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Germany demands US acknowledge Berlin’s NATO contributions

Berlin (dpa) – Germany’s defence minister has demanded the US recognize and show appreciation for Germany’s engagement with the NATO military alliance. The US must “acknowledge what individual nations contribute on a daily basis to NATO,” Ursula von der Leyen told Italian newspaper La Repubblica in comments published Saturday. Germany assists NATO through its support […]

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Chuck Schumer, Senate minority leader, offers Democrat help to fix Obamacare if repeal off the table

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer said Sunday that Democrats are ready to work with President Trump to fix Obamacare if Republicans abandon their drive to repeal the law. The New York Democrat made the offer in the wake of Friday’s decision by Mr. Trump and House Speaker Paul D. Ryan to pull the GOP

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

‘If Iran was benign the Mideast’s problems would be solvable’

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair called for a new approach to Arab-Israeli peacemaking, and blamed the Ayatollahs’ regime in Iran for the intractability of the Middle East’s problems at the AIPAC annual policy conference Sunday. “If you had a benign regime in Iran, all of the problems in the Middle East would be resolvable,”

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‘For first time in years no daylight between Israel and US’

Israeli Ambassador to the US, Ron Dermer praised the unprecedented lack of “daylight” between Israel and the US under the administration of President Donald Trump. “When it comes to the great challenges facing Israel and the United States, for the first time in many years, perhaps in many decades, there is no daylight between our

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Middle East, USA

Rwanda’s President hails friendship with Israel

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame on Sunday became the first African leader to address the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference, hailing Israel as an inspiration for his own country’s rebirth after genocide. Kagame was commander of the rebel force that put an end to the 1994 slaughter of Rwandan Tutsis by Hutu extremists

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Jerusalem mayor, Trump’s peace envoy meet in White House

Nir Barkat releases laconic statement after meeting Jason Greenblatt amid larger US-Israel talks over settlement construction By Times of Israel staff Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat and US President Donald Trump’s Special Envoy for International Negotiations Jason Greenblatt during a meeting at the White House, March 25, 2017 (Courtesy of the Jerusalem Municipality) Jerusalem Mayor Nir

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Middle East, USA

Watch: Pro-Israel activists confront anti-Israel demonstrators

Pro-Israel activists faced off against demonstrators protesting the annual AIPAC conference in Washington DC on Sunday. Anti-Israel radicals formed a human chain, blocking the entrance to the conference, while others gathered nearby, chanting anti-Zionist slogans and holding placards condemning Israel, Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, and AIPAC itself. Supporters of the Jewish state also

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Middle East, USA

Trump blames GOP conservative faction for blocking health care bill

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Sunday took hard-line congressional Republicans to task over last week’s failed attempt to push through a health care overhaul measure, but the principal target of his Twitter broadside declined to engage in any sparring with the White House, instead emphasizing the need to move forward. The episode, however, could

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Trump confidant Roger Stone eager to testify in Russia probe

Roger Stone, a former adviser to the Trump campaign, said Sunday that he is the victim of a smear by Democratic lawmakers and that he volunteered to testify in public for the House intelligence committee probe into allegations the campaign colluded with Russian spies. “I have had no contacts or collusions with the Russians,” Mr.

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Young progressives lead ‘Indivisible, the resistance to Trump

In the weeks after Donald Trump won last year’s presidential election and Republicans kept control of Congress, Sarah Dohl, with a of friends and former Capitol Hill colleagues, wanted Americans — mostly distraught Democrats — to know that their voices could still be heard. Not expecting much, they published online a 26-page document in mid-December,

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North Korea Could Strike Alaska, Air Force Warns

The threat posed by North Korean projectiles to the U.S. has increased due to multiple missile tests conducted by Pyongyang over the weekend, according to a senior U.S. Air Force commander. Lt. Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach, the commander of the Anchorage-based 11th Air Force, told Congress’ Joint Armed Services Committee Thursday that North Korea’s hawkish

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