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Failed Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush attacked President Donald Trump in a speech at Yale Tuesday, implying that Trump’s children don’t love him. According to the Yale Daily News, “Bush
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The Russian military says it has conducted an exercise that involved anti-submarine aircraft flying missions over the eastern Mediterranean. Russia’s Defense Ministry said Thursday the Tu-142 aircraft took off from
The U.S. and Mexican governments are sparring over immigration and trade, but the two countries are joining forces on the high seas like never before to go after drug smugglers.
The New York Police Department can use a Cold War-era legal tactic to conceal whether it put two Muslim men under surveillance, the state’s highest court ruled Thursday. The Court
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will meet South Korean President Moon Jae-in at a border village on April 27, the South announced Thursday, for a rare summit that could
The State Department wants to require all U.S. visa applicants to submit their social media usernames, previous email addresses and phone numbers, vastly expanding the Trump administration’s enhanced vetting of
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times One place wants $2200 per person just until Monday morning. Another place is okay with $1000. Regardless, of the price,
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[By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times] It is the forgotten step-child of pre-Pesach Preparations. Yes, everything requires preparation and Sefirah is no exception. What follows is
Paul Ryan’s future as House speaker has been such a topic of speculation that even the simple question of whether he will seek re-election to his Wisconsin seat remains secret.
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