US President Barack Obama has ended the immigration policy that allowed any Cuban who reached US soil to remain and be granted residency. The end of the ‘wet foot, dry foot’ policy comes after months of negotiation between Washington and Havana. The abolition means Cubans need visas to enter the United States. These were the […]
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International, USASen. Al Franken announced Friday he plans to vote against President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be attorney general, saying he has too many concerns about Sen. Jeff Sessions’ past record. “I am going to vote against Sen. Sessions,” Mr. Franken said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “I just don’t feel comfortable that he would protect all
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USACiting Russia’s meddling and a new watchdog investigation into the actions of the FBI heading into the November election, former Hillary Clinton campaign press secretary Brian Fallon on Friday openly questioned the “legitimacy” of President-elect Donald Trump’s victory. Mr. Fallon told CNN that Mr. Trump has been lashing out on Twitter – including his shots
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USAJust as they did when President Obama took office eight years ago, former President George W. Bush’s daughters Jenna and Barbara have penned another letter of advice to the Obama girls Malia and Sasha. RELATED: Sasha and Malia through the years: growing up in the White House “Malia and Sasha, eight years ago on a
The nominee for CIA director Mike Pompeo on Thursday pointed to North Korea as one of the biggest threats to the United States, along with terrorism, China and Russia. Pompeo made the remark during his Senate confirmation hearing in response to a question about whether he believes terrorism is the highest threat that the U.S.
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International, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Only three days passed between the political storm triggered by the verdict against Elon Azaria and the terror by heavy truck that killed four IDF officer cadets and wounded others. Immediately after the attack some of the cadets found themselves criticized for seeking cover rather than opening fire against the
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastThe Kremlin warned Thursday that a move to send U.S. troops and tanks to Poland poses a threat to its national security. Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, described the effort as an aggressive step along Russia’s borders. “We perceive it as a threat,” Dmitry Peskov said on a press conference call with reporters. “These actions
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International, USAA group of more than 100 members of Congress wrote to President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday, urging him to relocate the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem “as soon as you take office,” the Washington Free Beacon reports. Moving the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem was a campaign pledge of Trump”s. His campaign manager
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Middle East, USAPope Francis will grant Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas an audience at the Vatican on Saturday, the Holy See confirmed on Tuesday, according to AFP. It will be the third time that the Pope has met Abbas following an encounter during the pontiff’s 2014 trip to the Holy Land and the Abba”s 2015 visit
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International, Middle East, USARex Tillerson, President-elect Donald Trump”s nominee for Secretary of State, on Wednesday stressed the importance of the U.S.-Israel relationship, and condemned the outgoing Obama administration”s decision not to veto UN Security Council Resolution 2334, which criticized Israeli construction in Judea, Samaria and Gaza. Speaking at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Tillerson
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Middle East, USAThe story began making the rounds at Washington dinner parties late last summer: Donald Trump had been caught in a compromising sexual position by Russian intelligence agents during a business trip to Moscow. According to one version, told by a high-ranking Obama administration diplomat, Russian intelligence services, acting on Trump’s well-known obsession with sex, had
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International, USAIn a strange moment of startling symmetry with the current state of American politics, C-SPAN—the public affairs network that regularly broadcasts proceedings of the United States House of Representatives and Senate—was interrupted by a broadcast of Russia Today. The state-funded Russian news network briefly took over the online feed of C-SPAN1, which had been broadcasting
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International, USAPresident-elect Donald Trump”s nominee to head the Defense Department, General (ret.) James Mattis told a congressional confirmation committee on Thursday that he believes that Tel Aviv, not Jerusalem, should be considered the capital of Israel. Mattis, who in the past criticized the Jewish state over “settlements” in Judea and Samaria and warned the country was
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Middle East, USADuring a ceremony at the White House on Thursday, President Barack Obama awarded his dear friend Vice President Joe Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest honor bestowed upon a civilian. BREAKING: Obama awards Joe Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom https://t.co/mGxk27Mmq4 https://t.co/6UCH1WxmKx — CNN (@CNN) January 12, 2017 President Obama