The intelligence that President Donald Trump leaked to top Russian officials in an Oval Office meeting in May concerned a highly sensitive Israeli special forces mission, it has been revealed. The operation, which took place in February 2017, involved commandos infiltrating an area under the control of the Islamic State militant group (ISIS), to place […]
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Middle East, USAThe Tonight Show/YouTube Here’s something you don’t see every day: people smiling in a New York City subway station! The smiles were induced by an oddly familiar-looking band of street musicians who treated the commuters of NYC to an awesome jam session; they performed a rousing rendition of Elvis’ “Love Me Tender” and an incredibly
A woman who claimed she was shamed for breastfeeding her son at Disneyland has clapped back at her haters in a cheerful picture. The woman, identified as Brittni Medina, was with her 10-month-old son and husband at Disneyland, Anaheim, California, when the incident took place. According to Medina, her baby needed to be fed and
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USAAn ultra-violent Latino street gang that President Donald Trump has vowed to wipe out beheaded a man and cut out his heart before burying him in a park near the US capital, reports said Wednesday. The victim, who has not yet been identified, was stabbed more than 100 times in Wheaton, Maryland just outside Washington
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International, USAIranian warships are set to leave the waters of the Persian Gulf to sail across the world and tour another gulf—the one that lies between the U.S. and Mexico. At a time when Iran is looking to expand and modernize its military in the face of what is seen as a growing U.S. threat, its
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International, Middle East, USATrump (1) The saga between President Trump and LaVar Ball took another turn when the president responded to a tweet early Thanksgiving morning. Opinion writer Greg Sargent published a story in The Washington Post where he argued that Trump’s popular tweetstorms against celebrities since becoming president have had something in common: Let’s be clear about
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USATexas Gov. Greg Abbott escaped injury from a mailed improvised explosive because he didn’t open the package the way it was designed, according to records filed in federal court. Julia Poff, 46, allegedly mailed the package because she was upset her ex-husband had not paid her child support. Abbott oversaw child support when he was
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USAThe international community has pledged over $2 billion, almost half in loans and debt relief, to help rebuild the Caribbean islands decimated by this year’s string of hurricanes. The pledges came from some familiar donors and some surprising new ones. They included The Netherlands’ $700 million pledge, the European Union’s $352 million, quake-recovering Mexico’s $27
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International, USABy Sarah L. Cook, Professor & Associate Dean, Georgia State University. Hollywood women who have spoken out against sexual harassment Reporter Paula Froelich claims she once observed Harvey Weinstein assault a woman at a book party. Her editor responded with, “Maybe it’s not really a story.” As it turns out, Weinstein and others are becoming
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAWhile for most Americans, Thanksgiving Day is for feasting, football and giving thanks, for Native Americans, it is a reminder of dead ancestors, racial slurs still being worn on football jerseys and families around the nation feasting on food from colonized agricultural land. Native Americans say the day is not a holiday but rather a
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USADemocracySpring/Twitter The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade got a taste of politics on Thursday as a group of people broke through barriers and sat in the middle of the parade route. The protesters wore shirts that showed they were protesting in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The “Dreamers” — named after
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USAThe president of Rutgers University in New Jersey has come under fire after he publicly defended several professors accused of anti-Semitism, and appeared to disparage a Jewish media outlet which helped publicized the professors” behavior. Over the past few weeks, an American-Jewish media outlet, The Algemeiner, published a series of articles publicizing blatant examples of
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAThe President of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, refused a call from President Donald Trump’s senior adviser, Jared Kushner, this week, after the U.S. threatened to close the Palestine Liberation Organization’s office in Washington, D.C., according to Israeli media reports. Kushner had been working to broker peace talks between Palestine and Israel. Abbas’s move comes after he
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Middle East, USAIsrael’s deputy foreign minister, Tzipi Hotovely, said that Jews living in the United States live a “quite convenient life.” For that reason, that they would never “send their kids to fight for their country.” In an interview with Israeli news channel i24 this week, the minister tackled issues that have increased tensions between the U.S.
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