Donald Trump’s White House has rejected reports that F.B.I Director James Comey disagrees with Trump’s wiretapping claims against Barack Obama. The New York Times reported at the weekend that Comey had instructed the Department of Justice (DoJ) to publicly disavow the president’s unevidenced accusation that his predecessor had ordered intelligence services to spy on him […]
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USAWikiLeaks published thousands of purported CIA documents Tuesday that claim to show intimate details of the agency’s cyberespionage effort, including malware that turns iPhones, Android cell phones and Samsung smart TVs into bugs and spy cams. The release comprises 8,761 documents and files from an isolated, high-security network situated inside the CIA’s Center for Cyber
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International, USADays after announcing intention to run for PM, ex-defense minister says he fears Israel becoming a GOP issue in Trump age By Eric Cortellessa Former defense minister Moshe Ya’alon speaks at Hebrew University, on January 18, 2017 (Miriam Alster/Flash90) WASHINGTON — Days after Moshe Ya’alon announced his intention to form a new political party and
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Middle East, USAAmy Krouse Rosenthal was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2015. Now, while lying on her deathbed, she has penned a “dating profile” for her husband in order to attract him a new lover in her stead. Published as “You May Want To Marry My Husband” in the New York Times, the children’s book author says
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USASen. Rand Paul of Kentucky on Tuesday said the House GOP’s new health care plan “will not pass” and said a provision hiking premiums for people who go without insurance for a certain period of time is likely unconstitutional. “The House bill that’s been put forward is Obamacare lite. It won’t work. Premiums and prices
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAGUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba — President Donald Trump broke his White House silence on the topic of Guantanamo Tuesday, incorrectly blaming Barack Obama not George W. Bush for the release of more than 100 captives who U.S. intelligence agencies consider recidivists. The president’s tweet, just after 7 a.m., correctly referred to an Obama-era report
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International, USAWASHINGTON — House Republicans have finally unveiled legislation to repeal and — just as important — replace the Affordable Care Act. Obamacare is pretty complex. So it shouldn’t be a surprise that what the GOP is proposing in its place has a few knotty details. Here’s a short guide to what’s in the Republican plan
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAAmerican THAAD missile defense vehicles landed at Osan, South Korea today after almost eight months of waiting. Now the question is how the North and China react. Increasingly threatened by North Korean missiles — most recently test-launched just yesterday — the South agreed last July to host the US Army’s Terminal High Altitude Area Defense
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International, USABehind the Women’s March on Washington and a Day Without a Woman is a rich man: liberal billionaire George Soros. A report released Tuesday by the conservative Media Research Center found Mr. Soros and his Open Society Foundations contributed $246 million between 2010 and 2014 to 100 of the 544 groups listed as partners of
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USAHeavy underdog wins 15-7, racing off to 2-0 start and all but clinching spot in next round in first-ever World Baseball Classic appearance By Times of Israel staff Team Israel outfielder Zack Borenstein batting against Taiwan’s Kuo-Hua Lo in Seoul, Korea, on March 7, 2017. (screen capture: Fox Sports) Israel’s national baseball team clobbered Taiwan
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Middle East, Sports & Competitions, USAHawaii is one of the most diverse states in the nation. But when Beth Fukumoto was a file clerk at the overwhelmingly Democratic Hawaii State Legislature, the conversations around her seemed pretty standard. “Nobody pays attention to file clerks. You’re sort of in every room as people were talking, just filing things,” she says. “So,
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced Friday that it would suspend the premium processing route for its H-1B visa program, which allows companies to speed up the approval of temporary legal residency for skilled foreign hires, starting April 3 and for “up to six months.” Over the fiscal year, 85,000 H-1B visas are reserved for
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International, USAGold Star father Khizr Khan has canceled a scheduled speech in Toronto after being told his “travel privileges are being reviewed,” according to the event organizer. Khan, who has lived in the U.S. since 1980 and is a naturalized U.S. citizen, was scheduled to speak Tuesday at a luncheon hosted by the Toronto-based organization Ramsay
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International, USAIn an unprecedented move to ease controversy over its admission policies, the University of California on Monday proposed a 20 percent systemwide limit on nonresident undergraduate enrollment and vowed to continue giving Californians top priority. The proposed limit on students from other states and countries — which would be the first ever for the 10-campus
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