Republican presidential candidate DonaldTrump on Saturday tweeted an image of rival Hillary Clinton alongside hundred-dollar bills and a Jewish star bearing the words “most corrupt candidate ever!”, prompting outrage and bafflement on social media. Two hours after his initial tweet, Trump tweeted a similar image in which the six-pointed Star of David – which appears […]
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USACOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., June 29, 2016 – In the midst of this crazy election year, it’s worth considering the events of almost 100 years ago at the dawn of the Progressive Era and the 30th president of the United States, Calvin Coolidge. The time bears a sometimes uncanny resemblance to our own; his challenges are
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, USAWASHINGTON — Donald Trump and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich couldn’t be more alike. And they couldn’t be more different. Each has been described as larger than life. And no one would accuse either one of not having a healthy ego. With Trump reportedly considering Gingrich, among others, as his running mate, the similarities between
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USADENVER – Sen. Tom Cotton made no mention Saturday of the Republican presidential ticket, but had plenty to say about the Democratic campaign scandal involving President Bill Clinton’s private airport meeting. The Arkansas Republican joked that he was stuck on the tarmac in Denver so long that he thought he might be getting a visit
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USAThree students from American universities were among the victims of an armed attack at a restaurant in Bangladesh early Saturday, university and foreign officials confirmed. At least 20 hostages were killed in a 10-hour standoff before security forces stormed the restaurant in the capital, Dhaka, and killed six of the attackers, Bangladeshi officials said. A
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International, USAWhile both national parties argue in Congress over gun control bills, California had adopted sweeping legislation limiting semiautomatic rifles in response to the Orlando nightclub shooting massacre. Governor Jerry Brown signed a package of six bills Friday that expand background checks for ammunition purchases; ban the sale of semiautomatic rifles with “bullet buttons” that allow
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USAWASHINGTON — No matter how the FBI investigation into the handling of sensitive information on Hillary Clinton’s personal computer server ends, it is likely to hurt her campaign for president. If she is indicted, she will face further questions about her honesty and perhaps even calls for her to step aside. If she isn’t indicted,
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USAMassachusetts senator and rock star progressive Elizabeth Warren joined Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail this week, giving rousing speeches in support of the presumptive Democratic nominee for president. But Warren was not always Clinton’s biggest fan. On Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” Wednesday, host Trevor Noah listed off the reasons why Warren could be
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Trivia, Humor & Satire, USAWASHINGTON—After escalating one of the most lethal covert operations in U.S. history, President Barack Obama finally made a public estimate of the civilian cost of the nation’s secret drone program, which has targeted Islamic militants in remote corners of the globe. Human rights groups immediately challenged the estimate and the amount of transparency from the
By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–You don’t trust Bibi? Few do. No reason to. He’s a politician. He isn’t any different from a long line of others, including Barack Obama, Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres, JFK, the Clintons, FDR, and Abe Lincoln. They all promised a lot more than they delivered. It’s inherent in the occupation. The reputations
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USAMINNEAPOLIS — Dismay and distress gripped the residents of Pleasant Street in the quiet little town of Lauderdale, Minn., this week when one of their neighbors hoisted a red flag bearing a swastika. Ben Holsen first spotted the Nazi emblem flying on Wednesday night after another neighbor alerted him to its presence. The flag was
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USADENVER – Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin unloaded Friday on conservatives who refuse to support presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, dubbing them “Republicans Against Trump, or RAT for short.” “They want to take their [Denver] Nuggets ball home and stay home instead of vote, because their guy didn’t win this time around?” asked Mrs.
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USATALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A federal court decision blocking parts of an abortion-regulation law hours before it was set to take effect is far from the end of Florida’s legal battle over the issue, advocates on both sides said Friday. U.S. District Court Judge Robert Hinkle issued an injunction against the law late Thursday night. It
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAPrime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke the US embassy’s Independence Day celebration on Thursday. “This night of celebration comes after a day of tragedy. In Kiryat Arba, near Hevron the city of our forefathers, the young Hallel Yaffa Ariel, 13-year-old, was murdered lying in her bunk bed. What makes someones slit the throat of a child?
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