Trump called Netanyahu as furore over intel disclosure grew

Tel Aviv (dpa) – US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by phone for about 20 minutes amid mounting uproar over the president’s disclosure of intelligence information to Russia. The conversation took place Tuesday, as reports swirled that the classified intelligence Trump shared with Russia’s foreign minister and ambassador was first […]

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Middle East, USA

Former Israeli spymasters rip into Trump, say Israel must reassess intel sharing

Ex-Mossad head Shavit: US president is like a ‘bull in a china shop… If tomorrow I were asked to pass information to the CIA, I would do everything I could to not pass it to them’ By Judah Ari Gross Former head of the Mossad, Shabtai Shavit, attends a press conference organized by ‘Commanders for

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International, Middle East, USA

S.D. celebrates Israel’s independence May 21

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – The Jewish Federation of San Diego County and community partners have scheduled the annual community celebration of Yom Ha’atzmaut (Israel Independence Day) on May 21  at the San Diego Jewish Academy from 2 pm to 6 pm. This is a free event to celebrate and educate the local community about Israel and its culture.

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Middle East, San Diego County, USA

Mitch McConnell has backed a surprising replacement for FBI Director James Comey

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kent.) has been a staunch supporter of President Trump’s decision to remove FBI Director James Comey. Last Wednesday, McConnell took to the floor of the senate to criticize Democrats’ outrage at Comey’s dismissal. McConnell pointed out, “Our Democratic colleagues are complaining about the removal of an FBI director whom they

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Erdogan’s Bodyguards Clash With Protesters in D.C.

Footage has emerged of a mass brawl outside the Turkish embassy in Washington during which men believed to be Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s bodyguards are seen attacking protesters just hours after the Turkish president’s meeting with Donald Trump. The brawl ensued as Erodgan’s security detail and pro-Erdogan supporters confronted Kurdish and Armenian demonstrators. A video—posted by

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Middle East, USA

What will humans look like in 1,000 years? [VIDEO]

In 1,000 years time, humans have come to radically transform Earth’s landscape with the help of technology. In another 1,000 years, technology will radically transform another impressive entity: the human species itself. It’s difficult to envision what humans might look like in a century, let alone in a millennium but this recent video produced by

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Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We Share

Comey Memo: Trump Asks to Imprison Reporters Over Leaks

President Donald Trump asked former FBI Director James Comey to consider imprisoning journalists for reporting classified information, The New York Times reported, citing a memo the head G-Man wrote after speaking to Trump. The conversation, the paper reported, occurred in February following the resignation of National Security Adviser Mike Flynn. Related: Why Republicans won’t abandon

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American Airlines Allegedly Sends Black Woman To Back Of Plane

Two friends said they experienced the “most blatantly racist thing” that had ever happened to them when they were on a May 2 American Airlines flight. Rane Baldwin, an African American woman, was flying with friend Janet Novack, a white woman, from Kentucky to North Carolina. Baldwin, who was an AAdvantage Platinum Select/World Elite member,

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Illinois Republican congressman now open to appointing special prosecutor

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger on Wednesday told CNN it was time to look at an independent commission or special prosecutor after reports that President Donald Trump asked former FBI chief James Comey to halt the bureau’s probe of former White House national security adviser Michael Flynn. Kinzinger, 39, is a Republican in his

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‘It’s not like [Trump’s] whispering this to Theresa May,’ laments a former CIA chief

The former head of the CIA and NSA, Gen. Michael Hayden, is concerned about the disclosures coming out of the Oval Office. This week, President Donald Trump revealed highly classified information to the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, and the Russian ambassador to the US, Sergei Kislyak. This has led Hayden — a man steeped

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John Kasich: Hate to say ‘I told you so’ about Trump

Ohio Gov. John Kasich said during a joint CNN town hall Tuesday with Vermont Sen. Bernard Sanders that his instincts were right about President Trump. Mr. Kasich, who unsuccessfully ran against Mr. Trump in last year’s Republican presidential primary, said the allegations that Mr. Trump shared Israeli intelligence about the Middle East with the Russians

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