Monday, May 20, 2024

Politics

Trump Declares New Space Command Key To American Defense

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Washington - Declaring space crucial to the nation's defense, President Donald Trump said Thursday the Pentagon has established U.S. Space Command to preserve American dominance on...

Russian Denies Reports Of Hacking Benny Gantz’s Phones And Computers

Tel Aviv - The Russian Embassy in Tel Aviv has denied that Russians are behind the hacking of the cellphone of Benny Gantz, the head of the Blue and White Party, and Gantz called t...

Jewish Socialist Philosopher Who Met With Hamas Is Running For President

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Maryland - A Jewish socialist philosopher who met with the leader of Hamas is running for president. On Wednesday, Jerome Segal announced that he would run as the nominee of the...

How Ilhan Omar Inspired One Orthodox Jewish Woman To Ditch Her Shaitel And Wear A Headscarf

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Rachel Wizenfeld, an orthodox Jewish woman who wore a wig in the past and was embarrassed to be seen in a headscarf, was inspired to put one on by...Minnesota representative Ilhan ...

Trump, Press Secretary React To Report On “Proven Liar” James Comey

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Washington - This morning, the Justice Department’s inspector general released its report on James Comey's handling of memos documenting private conversations with President Donald...

10 Democrats Set For Next Debate As Several Others Miss Cut

Struggling Democratic presidential candidates are facing the bad news that they are not among the 10 who have qualified for the next debate, a predicament that is likely to spell d...

Israel: Iran, Hezbollah Intensifying Missile Efforts

The Israeli military is accusing Iran and its Lebanese proxy Hezbollah of stepping up attempts to build missile-production facilities in Lebanon and says these efforts are putting ...

Trump: Taliban Deal Close, US Troops To Drop To 8,600

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President Donald Trump says the U.S. plans to reduce the number of American troops in Afghanistan to 8,600 and then will determine further drawdowns from there. Trump told Fox N...

Watchdog: Comey Violated FBI Policies In Handling Of Memos

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Former FBI Director James Comey violated FBI policies in his handling of memos documenting private conversations with President Donald Trump, the Justice Department's inspector gen...

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell Forced To Retract Trump Story

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MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell on Wednesday retracted his story about supposed Russian ties to President Donald Trump's finances and apologized for reporting it — just as Trump's lawye...

Honduras Will Recognize Jerusalem As Israel’s Capital

President Juan Orlando Hernandez will travel to Israel on Friday to inaugurate a “diplomatic office” in Jerusalem, the French news agency AFP reported Wednesday. The Honduran Fo...

Reality Check: Dem Attitudes On Impeachment Vary Widely

Impeach Trump? For Democrats, the answer is complicated. While more than 130 House Democrats — more than half the caucus — have come out in favor of an impeachment inquiry into ...

O’Rourke Staffers Kick Out Breitbart Reporter From Speech

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Beto O'Rourke's campaign says it ejected a Breitbart News reporter from an event at a South Carolina college because it wanted to ensure that students felt "comfortable and safe." ...

Boris Johnson Moves To Suspend Parliament Ahead Of Brexit

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson maneuvered Wednesday to give his political opponents even less time to block a chaotic no-deal Brexit before the Oct. 31 withdrawal deadline, w...

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Drops Out Of 2020 Presidential Bid

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Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand dropped out of the presidential race Wednesday, abruptly ending a campaign that once looked poised to ride strong #MeToo credentials to formidability bu...

Ex-Pentagon Chief Mattis Says Bitter Politics Threaten US

Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is warning that bitter political divisions threaten American society, saying he views "tribalism" as a greater risk to the nation's future than ...

Pence Says Trump A Better Choice Than Any Democratic Nominee

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Anderson, SC - Vice President Mike Pence told South Carolina conservatives Monday night that another four years for the Trump administration is a far better choice than anything th...

Judiciary Panel Subpoenas Former White House Aide Rob Porter

Washington - The House Judiciary Committee has subpoenaed former White House staff secretary Rob Porter as part of its investigation into President Donald Trump’s conduct in office...

Lawsuit Filed Over Rollback Of Child Immigrant Protections

Sacramento, CA - Nineteen states and the District of Columbia sued on Monday over the Trump administration’s effort to alter a federal agreement that limits how long immigrant chil...

Judge Expected To Rule Tuesday On Injunction Of Abortion Law

Kansas City, MO - A federal judge said he will issue a ruling Tuesday that will determine whether Missouri’s new abortion law banning abortions at or after eight weeks of pregnancy...