New Hampshire Democratic Chairman Raymond Buckley pulled the plug Saturday on his bid to lead the Democratic National Committee and threw his support behind Rep. Keith Ellison of Minnesota. It is unclear how much support Mr. Buckley had among DNC members or whether those who did plan to vote for him would follow his lead […]
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USABy Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — Behind the scenes, Israel intelligence experts are worried about the consequences of the leaks coming from the US National Security Council and other American intelligence agencies. Israel shares a great deal of covert information with the United States some of which goes through intelligence sources to the National Security
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International, Middle East, USAPrime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu hailed his meeting with President Donald Trump this week as “historic”, declaring the beginning of a “new age” in US-Israel relations. The Prime Minister spoke with Fox News” Sean Hannity on Thursday, a day after his first meeting with the president since the inauguration less than a month ago. In the
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Middle East, USAYevgeny Kutik’s family fled the USSR’s institutionalized anti-Semitism with a suitcase of sheet music when he was 5. Now he tours the free world with a century-old violin By Matt Lebovic BOSTON — As a 5-year old refugee from the former Soviet Union, Yevgeny Kutik came to the United States with music in his veins.
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International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USAWASHINGTON —Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly has issued new orders to agency heads that considerably expand the number of immigrants who can be detained and deported under executive orders President Donald Trump signed last month. Under Kelly’s orders, which were contained in two memorandums distributed to agency heads Friday, hundreds of thousands more immigrants in
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International, USANorma McCorvey, the once-anonymous plaintiff in the Roe v.Wade case in which the Supreme Court affirmed the right of women to have abortions, has died. She was 69. McCorvey, who later joined the anti-abortion movement, died Saturday in Katy, Texas, the Associated Press reported. As the plaintiff in Roe v. Wade, McCorvey represented thousands of
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USA“Twin Peaks” and “Seinfeld” actor Warren Frost has passed away at the age of 91. He died on Friday morning at his Vermont home after a lengthy battle with an illness, according to his son Mark Frost. Frost was best known for his role as town physician Will “Doc” Hayward on “Twin Peaks” and Mr.
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAMELBOURNE, Fla. — President Donald Trump returned to campaign mode Saturday with a clear opponent in mind — the media — declaring before thousands of cheering supporters that “fake news” was undermining his nascent administration’s accomplishments. The White House was running “so smoothly,” Trump said in an airport hangar here. He said the rally was
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USAWASHINGTON — Republican President Donald Trump’s first month in office is the sort of beginning that any other Republican president may have had, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Friday. “As I look at what we might have expected from a President Mitt Romney or a President Marco Rubio, or a President Jeb Bush at
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USAEven by the standards of a Donald Trump performance, this was…unique. On Thursday, the president held one of the few press availabilities he’s offered since taking office last month, and it quickly became a cross between A Night at the Improv, a Dadaesque recitation of random thoughts (and gestures) and a bit of grinning Laurie
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International, USAA dormitory built in the West Bank settlement of Beit El with funds donated by David Friedman has an outstanding demolition order against it By Times of Israel staff A lawyer looks over a map of Beit El prior to a High Court hearing in 2012 (Noam Moskowitz/Flash90) David Friedman, US President Donald Trump’s pick
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Middle East, USANetanyahu says Arab states also threatened by Iranian nuclear ambitions but they ‘whisper things in the dark’ By Times of Israel staff Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with Fox News’s Sean Hannity, February 16, 2017 (Screen capture: Fox News) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that he is speaking up on behalf of the whole
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — In this week’s parasha, Moses’ father-in-law, Yitro, learns about the miraculous Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. Moses’ wife and children had been staying with him in Midian and Yitro brings them to reunite with Moses in the wilderness. While visiting, Yitro notices all of the Israelites coming
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By Beth Sarafraz The Jewish Press NEW YORK — “Ever since I was a little girl, people always asked me: ‘Do you know your parents are heroes?’ When I was growing up, everybody knew who my parents were. But in the last fifteen years their story has been forgotten.” So begins Operation Wedding, a new
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