Keep calm and carry on. That was the basic message Wednesday morning from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as millions of Canadians woke to the reality of Donald J. Trump – a man whose persona, approach, values and proposed policies could not be more at odds with Canada’s present direction – as president-elect of our immediate […]
Election Day in the United States finally came to a long-awaited close last night as Americans chose who would be the 45th president. Some of the other names on the ballot, however, have gone on to make history. style=”display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px” data-ad-client=”ca-pub-8420654331411867″ data-ad-slot=”1313712966″> For starters, 52-year-old Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto became the nation’s first Latina Senator after
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USASen. Rand Paul said Wednesday that he expects a flurry of repeals of Present Obama’s regulations by the next Congress and President-elect Donald Trump. “You’re gong to find that we are going to repeal a half dozen or more regulations in the first week of Congress, and I’m excited about it because I think the
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USAWASHINGTON — For most of the last four months, the USC/L.A. Times Daybreak tracking poll has been the great outlier of the 2016 campaign — consistently showing a better result for Donald Trump than other surveys did. In light of Tuesday’s election returns, the poll now looks like the only major survey to see the
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release) — President Barack Obama made the following statement about Donald Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton in the Nov. 8 presidential race: THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. Yesterday, before votes were tallied, I shot a video that some of you may have seen in which I said to the American people: Regardless
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USAHillary Clinton delivered a speech at about 11:30 a.m. EST Wednesday morning conceding the US presidential election to Donald Trump. Watch it here. Clinton takes the stage at minute 43: Meanwhile, major global media outlets have been shocked by Trump’s astonishing victory, describing the US president-elect as “dangerous” and unpredictable. Here is a round-up of
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USABy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — In the immediate aftermath of the American presidential election, the New York Times wrote, “For not the first time this year, those analyzing this election missed what was happening all around them — and it was the story of a lifetime.” This is probably the understatement of the
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Middle East, USABy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — There’s an ill wind blowing through the world. First Brexit, and now Trump. What’s next? And what makes people vote for a policy or a person that seems on the face of it to embody all that is worst in human nature and societal relations? In the referendum in
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, USA“Bear with me folks. This is gonna be good,” said journalist John Kucko during News 8 WROC’s Facebook Live video. For about eight hours, since 7:15 AM this morning, he’d been shooting live footage of Susan B. Anthony’s grave in Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New York, where parents, children, elderly couples and everyone in
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USAIsraeli leaders have been congratulating President-elect Donald Trump. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described him as a “true friend of Israel,” while Education Minister Naftali Bennett sees an opportunity to jettison the idea of a Palestinian state. Minister of Finance and Kulanu Chairman Moshe Kahlon commented on the US election results, “I congratulate President-elect Donald Trump
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Middle East, USANEW YORK, Nov. 9, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — AJC, the global Jewish advocacy organization, congratulates Donald Trump on his election as the 45th President of the United States. “American democracy has spoken after a long and bitterly-fought campaign,” said AJC CEO David Harris. “We wish President-elect Trump well, as he prepares to assume the highest position
MK Shuli Mualem (Jewish Home) said on Tuesday that starting on Wednesday, greater pressure will be exerted on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to promote the so-called “Normalization Law”, which seeks to provide legal backing for Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria. “Tomorrow after the elections in the United States we will intensify the pressure on
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON — Democratic Party hopes that an anti-Trump backlash in California would knock out vulnerable Republican congressional incumbents fizzled on election night as Reps. Darrell Issa, Jeff Denham and Steve Knight headed toward victory in closely watched races. Incoming president Donald Trump was clobbered in the California vote but that didn’t translate to a successful
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USAPresident Obama phoned President-elect Donald Trump early Wednesday morning and invited Mr. Trump to the White House Thursday, as Mr. Trump prepares to transition into the office after his stunning win over Hillary Clinton. “From the White House residence, the president phoned Donald Trump to congratulate him on his victory early this morning,” according to
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