President-elect Donald Trump called for the U.S. to expand its nuclear capabilities, in a surprising Twitter post Thursday that raised questions about what he intends to do. “The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes,” he said. It was not […]
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International, USAAfter meeting Wednesday with Donald Trump, Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg said he would find a way to lower the price for a new Air Force One fleet, the cost of which the president-elect earlier complained was “out of control.” The aerospace executive said Mr. Trump had a good “business head” and said the price of
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USADonald Trump’s inauguration performance roster is shaping up to be even less impressive than his list of celebrity guests for the Republican National Convention. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir announced Thursday that it had accepted an invitation from the U.S. Presidential Inauguration Committee to sing at the swearing in ceremony for President-elect Donald Trump and his
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USAPHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (Press Release) … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), like many, read many numerous local and national news stories reporting that a Jewish family allegedly “fled” Lancaster County. The reports claimed that the family feared retribution after being wrongfully blamed for the cancellation of the school production of A Christmas Carol. ADL investigated, and found
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By Susan L. Rosenbluth TheJewishVoiceAndOpinion.com CHARLESTON, South Carolina — Imagine a magnificently charming city, repeatedly recognized as a top tourist must-visit in the United States, whose cobblestone streets weave between pastel-colored antebellum residences and numerous historic sites, including many of specific Jewish interest. Now imagine this magical city swathed for 17 days in a plethora
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Jewish History, Travel and Food, USAHolding the purse strings Gage Skidmore Mick Mulvaney Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina speaking at the 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) The Office of Managment and Budget might seem like a less prominent position than, for example, the head of the EPA or the Department of Energy, but it’s a vitally important job. From
Ivanka Trump, daughter of President-elect Donald Trump, faced verbal harassment on an airplane on Thursday morning, reports TMZ. While traveling with her family from John F. Kennedy International Airport, a fellow passenger sharing the future First Daughter’s JetBlue flight began to scream, “Your father is ruining the country.” In a fashion described as “jeering,” the
The addition of Charles Miller to the NASA “landing party” bodes well for private space companies Artist concept of a moon colony via NASA Will Donald Trump shift NASA’s sights from Mars to the moon? Every time America gets a new president, NASA undergoes an upheaval. The agency gets new leadership, and sometimes major programs
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International, The World We Share, USAObama: ‘Don’t Go Around Just Looking For Insults’ The newest person to say that liberals should stop trying to be offended by everything under the sun is none other than President Obama himself. Obama was being interviewed by NPR last week when he was asked if he agreed with President-elect Donald Trump’s assessment that political
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USAOn Sept. 24, 2016, after years of effort, the National Museum of African American History and Culture was finally opened to the public. The Smithsonian’s new museum has been rightly praised for its detailed, complex, and powerful portrayal of the African-American experience in the United States. As the Wall Street Journal and New York Times
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USABy Sam Ben-Meir JERSEY CITY, New Jersey — This month commemorates seventy-five years since the attack on Pearl Harbor by the forces of Imperial Japan – an attack in which 2,403 Americans were killed and directly led to the United States’ entry into World War II. By December 11th, the United States was officially at
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Sam Ben-Meir, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — President-elect Trump’s choice of David Friedman as Ambassador to Israel appears to be an excellent decision. It has already brought howls of protest from people invested heavily in the Oslo and subsequent accords, the “peace process” and the concept of the United States as an “evenhanded” broker between Israelis
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USATrump: Berlin Attack Proves Muslim Ban Would be ‘100% Correct’ (Image via Screenshot) President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday condemned the attack on a Christmas market in Berlin earlier this week as an “attack on humanity.” “It’s an attack on humanity — that’s what it is,” said Trump, speaking to reporters outside his Mar-a-Lago, Fla., residence.
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International, USAVowing that his successor won’t be able to reverse his actions, President Obama on Tuesday used executive authority to permanently ban new offshore drilling in federally owned waters off the Atlantic coast and in the Arctic Ocean. Mr. Obama used authority in a section of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, a 1953 law, to
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