Articles by: JewishNews-Ben

Georgia to conduct hand recount of presidential vote

Georgia to conduct hand recount of presidential vote

Georgia’s secretary of state announces audit of results as margin is so tight, Biden leads Trump by some 14,000 votes; results expected by Nov. 20… Read More ›

Israel should at least thank Donald Trump

Israel should at least thank Donald Trump

Opinion: The outgoing president can and should be criticized, not least for his refusal to acknowledge the results of a democratic election, but we must… Read More ›

Republicans to let Trump fight election for weeks despite Biden’s win

Republicans to let Trump fight election for weeks despite Biden’s win

President’s baseless legal challenges expected to continue until Electoral College meets on December 14; Schumer says effort is ‘undermining faith’ in system   WASHINGTON (AP)… Read More ›

Harris bursts through another barrier, becoming the first female, first Black and first South Asian vice president-elect

Harris bursts through another barrier, becoming the first female, first Black and first South Asian vice president-elect

Kamala Harris, who on Saturday became America’s first female, first Black and first South Asian vice president-elect, represents a new face of political power after… Read More ›

US presidential election results – state by state

US presidential election results – state by state

The following is the most up-to-date data on who took which state based upon the projections by US television networks and Edison Research:   With… Read More ›

Face of US virus fight warns nation in for ‘hurt’ unless sharp changes made

Face of US virus fight warns nation in for ‘hurt’ unless sharp changes made

Dr. Anthony Fauci predicts American hospitals poorly situated to deal with COVID and flu outbreaks, says he no longer advises Trump, drawing fire from White… Read More ›

FBI Says Extremist Threatened Trump, Obama In Online Posts

FBI Says Extremist Threatened Trump, Obama In Online Posts

  TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A man charged in an alleged conspiracy to kidnap Michigan’s governor also made threatening online comments about President Donald… Read More ›

Why Obama saved his harshest critiques of Trump until the campaign’s end

Why Obama saved his harshest critiques of Trump until the campaign’s end

Barack Obama held back his most biting critiques of President Donald Trump in the first years of his post-presidency, hoping the lack of constant attacks… Read More ›

Bipartisan House Bill To Be Introduced To Provide Israel With Bunker-Buster Bombs

Bipartisan House Bill To Be Introduced To Provide Israel With Bunker-Buster Bombs

  WASHINGTON (JNS) — A bill that would allow the United States to provide Israel bunker busters is reportedly expected to be introduced this week… Read More ›

Obama slams Trump over coronavirus: ‘He’s jealous of Covid’s media coverage’

Obama slams Trump over coronavirus: ‘He’s jealous of Covid’s media coverage’

Washington – Former President Barack Obama on Tuesday harshly criticized President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic and faulted him for turning the White… Read More ›

For ultra-Orthodox, education as important as oxygen

For ultra-Orthodox, education as important as oxygen

Opinion: While Haredi sector’s decision to reopen schools in violation of the law deserves condemnation, some parents believed that not sending their children back to… Read More ›

Justice Dept.: 127 Suspected MS-13 Members Charged This Year

Justice Dept.: 127 Suspected MS-13 Members Charged This Year

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors have charged 127 suspected members of the violent MS-13 street gang this year, and six face sentences of life… Read More ›

Obama delivers a blistering rebuke of Trump in his return to the campaign trail

Obama delivers a blistering rebuke of Trump in his return to the campaign trail

Former President Barack Obama delivered an often-incredulous and blistering account of his successor’s first four years in office on Wednesday in Philadelphia, making his most… Read More ›

Hadassah hospital consulting with US medics on COVID treatment for Erekat

Hadassah hospital consulting with US medics on COVID treatment for Erekat

Earlier, Erekat said he was experiencing “difficult symptoms resulting from my lack of immunity as a result of lung transplantation.”   Veteran PLO official Saeb… Read More ›

Why Tech Giants Limited The Spread Of NY Post Story On Biden

Why Tech Giants Limited The Spread Of NY Post Story On Biden

  OAKLAND, California (AP) — When Facebook and Twitter moved quickly this week to limit the spread of an unverified political story published by the… Read More ›

Stark contrast between Trump and Biden on display in dueling town halls

Stark contrast between Trump and Biden on display in dueling town halls

President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden weren’t on the same stage on Thursday night but two simultaneous town halls managed to clearly… Read More ›

Analysis: Donald Trump is doing the *exact* opposite of what he should in the last days of 2020 campaign

Analysis: Donald Trump is doing the *exact* opposite of what he should in the last days of 2020 campaign

President Donald Trump has a simple strategy for the final weeks of the 2020 campaign: If some of me is good, more of me is… Read More ›

Cabinet to vote on UAE peace agreement today

Cabinet to vote on UAE peace agreement today

Monday’s vote will only be on peace with the UAE because the peace treaty with Bahrain has yet to be written.   The cabinet is… Read More ›

Joe Biden says he will hold a solo town hall after Trump backed out of the next debate

Joe Biden says he will hold a solo town hall after Trump backed out of the next debate

  Former Vice President Joe Biden’s campaign team said on Thursday, after President Donald Trump backed out of the next debate, that Biden would do… Read More ›

Israelis Persist In Rallies Against Pm Despite Lockdown

Israelis Persist In Rallies Against Pm Despite Lockdown

  TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated in hundreds of locations across Israel against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, pressing ahead… Read More ›