Saudi Sitcoms Feature Hebrew-Speaking Jews, Actors Urging Normal Ties With Israel
RIYADH, SAUDIA ARABIA (VINnews) — A major feature of the culture of Ramadan, the Muslim month of festivities which commenced Friday is the sitcoms and soap operas produced specific...
Questions Over Kim’s Health Highlight Intelligence Limits
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's prolonged public absence has led to rumors of ill health and worries about how it could influence the future of what one...
Pelosi Is Latest High-profile Democrat To Endorse Joe Biden
ATLANTA (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi endorsed Joe Biden’s presidential bid Monday, expanding the list of high-profile Democrats who’ve coalesced around the former vice preside...
Trump’s Focus On His Base Complicates Path To Reelection
WASHINGTON (AP) — During times of war and strife, national leaders often aim to unite a broken country and, in the process, broaden their appeal beyond their most loyal supporters....
Netanyahu ‘Confident’ US Will Support West Bank Annexation
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said he was “confident” he will be able to annex large parts of the occupied West Bank this summer, with suppor...
Israel’s Supreme Court Nixes Shin Bet Surveillance Program Fighting COVID-19: ‘Slippery Slope’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Israeli Supreme Court ruled Sunday evening that the Shin Bet will not be able to continue its surveillance program to combat COVID-19 unless the matter is...
White House Aiming For Trump Pivot From Virus To Economy
WASHINGTON (AP) — After two months of frantic response to the coronavirus, the White House is planning to shift President Donald Trump’s public focus to the burgeoning efforts aime...
Israel’s Once-Mighty Labor Party Weighs Unity With Netanyahu
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's Labor party voted on Sunday to join the incoming government headed by arch-rival Benjamin Netanyahu, despite repeated campaign promises to never sit with ...
Yaakov Litzman Leaving Health Ministry, Slated To Receive Housing Ministry
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli Health Minister Ya'acov Litzman announced that he will step down from his post for a new cabinet position following weeks of criticism of his handling...
Disinfectant Riff Is Latest Of Many Trump Science Clashes
WASHINGTON (AP) — What President Donald Trump says and does often flies in the face of mainstream science. Coronavirus and the idea of injecting disinfectants is only the latest ep...
Trump Forgoes WH Press Briefing For The First Time, Says ‘Not Worth The Effort
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says his press briefings are “not worth the time & effort” as his administration prepares to adjust his public presence amid the coronavirus...
Pence A Voice Of Calm On Virus — Balancing Health, Politics
WASHINGTON (AP) — Watching as nearly 1,000 Air Force Academy cadets celebrated their graduation standing 8 feet apart, Vice President Mike Pence choked up briefly at that slice of ...
Sizing Up Trump’s Green-Card Halt: Is It Just Temporary?
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Pamela Austin, a recruiter at Adventist Health Bakersfield in California, made seven job offers to foreign nurses in February and just finished a first round of in...
EU Says Britain Making Unrealistic Post-Brexit Demands
BRUSSELS (AP) — Despite the devastating economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, Britain is making scant effort to negotiate a far-reaching free trade deal in the wake of Br...
Ex-US Rep Brown Out Of Prison Early Amid Virus Concerns
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, once a powerful Florida Democrat, has been released from federal prison over coronavirus concerns after serving just over ...
Prosecutor Who Quit Roger Stone Trial Team Has New Job
WASHINGTON (AP) — A prosecutor on the Roger Stone trial team who abruptly resigned from the Justice Department because of a dispute over the recommended sentence has a new job.
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Democrats Expect ‘In-Person Convention,’ Party Chairman Says
ATLANTA (AP) — Democratic Party chairman Tom Perez said Thursday that he expects to hold an "in-person convention” in Milwaukee to nominate Joe Biden for president, though he didn'...
California Gov. Newsom Finds New Friend In Washington: Trump
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — These times were strange enough. And then California Gov. Gavin Newsom and President Donald Trump started getting along.
The liberal Democrat — the lea...
Somber Congress Delivers Nearly $500B More In Virus Aid
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress delivered a nearly $500 billion infusion of coronavirus spending Thursday, rushing new relief to employers and hospitals buckling under the strain of a p...
Probe Sought In Trump Administration’s Ouster Of Scientist
WASHINGTON (AP) — Calls mounted Thursday for an investigation into the ouster of a senior government scientist who says he's being punished for opposing widespread use of an unprov...