Harvard law professor emeritus and prominent liberal author Alan Dershowitz said The New York Times won’t publish him because he’s offering an “alternative point of view” on the Trump-Russia collusion allegations. Mr. Dershowitz told the Washington Examiner in an interview Monday that he’s tried to get in touch with the The New York Times’ editors, […]
WASHINGTON — Rarely has a president taken office so focused on undoing his predecessor’s works as Donald Trump. Six months in, he has little to show. Monday brought twin blows. Not only did the Affordable Care Act survive another Republican repeal effort, maintaining President Barack Obama’s signature domestic achievement, but Trump was forced to certify
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USACHICAGO — Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert was released this week from a federal prison in Minnesota after serving nearly 13 months for violating banking regulations to cover up the sexual abuse of teenage boys. But while Hastert tasted freedom, the fallout from the bombshell case is far from over. And because Hastert admitted
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USAWASHINGTON D.C. (Press Release) –– The House Appropriations Committee approved the FY 2018 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill that includes $2 million in funding for the U.S.-Israel Energy Cooperative Agreement and $4 million in funding for the development of the U.S.-Israel Energy Center. In April, Congressman Brad Sherman (D-California) led a bipartisan group of 102 members
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON — Republican efforts to replace the Affordable Care Act collapsed in the Senate on Monday evening as two more GOP senators announced they would oppose the plan backed by their party’s leadership. The announcements by Sens. Mike Lee of Utah and Jerry Moran of Kansas brought to four the number of Republican senators opposed
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON — Worried that an unexpected vote delay will doom the Republican health care bill, President Donald Trump is ramping up his efforts to sway GOP senators after being largely absent from the legislative process in recent weeks. Trump called wayward Republican senators over the weekend and hosted others Monday evening at White House. Despite
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON — Some young immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children and enlisted in the military are worried they’ll be deported, after indications from the Trump administration that they could be left without legal protection to stay in the country they signed up to fight for. With the Pentagon imposing more stringent
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International, USAIn Oregon, a state known for its avid bicycling culture, the state legislature’s approval of the first bike tax in the nation has fallen flat with riders. Democratic Gov. Kate Brown is expected to sign the sweeping $5.3 billion transportation package, which includes a $15 excise tax on the sale of bicycles costing more than
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Editor’s Note: Editor Donald H. Harrison and his grandson Shor recently completed a 2,000 mile journey through California and Nevada, collecting and photographing Jewish stories along the way. This article is the fourth in a series generated during that trip. Story by Donald H. Harrison; Photos by Shor M. Masori SAN FRANCISCO – In the
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Shor M. Masori, Travel and Food, USAA military court in Jordan on Monday gave one of its soldiers a life sentence for shooting and killing three American special forces at a base near the capital Amman in November. The court in the Jordanian capital found that 39-year-old Maarik Al-Tawaiha was guilty of shooting dead the military trainers as they waited at
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Middle East, USAWith its ascendancy in Syria, the Islamic Republic is seeking to consolidate its position against Israel and the US By Avi Issacharoff Eleven years have gone by since the outbreak of the Second Lebanon War, which began with the kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers, Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev. It ended 34 days later with
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International, Middle East, USAAn Air Force vet who completed numerous combat missions during WWII, and whose plane went down in Germany in April 1945, has finally been found after all of these years. RELATED: Fifty years after his plane was shot down, a missing Marine has been given a hero’s burial Watch the video First Lt. William Gray’s
Bob Wolff, a versatile and prolific sportscaster whose career spanned 78 years, died Saturday at age 96 in South Nyack, N.Y. The longtime voice of the New York Knicks and New York Rangers, he also was behind the microphone for World Series, NBA Finals, Stanley Cup Final and NFL championship calls. The Baseball Hall of
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Obituaries & memorials, Sports & Competitions, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAWASHINGTON, July 17, 2017 – Colonial Williamsburg, the world’s largest living history museum, with costumed interpreters re-enacting l8th-century American life amid more than 600 restored or reconstructed original buildings, is now in serious financial trouble. The city served as Virginia’s capital from 1699, when nearby Jamestown burned to the ground, until 1780. It fell into
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