WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – With the United States Postal Service already beginning to phase out of door delivery of mail, Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-CA) re-introduced her bipartisan H. Res. 28 stressing that door delivery must not end. Rep. Peter King (R-NY) and Rep. Dave Joyce (R-OH) joined Davis as lead cosponsors of the resolution. […]
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San Diego County, USAWashington (dpa) – The US House of Representatives on Thursday passed a resolution condemning a UN resolution last month on the expansion of Israeli settlements. The vote on the House resolution was 342 in favour and 80 against, with four Democrats voting “present,” indicating they did not wish to vote either way. The UN resolution
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International, Middle East, USASince Donald Trump’s election, Mexico’s economy has been reeling. The latest blow is a hike in the price of gasoline. From her base in Mexico City, reporter Karla Zabludovsky has been writing about it for BuzzFeed News. She told us the streets there erupted in protests this week in response to spiking gas prices. And
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International, USAFollowing the lead of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, the Fatah leadership has announced their intention to start a new intifada if US President-elect Donald Trump follows through on his promise to move the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. According to MEMRI, Fatah Central Committee member Sultan Abu al-Einein said on Alghad TV,
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Middle East, USAThroughout the 2016 presidential campaign cycle, Donald Trump repeatedly lambasted the nuclear non-proliferation deal between Iran, the U.S. and several other international players. Among other things, Trump called it “the worst deal ever negotiated” and said his “No. 1 priority is to dismantle the disastrous deal.” However, most Americans disagree with Trump and would like
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International, Middle East, USAUS Ambassador to Israel Dan Shaprio announced that he will resign his position as the top US diplomat in Israel on January 20, the day of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. Ambassador Shapiro has served as President Barack Obama’s envoy to Israel since 2011. Leslie Tsou, the Deputy Chief of Mission at the US embassy in
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Middle East, USADENVER – In terms of bang for the buck, there was no bigger loser in the November elections than liberal billionaire Tom Steyer, who beat his own individual federal spending record but failed to break .500 when it came to backing candidates. The San Francisco hedge fund manager sank $87.6 million into Democratic candidates and
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USAFormer Arkansas Governor and Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee met with a delegation of rabbis from the Rabbinical Congress for Peace movement. The rabbis wished to present to him the Torah’s view regarding the holy land and the prohibition against relinquishing land to foreigners. The Rabbinical Congress for Peace was founded in 1993 in order
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Middle East, USAJ Street, the pro-two state solution American organization, took out a full page ad in the New York Times Wednesday thanking outgoing President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry for their support for the two state solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict and for speaking ‘hard truths’ to Israel. The ad calls Obama and
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Middle East, USABy JT – Jan 05,2017 – Last updated at Jan 05,2017 AMMAN — Jordan has warned of “catastrophic” repercussions if President-elect Donald Trump makes good on a campaign promise to move the US embassy in Israel to occupied Jerusalem. Minister of State for Media Affairs and Government Spokesperson Mohammad Momani told The Associated Press on
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Middle East, USAWashington (dpa) – The United States on Thursday announced the release of four detainees from the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Saudi Arabia. Two of the four men had been unanimously approved for transfer following a comprehensive review of their cases by six departments and agencies that comprise a review task force,
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump plans to pick former Indiana Sen. Dan Coats to head the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, overseeing 17 intelligence agencies, according to a transition official. If he is confirmed by the Senate, Coats would face a daunting task as the bridge between Trump and the intelligence community. Trump
CHICAGO — Hate crime charges have filed against four people shown in a Facebook video attacking a mentally disabled man in Chicago, cutting his scalp with a knife and punching him while yelling obscenities about Donald Trump and “white people.” Jordan Hill, 18, of Carpentersville, Ill.; and Tesfaye Cooper, 18, Brittany Covington, 18, and Tanishia
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USAHillary Clinton lost to Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election, but she beat him in their shared-hometown of New York rather handedly, where the former Democratic candidate received over 1.7 million more votes than the president-elect. Now, as Clinton has quietly been licking her wounds in upstate Chappaqua while her former opponent prepares to
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