International

Jerry Falwell Jr. believes GOP establishment is behind Donald Trump tape leak

A top surrogate for Donald Trump said he is convinced the GOP establishment is behind the leaked the lewd audio and video recordings that have shaken up the presidential race. Jerry Falwell Jr., president of Liberty University, which bills itself as the largest Christian University in the world, told WABC radio host Rita Cosby that […]

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USA

Hillary Clinton goes on attack against Trump day after debate

DETROIT — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton wasted little time Monday in attacking her Republican opponent — using her Wayne State University appearance to rebut a number of Donald Trump’s claims during their second debate Sunday night. “Anybody see that debate last night? (You’ve) never seen anything like that,” she said seconds after a beyond-capacity

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USA

District attorney mulling charges after Sikh man beaten, his hair cut off

Sikh community leaders are urging that hate crime charges be filed against two men who were arrested on suspicion of severely beating a Sikh man in Richmond, Calif., last month and cutting off some of his hair. Maan Singh Khalsa, 41, was attacked in what Sikh leaders say was a hate-motivated assaulted directed at Khalsa’s

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USA

Pakistan And India Inching Closer To War? Growing Military Conflict, Terrorist Attacks Could Result In More Deaths

A spate of violent attacks in the disputed region of Kashmir between Pakistanis and Indians saw the two nuclear-armed nations potentially inch closer to war amid growing tensions over terrorism threats. Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh said New Delhi would retaliate any attack on its territory as he visited Saturday the Indian-Pakistani border. “We never

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International

Pence: Trump ‘literally embodies the spirit of America’

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence returned to Charlotte on Monday for his campaign’s first rally since the disclosure of a video showing Donald Trump speaking about women in vulgar sexual terms � and threw his support fully behind the presidential nominee. “It’s been an interesting few days,” said Pence, who was

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USA

President Hollande may cancel Paris meeting with Putin after Aleppo veto

French President François Hollande may cancel his meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Paris next week after the Kremlin blocked a UN Security Council bid to end to the bombing of Aleppo, the French government said Monday. Putin is due to visit the French capital on October 19 to inaugurate a new Orthodox church

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International, Middle East

WikiLeaks exposes media bias, Clinton team cheering Stephanopoulos’ use of talking points

The latest round of WikiLeaks documents released by founder Julian Assange shows members of Hillary Clinton’s team touting ABC News’ “perfect” use of its talking points. “This Week” moderator George Stephanopoulos was criticized in April 2015 for not disclosing ties to The Clinton Foundation before a contentious interview with “Clinton Cash” author Peter Schweizer. Mr.

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USA

Heat’s Haslem on Trump: ‘I don’t know what locker room he’s been in’

Count 14-year NBA veteran and Miami Heat captain Udonis Haslem among the growing list of athletes who don’t appreciate Donald Trump referring to a taped 2005 conversation in which he bragged in lewd terms about kissing, groping and trying to have sex with women as “locker room talk.” “Don’t throw us in there — we

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Sports & Competitions, USA

Will Obama back anti- Israel resolutions at U.N.?

By Morton A. Klein NEW YORK — Wikileaks recently exposed an email written by former White House official Stuart Eisenstadt that discussed the Obama administration’s deteriorating relationship with Israel and warned that:  “There is a distinct possibility that the Administration may seek a new UN Security Council Resolution embodying the two-state, with [pre-] 1967 lines

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Middle East, USA

Colleges offer one-sided, anti- Israel courses

By Richard L. Cravatts, PhD BOSTON, Massachusetts — In April of 2012, the California Association of Scholars, a division of the National Association of Scholars, prepared a report for the University of California Regents entitled, “A Crisis of Competence: The Corrupting Effect of Political Activism in the University of California.” In that report, the association

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Middle East, Richard L. Cravatts, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Anti- Semites blast NY Attorney General in Trump case

NEW YORK (Press Release)– The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Monday, Oct. 10, strongly condemned a rash of virulent anti-Semitic attacks levied against New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman following an announcement that his office would open an investigation into the Donald J. Trump Foundation. Since the September 14 announcement, Attorney General Schneiderman has been subjected to online

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USA

Humoring the headlines: October 10, 2016

The Second Presidential Berate By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Looming over the debate was the Access Hollywood audiotape of Donald Trump bragging about his sexual harassment of beautiful women.  Although the press dubbed this revelation the October surprise, it really was the October reprise.   Many quotes of Donald sexually objectifying women before and during the

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA

Assigning blame in Syria

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The verbal brickbats being hurled by Russians, Americans, and various other interested parties at one another over the morass in Syria testify to the cynicism, hypocrisy, and impotence of major actors in international politics. It’s hard to praise any of the parties, none of whom are doing much to stop

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East