Chelsea Handler Deletes Video Clip Of Louis Farrakhan That Included Her Defense Of His Anti-Semitism
NEW YORK (JTA) - Chelsea Handler deleted a video clip of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan that the Jewish comedian posted on Instagram, including a defense of Farrakhan’s vir...
Trump OKs Bill To Punish China Over Ethnic Crackdown
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed legislation Wednesday that seeks to punish China for its crackdown on Uighurs and other ethnic minorities.
The bill includes sanc...
Zogby Poll: 55 Percent Believes Biden Has Dementia
WASHINGTON (Newsmax) - Fifty-five percent of likely voters believe presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is in the early stages of dementia, according to a Zogby po...
US Warns 3 Companies Over Illegal At-Home COVID-19 Tests
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators are cracking down on three companies for selling at-home blood tests for coronavirus, warning that the products have not been shown to safe...
Bolton Says Trump Asked China To Help Him Get Reelected
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump asked China’s Xi Jinping during a 2019 summit meeting to help his reelection prospects by purchasing more American farm products, according...
Administration Seeking Rollbacks On Tech Company Protections
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is proposing that Congress roll back legal protections for online platforms such as Facebook, Google and Twitter that generally could not b...
Poway Shooting Victims And Survivors Sue Gunmaker, Alleged Shooter And His Parents
POWAY, CA (JTA) - Victims and survivors of the shooting attack on the Chabad of Poway have filed a lawsuit against the gunmaker Smith & Wesson and the gun store in San Diego th...
Pelosi Requiring Masks For Lawmakers For House Hearings
WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Nancy Pelosi is requiring that House members wear masks when attending committee hearings, an edict that comes amid spiking COVID-19 cases in many states....
New Video Offers Closer View Of Police SUV Hitting Black Man
O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A second video has emerged that appears to show a police SUV driven by a white suburban St. Louis police officer striking a black suspect and knocking the man ...
Senate GOP Proposes Policing Changes In ‘Justice Act’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans unveiled proposed changes to police procedures and accountability Wednesday, countering Democratic policing legislation with a bill that stays ...
Aunt Jemima Brand Retired By Quaker Due To Racial Stereotype
NEW YORK (AP) — Quaker Oats is retiring the 131-year-old Aunt Jemima brand, saying the company recognizes the character's origins are “based on a racial stereotype.”
Just hours ...
Opinion: Why Can’t You Get Canceled For Anti-Semitism?
NEW YORK (JNS/Jonathan S. Tobin)In the weeks since the brutal and unjustified killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, America has been undergoing what The New York...
Facebook Aims To Help Voters, But Won’t Block Trump Misinfo
San Francisco (AP) - Facebook is launching a widespread effort to boost U.S. voter turnout and provide authoritative information about voting — just as it doubles down on its polic...
Trump Administration Sues To Delay Release Of Bolton Book
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration sued former national security adviser John Bolton on Tuesday to delay the publication of a book that the White House says contains classi...
A Look At Trump’s Executive Order On Police Procedures
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday aimed at curbing police brutality by directing federal dollars to those police departments that meet cert...
CNN’s Van Jones Lauds Trump’s Police Reform
NEW YORK (Newsmax) - CNN commentator Van Jones praised President Donald Trump’s executive order on police reform Tuesday.
“The executive order is a good thing,” Jones said. “Mai...
Fauci: I Haven’t Spoken to Trump ‘in Weeks’
WASHINGTON (Newsmax) - Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said during a radio interview he has not spoken to President Donald...
European Union Asks US To Ditch Trump Peace Plan And Join New Middle East Peace Effort
BRUSSELS (JTA) — The European Union’s foreign policy chief effectively rejected President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan and asked the United States to join a new internatio...
McConnell ‘OK’ With Removing Confederate Names From Bases
WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell said Tuesday he’s “OK” with renaming military bases such as Fort Bragg that are named after Confederate Army officers, decli...
Watchdogs Say Trump Admin Limiting Oversight Of Virus Aid
WASHINGTON (AP) — Government watchdogs are warning that a legal determination by the Trump administration could severely limit their ability to oversee more than $1 trillion in spe...