Op-Ed: Publishing an opinion piece full of invented horror stories, the Times neglected to tell its readers that the author is a murderer, convicted on multiple counts in a civilian court By Yair Lapid The thing which stands out most – and is most infuriating – about the opinion piece published by Marwan Barghouti in […]
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has been in office fewer than 100 days and already is facing the prospect of a major electoral setback. Or at least Democrats hope so. Voters in a suburban Atlanta congressional district will decide Tuesday whether Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff will win outright a special election for a seat in
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USALooking to tarnish Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s political image, a conservative group announced Monday that it is launching an effort to tear the Massachusetts senator down ahead of her re-election race next year and possible 2020 presidential bid. America Rising PAC rolled out “The Elizabeth Warren Initiative” with the stated goals of making “Warren’s life difficult
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USADETROIT — In a stunning revelation in federal court Monday, an attorney for a Detroit-area doctor charged with mutilating the genitals of young girls admitted that her client performed a procedure on the juveniles’ private parts, but maintained that it wasn’t cutting. Instead, the lawyer said Dr. Jumana Nagarwala, 44, of Northville, removed the membrane
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch came out swinging Monday in an inaugural oral argument that showed the rookie conservative’s considerable self-confidence — and some of his judicial inclinations. Displaying a seamless blend of preparation, persistence and humor, Gorsuch immediately cast himself into the center of a highly technical case. Over the course of
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USAKellyanne Conway, senior counselor to President Trump, called on Democratic leaders Monday to address the Tax Day protests from over the weekend. “I would love to hear the new DNC Chairman Tom Perez, Bernie Sanders, the Democratic senator from Vermont, who are going out on the road today, and I would love to hear Hillary
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USAA man littered the streets of the hassidic Jewish community of Williamsburg, Brooklyn with anti-Semitic flyers as he drove his motorcycle through the streets during the Pesach holiday, the DNAInfo news site reported. According to the NYPD, the motorcyclist tossed flyers with swastikas and other anti-Semitic drawings. The biker, who was wearing a black helmet,
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USAOn his podcast, Nate Butkus has talked radiation with a US government scientist, evolution with a Harvard researcher, and, most recently, genome-editing with MIT’s Kevin Esvelt. But ask him his favorite moment from the 28 episodes so far, and it has to be when he belched during a taping. So it goes when the podcast
When Capt. James “Jim” Lovell and his fellow NASA astronauts strapped in for the Apollo 13 mission, they were excited about the prospect of putting their hours of preparation, training and experience to work exploring the Fra Mauro area of the Moon. Little did they know 2 1/2 days later, the goal of the mission
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International, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWith his presidency still in its infancy, President Donald Trump’s 2020 re-election efforts have raised tens of millions of dollars and directed funds to his companies, running up a $500,000 tab to Trump-owned hotels, golf clubs and restaurants. Unlike his predecessors, Trump has not ceased fundraising since the election, more than doubling the amount raised
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USAChina and Russia have sent reconnaissance vessels to follow the U.S. aircraft carrier deployed to the Korean Peninsula, as fears of a military confrontation between Washington and Pyongyang rise. The navies of both Beijing and Moscow want to gather intelligence on the USS Carl Vinson Strike Group—a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier—that has been rerouted to the
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International, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — There are both big and little issues in politics, and they compete to determine what we think and how we vote. The big things get the headlines: war, hopes of peace, economic crises, large scale migration, natural disasters, major projects that cost a great deal and promise huge benefits, and personal
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USAU.S. President Donald Trump Sunday apparently reversed his position on China as a currency manipulator, tweeting he wouldn’t use the term as long as Beijing helps rein in North Korea. The comment came just hours after Pyongyang’s failed missile test and barely more than a week after Trump met face-to-face with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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International, USAWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s senior security adviser on Sunday warned North Korea to end its nuclear testing or face U.S. reprisals, and he called that country’s leader a global threat. National security adviser H.R. McMaster said Trump “will take action” if North Korea continues to threaten the U.S. McMaster was asked on ABC’s Sunday
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