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Baltimore lacked authority to take down Confederate monuments, state says

BALTIMORE — The state agency charged with protecting Maryland’s history has concluded that Baltimore officials didn’t have the legal authority to remove three statues commemorating the Confederacy and says it reserves the right to order the city to put them back. Elizabeth Hughes, director of the Maryland Historical Trust, shared the trustees’ conclusions in an […]

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House Republicans pass GOP budget with $1.5 trillion deficit increase to fund Trump’s tax cuts

WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Thursday gave final approval to a 2018 GOP budget resolution, allowing for a $1.5-trillion deficit increase that sets the stage for President Donald Trump’s tax cuts. Republicans overcame internal divisions about the budget but must still resolve differences over the coming tax package, which is scheduled to be unveiled next

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Poland objects to planned visit by US white supremacist

Poland’s foreign ministry on Thursday said it objected to a visit by US white supremacist Richard Spencer, whom Polish nationalists have invited to an Independence Day event next month. Spencer is the 39-year-old leader of the so-called “alt-right” movement — encompassing white supremacists, neo-Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan — and the organiser of a

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Berkeley student newspaper apologizes for Alan Dershowitz cartoon decried as anti-Semitic

The University of California Berkeley student newspaper has apologized for an editorial cartoon of Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz that had been denounced as anti-Semitic. “We have seen with sharp clarity the pain and anger caused by an editorial cartoon that ran online in our opinion section on Oct. 18, and we apologize for

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

French priest who uncovered Nazi killing sites awarded Lantos rights prize

By Eric Cortellessa WASHINGTON — A French priest whose work has uncovered millions of previously unknown victims of the Nazi genocide was awarded the Lantos Foundation’s Human Rights Prize on Thursday morning, named for the Holocaust survivor and longtime California congressman. Father Patrick Desbois, a Roman Catholic clergyman who teaches at Georgetown University’s Program for

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International, Jewish History, USA

Jewish Agency snubs Netanyahu ahead of upcoming board meeting

By Raphael Ahren The Jewish Agency did not reach out to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of its upcoming conference in Jerusalem, neither asking him to address the delegates nor to meet privately with the organization’s top leadership, The Times of Israel has learned. The Jewish Agency’s snub highlights the bitterness of the ongoing dispute

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IDF reservists tell of their outreach to Arabs, Jews

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –Of course, Israeli Reserve soldiers Ilan and Iyyar can talk about war.  Israelis grow up with the threat of it.  After high school, young men and women alike are conscripted into the Army, where they learn how to defend their country against external threats.  Iyyar, in fact, has

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In Dallas, Trump collects $4 million amid taunts of ‘liar liar’ and ‘Go home Cheeto’

DALLAS — A president at war with much of his own party spent nearly four hours in Dallas on Wednesday. Adoring fans cheered him at Love Field and 200 well-heeled donors rubbed elbows with him downtown. But if Donald Trump was hoping for a respite from the venomous atmosphere in Washington, his day trip to

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The New Yorker’s new cover is out and some people think it’s gone too far

NEW YORKER/EVAN VUCCI/AP A new cover from “The New Yorker” is causing some strife on conservative social media sites with its cartoonish depiction of President Donald Trump. “October Surprise,” by Carter Goodrich depicts President Donald Trump in a fat, clown suit and makeup. The clown version of President Trump peers out from within a forest,

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Trump would ‘love’ to do a DACA deal, wants it to include border wall funds

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Wednesday he would “love” to make an immigration deal to protect so-called “Dreamers,” but wants border security concessions in exchange, including money to build his long-promised wall along the border with Mexico. “I’d love to do a DACA deal, but we have to get something very substantial for it,

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Why is the NAACP warning black travelers about flying on American Airlines?

FORT WORTH, Texas — The NAACP issued a travel advisory Tuesday night that warned black travelers against flying on American Airlines, citing multiple instances of alleged racial discrimination. In a written statement, the civil rights organization said it “has been monitoring a pattern of disturbing incidents reported by African-American passengers, specific to American Airlines.” A

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Trump Resumes Refugee Admissions into U.S., but with Greater Restrictions

U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order resuming the admission of refugees into the country, but imposed tougher scrutiny on nationals from 11 countries identified as posing a high risk to national security. The new order was issued Tuesday as an earlier order that imposed a 120-day ban on refugee admissions expired. All

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George H.W. Bush apologizes to “anyone he has offended” as a second actress comes forward

George H.W. Bush Former President George H.W. Bush issued a second apology, this time acknowledging he has groped women “on occasion” during photo-ops, just as a second actress accused him of doing so to her. “I got sent the Heather Lind story by many people this morning,” New York actress Jordana Grolnick said in an

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