Putin Mocks Trump For Sharing Intel With Russians

While President Donald Trump reportedly criticizes his own staff as “incompetent” following a barrage of controversies over the Russian election probe, James Comey’s firing and beyond, Vladimir Putin and his Kremlin seems to be enjoying every minute of it all. The Russian president openly mocked an encounter shared between Trump, Sergey Lavrov, the Kremlin’s foreign

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USA

Jakiw Palij, accused Nazi guard living in New York, facing requests for deportation

Rep. Joseph Crowley of New York asked Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson on Tuesday to deport a former concentration camp jailer deemed persona non grata over a decade ago. The Democratic congressman outlined his request concerning longtime Queens resident Jakiw Palij, 92, in a letter sent to Mr. Tillerson, in the wake of addressing

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International, Jewish History

Venezuela, others reject call for crisis talks at UN Security Council

New York (dpa) – UN ambassadors from Bolivia and Uruguay joined Caracas on Wednesday in rebuffing US attempts to address the ongoing political and economic crisis in Venezuela before the UN Security Council. US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley scheduled the last-minute council meeting Wednesday as anti-government demonstrations in the capital of Caracas reached

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International, USA

Princess Mako’s choice of commoner sparks debate

Japan’s Princess Mako arrives before a meeting with Paraguay’s President Horacio Cartes at the presidential residence in Asuncion, Paraguay September 8, 2016. [Photo/Agencies] It remains a controversial topic in Japan to revise the males-only succession law TOKYO – Japanese Princess Mako, the eldest granddaughter of Emperor Akihito, will wed a former college classmate, Japanese media

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International

Dems rule out Lieberman, Keating as FBI picks; former colleague not acceptable

Senate Democrats said Thursday they won’t accept a new FBI director with a political background, which would seem to rule out former Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating, a Republican, and former Sen. Joe Lieberman, who was a Democrat and even served as his party’s vice presidential nominee in 2000. Those were two of the four names

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USA

In ‘signal to Trump,’ Herzog says Israel must retain Ma’ale Adumim

Touring settlements, opposition leader says he’s committed to ‘separation’ from Palestinians, but wouldn’t dismantle large blocs By Raoul Wootliff Opposition leader Isaac Herzog tours the West Bank settlement of Ma’ale Adumim with members of his Zionist Union faction on Thursday, May 19, 2017 (courtesy) In what he described as “a signal to US President Donald

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Middle East, USA

Aide behind travel ban said penning Trump speeches to Middle east

Stephen Miller, who also wrote a campaign speech criticized for ‘anti-Semitic overtones, reportedly writing addresses to be delivered in Riyadh, Jerusalem By Times of Israel staff Stephen Miller, White House senior adviser for policy, at a session on law enforcement held at the White House, Feb. 7, 2017. (Andrew Harrer – Pool/Getty Images via JTA)

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Middle East, USA

Trump Is in ‘Meltdown’ Says ‘Art Of The Deal’ Co-Writer

The co-author of Donald Trump’s best-selling business guide and memoir The Art Of The Deal announced the president is undergoing a “significant meltdown” in a CNN interview with Anderson Cooper. “I think he’s reacting from a survival place,” Tony Schwartz told Cooper Wednesday. He’s in pure defensive mode…he’s being run by the part of his

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, USA

Trump threatens to quit NATO: White House official

US President Donald Trump would consider leaving the North Atlantic Treaty Organization if member states do not follow through with pledges to increase their annual contributions to the Alliance, a senior White House official said. The White House official said, on condition of anonymity, that Trump wants to see faster and more concrete developments at

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International, USA