International

Thomas Massie: Donald Trump ‘burning political capital’ with attacks on conservatives

Rep. Thomas Massie isn’t worried about President Trump coming after him in a primary election over his opposition to the health care bill that sputtered out last week in the House, saying the commander-in-chief is “burning political capital” by listening to members of the establishment and attacking conservatives that want to help him deliver on […]

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USA

NYC takes harder line on controversial circumcision practice

Health department will now ban mohels linked to newborn herpes cases without testing for virus. By Amy Sara Clark Women visit an infant following his bris ceremony. GETTY IMAGES One day after the city’s health commissioner confirmed that two mohels have been banned from practicing the risky circumcision ritual metzitzah b’peh, the health department has

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Jewish Religion, USA

Back in the spotlight, Hillary Clinton takes aim at Trump’s budget

WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton stepped back into the spotlight this week after laying relatively low since the election, and she had some advice for President Trump: Tear up the White House budget plan. Clinton was at the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security to bestow an award named in her honor to Colombian leaders

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International, USA

Ivanka Trump Plays Major Role In US-China Relations

Despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s constant tweets criticizing China and also his recent comment Thursday prior to his meeting with the Chinese President Xi Jinping, his daughter Ivanka Trump has been publicly affectionate towards the Chinese and has also shown regard toward their culture. Once appointed to the White House, she might soon become a

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International, USA

Russia Interfered in Both Primaries, Senate Told

Russia not only worked to help President Donald Trump win the presidential election over Hillary Clinton last November, it also aided his victory in the Republican primary, the Senate Intelligence Committee investigating the allegations of Kremlin meddling was told Thursday. Clinton Watts, a senior fellow at the Center for Cyber and Homeland Security at The

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International, USA

U.S. should take note of tumult in Russia

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — For all the hyperbole in Washington about Russian hacking, Russian disinformation, Russian influence, and Russian espionage, the really remarkable events in Russia over the weekend appear barely to have registered. One hundred years after the assassination of the last Czar, and two-and-a-half decades after the fall of the communist

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International, Shoshana Bryen, USA

White House invites House, Senate intelligence committees to view spy documents

The White House said Thursday that leaders of the House and Senate intelligence committees have been invited to the White House to view intelligence documents relevant to ongoing investigations. White House press secretary Sean Spicer declined to specify what was in the documents but said that President Trump remains convinced that he and his associates

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International, USA

Muslim baroness decries ‘loophole’ that allows UK Jews to join IDF

British Jewry up in arms after Sayeeda Warsi says Israeli soldiers should be prosecuted just like those who join Islamic paramilitary groups By Jenni Frazer Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, center, at a ceremony commemorating 175 men from overseas who won Britain’s highest military honor, the Victoria Cross, for service in World War I, on 26 June

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International, Middle East

John Podesta’s lawyer demands Daily Caller retract ‘lies’ about financial disclosure

The lawyer for Hillary Clinton’s former campaign chairman John Podesta sent a cease-and-desist letter to The Daily Caller on Wednesday demanding the conservative news outlet retract and issue a correction for an article claiming Mr. Podesta “may have violated” federal financial disclosure laws. The March 26 article by Richard Pollock claimed Mr. Podesta may have

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USA

Former Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy sentenced in absentia

Phnom Penh (dpa) – Former Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy was sentenced to one year and eight months in prison on Thursday for slander and incitement, after claiming that the murder of a prominent political analyst was politically motivated. The decision, handed down by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, saw Rainsy, who is in self-imposed

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