While individuals have called for the impeachment of President Donald Trump since the day he won the election, whole towns are now getting in on it. Berkeley, California, joining other cities in the area, passed a resolution this week urging the president be impeached. Berkeley City Councilmember Kate Harrison co-sponsored the legislation and said the […]
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USAWhen billionaire investor Wilbur Ross was going through the confirmation process to become President Trump’s commerce secretary, Senate Democrats wanted answers about Ross’ role as the vice chairman of the Bank of Cyprus, which has significant dealings with Russian oligarchs. The administration’s answer: crickets. Ross’ handlers had initially assured Commerce committee staff that Ross would
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International, USAU.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt decided to deny a petition to ban the pesticide chlorpyrifos, which is said to harm children’s brains, the agency announced Wednesday. During the Barack Obama administration, the EPA proposed to revoke all uses of the pesticide on food after a petition from the Natural Resources Defense Council
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAThis week, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first drug to treat primary progressive multiple sclerosis, the most severe form of the disease. Ocrelizumab, commercially known as Ocrevus, will become available to the public in two weeks, and represents hope for a group of MS patients who had no drug options, CNN reported. It
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAJean-Claude Juncker, the president of the EU’s policy-making wing, is a man entirely unafraid to express his opinion. Speaking Thursday at a conference in Malta, Juncker, the head of the European Commission (EC), declared that if Trump continued to support Brexit, he in turn would “promote the independence of Ohio and Austin, Texas.” Donald Trump,
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International, USAWASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Friday fired back at California’s top judge, disputing her characterization that federal immigration agents were “stalking” courthouses to make arrests. In a letter to Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, leaders of Trump’s Justice Department and Department of Homeland Security called her description of federal agents’ conduct “troubling.” They said agents
By Jeffrey Sussman NEW YORK — Many people have asked me why I chose to write the book, Max Baer and Barney Ross: Jewish Heroes of Boxing, which was just published by Rowman and Littlefield. It’s a good question. Most people, Jews and non-Jews, have no idea that from 1910 to 1941, there were 628
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Jewish History, Sports & Competitions, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Reform Jewish Congregations are being urged to protect undocumented immigrants facing deportation. The Union for Reform Judaism’s North American Board of Trustees took this historic step in response to the growing concern about an increase in deportation activity by federal authorities and Congress’s failure to comprehensively address immigration reform. This resolution
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International, USAUS President Donald Trump has accepted the construction of a new town for the former residents of Amona in Judea and Samaria, the Jerusalem Post reported. A senior Trump Administration official told the Post that the administration considers the new town to be an exception to its request that Israel “hold off” on construction in
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Middle East, USAFor the first time, the “torch of the Jewish people” at the upcoming Yom Haatzmaut (Israel Independence Day) ceremony will be lit by a Jew who is not an Israeli. The Diaspora Ministry, together with Minister Miri Regev, Chairman of the committee for symbols and ceremonies, has established an international campaign calling on Jews in
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Middle East, USARep. Thomas Massie isn’t worried about President Trump coming after him in a primary election over his opposition to the health care bill that sputtered out last week in the House, saying the commander-in-chief is “burning political capital” by listening to members of the establishment and attacking conservatives that want to help him deliver on
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USAHealth department will now ban mohels linked to newborn herpes cases without testing for virus. By Amy Sara Clark Women visit an infant following his bris ceremony. GETTY IMAGES One day after the city’s health commissioner confirmed that two mohels have been banned from practicing the risky circumcision ritual metzitzah b’peh, the health department has
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Jewish Religion, USAWASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton stepped back into the spotlight this week after laying relatively low since the election, and she had some advice for President Trump: Tear up the White House budget plan. Clinton was at the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security to bestow an award named in her honor to Colombian leaders
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International, USADespite U.S. President Donald Trump’s constant tweets criticizing China and also his recent comment Thursday prior to his meeting with the Chinese President Xi Jinping, his daughter Ivanka Trump has been publicly affectionate towards the Chinese and has also shown regard toward their culture. Once appointed to the White House, she might soon become a
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