Saturday, May 18, 2024

Politics

Biden Tops Trump In June, 2nd-quarter Cash; GOP Still Flush

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ATLANTA (AP) — Democratic presidential challenger Joe Biden outpaced President Donald Trump's campaign fundraising juggernaut in June and in the second quarter of this election yea...

Opinion: Boris Johnson, We Don’t Need Your Recognition

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Dear Boris,                                                                                                                                    You portray you...

Belgium Orders Government-Funded NGO’s To Promote Anti-Israel Campaigns

BRUSSELS (VINnews) — The Belgian government ordered various organizations it funds to promote anti-Israel campaigns and to "mitigate the influence of pro-Israel voices." A document...

Israeli Rabbis: ‘Whoever Goes Without A Mask Bears Responsibility For The Entire Torah World’

BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — An emergency meeting convened by the rabbis and Roshei Yeshivos of Bnei Brak established strict new regulations regarding how to combat coronavirus within the...

Trump Supports New Round Of Direct Coronavirus Payments

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he supports a fresh round of government payments to individuals to help them weather the coronavirus pandemic but “it h...

Trump: I’ll Veto Defense Bill To Keep Confederate Base Names

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is vowing to veto a massive defense bill to keep military bases such as Fort Bragg named after Confederate officers, swimming against senti...

Businesswoman Upsets 5-term Congressman In Colorado Primary

DENVER (AP) — Five-term Colorado U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton was upset in Tuesday’s Republican Party primary by Lauren Boebert, a pistol-packing businesswoman, ardent defender of gun ri...

Seattle Mayor Orders “Occupied” Area Cleared, Police Arrive

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SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle police converged on the city's “occupied” protest zone early Wednesday after Mayor Jenny Durkan issued an executive order for protesters to vacate the area. ...

Nir Etzion Hotel To Reopen For Chareidi Coronavirus Patients

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BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — As the number of COVID-19 patients in Israel has risen exponentially over the last few days, the Home Command and the Defense Ministry have decided to reopene...

NYC Passes Austere Budget That Cuts $1B From NYPD

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NEW YORK (AP) — New York City lawmakers approved an austere budget early Wednesday that will shift $1 billion from policing to education and social services in the coming year, ack...

Trump Tweets That Russia Bounty Allegations Are ‘Fake News’

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday dismissed as “Fake News” allegations that Russia offered bounties for killing American troops in Afghanistan. He said news sto...

For Third Time This Month, Fox News Leads All Networks

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NEW YORK (AP) — Mention prime-time television stars in other ages, and you’d think of Jerry Seinfeld, Mark Harmon or Jennifer Aniston. Now it’s Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson. ...

Report Shows $480,000 In Donations To Cover Pence Legal Aid

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Donors contributed nearly $480,000 last year to cover Vice President Mike Pence’s legal expenses from special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe of Russian meddling i...

Judge Temporarily Blocks Tell-all Book By Trump’s Niece

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A tell-all book by President Donald Trump’s niece cannot be published until a judge decides the merits of claims by the president’s brother that its publication would violate a pac...

Dem Climate Plan Would End Greenhouse Gas Emissions By 2050

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WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats on Tuesday unveiled a plan to address climate change that would set a goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, while pushing renewable e...

Book Coming From Dem House Counsel On Trump Impeachment

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NEW YORK (AP) — A former Obama administration official and House counsel who helped draft the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump has a book coming out this summ...

Opinion: Why Does ‘The Forward’ Continue To Promote Falsehoods About Israel?

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NEW YORK (JNS/Karen Bekker)- CAMERA, the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis, recently prompted three corrections from The Forward. All involved one of the...

Baby Bust: Study Predicts Half Million Less Births In The US In Wake Of Coronavirus

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WASHINGTON D.C. (VINnews) — A Brookings Institute research report predicts that the coronavirus will not cause a baby boom and may even lead to half a million less births in the US...

Israeli Rabbinate Threatens To Suspend Semicha Examinations Over Issue Of Female Participation

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Israeli chief rabbinate has reacted angrily to a legal opinion submitted by Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit regarding the issue of females taking semi...

MK Eichler Decries Incitement,Selective Enforcement And Abuse Of Chareidim During Coronavirus

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a Knesset speech Monday, MK Yisrael Eichler (UTJ) sharply criticized the way in which the state of Israel is treating Chareidim during the coronavirus. ...