USA

Ecuadorean presidential candidate race has strong support from opposition forces

Guillermo Lasso barely survived the first round of Ecuador’s presidential election Feb. 19, as ruling party candidate Lenin Moreno came within a hair of winning outright. But now that the opposition has rallied around Lasso, a former banker, and the April 2 runoff looks like Moreno’s to lose. Quito-based Cedatos, which produces one of the […]

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International, USA

Politicos Respond to Trump Wiretapping Claims

President Obama’s former director of national intelligence denied there ever was a federal court order authorizing wiretapping of Donald Trump properties on a day when the chair of the House intelligence committee said it would heed the president’s call for a Congressional probe of his unsubstantiated surveillance claims. Trump has roiled Washington with his tweeted

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International, USA

Columnist denounces Israel’s opponents, seeks to replace U.N. with Covenant of Democratic Nations

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Author and columnist Edwin Black is touring the United States, Australia, and other democracies to promote the creation of a Covenant of Democratic Nations to replace the United Nations, the latter of which he describes as being so heavily influenced by anti-democratic, authoritarian regimes as to have outlived

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Donald H. Harrison, Edwin Black, International, Middle East, USA

‘The Lies They Tell’ excoriates U.S. society

 By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — The Lies They Tell is the second Tuvia Tenenbom book that I’ve read, following the enlightening Catch the Jew!, which penetrates the bubble surrounding many Israelis and journalists. Tuvia (his irreverent style breeds a strange familiarity) is an expat Israeli who has lived in the United States, Germany

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Steve Kramer, USA

Ten arrested at March 4 Trump in Berkeley as protesters engulf rally

Most of Saturday’s March 4 Trump rallies went off without a hitch, but that wasn’t the case in Berkeley, California. Fistfights, scuffles and shouting matches ensued after hundreds of counter-protesters, some wearing black masks, descended on the pro-Trump crowd at Civic Center Park. Berkeley police made 10 arrests: five for battery, four for assault with

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USA

Headstones overturned in New York cemetery

Several headstones at Brooklyn’s predominantly Jewish Washington Cemetery were vandalized on Saturday night (EST). The New York Police Department and the Hate Crimes Division are investigating the incident’s background. NY State Assemblyman Dov Hikind tweeted, “.@BPShomrim alerted me that stones @ Washington Cemetery are down. I”ve spoken w/ the NYPD who are investigating. I’ll be

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USA

This Tortoise Accidentally Saved a Bunny’s Life – and Now They’re Best Buds

The tortoise and the hare may have been arch enemies in old folktales, but these two oddball companions have been best pals since Wamba the reptile accidentally saved the bunny’s life. Ron Brink of the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Dove Mountain, Arizona is the proud caretaker of Wamba – a happy 50-pound African tortoise who lives

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The World We Share, USA

Anti-Trump agitators caught on video plotting to wreck inaugural ball plead guilty to conspiracy

Two anti-Trump activists have pleaded guilty to conspiracy after being caught on a Project Veritas video plotting to set off stink bombs and sprinklers at an inaugural ball in January. Paul “Luke” Kuhn and Colin B. Dunn were sentenced Thursday to community service but no jail time after entering guilty pleas in D.C. Superior Court

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USA

Chelsea Clinton slams Cedric Richmond’s ‘despicable’ Kellyanne Conway joke

Chelsea Clinton defended political foe Kellyanne Conway on Twitter Friday, saying the president’s counselor deserves an apology for Rep. Cedric Richmond’s “despicable” joke at the Washington Press Club Foundation’s annual awards dinner. Mr. Richmond insists he wasn’t trying to be crude when he clumsily delivered a joke Wednesday night about the controversy surrounding Mrs. Conway

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USA

Cyberattack sidelines Pennsylvania Democrats and prompts FBI probe

Democrats in the Pennsylvania state Senate were locked out of the party’s computer system Friday after it was sidelined by a cyberattack. The chamber’s top Democrat acknowledged the incident in a written statement sent to journalists’ phones Friday after the computer system became inoperable, PennLive.com reported. Malware was discovered on the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Caucus’s

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USA

Tom Hanks Gifts White House Press Corps New Espresso Machine

Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks is making sure the White House press corps is well caffeinated for those long media briefings with Sean Spicer. The Sully star gave a new espresso machine worth over $2,000 to the White House’s news correspondents, which arrived Thursday. ABC News’ Jordyn Phelps and Karen Travers tweeted: https://twitter.com/JordynPhelps/status/837338592628379648 https://twitter.com/karentravers/status/837338762883575812 The gift

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA