President Donald Trump may officially shut down the White House Council on Women and Girls, an office tasked with liaising between women’s groups and monitoring federal policy impacts that has been effectively defunct since he took office. Officials said Friday the White House is reviewing the council, along with several other offices created under former […]
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USABy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — For months, President Trump has railed against what he alleges is “fake news.” Now, angered by criticism from synagogue pulpits of his immigration, climate and health care policies, he has a new target: rabbis and others he calls “fake Jews.” “They should know tax cuts for the rich
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Trivia, Humor & Satire, USAWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump continued his pattern of publicly dressing down U.S. allies Friday, as he met for the first time, in the somber confines of the White House Cabinet Room, with South Korean President Moon Jae In. Along with Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, Trump criticized South Korea for its trade policies as Moon
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International, USARepublican San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer, who has been lobbied intensely by GOP leaders to run for California governor, on Friday rejected the idea and vowed to serve out his second term at City Hall. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and state Republican Party Chairman Jim Brulte had urged Faulconer to run. As a
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USANo one hurt and no damage reported; latest instance follows multiple Israeli strikes on Assad forces in response to previous fire By Times of Israel staff A picture taken from the Israeli side of the border shows smoke rising near the Israeli-Syrian border in the Golan Heights during fights between the rebels and the Syrian
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Middle EastOne of the few French postwar politicians to earn near unanimous respect, Simone Veil, has died aged 89. Deported from France by the Nazis aged 16, she survived Birkenau, although her mother and sister perished. On her return to France she embarked upon a career in the law, becoming a magistrate, and in 1956 became
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InternationalSAN JOSE, Calif. — For the first time in the year since critics vowed to recall Judge Aaron Persky for giving a relatively lenient sentence to a former Stanford athlete who sexually assaulted an unconscious, intoxicated woman, the judge has come to his own defense. In a statement filed Friday with the Santa Clara County
US Navy Chaplain Rabbi Arnold Resnicoff led an unprecedented — and never repeated — ecumenical egalitarian worship service at the site in 1983 By Amanda Borschel-Dan Arnold Resnicoff’s first tour of duty was spent at a kibbutz in Israel for the Jewish Agency’s Sherut La’am (Service for the Nation) program. During that year — between
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Middle East, USAAUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court on Friday said that while same-sex marriage is legal nationwide, the “reach and ramifications” of the rights of gay couples have yet to be determined. In a unanimous decision, the nine-member court reversed a lower court’s ruling in favor of the city of Houston’s decision to extend spousal
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USAMSNBC co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski denied the statements made by President Donald Trump in his harsh tweets aimed at them and expressed concern over his emotional and mental state. “Donald Trump is not well,” is the headline of a Washington Post column they co-authored and then used as talking points during a Friday
The Chancellor voted against it, but same-sex marriage has been approved by a big margin in the German parliament. The country has become the 14th in Europe and 23rd in the world to legalise same-sex weddings. This after Angela Merkel did a u-turn and allowed MPs in her ruling conservative bloc to follow their conscience
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InternationalA new ad put out by America’s biggest gun lobby, the National Rifle Association, has been compared to an extremist recruitment video by terrorism experts. “They use their media to assassinate real news. They use their schools to teach children that their president is another Hitler,” says a new NRA recruitment video published in early
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USAIn honor of what would have been Princess Diana’s 56th birthday, her two sons Prince William and Prince Harry have announced that they will lead a special, private ceremony to rededicate her grave. “The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry will attend a private service to rededicate the grave of Diana, Princess of
WASHINGTON — Sanctuary cities would have a tougher time protecting undocumented immigrants. Immigrants who try to re-enter the country illegally would find stiffer punishment. That’s the sort of get-tough-on-immigration policies President Donald Trump has eagerly sought, and Thursday, the House went along, largely on party-line votes. It approved two measures to implement his plan; the
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