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US says $400m cash delivery to Iran was ‘leverage’ for release of prisoners

US says $400m cash delivery to Iran was ‘leverage’ for release of prisoners

In first, State Department admits connection between payment, prisoner swap and implementation of controversial nuke deal   The US State Department on Thursday said that… Read More ›

US veterans’ group to host Clinton and Trump for televised event focused on national security

US veterans’ group to host Clinton and Trump for televised event focused on national security

  Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) will host Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump for a live televised forum that focuses on national security… Read More ›

Here’s why the NSA won’t release a ‘smoking gun’ implicating Russia in these major hacks

Here’s why the NSA won’t release a ‘smoking gun’ implicating Russia in these major hacks

  Was Russia behind the massive hack of the Democratic National Committee, or the latest breach of what appears to be the NSA’s elite hacking… Read More ›

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick says his company’s self-driving cars will create more jobs, not destroy them

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick says his company’s self-driving cars will create more jobs, not destroy them

  Travis Kalanick says that Uber needs to move fast on self-driving cars or face an “existential threat” from foes like Google. But the CEO’s… Read More ›

Montpelier, VT – Sanders’ Wife Defends Non-disclosure, Vacation Home Buy

Montpelier, VT – Sanders’ Wife Defends Non-disclosure, Vacation Home Buy

  Montpelier, VT – Sen. Bernie Sanders has pushed hard for transparency on U.S. trade and campaign finance, but has been far less aggressive in… Read More ›

Washington – Hackers Targeted Trump Campaign, Republican Party Groups: Sources

Washington – Hackers Targeted Trump Campaign, Republican Party Groups: Sources

  Washington – Hackers targeted the computer systems of presidential candidate Donald Trump and Republican Party organizations as well as Democratic Party networks, sources familiar… Read More ›

Washington – AP: Trump Advisers Waged Covert Influence Campaign

Washington – AP: Trump Advisers Waged Covert Influence Campaign

  Washington –  A firm run by Donald Trump’s campaign chairman directly orchestrated a covert Washington lobbying operation on behalf of Ukraine’s ruling political party,… Read More ›

Ren Qian: 15-year-old “perfectionist” wins Olympic diving gold for China

Ren Qian: 15-year-old “perfectionist” wins Olympic diving gold for China

  She’s just 15 and already a world champion — but Ren Qian had a new shiny Olympic gold medal to show off Thursday. Ren,… Read More ›

Usain Bolt wins 200-meters gold to keep “triple-triple” dream alive in Rio

Usain Bolt wins 200-meters gold to keep “triple-triple” dream alive in Rio

He is the only Olympian who could have an entire stadium chanting his name. Usain Bolt’s position as the greatest sprinter in the world was… Read More ›

Lochte, Brazil police differ on robbery; 2 US swimmers heading home

Lochte, Brazil police differ on robbery; 2 US swimmers heading home

Rio de Janeiro – A decorated American Olympian says he and three of his teammates were robbed at gunpoint. Brazilian police say that’s not true.… Read More ›

Clinton campaign attacks Breitbart News as ‘anti-Semitic’

Clinton campaign attacks Breitbart News as ‘anti-Semitic’

In fundraising letter, Trump slammed for hiring conservative site’s former CEO   WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton’s campaign described Breitbart News as anti-Semitic in attacking Donald… Read More ›

Trump adviser allegedly bragged about firing Jews from Pentagon jobs

Trump adviser allegedly bragged about firing Jews from Pentagon jobs

Former Defense official Joseph Schmitz also accused of making anti-Semitic remarks such as: ‘Ovens were too small to kill 6 million Jews’   WASHINGTON —… Read More ›

Jewish summer camp: A safe space to encounter ‘Hebrew’

Jewish summer camp: A safe space to encounter ‘Hebrew’

Even as some North American summer camps modify Hebrew grammar to fit gender non-binary campers, a study of usage finds the goal is inclusion —… Read More ›

Senior police official criticizes new recording law

Senior police official criticizes new recording law

Criticizing the new ‘Recording Law’ that PM Netanyahu is pushing forward, senior police official says, ‘The law could harm the practice of reporting complaints to… Read More ›

US town under federal investigation for alleged blocking of Muslim cemetery plans

US town under federal investigation for alleged blocking of Muslim cemetery plans

Federal prosecutors are looking into whether a Massachusetts town violated the civil rights of an Islamic group when officials there rejected plans for a Muslim… Read More ›

Surprise, surprisky

Surprise, surprisky

Op-ed: With Russia deploying its planes in Iran, Israel must ask itself how greater Russian influence in the Middle East could affect its own security.… Read More ›

Historians say Polish bill on death camps reference extreme

Historians say Polish bill on death camps reference extreme

Law would jail people who use term “Polish death camps.”   Holocaust experts said Thursday that a Polish bill to jail people who use the… Read More ›

ANALYSIS: Does delayed burial hurt or help the cause of terrorism?

ANALYSIS: Does delayed burial hurt or help the cause of terrorism?

“As time passes, it becomes more and more obvious that the Palestinians learned from Israel that the return of the bodies causes the country to… Read More ›

The Czar, the Sultan – and the Shah

The Czar, the Sultan – and the Shah

Will a Russian, Turkish, Iranian strategic triangle emerge or is it all just short-term tactical?   Less than a year ago, coverage of Russia’s relations… Read More ›

Police arrest terrorist responsible for Jerusalem stabbing attack

Police arrest terrorist responsible for Jerusalem stabbing attack

“After reviewing intelligence, undercover police units searched the area and arrested the suspect who carried out the attack and lives in A-Tur.”   Less than… Read More ›