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Pleasing Trump, Charter promises $25B broadband investment on top of 20,000 new US jobs

The chief executive of Charter Communications committed in a meeting with President Trump on Friday to invest $25 billion on broadband infrastructure while joining a trend of business leaders touting previously announced job creation at the White House. In the case of Charter, Chief Executive Thomas Rutledge said he expected to hire 20,000 new U.S. […]

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After UNHRC adopts 5 anti-Israel resolutions, UK vows to oppose all future such moves

London supports 2 of the votes, but slams bias and ‘selective focus’ on Israel, puts council ‘on notice’ that it had better change By Times of Israel staff The Human Rights Council during an interactive dialogue with the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip on June 29, 2015

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Middle East – Arab airlines beat Trump’s electronics ban with sarcasm and jokes

US President Donald Trump’s controversial ban on electronic devices on flights from Muslim-majority countries began Saturday. But instead of condemning the move, Arab carriers took advantage of it as a fun PR boost and to promote their products… The US announced, to much fanfare on March 21, a ban on electronic devices for passengers on

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US-led coalition says it may be responsible for airstrike that killed more than 200 Iraqi civilians

MOSUL, Iraq — The U.S.-led military coalition fighting to dislodge the Islamic State from the Iraqi city of Mosul said Saturday it may have been responsible for an airstrike that killed more than 200 civilians in the western part of the city. The U.S. Central Command, which oversees military operations in the Middle East, said

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Mike Pence: Democrats’ victory on health care ‘won’t last long’

Vice President Mike Pence said Saturday that congressional Democrats won’t be able to savor very long the survival of Obamacare, after Trump administration and House Republican leaders lost a bid to repeal and replace the law. “Nancy Pelosi, the leader of the Democrats, actually said yesterday was a victory for the American people,” Mr. Pence

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Palestinians pin hopes on Merkel’s support for two-state solution

Berlin (dpa) – Chancellor Angela Merkel reaffirmed on Friday Germany’s commitment to a two-state solution for peace in the Middle East, fanning Palestinians’ hopes that she will mediate a future peace deal. “I still do not see a reasonable alternative to the goal of a two-state solution,” Merkel said after meeting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas

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Congress members urge Trump to back ‘two-state solution’

A bipartisan group of 191 Congress members on Friday sent a letter to President Donald Trump, in which they urged him to reaffirm support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Arab conflict. The letter was spearheaded by representatives Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and David Price (D-NC). “As strong supporters of Israel, we write to urge

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Mitch McConnell is a top Republican untouched by GOP’s health care mess

WASHINGTON — One key Republican Washington power player — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell — emerges from the wreckage of Friday’s GOP effort to overhaul Obamacare relatively unscathed. While McConnell had supported the bill, which failed to get enough Republican support and was pulled from the House floor, the Kentucky Republican never asked his 52-member

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After US-Israeli talks, White House expresses ‘concerns’ with settlement building

Israel says it intends to adopt a settlements policy that takes Trump’s concerns ‘into consideration,’ but no agreement reached By Eric Cortellessa US President Donald Trump, right, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands during a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, February 15, 2017. (AFP/Saul

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US warns against travel to French Guiana amid social unrest

Large protests have spread throughout French Guiana, blocking roads to neighbouring Brazil and Suriname, prompting the US government to issue a travel warning Friday for the French territory in South America. Hundreds of people have taken part in protests over the high crime rate, cost of living and the poor quality of social services such

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Alex Jones Apologizes For ‘Pizzagate’ Fake News

Conservative radio host Alex Jones apologized Friday for promoting an anti-government conspiracy theory that allegedly inspired one man to open fire in a Washington restaurant last year. Broadcasting from his website InfoWars, Jones said he was not the author of the so-called “Pizzagate” conspiracy theory, but regretted prior comments made in support of it. He

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Donald Trump adviser Michael Flynn discussed sending Erdogan foe back to Turkey: Reports

Michael Flynn, President Trump’s former national security adviser, met with top Turkish officials last year and allegedly discussed ways to hand over Fethullah Gulen, a Muslim cleric accused of orchestrating the unsuccessful coup that nearly toppled President Recep Tayyip Erdogan months earlier, former CIA Director James Woolsey said Friday. The discussion allegedly unfolded during a

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Heritage Foundation Alum Critical of Transgender Rights to Lead HHS Civil Rights Office

The Trump administration has quietly appointed a Heritage Foundation staffer who has railed against civil rights protections for transgender patients as director of the federal agency charged with protecting the civil rights of all patients. Though the administration did not issue a formal announcement, Roger Severino is now listed on the website of the U.S.

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