Jewish voters in the U.S. support Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump by more than two-to-one, according to a survey released Tuesday by research consultancy Gallup. The survey, which used daily data collected by Gallup between July 1 and August 28, showed that 52 percent of Jews have favorable views of the Democratic nominee, but only […]
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USAAnger over the impeachment of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has spilled onto the streets. In Sao Paul on Wednesday night, shop fronts and bank windows were attacked in a protest that had started peacefully. Violence flared after new leader Michel Temer addressed the nation on television. Protesters also came out onto the streets elsewhere in
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InternationalBlack Lives Matter accused the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee of trying to placate activists after a hacker leaked on Wednesday an internal party memo advising candidates on how to handle the movement. The Nov. 9 memo to by former DCCC staffer Troy Perry urged candidates to listen but “don’t offer support for concrete policy positions”;
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USAAfter the New York Post leaked photos on Monday from yet another sexting scandal involving Anthony Weiner, his long-suffering wife Huma Abedin promptly announced their separation, leading some of the world to fly up in arms about the damaging effects of porn. Weiner’s sexting habit and porn might not appear to have an obvious correlation,
On the occasion of the National Park Service’s centennial this summer comes an irreverent question: Are the parks still relevant? Famously christened as America’s “best idea” by writer Wallace Stegner and reaffirmed in Ken Burns’ 2009 PBS documentary, it seems brazen, if not blasphemous, to pose the question. Over the last century, the national park
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The World We Share, USAWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s 10th and final trip to Asia while in office is unlikely to be the triumph of his major foreign policy initiative that he once envisioned. Instead, Obama is dogged once again by violence in the Middle East, and rather than celebrate the repositioning of resources toward the Pacific Rim, Obama
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International, USAMEXICO CITY — Reversing a more diplomatic tone he set during a joint appearance with Donald Trump in the Mexican capital, President Enrique Pena Nieto called the Republican presidential candidate’s ideas a “threat to the future of Mexico.” Pena Nieto’s hostile words came Wednesday night, hours after he met privately with Trump and shortly after
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International, USASHANGHAI – As Justin Trudeau tours China, the Canadian government is making clear it’s open for Chinese business, but it remains tight-lipped on the South China Sea, signalling a shift in allegiances some believe could cool relations with the United States. Many see Canada’s decision to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank as a positive
WASHINGTON — The pyrotechnics of Donald Trump’s new immigration speech obscured the fact that he has embraced a more moderate position that would effectively allow millions of otherwise law-abiding immigrants here illegally to remain in the United States. Trump’s 10-point plan to crack down on illegal immigration sticks to themes of his improbable presidential campaign:
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International, USAThe San Francisco 49ers and coach Chip Kelly have allowed controversial quarterback Colin Kaepernick to practice in socks that depict police officers as pigs. Kaepernick has captured national headlines for refusing to stand Friday for the national anthem prior to a preseason game against the Green Bay Packers, which he said is a symbol of
The Obama administration may have secretly agreed to waive restrictions placed on the Iranian regime”s nuclear program as part of the landmark 2015 deal. According to a soon-to-be-published report by the Institute for Science and International Security, the US and fellow negotiating partners secretly agreed to permit the Islamic regime to ignore some restrictions on
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International, USAWASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s aggressively tough speech on immigration buried the notion that he planned to pivot away from the posture that got him the Republican nomination to a gentler position tailored for more moderate general election voters, Republicans included. It also may have buried his party’s strategy for long-term survival — the effort to
WASHINGTON — Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine on Thursday dismissed Donald Trump’s foray to Mexico as a bumbling “choke,” and warned that the Republican presidential candidate’s immigration plan will turn the U.S. into “deportation nation.” “This is kind of a diplomatic amateur hour by Donald Trump,” Kaine said on NBC’s “Today” show. Trump’s wild
By Donald H. Harrison CORONADO, California – The Unimaginable Journey of Peter Ertel,” a documentary showing another side of World War II – that of a pacifistic German drafted into Hitler’s army—will be screened Thursday, Sept. 15, at the Village Theatres in Coronado. The 104-minute documentary will be one of the offerings of the G.I.
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