The FBI found nearly 15,000 emails former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton never turned over to the government after she left office – despite her insistence she’d handed in all her work-related messages. The Obama administration revealed the messages in a court hearing Monday. The 14,900 emails are just part of thousands the FBI has […]
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USABy Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — The international conference that was convened by France on June 3rd in Paris to advance the Israeli-Palestinian peace process ended up without concretely establishing specific measures that would persuade both parties to resume negotiations in order to reach a peace agreement. The joint communiqué issued following the conference stated “The
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Alon Ben-Meir, International, Middle East, USADid Colin Powell suggest that Hillary Clinton should use her private email account as secretary of state—as he had admittedly done in that same job several years earlier? Last week, The New York Times confirmed that Powell did offer her precisely that advice, based on an account in my forthcoming book on Bill Clinton’s post-presidency.
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USAFormer State Department Deputy Chief of Staff and senior Clinton confidant Huma Abedin worked for more than a decade at a stridently Islamist journal which opposed women”s rights and blamed the United States for the 9/11 terror attacks, the New York Post reported on Sunday. For more than a decade, Abedin was listed as the
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International, USAThe Rio Games had their highlights, but they were also the most testing for the Olympic movement, and end with only a handful of stars having made their mark – led by Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps. Rio de Janeiro (dpa) – The Rio Olympics closed on a wet and stormy Sunday and will go
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International, Sports & Competitions, USAWhen a drum containing radioactive waste blew up in an underground nuclear dump in New Mexico two years ago, the Energy Department rushed to quell concerns in the Carlsbad desert community and quickly reported progress on resuming operations. The early federal statements gave no hint that the blast had caused massive long-term damage to the
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USAClara Rollins was an 18-year-old photography intern at a newspaper in the southeastern United States when a section editor asked her if she’d ever had sex. The editor sent Rollins (not her real name) several flirtatious texts during her two years at the paper, asking her if she would come to his house and whether
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USANorth Korea on Monday threatened to mount a “preemptive nuclear strike” on South Korea and the United States as the allies kicked off their annual military exercise aimed at countering Pyongyang’s potential aggression. The command and control exercise Ulchi Freedom Guardian, began its two-week run on Monday, involving tens of thousands of South Korean and
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International, USAWhen a U.S. State Department spokesman raised concerns about Russia’s surprise use of an Iranian air base to launch air strikes into Syria, the response from Moscow was notable for its snarkiness. “It’s against our rules to provide advice to the leadership of the U.S. State Department,” said Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov, referring to suggestions
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International, Middle East, USARepublican presidential nominee Donald Trump launched an assault Monday on the Clinton Foundation, saying that foreign donations and other ethical conflicts made Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s family charity “the most corrupt enterprise in political history.” Mr. Trump called on the Clintons to immediately “shut it down,” after the Clinton Foundation last week announced that it
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International, USATo House Speaker Paul Ryan and James Dobson: In recent months, each of you has endorsed Donald Trump in his campaign to become president of the United States. Mr. Speaker, you undoubtedly took this action in hopes of preserving unity within the Republican Party. Mr. Dobson, because you are the founder of Focus on the
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USAFORT WORTH, Texas — A federal judge in Fort Worth has blocked the Obama administration from enforcing rules requiring public schools to let transgender students use bathrooms and locker rooms that conform to their gender identity. Responding to a lawsuit filed by Texas and joined by 12 other states, U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor issued
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USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Russian warplanes took off this week from Iran to hit targets in Syria. Russia has used Iranian bases for refueling and resupply in the past, but this is its first bombing mission from the Islamic Republic — it is also the first foreign military operation to take place from Iranian soil
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International, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USABy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Tim Kaine, Democratic nominee for vice-president, recently visited the historic Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island. Jeshuat Israel, the congregation that is housed in the Touro Synagogue building, was recently in the news as a result of its winning a lawsuit against Congregation Shearith Israel of New York
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