Trump nominee for powerful bank regulator post misrepresented college degree

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s nominee for a post as a powerful banking regulator has misrepresented a college degree on his resume, according to a spokeswoman for Dartmouth College. Joseph Otting, the former chief executive of Pasadena’s OneWest Bank who Trump nominated on Tuesday to be the next comptroller of the currency, has claimed to […]

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USA

Sessions says he’ll testify Tuesday to answer questions about Russia raised by Comey

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions said he will appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday to answer questions about his dealings with Russian officials. Sessions, who came under criticism for failing to report meetings with the Russian ambassador, wrote a letter Saturday saying he wanted to answer questions raised during former FBI Director

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USA

Amazon should stop selling anti-Israel garments

By Micha “Mitch” Danzig SAN DIEGO — Recently it was discovered that Sears, Walmart and Amazon were selling on their respective websites “Free Palestine” shirts with clenched fists and similar hateful anti-Israel rhetoric. In response to concerns expressed by many in the Jewish and pro-Israel community, both Sears and Walmart agreed to stop selling the

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Middle East, USA

May’s Mayhem

By Lloyd Levy LONDON, England — I would like give my own opinions as to why the Theresa May led us to an election fiasco. The electorate is in an extremely unforgiving mood. The financial collapse ten years ago, has severely impacted peoples’ standard of living, wages, and future prospects. The young  see their future job

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International, Lloyd Levy

Trump commits to NATO Article 5 obligation, after having left commitment in doubt

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday made an explicit commitment to NATO’s core mutual defense obligation, weeks after he declined to do so at a meeting of alliance members in Brussels. “I am committing the United States to Article 5,” Trump said in response to a question during a Rose Garden news conference with

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International, USA

E.L. Woody, the self-proclaimed ‘King of the Paparazzi’, dies at 70

He didn’t meet Sylvester Stallone on the best of nights, and it didn’t go much better the time he bumped into Kiefer Sutherland. But Mark Wahlberg liked E.L. Woody, at least enough to cast him in HBO’s hit series “Entourage.” Wahlberg’s marching orders for Woody were clear enough — just play yourself. So Woody strapped

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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

J.R.R. Tolkien’s Jewish great-grandson has a play on Theresienstadt

By Sandee Brawarsky J.R.R. Tolkien’s great-grandson Nicholas Tolkien. Separated by three generations, one lived through war to create a magical world of fantasy, and one was blessed to know peace but writes about an unimaginably tragic chapter of history. Playwright and director Nicholas Tolkien, who makes his Off-Broadway debut this month with “ Terezin,” is

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Jewish History, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA