Articles by: JewishNews-Abe

Trump just got a hero’s welcome in a country that may have underestimated his defining trait

Trump just got a hero’s welcome in a country that may have underestimated his defining trait

  WARSAW, Poland — One the best days of Donald Trump’s nascent presidency unfolded 4,400 miles away from the White House, where he was greeted… Read More ›

A privacy group is suing Trump’s election-integrity panel for trying to collect voter data

A privacy group is suing Trump’s election-integrity panel for trying to collect voter data

  The White House’s attempt to gather the personal data of US voters hit a legal roadblock Monday when a privacy advocacy group sued President… Read More ›

Liberal Jews protest conversion bill, Kotel plan freeze outside PM’s residence

Liberal Jews protest conversion bill, Kotel plan freeze outside PM’s residence

Over a thousand people gather after the end of Shabbat to urge the prime minister, ‘Bibi, don’t divide the Jewish people’; ‘The Israeli government turned… Read More ›

Ex-PM Olmert released from prison after 16 months

Ex-PM Olmert released from prison after 16 months

Former premier freed on parole after board reduces corruption sentence by one-third on good behavior   Former prime minister Ehud Olmert was released on parole… Read More ›

Opinion: Why isn’t Obama hitting back at Trump?

Opinion: Why isn’t Obama hitting back at Trump?

  The contrast could not be more extreme: a loud, pushy, anti-intellectual President Donald Trump versus a soft-spoken, recessive, philosophical former president, Barack Obama. The… Read More ›

Washington – Budget Office: Senate Health Bill Adds 22 Million Uninsured

Washington – Budget Office: Senate Health Bill Adds 22 Million Uninsured

  Washington – The Senate Republican health care bill would leave 22 million more Americans uninsured in 2026 than under President Barack Obama’s health care… Read More ›

Australians ditch religion at rapid rate, becoming more diverse

Australians ditch religion at rapid rate, becoming more diverse

  Australia is becoming older and more diverse — both culturally and religiously — according to new data from the country’s census. While the first… Read More ›

‘Her hubby is running a Ponzi scheme’: The FBI is probing Paul Manafort’s business dealings with his son-in-law

‘Her hubby is running a Ponzi scheme’: The FBI is probing Paul Manafort’s business dealings with his son-in-law

  President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, poured millions of dollars into real-estate deals brokered by his son-in-law, Jeff Yohai. Those investments came through… Read More ›

Einstein letters on God, Israel and physics fetch $210,000

Einstein letters on God, Israel and physics fetch $210,000

Eight letters, written between 1951 and 1954, by esteemed Jewish scientist were initially valued at up to $46,000   JERUSALEM — Letters written by Albert… Read More ›

Minnesota officials have released the dashcam footage showing Philando Castile’s shooting

Minnesota officials have released the dashcam footage showing Philando Castile’s shooting

  Minnesota officials on Tuesday released dashcam footage showing the fatal police shooting of Philando Castile by officer Jeronimo Yanez, who was acquitted by a… Read More ›

Netanyahu: Liberman withheld info on Palestinian city expansion

Netanyahu: Liberman withheld info on Palestinian city expansion

PM denies saying he didn’t know of plan for Qalqilya, claims defense minister failed to tell cabinet it included 14,000 new homes   Deepening a… Read More ›

Washington – White House Begins Its Government Reorganization

Washington – White House Begins Its Government Reorganization

  Washington – The White House says it’s beginning a broad government reorganization that could include efforts to merge federal agencies. White House Office of… Read More ›

Doctors: Ex-North Korea detainee Otto Warmbier has severe brain injury

Doctors: Ex-North Korea detainee Otto Warmbier has severe brain injury

  Doctors caring for released North Korea detainee Otto Warmbier said he has not spoken or moved on his own since he arrived in the… Read More ›

Jeff Sessions: Russia collusion claim ‘detestable lie’

Jeff Sessions: Russia collusion claim ‘detestable lie’

  Washington – Attorney General Jeff Sessions infuriated Democratic senators Tuesday by repeatedly thwarting their efforts to shed light on the firing of James Comey,… Read More ›

‘The Worst in the Region’: Leaked Us Cables Reveals Qatar’s Role in Mideast

‘The Worst in the Region’: Leaked Us Cables Reveals Qatar’s Role in Mideast

  In 2007, then-Palestinian Authority prime minister Salam Fayyad told the US Treasury’s under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence Stuart Levey that Qatar provides… Read More ›

Qatar: We’re ‘willing to talk’ to resolve diplomatic crisis

Qatar: We’re ‘willing to talk’ to resolve diplomatic crisis

Doha, Qatar – Qatar said it is open to mediation to resolve the crisis that has seen a group of nearby countries move to isolate… Read More ›

Washington – Trump To Push For Overhauling Roads, Bridges, Air Traffic

Washington – Trump To Push For Overhauling Roads, Bridges, Air Traffic

  Washington –  President Donald Trump is launching a major push for a $1 trillion overhaul of the nation’s roads and bridges, a key item… Read More ›

Devin Nunes approved requests for ‘unmaskings’ — and now Democrats say he’s ‘gone rogue’

Devin Nunes approved requests for ‘unmaskings’ — and now Democrats say he’s ‘gone rogue’

  The House Intelligence Committee, under the leadership of Republican Rep. Devin Nunes, made at least 5-6 unmasking requests to US spy agencies related to Russia’s election meddling… Read More ›

The Trump administration is skirting the biggest question about Kushner-Russia ties

The Trump administration is skirting the biggest question about Kushner-Russia ties

  On Friday, The Washington Post broke a bombshell report that President Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner proposed setting up a back-channel of… Read More ›

Washington – Medicaid Cuts Coming In Trump Budget: Washington Post

Washington – Medicaid Cuts Coming In Trump Budget: Washington Post

Washington – U.S. President Donald Trump’s budget proposal, set to be unveiled on Tuesday, will include cuts to Medicaid and propose changes to other assistance… Read More ›