After months of pressure from watchdog groups, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, led by Trump-appointee Steve Mnuchin, has released a one-page analysis of the Republican tax bill. The report shows that even when analyzed under Republican-favored methods, the tax cuts will enlarge the federal deficit and will require additional policy changes to create the […]
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USAThe Virgen de Guadalupe is an apparition of The Virgin Mary, the most important female figure in the Catholic faith and the mother of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Her story starts at the dawn of Spanish colonial Mexico, where indentured indigenous peasant found themselves trapped between the century-old dogma of the Aztecs and the newly
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InternationalThe oldest survivor of the Nanjing Massacre died on Sunday, and fewer than 100 survivors remain, the Memorial Hall of the Victims in the Nanjing Massacre said on Monday. State leaders will attend a public memorial ceremony at the Memorial Hall of the Victims in the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders on Wednesday. Guan Guangjing
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InternationalBy David Elcott, Taub Professor of Practice in Public Service and Leadership at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University. Are conservative evangelicals and Catholics in political decline? Many liberals apparently see hypocrisy over sexual harassment bringing down this once-formidable social and political movement. Roy Moore allegedly stalking girls, Donald
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USALavar Ball is taking two of his sons to play overseas in Lithuania. LiAngelo Ball, who left UCLA earlier this month without ever playing a game, and LaMelo Ball, who withdrew from high school in his junior season, signed one-year deals to play with the Lithuanian club Vytautas Prienai, multiple media outlets reported. The reported
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International, Sports & Competitions, USAIn their third meeting in a month, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hosted his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in Ankara. The talks primarily focused on Syria, but Putin’s visit coincides with U.S.-Turkish relations, reeling from a crisis sparked by U.S. President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. “Regarding Jerusalem, I have observed that
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International, Middle East, USASAN FRANCISCO — Edwin Mah Lee, the 43rd mayor of the city and county of San Francisco, died at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, according to reports. San Francisco Board of Supervisors President London Breed immediately becomes acting mayor, according to city charter rules. A statement issued by the city early Tuesday read as follows:
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – A total of 17 women have come forward with stories of sexual harassment or sexual assault by President Trump. Rep. Susan Davis joined over 120 of her House colleagues to request a congressional investigation into these allegations. “The disturbing stories of the courageous women who have come forward warrant a
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USAFilm of Kennedy assassination created dilemmas for Jewish immigrant who shot it Lillian and Abraham Zapruder, the author’s grandparents, with the Bell and Howell camera he would be using a year later when he captured the assassination of President John Kennedy on film. Photo courtesy the Zapruder family Alexandra Zapruder signs copies of her book
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USADisgraced prime minister questions Trump’s Jerusalem plan Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, on right, meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Jerusalem on Nov. 17, 2008. Moshe Milner/GPO via Getty Images Ehud Olmert, on left, with Daniel Kurtzer at NJPAC. Photo by Johanna Ginsberg Ehud Olmert, Israel’s 12th prime minister, had a question for President
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Middle EastSome have suggested Alabama Republican Senatorial candidate Roy Moore is anti-semitic, so his wife Kayla offered this defense: “Fake news would tell you that we don’t care for Jews. But I’ll tell you all this because I see you all, I just want to set the record straight while they’re here: One of our attorneys
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USAAfter President Donald Trump popularized the term “fake news” by calling out media outlets that do not, in his opinion, report in an unbiased manner, Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore’s wife used the phrase as a defense against rumors that her husband and she were anti-Semites on Tuesday. Ahead of a key election in
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USAAn Israeli Arab Knesset member mocked the Israeli flag, Israeli national anthem, and other national symbols of the Jewish state Tuesday, saying that he identified as a “Palestinian” while deriding Israel as an “occupier” since its establishment in 1948. Jamal Zahalka, a five-term veteran MK from the Arab ultra-nationalist Balad party, which became a faction
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Middle EastShortly after Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman passed away Tuesday morning at the age of 104, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin marked the passing of the late rabbi in a statement, lauding Rabbi Shteinman”s wisdom and humility, saying that he “gave direction to thousands”. “Our teacher, the brilliant Rabbi Shteiman, was a leader who bore the
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