Donald Trump’s administration has reportedly banned the Center for Disease Control from using seven words and phrases, including “science-based” and “transgender,” in documents it is working on for next year’s budget. In an astounding move, officials at the CDC were told in a Thursday meeting they were not to use certain words, a policy analyst […]
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAThe Pentagon spent millions of dollars investigating reports of unidentified flying objects, according to reports from The New York Times and Politico. The $22 million Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program began in 2007 after its funding was pushed by Sen. Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat who retired this year, according to The Times. Reid has
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The World We Share, USARepublican congressional leaders and real estate moguls could be personally enriched by a real-estate-related provision GOP lawmakers slipped into the final tax bill released Friday evening, according to experts interviewed by International Business Times. The legislative language was not part of previous versions of the bill and was added despite ongoing conflict-of-interest questions about the
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USANinety-two Somali immigrants, set to be deported from the US, found themselves shackled at the hands and feet and kept aboard a plane for two days earlier this month. That part of the story is not in dispute. The Somalis left Louisiana on Dec. 7. Their flight, chartered by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, was
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International, USANine more women have recently accused Alex Kozinski, a prominent judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, of sexual harassment, assault and misconduct. According to a report by The Washington Post, the judge—who now faces allegations by roughly 15 women—purportedly made sexual comments and inappropriate body contact. The new accounts span
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USAToronto authorities are investigating whether the deaths of Jewish billionaire and philanthropist Barry (Bernard) Sherman and his wife Honey were a murder-suicide. The Shermans were found dead in their Toronto home on Friday morning, after police reported two “suspicious” deaths at the couple’s upscale Toronto home. According to the Toronto Star, the bodies were found
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InternationalOn Saturday, Arabs disturbed the peace near Joseph’s Tomb in Shechem (Nablus), throwing burning tires at the site. Palestinian Authority Arabs published on social media calls to arrive at Joseph’s Tomb and damage the site. Currently, rioters are parading towards Joseph’s Tomb in order to desecrate it. Joseph’s Tomb is located in the Palestinian Authority
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Middle EastDozens of rabbis signed a petition requesting Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu “protect the honor of Shabbat (the Sabbath, which for Jews falls on Saturday).” The petition, organized by the Derech Emuna (The Path of Faith) organization, comes after the Knesset’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation approved a government proposal to allow Labor and Social Services
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — US Vice-President Mike Pence, who is due to visit Israel this week, is said to be an ardent Christian Zionist and thus apparently the main influence behind President Trump’s declaration about Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Professor Paul Rogers of Bradford University in the UK reminds us that
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Middle East, USAThe UN Security Council is considering a draft resolution that would affirm that any change to the status of Jerusalem has no legal effect and must be rescinded, in response to the US decision to recognize the city as Israel’s capital. Egypt circulated the draft text on Saturday and diplomats said the council could vote
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International, Middle East, USABy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel –The pungent aroma of baking would often greet me when I came home from school. My mother was an expert baker (and cook) and had a wide range of goodies that she would make in the course of the year, as well as the delicious Challah and rolls she
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Travel and FoodWASHINGTON — Andrea Ramsey, a Democratic candidate for Congress, will drop out of the race after The Kansas City Star asked her about accusations in a 2005 lawsuit that she sexually harassed and retaliated against a male subordinate who said he had rejected her advances. Multiple sources with knowledge of the case told the Star
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USARepublicans have stalled and want to end special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia during last year’s election, the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee claimed Friday afternoon in a Twitter storm. In his nine-tweet online thread, Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) also claimed he’d become “increasingly worried” that
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