WASHINGTON, D.C. (SDJW) — Amid the tension between Israel and the Palestinian Authority over the kidnapping of three teenagers, one of whom has dual U.S.-Israeli citizenship, the U.S. State Department issued a routine announcement that Charles H. Rivkin, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs, Charles H. Rivkin, “will travel to Tel Aviv, […]
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Middle East, USA
WASHINGTON, D.C. (SDJW) –The White House announced Thursday that Vice President Biden spoke earlier in the day with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. The Vice President expressed the United States’ solidarity with Iraq in its fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The Prime Minister discussed Iraq’s current security situation, and
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)—Seventeen U.S. Senators led by Ben Cardin (MD) Tom Harkin (D-IA) on Thursday, June 12, sent a letter to the ten largest tobacco companies urging them to prohibit child labor in their supply chain. The letter comes on the heels of a new report by Human Rights Watch. The report found
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
WASHINGTON, D.C. (SDJW) — Stanley Fischer, who once governed the Bank of Israel, was confirmed on a 63-24 vote to serve as vice chairman of the U.S. Federal reserve. He succeeds Janet Yellen, who was elevated to the top position in the Fed, succeeding Ben Bernanke. Fischer, Yellen and Bernanke all are members of the
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – In the face of international protest, Israel’s government is going ahead and approving plans for the construction of 1,084 new housing units in six West Bank settlements, including in outposts that were originally been built in violation of Israeli law and later legalized by the government, Americans for Peace Now
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Middle East, USA
NEW YORK (Press Release)—The Hadassah Foundation announced Dr. Yifat Bitton, founder of Tmura, is the recipient of this year’s Bernice S. Tannenbaum Award. The prize honors annually an outstanding young female leader who advances the status of women and girls in Israel or the United States. The Award was presented at a dinner ceremony
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Middle East, USA
NEW YORK (Press Release) – In his first public appearance with the Russian community, Mayor Bill de Blasio opened the 12th Annual Russian Heritage Month Wednesday night, June 11, at the Temple of Dendur in the Sackler Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The festival, hosted by the Russian American Foundation (RAF), took place
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International, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (SDJW)–House Majority Leader Eric Cantor announced that in the wake of his primary election defeat on Tuesday, June 10, he will step down from his leadership position on July 31. He reportedly threw his support to Kevin McCarthy of California to become his successor as the number two most powerful Republican in the
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — U.S. Congressman Brad Schneider (D-Illinois) introduced the Accelerate Our Manufacturers Act (HR 4822) on Wednesday, June 11, a measure that would expand a key manufacturing tax deduction for equipment or capital investments. The bill is included in Minority Whip Steny Hoyer’s (MD-05) “Make It In America” package, which focuses
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-California) issued the following statement on Wednesday, June 11 after Senate Republicans voted to block the Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act – legislation that would help Americans struggling with student loan debt to refinance their loans at lower interest rates: “Today Republicans blocked a critical measure
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USAWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, June 11, passed on a voice vote Congressman Steve Cohen’s (D-Tennessee) amendment to the Agriculture appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2015 that will help prevent children around the country from going hungry during the summer when free school lunch programs are not in
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) –U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (D-Rhode Island) and other House Democrats on Wednesday, June 11, joined faith, labor, civil rights and non-profit leaders for the first in a series of “Witness Wednesdays” to share stories of unemployed Americans who have been cut off of unemployment insurance. In April, Cicilline launched
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – In a speech on the House Floor Wednesday afternoon, June 11, Congressman John Yarmuth (D-Kentucky) again called on Congress to take action to help prevent gun violence. His remarks come one day after a shooting at Reynolds High School in Oregon that left one student and the gunman dead.
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USAWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release) — Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff and Jared Huffman, both of California, on Wednesday, June 11, attached an amendment to the Agriculture Appropriations Act to require the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to conduct and update the science necessary for Animal Welfare Act regulations on captivity of orcas and cetaceans.
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