When top Hezbollah terrorist Mustafa Badreddine was killed in an explosion in Damascus on May 10, Hezbollah initially blamed Israel, then pointed the finger at Sunni militias. However, Iran now believes that the US was behind the assassination, according to The Daily Beast. The US had more of a motive than anyone else to exact […]
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Middle East, USAThe Supreme Court’s decision announced on Monday to overturn a Texas law limiting access to abortion clinics is a massive win for advocates of legal abortion—not just in Texas but across the country. The case, Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, involved a Texas law that set a number of requirements for clinics performing abortions, including
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAThe U.S. Supreme Court on Monday upheld a broad reach of federal law that bans “reckless” domestic abusers from owning guns in a 6-2 decision that came amid an ongoing nationwide debate about firearms in the wake of the country’s worst-ever mass shooting earlier this month in Orlando, Florida. In a victory for women’s rights
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USAWASHINGTON — Britain’s vote to leave the European Union is a headwind for the U.S. economy but should not trigger another financial crisis, Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew said Monday. “The U.S. economy is doing pretty well. It’s performing in a stable, steady way even though there have been substantial headwinds,” Lew told CNBC before
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court, in a victory for abortion-rights advocates, has limited the power of Texas and other states to restrict or effectively shut down clinics that offer the procedure. The justices, by a 5-3 vote, said Monday that Texas lawmakers went too far by imposing unnecessary regulations that had forced most of the
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USANEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) expressed disappointment at a number of problematic Israel-focused motions endorsed last week by the Presbyterian Church (USA) General Assembly, including a report calling on the church to explore alternatives to the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and an overture advocating the church study the use
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Middle East, USAWhile you were obsessively reading Brexit coverage and watching “Game of Thrones” this weekend, Bernie Sanders’ campaign took another hit. Symone Sanders, formerly the Vermont senator’s national press secretary, told Fusion exclusively Sunday she’d left his presidential campaign of her own volition. “I just believe my time with the campaign has come to an end,”
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USAA possible Hillary Clinton administration would likely see any tensions between Jerusalem and Israel kept out of the limelight, Dennis Ross, a former US diplomat and top Middle East adviser to several US presidents, said Sunday in Jerusalem. Clinton, the Democratic Party’s presumptive presidential nominee for the November elections, can be expected to act more
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Middle East, USAKANSAS CITY, Kansas (JNS.org) — A man from Kansas City has been charged with threatening a Jewish congregation in the city of Overland Park. Forty-year-old Brian Wachter, who was arrested June 22, appeared before judges in a county court via video on a charge of making a criminal threat against the Jewish congregation of Beth Shalom.
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USAPresumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton widened her lead over Donald Trump in the latest ABC/Washington Post poll released Sunday while an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll indicated Trump has emerged from the last few weeks virtually unscathed. The ABC/Post poll indicates Clinton has a 51 percent to 39 percent lead over Trump while the NBC/Journal
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USAUnited States Secretary of State John Kerry left Washington on Saturday and headed to Rome, where he will meet Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday and Monday, AFP reported. Some reports have suggested Kerry will use the meeting to assess the possibility of reviving the stalled Israeli-Palestinian Authority (PA) peace process, but many believe the
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Middle East, USADonald Trump took to Twitter on Sunday to hammer George Will, after the influential conservative pundit said he was leaving the GOP. “George Will, one of the most overrated political pundits (who lost his way long ago), has left the Republican Party,” the presumptive GOP presidential nominee tweeted. “He’s made many bad calls.” Mr. Will
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USAFormer U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich ramped up his campaign for the No. 2 spot on the Republican ticket Sunday, defending presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump while denying anyone has called him about the job. Gingrich, who — like Trump — has been married three times and redefined the Republican Party, told “Fox News Sunday”
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USAFormer New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, one of the many supporters of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, criticized President Barack Obama in an interview with the Israel Hayom newspaper on the weekend. In the interview, Giuliani said he agreed with Trump”s stance that Obama shows weakness and warned that this weakness will lead to
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