By Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — Donald Trump has shocked the political world once more by “confiding” in a series of Tweets that he is seriously considering asking Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to be his running mate for Vice President. He acknowledged that the Justice has a long record of liberal opinions, but said that […]
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USALikely Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton holds a 4-point lead over presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump in the battleground state of Nevada, according to a Monmouth University poll released Monday. Mrs. Clinton was at 45 percent support to Mr. Trump’s 41 percent, with Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson at 5 percent, according to the poll.
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USAThis story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Pushed left by backers of Senator Bernie Sanders, Democratic leaders adopted a draft platform over the weekend that commits the party to a more aggressive stance on climate change—more aggressive, in some areas, than the positions of
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The World We Share, USAWASHINGTON – Will Donald Trump dare to talk about abortion in Cleveland next week? During nearly every Republican convention in recent history, the GOP presidential nominee has offered, at the very least, a strong hint that he would oppose abortion. It has been a sure-fire applause line, and an effective way to fire up the
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USADays after its release, Pokemon Go has become a fast-moving phenomenon, drawing flash mob-type crowds searching neighborhoods, parks and urban streets for imaginary characters on their smartphones. The game, which trades on the nostalgia of the popular 1990s franchise and the thrill of exploring an augmented reality, is poised to surpass Twitter in daily active
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International, USAJERUSALEM (Press Release) — The American Jewish Committee (AJC) and the Shalom Hartman Institute are pleased to welcome the 23 prominent North American Christian leaders that will comprise Cohort V of the Christian Leadership Initiative (CLI), an intensive 13-month educational program on Judaism, a partnership of AJC and the Hartman Institute in Israel. The program begins
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USABy Chris Jennewein SAN DIEGO –The party that ended slavery and won the Civil War a century and a half ago is having a difficult year nationally. As presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump attacks Mexican immigrants, re-tweets white supremist memes and slams the business community, the traditional Republican coalition is reeling. In San Diego, Kevin
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Chris Jennewein, International, San Diego County, USAJEDWABNE, Poland (Press Release) — A leadership delegation from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), in Poland this week for a series of meetings with senior government officials and Jewish community leaders, joined on Sunday with leaders of the Polish Jewish community and dozens of concerned Polish citizens for the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Jedwabne
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International, USABy John Kerry WASHINGTON, D.C. — On a day set aside to reflect on population issues pivotal to the health of the planet and our hopes for the future, we welcome this year’s theme, “investing in adolescent girls.” Adolescence can be a time of great promise, but for too many girls it is when choices
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International, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Obama administration has announced that it will not cut the U.S. troop deployment in Afghanistan to 5,000 as planned, but will leave 8,400 soldiers to support the Afghan government in its fight against the Taliban. President Obama said, “Compared to the 100,000 troops we once had there, today, fewer
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International, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USADALLAS — When the shooting started at the Black Lives Matter protest here last week, Shetamia Taylor shouted at her four sons to run. “They started running up the block and I was running behind them and I felt the bullet,” she said Sunday. Taylor, 38, had been shot from behind, in her right calf.
DALLAS — “Lives matter.” That was the message Sunday afternoon after two groups of protesters with two agendas came together at a northeast Dallas intersection. A rally began about noon outside NorthPark Center with a group dressed in black holding signs that read “#BlackLivesMatter” as Dallas police and SWAT looked on. Britny Morrison, 27, who
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USACLEVELAND | Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, little known nationally but highly admired in conservative circles, has a “95 percent probability” of being Donald Trump’s choice for vice president, The Washington Times has learned. The sources for that assessment are Republicans close to the campaign and to the governor. A tipoff came a few days ago
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USABy Ira Sharkansksy JERUSALEM — Pity our American friends. And–given the importance of the US–pity the rest of us. Friends and family have to choose between Hillary and Donald, both of whom should be in retirement homes, neither close to anything important. If someone less well connected had fiddled with the email in the manner
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