As Saudi Arabia’s two-year-long war with Yemen continues, the Department of Defense announced a new $600 million contract for 40 Sikorsky Black Hawk helicopters to be sold to Saudi Arabia. Sikorsky is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin. Both Saudi Arabia and Lockheed are represented by Howard “Buck” McKeon, a former GOP congressman turned […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, who made the building of a wall along the border with Mexico a central promise of his campaign, significantly scaled back the pledge Thursday. “You don’t need 2,000 miles of wall because you have a lot of natural barriers,” Trump said to reporters on Air Force One during his flight
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International, USAIt’s a tough time to be an heir to a multi-billion dollar fortune. Well, no it isn’t, but Donald Trump Jr. is dominating the news cycle over his admitted collusion with Russia over the 2016 election. And he’s not the only Trump kid making life harder for himself than it has to be. Before we
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USAMIAMI — One of Miami’s leading Jewish organizations accused Pink Floyd star Roger Waters of anti-Semitism ahead of his concert Thursday at the AmericanAirlines Arena, as a long-running controversy over the singer’s anti-Israel views follows him to South Florida. “Anti-Semitism and Hatred are Not Welcome in Miami,” the Greater Miami Jewish Federation stated in an
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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USASEATTLE — The Florida man accused of disrupting a Seattle-to-Beijing flight a week ago by trying to open an exit door and assaulting flight attendants waived his detention hearing Thursday and will remain in federal custody. Joseph D. Hudek IV, 23, has been charged with one count of interference with flight crew members for allegedly
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Travel and Food, USACHARLOTTE, N.C. — New Kids on the Block star and actor Donnie Wahlberg visited the Waffle House on Queen City Drive in Charlotte, N.C., late Wednesday and left one memorable tip — $2,000 for an $82.60 meal. If that sounds too fantastic to believe, Wahlberg documented the visit in a nearly 11-minute Facebook Live video
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food, USAWASHINGTON — Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz introduced two amendments on Thursday that would revoke Jared Kushner’s security clearance, after revelations this week that Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser failed to disclose a meeting with a Russian lawyer who claimed to have dirt on Hillary Clinton. Both amendments failed on a party-line vote after a
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International, USAJon Morgan/AP Images for Whirlpool Thousands of American students are less likely to attend school if they don’t have access to clean clothes – which is why this company is installing dozens of washing machines and dryers in schools across the country. Appliance manufacturing company Whirlpool is donating the machines in order to give struggling
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAMichelle Obama returned to the spotlight as a presenter at The ESPYs, drawing the loudest ovation at the awards show honoring the past year’s best athletes and moments in sports on Wednesday night in Los Angeles. The former first lady has rarely made public appearances since leaving the White House in January. She presented the
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Sports & Competitions, USAPresident Donald Trump took it upon himself to remark on the looks of Brigitte Macron, France’s first lady, during his visit to Paris Thursday. “As Macron and Trump bid goodbye to first ladies, Trump looks Brigitte up and down, ” tweeted Agence France-Presse correspondent Adam Plowright. The U.S. president then spoke. “You know, you’re in
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International, USABy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Tragic drama of nearly 70 years has coincided with make-believe drama via a fictitious Israeli mother worried about her son’s military service. The play To the End of the Land, adapted from the novel by David Grossman, has triggered the ire of a long list of American theater professionals
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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 second in a series generated during that trip. Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Shor M. Masori MADERA, California – Stuart Weil
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Donald H. Harrison, Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We Share, Travel and Food, USARepublicans are both attacking and defending Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting with a Russian attorney he was told had damaging information about his father’s election adversary, Hillary Clinton. The implications of “the email thread are serious & disturbing,” Michigan Congressman Justin Amash tweeted Tuesday. “We deserve answers, not an ever-changing story. If there’s more, tell us
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USAWith the Trump administration under siege, Vice President Mike Pence told students Wednesday that leaders need “a healthy dose of courage” to achieve their goals. Speaking at a national student leadership conference at American University, Mr. Pence didn’t directly refer to the latest allegations of Russian collusion involving President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr. But
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