Former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke suggested Sunday an income tax cut to get the economy moving is unnecessary, and the country would be better off with infrastructure spending and tax reform. “I think that it is important, as I mentioned, even though the recovery is proceeding, the underlying growth path is not very […]
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USALOS ANGELES — Actor Antonio Sabato Jr. is running for Congress, challenging Rep. Julia Brownley, a Democrat who represents the southern central coast of California and most of Ventura County, according to documents filed Monday with the Federal Election Commission. Attempts to reach the Republican candidate were unsuccessful Monday, but GOP strategist Charles Moran, who
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAAUSTIN, Texas — Broadcasting on Facebook Live from the state Capitol, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday evening signed the bill to ban so-called sanctuary cities, the common term for local jurisdictions that decline in some way to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement. “We all support legal immigration. It helped build America and Texas,” Abbott
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International, USAFormer President Barack Obama gave a sweet tribute to his wife and former first lady, Michelle Obama, during a speech Sunday while accepting the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage award. “I also want to thank Michelle Obama for, after the presidency, sticking with me, because I think she felt an obligation to the country
By Rabbi David Kornberg SAN DIEGO — Early on Shabbat morning, our Carmel Valley community was rocked with a tragedy of unprecedented scope. A 15 year old student at Torrey Pines High School called police officers to himself in the early hours of the morning. When they arrived he drew an airsoft gun and aimed
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San Diego County, USAWASHINGTON — The White House said Sunday it’s now up to the Senate to address any problems with the health care bill passed by the House last week. President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, Reince Priebus, said on “Fox News Sunday that he is “excited where we’re at” on health care, adding that by pushing
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy David Anderson, J.D. NEW YORK — For his inaugural trip abroad our President has picked an unpredictable but thematically consistent itinerary. He’ll be stopping at the Vatican, presumably without the whole kerfuffle of a state visit in Italy, then on to Israel and Saudi Arabia. The commonality is that they are three of the very
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International, Middle East, USASebastian Gorka, the White House special adviser on counter-terrorism, fielded questions on accusations that he endorsed and participated in far-right anti-Semitic organizations in Hungary at the annual Jerusalem Post diplomatic conference Sunday, “I have spent my life fighting against totalitarian ideologies,” Gorka said in response to the idea that he might have supported fascist groups.
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International, USAFormer NBA rebounding machine and notorious tough guy Dennis Rodman is backing his dude Kim Jong-un and claims the dictator “jokes,” loves the “Rocky” theme song and is “just like anybody else.” RELATED: Donald Trump just got a glowing endorsement from one of Kim Jong Un’s biggest supporters Watch the video In an exceedingly bizarre
President Trump displayed severe signs of a balanced approach to Israel and Palestine on Wednesday. After hosting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in February, this week he met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the White House. In a photo op brimming with good cheer, Trump gushed optimism about the prospects for peace: it’s “not as
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Middle East, USAAlthough near constant rain poured on the Louisville, Kentucky, area over the past few days, leaving some doubt as to the condition of the racetrack at Churchill Downs Saturday afternoon for the 2017 Kentucky Derby, the sundresses, fancy hats and the seersucker suits were out in force. Watch ‘Always Dreaming’ win the 143rd running of
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Sports & Competitions, USAFour major television networks – ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN – have come under fire from the Trump camp for “censorship” after refusing to air a political ad over its reference to “fake news.” Jamestown Associates, which produced the 30-second spot touting President Trump’s record during his first 100 days in office, said Friday that
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAIn letter, 52 Congress members lament State Department’s policy of leaving out the country name when US citizens are born in Israel’s capital By Times of Israel staff An illustrative photo of the US consulate in Jerusalem. (CC BY-SA, Magister/Wikimedia) Dozens of US lawmakers wrote a letter to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson last week
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Middle East, USARussia’s Ministry of Defense has confirmed two of its nuclear-capable bombers, flanked by two multi-role fighter jets, brushed near Alaskan airspace earlier this week. The ministry confirmed the deployment on Facebook on Friday, posting video of the flight that took place on Wednesday. The flight led to a U.S. intercept of the aircraft—something the Russian
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