Mary J. Blige launched her new interview series, “The 411,” by sitting down with Hillary Clinton and asking the question that has dogged her political aspirations for years — why does she struggle to bridge the gap between how she wants to be perceived and the way people perceive her? “I’ve always been the same […]
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USACORAL SPRINGS, Fla. — Hillary Clinton showed she knew her South Florida audience, provided a dose of policy prescriptions and offered lots of Donald Trump bashing at a campaign rally Friday. People in the crowd of more than 2,000 — most of whom stood for hours in a sweltering gymnasium waiting for her arrival and
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USAFox News’ Megyn Kelly has challenged Democrat presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton to come on her show instead of referencing her name in attacks on Donald Trump. Mrs. Clinton’s campaign has used multiple new cycles since Monday’s first presidential debate to paint Donald Trump as a sexist. “The Kelly Factor” host decided Friday that it was
WASHINGTON — Millions of Americans heard the name Alicia Machado for the first time this week in the final minutes of the most-watched presidential debate in history. But there were actually a year’s worth of twists and turns, largely behind the scenes, that led Hillary Clinton to utter the name of the Latina beauty queen,
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USABy Gary Rotto SAN DIEGO — When listening to Bret Stephens, you wonder why US foreign policy is so complicated? The Pulitzer Prize winning journalist laid out a succinct set of foreign policy goals to the 1100 participants in the Jewish Federation of San Diego’s Men’s Event. Under a perfect evening suitable for a leisurely
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Middle East, USAPresident Obama paid tribute to the late Israeli President Shimon Peres Friday as a man who saw “all people as deserving of dignity and respect.” Mr. Obama, wearing a Jewish skullcap as a sign of respect at the funeral in Israel, said of the 93-year-old leader who died Wednesday, “The last of the founding generation
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Middle East, USAA Newsweek report on Donald Trump’s hotel and casino company violating U.S. embargo against Cuba prompted response from Senator Marco Rubio on Thursday. In his home state of Florida, a critical swing state in the 2016 presidential election, Rubio is the Republican nominee’s most prominent Cuban-American supporter. “The article makes some very serious and troubling
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International, USAWASHINGTON — The Chicago Tribune’s editorial board endorsed Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson Friday. “Libertarians Gary Johnson of New Mexico and running mate William Weld of Massachusetts are agile, practical and, unlike the major-party candidates, experienced at managing governments. They offer an agenda that appeals not only to the Tribune’s principles but to those of
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USAWASHINGTON — Donald Trump said Friday that Democratic presidential rival Hillary Clinton was “duped” into using his comments about a “disgusting” former Miss Universe to attack him. Trump has repeatedly gone after 1996 Miss Universe winner Alicia Machado, now a U.S. citizen living in Los Angeles, after Clinton brought her up in Monday night’s presidential
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USABy Robert A. Cohen JERUSALEM — I was honored to represent AIPAC alongside other members of the American Jewish community, as we joined with the people of Israel and world leaders to honor the extraordinary life of Shimon Peres. On a bright, windy morning on Mount Herzl, the three Peres children shared loving reflections about
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – With a 10-hour time difference between Jerusalem and this city, 1,100 San Diegans attending an annual Jewish Federation fundraiser known as the Men’s Event, observed a ceremonial silence for the former Israeli President Shimon Peres, whose burial was scheduled only a few hours later. It was Thursday night
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Middle East, San Diego County, USADemocratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is on a mission to win over younger voters, as polls show her support from Millennials is on the wane. Campaigning in New Hampshire she enlisted former rival Bernie Sanders to add credibility to her pledge to make college free for many young Americans. “We’ve got so many young people
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His grave site plaque says “Jesus is Coming” By Jerry Klinger GLENDALE, California — Wednesday, September 28, at the Upper Esplanade Courtyard of the Forest Lawn cemetery in Glendale overlooking a spectacular vista of the valley below, hundreds of white folded seats were prepared and soon filled with Christian and Jewish attendees honoring the memory
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Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Middle East, USALOS ANGELES — Donald Trump wanted only the pretty ones, his employees said. After the Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes opened for play in 2005, its world-famous owner didn’t stop by more than a few times a year to visit the course hugging the coast of the Pacific. When Trump did visit,
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