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Iran, ISIS make U.S. counter- role in Niger impertive

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — At the end of White House Chief of Staff John Kelly’s moving briefing about the four American Special Forces soldiers killed in Niger earlier in October, he took questions. The first was, “Why are we in Niger?” The question was too narrow; it isn’t only Niger. Tens of thousands of […]

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International, Middle East, USA

Jewish trivia quiz: Fats Domino, z”l

By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York –New Orleans musician Fats Domino died last week at the age of 89. Domino was called “the real King of Rock ‘n’ Roll” by Elvis Presley, and John Lennon said that “There wouldn’t have been a Beatles without Fats Domino.” What was the Jewish connection in Fats Domino’s life? A.

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Mark D. Zimmerman, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorials, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA

North Korea Conducts Mass Evacuation Drills Amid Nuclear War Threat

Amid increased threats of nuclear war, North Korea has begun conducting mass evacuation drills throughout the country, according to reports from this weekend. Evacuation drills and blackout exercises were conducted in multiple cities though not in the capital of Pyongyang, sources told NK News Saturday. It remained unclear whether the drills were being conducted due

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International, USA

Iran says to continue developing ballistic missiles

Iran’s president on Sunday said his country would continue building weapons including developing missiles as the United States prepares new sanctions over its ballistic missile programme. “To defend our nation and territorial integrity, we will build all the weapons we will need,” Hassan Rouhani told parliament in statements broadcast on state television. Recent Iranian missile

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Trump’s Pardon Powers Have Limits When Indictment Comes

With the first indictment looming from the federal Trump-Russia investigation, President Donald Trump is getting a reminder: His pardoning pardons can’t fix everything. “I don’t think the president’s power is all that absolute, as people have been suggesting,” California Representative Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, told ABC News’ “This Week”

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Barack Obama will fulfill his civic responsibilities again — this time in a Chicago courthouse

Barack Obama Former President Barack Obama is going to fulfill his civic duties next month in a Chicago area courthouse when he reportedly plans to show up for his scheduled jury duty. “He made it crystal clear to me through his representative that he would carry out his public duty as a citizen and resident

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Indictment expected from Mueller’s probe into Trump campaign aides

WASHINGTON — One of two former top strategists for the Trump campaign is “likely” to face indictment as early as Monday, a senior Democrat said Sunday, previewing what would be the first criminal charges in the intensifying probe led by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III into current and former members of President Donald Trump’s

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Trump drops “total bomb” on Michael Moore’s dreams in “not at all presidential” tweet

moore President Donald Trump tweeted on Saturday evening that although what he was about to say was “not at all presidential,” he was compelled to say that “Sloppy Michael Moore” had failed on Broadway. RELATED: Don Trump Jr. critiques Michael Moore’s praise of Harvey Weinstein Trump was referring to documentary filmmaker Michael Moore’s one-man play,

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA