Former Vice President Joe Biden declared Monday that President Trump “deserves a chance” to lead the country. During a press conference at the University of Delaware, Mr. Biden told reporters that Mr. Trump has been “playing catch-up” since taking office because he didn’t think he was going to win and was unprepared for a smooth […]
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USASAN JOSE, Calif. — In his 92 years, Paul Mayer has survived World War II. He’s battled skin cancer and congestive heart failure. But it’s the fight to keep his apartment of 44 years that he fears he’ll lose. He has until April 4 to clear out. “I’d be willing to pay more rent if
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USANearly 500 jurisdictions are now sanctuary cities, according to a group that’s tracked the issue for more than a decade, and who said there’s been a massive surge in the number of places trying to thwart federal immigration agents since President Trump’s election. The Ohio Jobs & Justice Political Action Committee has added more than
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USABy Lt. Gen. Michael Barbero, USA (ret) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A year ago, West Point graduate and combat veteran Taylor Force was stabbed to death by a young Palestinian who also wounded 12 others in an attack on tourists in Israel. It is tragic and ironic that Taylor risked his life serving the United States
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Middle East, USAA controversial Republican congressman has sparked criticism on both sides of the U.S. political divide after tweeting his support for far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders. Steve King, a representative of Iowa, tweeted a message in support of Wilders on Sunday. “Wilders understands that culture and demographics are our destiny. We can’t restore our civilization with
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USATel Aviv – Political circles in Israel are expecting Washington to take action on the resumption of negotiations on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Experts expect the Donald Trump administration to call for a regional peace conference which will launch new talks or lead to a summit bringing together the US president, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and
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Middle East, USACommentators on social media wondered why White House special envoy Jason Greenblat did not wear a kippah (a Jewish skullcap) during his meeting with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Sunday. Orthodox Jewish men traditionally wear kippot. Greenblat studied at the Har Etzion yeshiva and attended Yeshiva University. He is a successful and respected lawyer and lives
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USABerlin (dpa) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel plans to warn Donald Trump about the dangers of protectionism and isolation under his “America First” trade stance when she holds her first face-to-face meeting with the US president in Washington on Tuesday. “The United States is a central trading partner not just for Germany but for the
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International, USAWASHINGTON — The number of Central American migrants stopped by Mexican officials at their southern border fell significantly in two recent months, likely foreshadowing a similar drop at the U.S. border. About 285 people a day were stopped entering Mexico from Guatemala in December and January, according statistics from the Mexican government, a 20 percent
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International, USAAs President Donald Trump prepared to enter the White House, reports began to circulate about what his first budget proposal would look like. The day before his inauguration, The Hill reported on plans of the incoming administration to make drastic cuts in government spending, including the elimination of the National Endowment for the Arts and
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USAAs Americans, we often take our standing as an economic powerhouse for granted, though in boardrooms and on Capitol Hill, political and business leaders achieved this feat through forward thinking and hard-fought policymaking. For the most part over the course of the last 40 years, through Democratic and Republican presidents alike, our country embraced that
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USACHICAGO — Amy Krouse Rosenthal, a Chicago author who wrote a heart-wrenching column called “You May Want to Marry My Husband” while battling ovarian cancer, died Monday at 51. Rosenthal was a prolific creator described on her website as “a person who likes to make things.” That description includes children’s books and “grown-up books,” salads,
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Obituaries & memorials, USASaying Arab politicians should not have Israeli citizenship, defense minister predicts any land-for-peace deal will fail if Arab towns not made Palestinian By Jacob Magid Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman attends a meeting of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee in Jerusalem on March 6, 2017 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman cautioned the US against
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Middle East, USASo it’s finally out. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released its much-anticipated cost estimate of the Republican health care plan that’s making its way through the House of Representatives. No wonder the White House and Republican leaders in Congress have been dissing the CBO recently. “Sometimes we ask them to do stuff they’re not
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