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Trump, Putin talk as Europe worries about US relations

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the phone Saturday, one of several calls scheduled with world leaders on a tense weekend of questions about likely changes in U.S. relationships across the Atlantic. The president also planned to speak with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande Saturday. […]

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International, USA

March for Life: Mike Pence tells crowd ‘life is winning again in America’

Vice President Mike Pence combined some of his running mate’s favorite slogans in an optimistic speech at the March for Life on Friday, telling a crowd of hundreds of thousands that “life is winning again in America.” He said the pro-life movement has had an uphill battle since the Supreme Court created a constitutional right

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Will California become first state with third-gender marker?

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In a significant milestone for transgender rights, California legislators this week introduced a bill that would make the Golden State the first in the nation to create a third gender marker on its driver’s licenses, birth certificates and state IDs. The Gender Recognition Act of 2017 would add “non-binary” to male and

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Trump signs order to ‘keep radical Islamic terrorists out’ of US

Washington (dpa) – US President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order designed to keep radical Islamic terrorists out of the United States, saying the US wants to admit only people who will “love” Americans. In a ceremony at the Pentagon after the swearing-in of James Mattis as defence secretary, Trump also signed a

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Netanyahu: Trump Will End World Silence on Iran Threat

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that Iran represents the “greatest danger” to Jewish people and Israel, expressing hope that President Trump would end the world’s “deafening silence” on the matter. “The greatest danger that we face, of hatred for the Jewish people and the Jewish state [referring to Israel] comes from Iran,” Netanyahu

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Middle East, USA

Israeli waltzes his way into ‘Hamilton’ musical company

Yossi Chaikin’s tale of hard work, grit and determination took him from Kiryat Yam to the Juilliard School of Dance. Now, he’s made it to the big leagues By Ronit Bezalel CHICAGO — Yossi Chaikin, grew up in Kiryat Yam with immigrant parents from the former Soviet Union. So while he always knew that he

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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Trump Executive Order Could Block 500,000 Legal U.S. Residents From Returning to America From Trips

When details leaked earlier this week about a spate of immigration-related executive orders from President Donald Trump, much public discussion focused on a 30-day ban on new visas for citizens from seven “terror-prone” countries. But the order signed this afternoon by Trump is actually more severe, increasing the ban to 90 days. And its effects

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Middle East, USA

Netanyahu declares ‘Trump is right’ as Israeli leader endorses border wall between U.S. and Mexico

Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, took to Twitter on Saturday to endorse President Trump’s plan to build a wall on the United States’ border with Mexico. “President Trump is right. I built a wall along Israel’s southern border. It stopped all illegal immigration. Great success. Great idea,” Mr. Netanyahu tweeted. The Israeli wall

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Middle East, USA

Trump Brings Shame to U.S. With Policy Based on Fear

Donald Trump’s “extreme vetting” plan to keep out “radical Islamic terrorists,” is a policy based in fear, rather than facts. The ban suspends immigration from seven Muslim-majority nations for 90 days and suspends all entry of Syrian nationals indefinitely. This means the fixers that have saved my life in the Middle East for the past

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