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By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — One of the early lessons taught to Americans under the heading of civics concerns the separation of powers and checks and balances. It was an innovation when written into the Constitution close to the end of the 18th century, and continues to operate. Donald Trump’s problems with Congress, despite his party’s

All five of America’s living former presidents took the stage Saturday at a benefit concert in Texas to raise money for victims of the hurricane-ravaged southern US and Caribbean. Former presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter appeared together onstage for the national anthem, then took their seats

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says the Trump administration has faced an unprecedented level of “hostility” from the press. Mrs. Sanders was responding to comments from New York Times White House reporter Glenn Thrush, who called the perceived tension between the media and the White House “overstated.” “I know Glenn well, but you

A Florida Amazon customer and her fiancé received a large surprise after opening a package order that contained 65 pounds of marijuana. The Orlando couple says they had ordered plastic storage bins but the massive amount of marijuana is what showed up on their doorstep, WFTV reports. The package was supposed to be containing 27-gallon

Democratic Representative Frederica Wilson of Florida hit back at White House Chief of Staff, John Kelly, after he criticized her for sharing details of President Donald Trump’s phone call with the wife of deceased Army Sergeant, La David Johnson. The congresswoman said Kelly falsely accused her of claiming credit in the funding for a Miami-based