International

Schumer says Charlottesville violence is reason to cancel Trump voter commission

The top Democrat in the U.S. Senate demanded Thursday that President Trump disband his commission designed to investigate voter fraud, saying it stems from the same hateful ideology that spurred neo-Nazis and white supremacists in Charlottesville earlier this month. Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, said that if Mr. Trump won’t cancel the Presidential

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USA

Rabbis Won’t Call Trump for Jewish High Holidays

Jewish religious leaders will not organize a conference call with President Donald Trump ahead of the High Holidays—the major holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur—in a break from recent tradition. “The High Holy Days are an opportunity for reflection and introspection. As the leaders of major denominations in American Jewish life, we have been

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Jewish Religion, USA

Lebanese beauty queen stripped of title over Israel visit

After 2016 trip to Jewish state, Amanda Hanna wrote on Facebook, ‘it turned out that I was wrong’ about enemy country By Times of Israel staff Illustrative: contestants pose at the 2016 Miss Lebanon Emigrant pageant. (Screen capture/YouTube) A Swedish-Lebanese beauty queen was stripped of her crown after pageant organizers discovered she visited Israel last

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International, Middle East

Returning Home – Torah dedication in Shiloach Yemenite Village

In August 1938, during the Arab riots and pogroms, the British Authorities and police expelled the last remaining Yemenite Jewish families from their homes in the Jewish neighborhood of Shiloach. (Kfar Hateimanim) The pathetic British authorities were either unable or unwilling to protect the Jewish residents from the hostile, hate-filled, and marauding Arabs in the

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Middle East

In Mexico, impunity piles up along with journalists’ bodies

It can be deadly to ask questions about multibillion-dollar drug cartels or government corruption in Mexico, where more than 100 journalists have been killed since 2006. Ninety percent of those cases remain unsolved. At least 10 journalists have been killed here so far this year: 1. Cecilio Pineda, 39 Pineda, the editor of regional newspaper

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International

Police vow to ‘stamp out’ violence at San Francisco rally expected to draw white supremacists

San Francisco police will be out in force Saturday for a rally that is expected to draw white supremacists and counterprotesters who have clashed violently in the past. San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott said he hopes a large police presence can prevent the kind of violence seen in Virginia and elsewhere. While San Francisco

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USA

OpEd: Leftist militancy may well be last thing Democrats need

On the surface, President Trump’s self-inflicted troubles would seem a harbinger of future Democratic successes. But beyond the headlines, signs abound that the opposition party is facing its own internal problems. One sign was last week’s poor fundraising report from the Democratic National Committee. Another was a dispute between its two top leaders, Rep. Nancy

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USA

Hunger, not crime, is driving Central Americans to US border, report says

WASHINGTON — More people are fleeing poverty-stricken El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala for the southern border of the United States because of hunger and a lack of food than over fears of crime and gang violence. According to a new report from a coalition of international aid agencies, almost half of the families interviewed in

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International, USA

Did Steve Mnuchin and Louise Linton really ‘give more to the economy’ than they took? The record says no

Louise Linton, the actress-model-whatever wife of Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, already has apologized for a certain nasty Instagram post aimed at a citizen who criticized her for bragging about her designer wardrobe during an official trip with her husband. We’re not as interested in the controversy over Linton’s Instagram posts per se, one of which

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USA

Ex-Panamanian leader in Miami could be sent home to face charges

MIAMI — A former Panamanian president will learn at the end of August whether he will be sent from Miami to his homeland to face charges that he illegally orchestrated a spying mission against his rivals while using a government-funded surveillance system. Magistrate Judge Edwin Torres set the Aug. 31 deadline for his decision on

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International, USA