USA

Mike Huckabee Reportedly Next Ambassador To Israel

President-elect Donald Trump reportedly plans to appoint Republican primary rival Mike Huckabee as the next ambassador to Israel. The Jerusalem Post reported several members of Trump’s transition team confirmed the former Arkansas governor and minister will assume the post once the administration is installed in January. Earlier this week, Huckabee posted a Conservative Tribune story […]

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Middle East, USA

Trump, Japanese premier Abe hold “very candid” discussion

New York/Tokyo (dpa) – Japan expressed satisfaction on Friday following Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s face-to-face talks with Donald Trump in New York, despite remarks made during the president-elect’s campaign which alarmed Tokyo. The two countries got off to “a very good start,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news conference in Tokyo. Abe, who

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USA

Nancy Pelosi sheds blame for election results, brushes off possible leadership challenge

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that FBI Director James B. Comey’s decision to announce a renewed investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails dragged down Democrats in the 2016 election, as the California Democrat refused to shoulder “full responsibility” for the party’s poor showing. Mrs. Pelosi is looking to head off a rebellion within the

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USA

Andres Oppenheimer: Trump is not doing much to stop KKK, neo-Nazis

If President-elect Donald Trump really wants to stop the Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazi groups that are celebrating his victory and encouraging hate crimes across the country, he should offer a detailed and unambiguous apology for the racial vitriol he himself stirred up during his presidential bid. So far, he has not done that. What’s

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USA

What wall? Texas Republicans see border fencing, surveillance where Trump supporters see actual barrier

WASHINGTON — So, about that wall. After Donald Trump’s upset win last week, Texas Republicans in Congress find themselves grappling with some of the president-elect’s campaign proposals. Foremost among them is the oft-touted, Mexican-funded, “big, beautiful” border wall that became a defining feature of Trump’s stump speech. Now that he is preparing to take office,

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International, USA

Trump supporter cites Japanese American internment to justify registering Muslim immigrants

A prominent supporter of President-elect Donald Trump cited the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II as a legal justification for creating a national registration list “for immigrants from Muslim countries.” Speaking to anchor Megyn Kelly on Fox News on Wednesday night, Carl Higbie, author of “Enemies, Foreign and Domestic: A SEAL’s Story,” defended

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International, USA

Davis bill would extend Food Stamp coverage for U.S. military families which now depend on civilian pantries

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego) moved to aid military families being blocked from benefits that help them put food on the table. Rep. Davis, the Ranking Member of the Military Personnel Subcommittee, introduced the Military Hunger Prevention Act to ensure eligibility for food supplement benefits for service members and their families. “Those

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San Diego County, USA

‘Paid protesters’ report a hoax which had me fooled

By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — It was brought to my attention this morning that the story about paid protesters to which I alluded in a column, here linked, was indeed a fake story.  For this I apologize.  Paul Horner loves fooling people with fabricated articles. In fact, Horner’s con was so effective,

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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, USA

What will America’s role be in the world?

By Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK – In a recent conversation I had with students, faculty, and alumni at New York University just before the start of my program “Global Leaders: Conversations with Alon Ben-Meir” on November 3, I had the opportunity to answer some questions concerning the turmoil in the Middle East and America’s role

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Alon Ben-Meir, International, Middle East, USA

Here’s Who Should Play Trump on ‘SNL’ Next

President-elect Donald Trump is not the only midtown Manhattan resident encountering problems with his transition game this week. So too is Saturday Night Live, which failed to consider the possibility of the erstwhile star of NBC’s The Apprentice becoming the 45th president. Who will SNL’s longtime producer, Lorne Michaels, install to impersonate the most bombastic

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA