First lady Melania Trump questioned Kathy Griffin’s “mental health” Wednesday after the comedian sparked an uproar for photos depicting her holding a mock severed head of President Trump. “As a mother, a wife, and a human being, that photo is very disturbing,” Mrs. Trump said in a statement, CNN reported. “When you consider some of
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAMIAMI — “He-Man” is running for the Florida Senate in Miami — and no, he says he did not make up his nickname for the sake of politics. Christian “He-Man” Schlaerth qualified Tuesday for the Senate District 40 special election. His name will appear that way on the Sept. 26 ballot. Schlaerth filed a sworn
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USAWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump hasn’t made a final decision on whether the U.S. will quit the Paris Accord on climate change, but White House officials indicated Wednesday that he was headed in that direction, setting off a worldwide reaction. A flurry of leaks, counter-leaks and public statements thrust back into the spotlight a decision
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The World We Share, USANetanyahu recently urged Copenhagen to stop donating to groups that promote boycotts, incite against Israel By Sue Surkes Danish Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen (L) meeting in Jerusalem with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on May 17, 2017. (Haim Zach/GPO) Under pressure from Israel, the Danish foreign minister has reportedly ordered a review of his government’s donations
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International, Middle EastIf you live in Lebanon, “Wonder Woman” won’t be coming to a theater near you anytime soon. On Wednesday, the country officially banned the superhero film just hours before it was set to arrive in theaters. The ban followed an effort by a group called Campaign to Boycott Supporters of Israel, which urged the Lebanese
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & BroadcastFormer host of iconic game shows, such as “Wheel of Fortune” and “Love Connection,” and self-proclaimed “Hollywood Conservative” Chuck Woolery is causing a stir with a string of tweets that appear to attempt to connect communism and Judaism. On Memorial Day and the day following, Woolery fired off a round of tweets on his apparent
President Trump is laying the groundwork for withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement, launching a process that is likely to take some years. The details of the withdrawal are still in the works and the effort is being led by Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt, according to Axios, which reported Wednesday on the direction
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International, The World We Share, USABusinessman Bashar Masri believes the lure of Armani and Calvin Klein can help turn Rawabi into a West Bank ‘Silicon Valley’ By Dov Lieber RAWABI, West Bank — For the Palestinian city of the future to achieve its destiny, it needs to attract the right residents, and now it has a vital component — a
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Middle EastBEIJING — South Korea’s new President Moon Jae-in ordered a probe into the U.S.-backed THAAD missile defense system Tuesday, potentially jeopardizing a major military project designed to intercept North Korean missiles. In March, Washington and Seoul deployed the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, anti-ballistic missile system in the county of Seongju, about 180
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InternationalAs a native of Jerusalem, I am acutely aware that this year marks a half-century since the Six-Day War, but I do not wish to write another commemoration of that, or any, war. However, 2017 is a marker of multiple significant anniversaries in the connected history of Palestinians and Israelis: 120 years since the first
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Middle EastSecurity forces investigating why infiltrator broke through security fence in southern Golan Heights By Judah Ari Gross The Israeli-Syrian border on the Golan Heights (Moshe Shai/Flash90) IDF soldiers arrested a man who crossed into Israel from Syria on Tuesday afternoon, the army said. The man was unarmed when he breached the security fence in the
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Middle EastNew York City sculptor Alex Gardega has erected a statue of a dog lifting its leg on the famous “Fearless Girl” statue across from Wall Street’s iconic “Charging Bull” in an act of protest. Mr. Gardega’s “Pissing Pug” went up Monday next to the “Fearless Girl” bronze statue, which defiantly stares down Arturo Di Modica’s
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USAThe federal investigation into possible collusion with Russia was extended to President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, ABC News reported Tuesday. Cohen was asked to “provide information and testimony” about any connections he had to Russian officials, he confirmed. “I declined the invitation to participate, as the request was poorly phrased, overly broad and
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International, USAAlmost every day at about 10:30 a.m., President Donald Trump sits with the heads of the intelligence community and a fresh Diet Coke to discuss some of the world’s most highly classified information in the Oval Office. He prefers “killer graphics,” from pictures to videos and charts, and often interrupts the meeting with questions and
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