WASHINGTON — Throughout the campaign, Donald Trump revved up supporters with a vow to build a border wall and force Mexico to pay for it. The promise deeply offended Mexicans, and in a testy phone call shortly after taking office, Trump all but begged his Mexican counterpart to stop embarrassing him by publicly refusing to […]
The White House press briefing on Wednesday was a little strange. Trump policy advisor Stephen Miller was at the podium to defend the president’s new immigration proposal, which would prioritize high-skilled immigrants who already speak English. Miller faced pushback from reporters, including a heated back-and-forth with CNN’s Jim Acosta, who quoted the Statue of Liberty’s
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Jewish History, USADeporting the country’s estimated 11 million illegal immigrants would cost nearly $125 billion, but allowing them to remain in the U.S. could cost taxpayers far more, according to a new report being released Thursday by a think tank that wants to see stricter immigration limits. Steven A. Camarota, research director at the Center for Immigration
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International, USAWASHINGTON — Nancy Pelosi might actually be in trouble. In a survey of 20 Democratic House candidates, only one — a former Senate staffer from Orange County, Calif. — would state support for the congresswoman staying on as leader of the House Democratic Caucus. Of the rest, 18 declined to say if Pelosi should keep
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USAEfforts to get Fox News to fire commentator Sean Hannity have intensified in recent days, amid allegations that the network collaborated with the White House in promulgating a conspiracy theory that sought to cast blame on Democratic operatives for the 2016 murder of Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich, who was killed while walking home
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — After a contentious press conference about the President’s unveiling of immigration reforms, senior advisor Stephen Miller secretly ordered the removal of Emma Lazarus’ “The New Colossus” from the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty and replaced it with a poem he authored. The Greater Colossus by Stephen Miller (aka:
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, USABy Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — Iraq, once the cradle of civilization, has and continues to experience one of the most horrific violent conflicts in modern history that defies any semblance of civilized humanity. It is hard to imagine the mammoth death and destruction that has been inflicted on the Iraqi people by foreign powers and
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Alon Ben-Meir, Middle East, USABy David Anderson, J.D. Themoderatevoice.com NEW YORK — The recent unprecedented blockade of Qatar by its neighbors Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates has the Persian Gulf region in uproar. Citizens are being expelled, Qatar’s only land border and main food supply line is closed, and their airline must do bizarre aerial calisthenics to
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International, Middle East, USAPresidents often have complicated feelings about the mansions to which they’re confined. Harry S. Truman deemed the White House a “crown jewel of the federal prison system”; “a very nice prison,” Barack Obama called it. In her memoir My Turn, Nancy Reagan revealed that her husband Ronald branded 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue “an eight-star hotel.” President
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USALOS ANGELES — “Wonder Woman” proved its mettle once again, boosting media company Time Warner Inc.’s earnings with its better-than-expected box-office performance. Time Warner’s second-quarter earnings, released early Wednesday, also benefited from increased subscriptions for the company’s premium television unit HBO, which recently began showing the seventh season of its acclaimed series “Game of Thrones.”
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USADay before powerful Senate panel scheduled to consider bill, powerful pro-Israel lobby says markups protecting humanitarian programs and security cooperation earn its backing By Eric Cortellessa Masked Hamas terrorists attend the funeral of Mazen Fuqha in Gaza City, March, 25 2017. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90) WASHINGTON — A day before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump quietly signed legislation Wednesday that imposes new limits on his ability to lift sanctions against Russia, saying that parts of the measure are unconstitutional but that he was signing it for the “sake of national unity.” The signing brought a protest from Russia, whose prime minister accused Trump of showing
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International, USAThe Boy Scouts of America is disputing President Donald Trump’s claim that group leaders told him his was “the greatest” speech that was ever made to them. Speaking to The Wall Street Journal, the president said his speech _ which was unusually political for a Boy Scout event _ had been praised by group leaders
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USAThis week, the Trump administration took the rare step of declaring Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro a “dictator,” freezing his assets and banning Americans from doing business with him. It looked like a big deal. Phones pinged with alerts, and cable news channels carried the announcement live. Maduro was now the fourth member of an exclusive
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