construction in Judea, Samaria and eastern Jerusalem, Haaretz reported Thursday. The Arria Formula meeting will not involve a vote and is expected to be open to the media, according to the newspaper. Foreign Ministry officials in Jerusalem fear it will turn into […]
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International, Middle East, USAWASHINGTON — Acrimony between Washington and Moscow heated up even further Friday as Secretary of State John F. Kerry called for Russia to be investigated for war crimes because of its bombardment of civilians in Syria and the Obama administration publicly accused Vladimir Putin’s government of computer hacking that was “intended to interfere with the
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International, USAWASHINGTON — The rebukes of Donald Trump from the holy order of the GOP are as relentless as they are brutal, extending from the party’s living ex-presidents to the descendants of Ronald Reagan — and Republican voters almost always respond to them the same way. With a shrug. Even in this unusual race, GOP voters
NEW YORK — It’s Thursday evening and Matthew Miller is exhausted. He woke up early in the morning prepared to take on a full schedule of appointments and interviews as Matisyahu, but ended up spending most of the day as Dad, having spontaneously accompanied his son’s kindergarten class on a field trip. By sunset he
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USARussian President Vladimir Putin is trying to meddle in the U.S. election through cyberattacks, the Obama administration said Friday, officially placing blame for the attack that struck the Democratic National Committee and other major political figures. Hacks on state election systems also have some fingerprints pointing to Russia, but officials said they can’t be certain
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USADonald Trump boasted in vulgar terms in 2005 about making sexual advances on a woman, the latest hurdle for a candidate who has struggled to make inroads with women voters. In a 2005 audio, obtained by The Washington Post and released Friday, Trump is heard talking with Billy Bush of “Access Hollywood,” as he bragged
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USAGov. Mike Pence, warn your buddy Donald Trump. That Mexican Thing you mentioned in the vice-presidential debate — it’s coming for you. Like La Llorona and El Chupacabra, the folkloric spooks that Mexican parents tell stories about to scare the bejeezus out of their naughty children, That Mexican Thing is not to be trifled with.
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USANorth Korea is showing increased activity at its nuclear test site in what could be part of preparations for a new test, a U.S. website monitoring the North said Thursday, amid concern the regime could undertake provocations to mark a key anniversary next week. Commercial satellite imagery taken on Oct. 1 of the Punggye-ri underground
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USAWASHINGTON — It was hard to miss the red and white gingham tablecloths, the lively green plants and the red and blue furry creatures jumping up and down above a pile of hay in the White House Kitchen Garden this week. Children laughed as they ran around the tables, and the TV creatures behind the
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USADonald Trump said Friday that U.S. officials are allowing immigrants to enter the country illegally so they can vote in the November election. Trump’s views are at odds with election laws that allow only U.S. citizens to be eligible to vote in the presidential election this fall. “They are letting people pour into this country
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USAShortly after I wrote an article for Newsweek about how Donald Trump’s business interests could undermine national security should he be elected president, one of his supporters assaulted me. He used the internet to do it. Throughout my adulthood, I have never made a secret of the fact that I have epilepsy. It’s better controlled
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USAKids from Newark club and Kushner day school inaugural visitors Mayor Ras Baraka, right, cuts the ceremonial ribbon with Manischewitz CEO David Sugarman, surrounded by children from the Boys and Girls Club of Newark and students from Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School. PHOTOS BY JOHANNA GINSBERG All decked out in their official touring gear, Mayor
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Jewish Religion, Travel and Food, USAThe format was a town hall, just like Sunday’s debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, but on Thursday night in New Hampshire Trump immediately and repeatedly batted away the notion that the event had any connection to the upcoming clash with his Democratic opponent. “They were saying this is practice for Sunday. This isn’t
Former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee claimed Thursday that Hillary Clinton’s laugh is so “phony” and so unnatural that it almost comes off as a “cackle” that would be enough to frighten off trick-or-treaters. The former governor of Arkansas was speaking with Fox News host Martha MacCallum about a column in The Washington Times by
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