President Donald Trump forecasted that Bernie Sanders would run against him in 2020 “even if he’s in a wheelchair,” and mocked the Vermont senator by imitating a scrunched-up body. Trump expressed that opinion over the summer when he invited four Democratic lawmakers to the White House, and also asked, “Who is going to run against […]
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USARepublican Congressman Steve King said that America’s strength has nothing to do with diversity in a series of tweets Friday night. King, a representative of Iowa, linked to an article from the Voice of Europe that quoted Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban saying that all cultures should not be mixed because it’s “against common sense.”
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USABy Matt Lebovic An unprecedented world tour of artifacts from Auschwitz-Birkenau premiered in Madrid on December 1, the first stop in a “roving exhibition” about the Nazi death camp where one million Jews were murdered during the Holocaust. With the tagline, “Not long ago. Not far away,” the tour will appear in 14 cities during
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International, Jewish History, USAWith some black leaders boycotting the event, President Trump paid tribute Saturday to the heroes of the civil rights movement at the dedication of two museums in Mississippi. Speaking to a small invitation-only group of dignitaries indoors at the new civil-rights museum in Jackson, Mr. Trump called the facility honoring leaders of the movement “a
Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip in response to rocket fire from Gaza killed two men Saturday, in the latest fallout from the announcement from U.S. President Donald Trump that Washington is recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and plans to move its Israeli embassy there. Hamas said two of its gunmen were killed in the
North Korea has lambasted US President Donald Trump for recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, renewing its description of him as a “dotard” in a statement released Saturday on state media. Trump and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-Un have traded threats of war and personal insults in recent months as tensions remain high over the North’s
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International, Middle East, USAWASHINGTON �� It was Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s bad luck that he was in Europe meeting with dozens of U.S. allies when President Donald Trump, on Wednesday, announced U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, which angered much of the world. Tillerson, who wound up a five-day, four-city, three-country tour Friday, got
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International, Middle East, USAIraq has declared victory over ISIL militants. Three years after the group calling itself Islamic State overran about a third of Iraqi territory, the government says the last of ISIL fighters have been driven from the country. Haider al-Abadi, the Iraqi Prime Minister, said in a televised address: “Honourable Iraqis: your land has been completely
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Middle EastPresident Trump pressured congressional Democrats Saturday to drop their demands for amnesty for young illegal immigrants as part of a year-end spending deal, saying their insistence on protecting illegals is part of a liberal mindset that led to the death of Kate Steinle in San Francisco. “Unfortunately, Democrats in Congress not only oppose our efforts
The head of the Arab League has called US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital “dangerous and unacceptable” and a “flagrant attack on a political solution” to the Israeli- Palestinian conflict. The statement by Ahmed Aboul-Gheit, secretary-general of the regional organisation, came at the start of an emergency meeting of foreign
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Middle East, USASheikh Ramadan Elsabagh WASHINGTON – Following President Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, a Texas-based Islamic cleric has posted a recorded prayer on his Facebook page calling for Israel’s destruction, along with “their allies, and those who assist them and those who allowed them into the abodes of the Muslims.” While Sheikh Ramadan Elsabagh
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Middle East, USAUS President Donald Trump did not invite leaders of the Reform movement or J Street officials to the White House Hanukkah party, CBS News reported. J Street, a leftist advocacy group, in August blasted Trump as being “ignorant” after he refused to endorse a two-state solution. On Tuesday, a day before the much-anticipated statement by
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Middle East, USAIsrael”s Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon addressed a special session of the Security Council convened to discuss US President Donald Trump”s announcement on Jerusalem. Israel Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon thanked President Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley by saying that “we are grateful to
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International, Middle EastJewish Home Chairman and Education Minister Naftali Bennett on Saturday evening told Channel 2’s “Meet the Israeli Press” program that he intends to run for prime minister when Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is done serving in the role. “I think that this government is a good nationalist government,” Bennett said. “It’s a government led
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