CHICAGO — Records from former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.’s divorce case show how he has been able to collect hefty benefit checks from the federal government after serving time in prison for looting hundreds of thousands of dollars from his campaign fund. Jackson, 51, receives about $138,400 a year — more than he made […]
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (LDB) on Thursday endorsed a bill introduced in the South Carolina Legislature which will help combat the growing threat of anti-Semitism on state college campuses. The South Carolina bill follows similar efforts at the federal level and in Virginia and Tennessee. In January, Virginia
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAFrench President Francois Hollande reiterated on Wednesday night that his country is committed to a “two-state solution” for the Middle East conflict. The French leader, addressing an event hosted by the CRIF umbrella grouping of Jewish organizations, said a two-state solution was the only guarantee for Israel to remain a “pluralist and democratic society”, reported
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International, Middle East, USAOn Wednesday, the Trump administration decided to rescind protections offered to transgender youth by President Obama. The move was expected, yet painful. Obama’s interpretation of Title IX, the 1972 equity law, would have allowed trans students to use bathrooms and locker rooms “consistent with their gender identity,” as the May 2016 guidance said. Eleven states
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USAIn the interest of maintaining “balance in the employment of faculty,” Iowa Republican lawmakers are now considering a bill that would make political affiliation a condition of hiring new professors at state universities and require universities to maintain current records of faculty political party affiliation. Under SF288, it would be illegal for the faculty of
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration wants to overhaul the tax code by August, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday, laying out an aggressive timetable in his first significant public comments since taking office last week. “Our economic agenda, the No. 1 issue is growth, and the first most important thing that will impact growth is
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USATwo key members of President Donald Trump’s cabinet are hoping to soothe concern and anger about the new U.S. administration’s policies towards Mexico. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly meet Thursday with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and members of his cabinet, in what is expected to be the first
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International, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Uncertainty is part of politics, both for activists and observers. There’s no clear metric for the extent of uncertainty, but it may be somewhere near its high point. For both the US and Israel. Someone should be managing a pool for those betting on when Donald and Bibi will go
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Middle East, USAMEXICO CITY — Few international relationships have gotten off to a rockier start for the Trump administration than the one with Mexico. Days after he took office, President Donald Trump argued on Twitter with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto over Trump’s demand that Mexico pay billions of dollars to build a massive wall along the
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International, USAWASHINGTON — New memos issued this week by Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly brought President Donald Trump’s promised crackdown on illegal immigration one step closer to reality. Kelly lifted nearly all restrictions on targeting the 11-million people in the U.S. illegally for deportation. Here’s a breakdown of what happened: Question: Who is affected? Answer:
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International, USAFENTON, Mo. — Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday strongly condemned vandalism at a St. Louis-area Jewish cemetery as a “vile act,” and later donned work gloves and raked up debris at the cemetery. Pence’s speech to workers and invited guests at a Fenton Caterpillar facility, and his subsequent trip to view the damage and
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USAMEXICO CITY — A Mexican man who had just been deported from the United States fell to his death Tuesday from a bridge near the Tijuana-San Diego border crossing. A Mexican official with knowledge of the case, but who was not authorized to speak to the media, said it was unclear whether the man accidentally
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International, USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — “The tone of the Trump campaign, the appointment of Steve Bannon (as White House chief strategist), and the discussion of immigrants has provided a license for people to express their hatred in a way that is inappropriate,” Congressman Scott Peters (D-San Diego) charged Wednesday in a telephone interview
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SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Beth Israel’s Men’s Club will host Robert Lewis, a National Veterans Affairs Officer, at its March 15 Dinner Forum. His presentation will cover benefits available to veterans, their dependents and survivors. Lewis is the President of San Diego Chapter 12, Montford Point Marine Association and also is a member of the Jewish
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