President Donald Trump has no recollection of meeting with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak at a pre-speech VIP reception at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington last April, AFP reported Tuesday. The White House has been embroiled in allegations of repeated contacts between members of Trump’s campaign staff and transition team with Russians, which culminated last week
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International, USAPresident Donald Trump spoke on Tuesday with President Uhuru Kenyatta, with the White House saying that the US leader sought to “reaffirm the strong bilateral relationship between our two countries.’ The telephone conversation also focused on ‘economic partnership and mutual dedication to overcoming terrorism and other regional security challenges through close cooperation,’ a statement from
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International, USANEW YORK — Stephen M. Greenberg, Chairman, and Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, on Tuesday welcomed the letter signed by all one hundred U.S. Senators calling on the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice and on the FBI to intensify their efforts to protect the
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USAIDF says IEDs were meant to attack soldiers working near border; Palestinians say Gazan man injured by tank fire nearby By Judah Ari Gross One of two improvised explosive devices found and disarmed by the IDF near the northern Gaza security fence on March 7, 2017. (IDF Spokesperson’s Unit) Israeli soldiers located and disarmed two
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Middle EastOn a recent warm and sunny day at a seaside park in Santa Monica, most people were out strolling and relaxing. But a few were engaged in a very different activity — trying to make California an independent nation. “We’re gathering signatures to get a question on the ballot that would give the California people
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International, USAHouse Republicans unveiled the replace part of their effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, lifting penalties against those who don’t buy health insurance, replacing subsidies with tax credits and defunding Planned Parenthood. The American Healthcare Act keeps two of the most popular features of Obamacare: allowing young adults to remain on their
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USACHARLOTTE, N.C. — Five days before the November election, a Russian billionaire’s jet wheeled to a stop at Charlotte Douglas International Airport. Less than 90 minutes later, Donald Trump’s campaign jet arrived on the same tarmac for an afternoon campaign rally in nearby Concord. Who was aboard Dmitry Rybolovlev’s luxurious jet and whether the planes’
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International, USABALTIMORE — Kate Taney Billingsley grew up struggling with her family history. Her ancestor Roger B. Taney was the U.S. Supreme Court chief justice who wrote the Dred Scott decision, issued March 6, 1857, that ruled Congress could not regulate slavery and that blacks could not be considered U.S. citizens. She grew up hearing relatives
British Home Secretary Amber Rudd called anti-Semitism a “deplorable form of hatred” and declared that the UK government is doing all it can to protect the country”s Jews, according to a report by the British tabloid The Sun Saturday. She added that the British government had allocated 13.4 million to safeguard Jewish schools and religious
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InternationalDespite opposition, Trump’s nominee for envoy to Israel is expected to be confirmed by the Senate later this week By Jacob Magid In this Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017 photo, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-SC, right, talks with David Friedman, center, nominated to be US ambassador to Israel, accompanied by former Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman on Capitol
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Middle East, USAUS and Israeli media follow the proliferation of anti-Semitism in America the telephone threats to Jewish institutions, graffiti vandalism including Nazi symbols, and Jewish cemetery desecration are becoming a part of the routine in recent months. Arutz Sheva spoke about the phenomenon with Avi Berman, Executive Director of OU Israel, who stands in his capacity
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Middle East, USAMK Ayman Odeh, head of the Joint List party, on Monday defended naming a street in northern Israel after former Palestinian Authority chairman Yasser Arafat, after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu vowed to remove it. The Arab Israeli town of Jatt inaugurated Yasser Arafat Street in honor of Arafat, who was responsible for the deaths of
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Middle EastPHILADELPHIA — On Saturday morning, as reporters scrambled to find sources for President Donald Trump’s allegation that his predecessor had wiretapped Trump Tower during the election, it seemed all roads were leading to Mark Levin of Cheltenham. “It began,” The New York Times reported Sunday, “as a conspiratorial rant on conservative talk radio.” Levin, a
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USAForeign Ministry says it reconsidered decision to bar Omar Shakir but still has misgivings about his alleged anti-Israel bias By Times of Israel staff Human Rights Watch Israel and Palestine director Omar Shakir (YouTube screenshot) An American employee of Human Rights Watch was granted entry into Israel Monday evening, after authorities blocked previous attempts to
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