Now in the final stretch of his two-term presidency, Barack Obama announced on Wednesday that he will designate two new national monuments in the American West. The creation of the Bears Ears National Monument in southeastern Utah and the Gold Butte National Monument in southern Nevada protects 1.35 million acres of federal land. Both areas […]
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USAWASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump, criticized for his friendly relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin, faces major obstacles if he tries to lift sanctions newly imposed on Russia for election hacking. Politically, lawmakers of both parties, including Republican leaders, immediately began pressuring him to keep intact the penalties that President Barack Obama rushed into place
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International, USAAfter hiking 26 miles over the course of 30 hours through heavy snow and ice, Karen Klein is being hailed as one tough momma. The 46-year-old triathlete, her husband Eric, and her son Isaac were driving through the Grand Canyon National Park on a family Christmas vacation towards Las Vegas when a blizzard suddenly struck
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USAWashington expelled 35 Russian diplomats from U.S. soil Thursday and closed two major Moscow-controlled compounds in New York and Maryland, as tensions between the two superpowers escalate after Obama accused the Kremlin of interfering in the presidential election. The diplomats were given 72 hours to leave the U.S. and authorities would begin blocking access to
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International, USAHouse Republicans have proposed a new set of rules that would punish members for taking photos or video from the floor of Congress, six months after Democrats used social media to broadcast their sit-in protest from the chamber floor. Related: Democrats end gun vote protest The draft rules would allow the sergeant-at-arms to fine members
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USAThe U.S. Embassy in Ankara in a strongly worded statement Wednesday denied claims by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that there is “confirmed evidence” showing U.S.-led coalition forces have given support to Islamic State. “The United States government is not supporting Daesh,” the embassy said, using an Arabic acronym for the Islamic State (IS) group.
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International, Middle East, USAU.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s admonishment of Israeli settlements on Wednesday did not sit well with a key member of his own party: incoming Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer. The Obama administration’s decision to harangue Israel for allegedly complicating the Middle East peace process angered Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but the 70-minute speech
While much of the world has been celebrating an extended Christmas weekend, events in Israel have left many heads spinning. To put it all into perspective, one has to start from the end. On December 28, many Israeli news outlets reported that the Israel’s attorney general, Avichai Mandelblit, has approved the interrogation of Prime Minister
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Middle East, USAPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Wednesday that he is willing to restart peace negotiations with Israel if Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government halts all construction of settlements in the West Bank. His call came after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s final, major speech on the Middle East in which he criticized both sides of the
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International, Middle East, USATaiwan lies deep inside the kill zone of Chinese land-based missiles, let alone air and naval forces, as shown in this CSBA graphic. The phone call between President-elect Trump and the President of Taiwan sent shock waves through the diplomatic community. But it is time to turn the page and include Taiwan in shaping a
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International, USANew York (dpa) – Hungarian-born actress Zsa Zsa Gabor is to be buried in a cemetery in Budapest after a funeral in Los Angeles, her widower told dpa Wednesday. Gabor, who died last week of a heart attack in Los Angeles aged 99, had wanted to travel to the city of her birth before she
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International, Obituaries & memorials, USAWASHINGTON — As America’s first family enjoys its eighth and final vacation in Hawaii, new estimates put the price tag of the Obamas’ annual trip at $3.5 million or more. In total, the cost of the first family’s personal or largely personal travel during the last eight years comes to $85 million — though that
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USABenjamin Buchsbaum rescued Jews from the Holocaust by offering to sponsor them, including housing some in his home. Photos courtesy Regie Roth U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum acquisitions curator Fred Wasserman came to New Jersey to retrieve letters for an upcoming exhibit on the American response to the Holocaust. During World War II, Benjamin Buchsbaum saved
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International, Jewish History, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Following is the text of a speech on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that outgoing U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivered on Wednesday: SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very, very much. Thank you. (Coughs.) Excuse me. Thank you for your patience, all of you. For those
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