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Davis takes top education sub- committee spot

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego), a senior member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, was named as the Ranking Democrat on the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, which plays a key role in shaping higher education policy. “Higher education is the issue of our time,” […]

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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Trump is dismantling America’s moral standing

By Sam Ben-Meir JERSEY CITY, New Jersey — During President Trump’s first full week in office he has begun to dismantle America’s moral standing on the international stage. From his reconsideration of CIA ‘black sites’ to his insistence on vast voter fraud, to his inhumane ban on immigration from Muslim countries, Trump seems to be

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International, Middle East, Sam Ben-Meir, USA

Anti- Israel professors angered at being identified

By Richard L. Cravatts, PhD BOSTON, Massachusetts — Of the many examples of the shameful degradation of values in academia, few are more intellectually grotesque than academic boycotts, which, in their present form, are almost exclusively targeted at Israeli scholars and institutions. In the latest example, at their January annual meeting the American Historical Association

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Middle East, Richard L. Cravatts, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Mexico asks Israel’s Netanyahu to apologize for border wall comment

Mexico City (dpa) – Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray has asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to apologize over a tweet backing the idea of a US-Mexico border wall, the Mexican broadcaster Televisa reported on Monday. “We hope that the Israeli government will have the sensitivity to correct Netanyahu’s statement,” he said. “Mexico is a

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International, Middle East, USA

Cardin: Trump’s Holocaust Remembrance Statement Justifies Concerns Over Bannon

Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland slammed President Donald Trump for opting not to directly mention antisemitism in his Holocaust remembrance statement. While Trump acknowledged the gravity of the historic event and vowed to do all in his power to prevent another from happening in the future, Cardin said Monday he failed to highlight the

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Jewish History, USA

Airlines caught by Trump travel ban forced to adjust on the fly

LOS ANGELES — The travel ban imposed by President Donald Trump has had a minor impact on U.S.-based airlines but has forced foreign airlines to scramble, even prompting one carrier to switch out a flight crew to comply with the action. Trump’s executive order to temporarily bar travelers from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Yemen, Somalia

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International, Middle East, Travel and Food, USA

GOP lawmaker says he warned Trump against ‘Muslim ban’

WASHINGTON — The lawmaker who spurred Donald Trump’s sweeping temporary halt on immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries says he told the soon-to-president last year that a so-called Muslim ban would be “borderline unconstitutional.” Rep. Mike McCaul, the Texas Republican who heads the House Committee on Homeland Security and a member of Trump’s national security advisory

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Middle East, USA

CEOs speak out about Trump’s travel ban

A number of company chief executives, ranging from Starbucks Corp.’s Howard Schultz to Google’s Sundar Pichai, have spoken out about or taken action after President Donald Trump’s temporary travel ban on refugees. Trump signed a controversial executive order Friday that blocks all refugee entry for 120 days, with an indefinite block on Syrian refugee entry.

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International, Middle East, USA

New legal challenge to Trump immigration order comes from the government

WASHINGTON — The legal morass created by President Donald Trump’s immigration order deepened Monday, with the government’s top lawyer instructing Justice Department attorneys not to defend the policy in court. Acting Attorney General Sally Yates, an Obama administration holdover serving until Trump’s nominee is installed, said in a letter released to reporters late Monday that

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International, Middle East, USA

Washington state attorney general suing over Trump immigration order

SEATTLE — Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a federal lawsuit Monday seeking to invalidate key provisions of President Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily barring all refugees and immigration by citizens of seven majority Muslim countries. The lawsuit — the first challenge of Trump’s order to be brought by a state — is backed

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International, Middle East, USA

Pentagon compiling a list of names to shield Iraqis from Trump’s travel ban

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is compiling a list of Iraqi citizens who have worked with the U.S. military and recommending that they be exempt from President Donald Trump’s temporary ban on visitors from Iraq and six other predominantly Muslim countries, according to the U.S. military. The move could potentially shield tens of thousands of Iraqi

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Middle East, USA

New Zealand PM voices disagreement with US refugee policy

WELLINGTON – New Zealand Prime Minister Bill English on Monday said he disagrees with the United States’ entry restrictions on citizens from seven mainly Muslim countries. However, English said he had not made his views known to US President Donald Trump, Radio New Zealand reported. Trump has issued an executive order preventing people from Iran,

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