International

Ethics official says Mnuchin should not be disciplined for ‘Lego Batman’ pitch

WASHINGTON — A top government ethics official said Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin should not be disciplined for plugging “The Lego Batman Movie” — as long as he keeps his promise not to do it again. Mnuchin handled the controversy better than White House adviser Kellyanne Conway did when she ran afoul of the same law […]

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Susan Rice insists she did not use intelligence for political gain

Former National Security Adviser Susan E. Rice said Tuesday the notion she used her powers to unmask members of the Trump campaign or transition for political purposes is “absolutely false.” Speaking to MSNBC, Ms. Rice also said she never kept a spreadsheet of instances in which intelligence community picked up conversations involving the Trump campaign

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International, USA

Bernie Appel, longtime executive known as Mr. RadioShack, dies

FORT WORTH, Texas — Bernie Appel was known as Mr. RadioShack. Over a 34-year career that started before Charles Tandy brought the company to Fort Worth, Appel was credited with transforming the consumer electronics retailer from transistor radios and telephone jacks to computers and camcorders. Appel died Sunday. He was 85. The Boston native joined

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Obituaries & memorials, USA

Gay men in Chechnya rounded up, tortured, and killed: report

More than 100 gay men in Chechnya have reportedly been arrested and tortured, and some were allegedly killed by police. The report was first publicized in the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, says Natalia Antelava, editor-in-chief of Cody Story. She says the abuses probably stem from LGBT activists’ request to have a gay parade in the

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International

Media providing cover for Susan Rice, Obama administration

On the heels of a bombshell report that Susan Rice – former President Barack Obama’s right hand woman – asked dozens of times for intelligence agencies to unmask the names of Trump associates, the mainstream media is predictably, providing her cover. Instead of investigating the report, which was first broken by Bloomberg News on Monday,

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International, USA

A birthday video call captures a telling moment in Trump’s Russia connections

WASHINGTON — Several businessmen and celebrities from the former Soviet Union gathered on the Turkish Riviera in June 2005 to celebrate the grand opening of what was billed then as the country’s most luxurious hotel. The owners were from Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan, and it was the birthday of one of them, Tofik Arifov, a

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International, USA

Danish musicians, Italian conductor, global appeal

By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — The Italian, Grammy-Award Maestro, Fabio Luisi, newly appointed principal conductor of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, led his forces in an engaging concert of works by Nielsen (1865-1931), Wagner (1772-1822) and Mahler (1869-1911). The program, at the Jacobs Music Center last Thursday evening, was sponsored by the La Jolla

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Eileen Wingard, International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

Int’l Fellowship of Christians, Jews provide funds for Pesach to needy Jews in Israel, Former Soviet Union

JERUSALEM (Press Release) – More than 150,000 needy Israelis and 200,000 needy Jews in the former Soviet Union, from all walks of life, will receive food and clothing for the Passover holiday, thanks to International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (The Fellowship). The Fellowship will distribute more than $2.8 million in Passover aid to needy Israelis, including

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International, Jewish Religion, Middle East

Bipartisan support for Israel’s missile defense

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — U.S. Representatives Peter J. Roskam (R-IL) and Grace Meng (D-NY) called on a key House Committee to continue funding for U.S.-Israel defense cooperation programs. Earlier this week, U.S. and Israeli officials announced the David’s Sling air defense system has officially entered into service. Rep. Roskam, who serves as Co-Chair of the

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Middle East, USA