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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 ›

‘We are not here to lecture’: Trump calls on Middle Eastern leaders to ‘drive out’ the ‘crisis of Islamic extremism’

‘We are not here to lecture’: Trump calls on Middle Eastern leaders to ‘drive out’ the ‘crisis of Islamic extremism’

  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Demanding Middle East leaders combat a “crisis of Islamic extremism” emanating from their homelands, President Donald Trump tried to… Read More ›

Two Shin Bet employees indicted for embezzlement

Two Shin Bet employees indicted for embezzlement

The Shin Bet discovers missing public funds, estimated to be hundreds of thousands of shekels, following an internal audit that revealed financial irregularities; two junior… Read More ›

Historic ‘Mabat’ News Program Airs Last Episode, IBC Bill Goes to Final Vote

Historic ‘Mabat’ News Program Airs Last Episode, IBC Bill Goes to Final Vote

Nearly every reporter on the program had something to say about the broadcast being the last.   The last episode of Mabat, Channel 1’s flagship… Read More ›

Erdogan lashes ‘racist’ Israel, calls for Muslims to flood Temple Mount

Erdogan lashes ‘racist’ Israel, calls for Muslims to flood Temple Mount

Turkish president warns against moving US embassy to Jerusalem; slams mosque-muffling bill; Israel rejects his ‘baseless slander’   ISTANBUL, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip… Read More ›

Israeli Minister: Abbas Most Antisemitic Leader in the World

Israeli Minister: Abbas Most Antisemitic Leader in the World

He is the latest in a string of right-wing leaders, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to attack Abbas for presenting himself as a peace maker.… Read More ›

Russian effort suspected in French election hacking attack

Russian effort suspected in French election hacking attack

Paris’s cybersecurity agency to probe leak of Macron campaign documents as expert notes ‘Cyrillic script in the metadata’ of hacked files   PARIS (AP) —… Read More ›

On Independence Day, feel free to choose your celebration

On Independence Day, feel free to choose your celebration

Smashed burgers, a chocolatey porter, Israeli flicks and freebies are just some of the ways to avoid the silly string and inflatable hammers   As… Read More ›

Le Pen’s party in new turmoil over alleged Holocaust denial

Le Pen’s party in new turmoil over alleged Holocaust denial

In France’s presidential race, anti-Semitism occupies center stage in the bitter campaign between Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron, with the latter visiting a site… Read More ›

All 100 US senators to UN: End ‘unacceptable’ anti-Israel bias

All 100 US senators to UN: End ‘unacceptable’ anti-Israel bias

Letter to António Guterres, with unanimous Senate support, demands wide-ranging reforms of international body   All 100 US senators signed a letter to United Nations… Read More ›

Hamas says it won’t be cowed by Abbas’s threats

Hamas says it won’t be cowed by Abbas’s threats

Terror group’s No. 2 in the Gaza Strip says PA president will fail to ‘make Gaza kneel’ if he goes through with drastic funding cuts… Read More ›

Asuncion, Paraguay – Paraguay: Armed Robbers Use Explosives To Break Into Vault

Asuncion, Paraguay – Paraguay: Armed Robbers Use Explosives To Break Into Vault

  Asuncion, Paraguay – Dozens of attackers armed with assault rifles used explosives to blast open the vault of an armored car company early Monday… Read More ›