International

Under pressure, Mexican-owned Cemex says it won’t help build border wall

MEXICO CITY — Mexico-based Cemex, one of the world’s largest suppliers of building materials, says it will not participate in construction of President Donald Trump’s border wall. The company has been viewed as a potential beneficiary as the U.S. presses forward with plans to build a barrier along 1,600 miles of unfenced terrain on the […]

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International, USA

Donald Trump stuns the Middle East by sending an honest broker

Despite administration’s unprecedented pledge of allegiance to Netanyahu, Jason Greenblatt’s carefully calibrated visit shows US peace bid will take all sides into account By Raphael Ahren Something unusual happened on the White House’s homepage the day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met US President Donald Trump for the first time in the Oval Office. Netanyahu

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Middle East, USA

Mayim Bialik disputes Linda Sarsour’s claim that Zionists can’t be feminists

“The Big Bang Theory” star Mayim Bialik has fired back at a recent claim by Palestinian activist Linda Sarsour that Zionism and feminism are contradictory ideals. Ms. Bialik wrote a piece Wednesday saying the political left “should reexamine the microscope they use to look at Israel” and stop blaming all of Zionism for the bad

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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

When the White House envoy made a minyan with the Prime Minister

White House special envoy Jason Greenblatt met with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu for three hours Thursday evening, the second time the two had face-to-face talks since Greenblatt arrived in Israel for a fact-finding mission earlier this week. Greenblatt also met with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin this week, and traveled to Ramallah for talks with Palestinian

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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA

Trump’s unsubstantiated claim that Obama spied on him has now upset Great Britain

WASHINGTON — White House officials scrambled to explain themselves Friday after an unusual press briefing a day earlier prompted a diplomatic flap with Britain, one of the United States’ closest allies. It began Thursday when press secretary Sean Spicer read a series of news stories from the White House briefing room in an attempt to

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International, USA

This NYPD chaplain, is young, male and Muslim. He’s been told ‘those things don’t go together so well right now.’

Two federal judges, in Hawaii and Maryland, recently froze parts of President Donald Trump’s order to block travel and immigration from six countries — Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. All heavily Muslim nations. Groups pushing to stop the order say it was a Muslim ban and followed what Trump said he’d do during

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USA

Secret Service agent’s laptop with Trump Tower evacuation protocol stolen in Brooklyn: Reports

A Secret Service agent’s laptop containing sensitive information was stolen from an unoccupied vehicle outside the agent’s home in Brooklyn Thursday morning, according to multiple reports. Sources told a local CBS News affiliate that the laptop contained floor plans and evacuation protocol for New York City’s Trump Tower, where first lady Melania Trump and 10-year-old

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USA

Suspect Arrested for Allegedly Causing Writer’s Seizure

An alleged Twitter troll behind a virtual attack that caused Newsweek senior writer Kurt Eichenwald to suffer a seizure was arrested on Friday. The suspect faces federal charges and could face additional counts in Dallas, where Eichenwald lives, according to the writer. FBI officials arrested the man at his home in in Salisbury, Maryland, before

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Fired U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara Said to Have Been Investigating HHS Secretary Tom Price

Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who was removed from his post by the Trump administration last week, was overseeing an investigation into stock trades made by the president’s health secretary, according to a person familiar with the office. Tom Price, head of the Department of Health and Human Services, came under scrutiny during his confirmation

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