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Melania Trump’s spokeswoman says the first lady will watch whatever she wants on TV. Stephanie Grisham responded Wednesday to a New York Times report that President Donald Trump was unhappy that his wife’s television aboard Air Force One was tuned to CNN — and not Fox News Channel — during their recent trip to Europe. […]

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After a tense night in the south, which included Hamas firing on an IDF soldier, wounding him moderately, and an Israeli strike in Gaza, the heads of the military wing

A man exploded a small homemade bomb outside the U.S. Embassy in Beijing on Thursday, injuring only himself, according to police and an embassy spokesperson. Photos on social media showed

A CNN correspondent was barred from attending an open press event at the White House on Wednesday because of questions she asked President Donald Trump earlier in the day. Kaitlan

The Zehut party headed by Moshe Feiglin on Tuesday, 12 Menachem Av, marked three years since its establishment with parlor meetings and other events around Israel. In Haifa, an event will be held in a café that opens on Shabbos, that does not have kosher supervision, which some find objectionable. According to a Srugim report, […]

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The Jerusalem Municipality is opening a new support center for the opening of the school year. The Education Administration of the Jerusalem Municipality will, for the first time, open an

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