September 13, 2016
President Barack Obama will unveil on Wednesday a massive new military aid package for Israel, one which — at a reported $38 billion over 10 years — would be the largest such deal in U.S. history. But is it enough to buy Obama the love of his fiercest pro-Israel critics? Not a chance. Some hawkish […]
September 13, 2016
PHILADELPHIA — Next up: recreating that hug. President Barack Obama was back here Tuesday, seven weeks and just a few miles from where he gave his big Democratic convention speech for Hillary Clinton — and most importantly for the campaign. He held her in a long, long embrace after she surprised the crowd on stage […]
September 13, 2016
PHILADELPHIA — Next up: recreating that hug. President Barack Obama was back here Tuesday, seven weeks and just a few miles from where he gave his big Democratic convention speech for Hillary Clinton — and most importantly for the campaign. He held her in a long, long embrace after she surprised the crowd on stage […]
September 13, 2016
JERUSALEM — Former Israeli President Shimon Peres suffered a “major stroke” on Tuesday and experienced heavy bleeding in the brain, a hospital official said, as doctors raced to stabilize the 93-year-old Nobel laureate. Dr. Itzik Kreiss, director of the Sheba Medical Center, told reporters outside the hospital near Tel Aviv that Peres experienced “lots of […]
September 13, 2016
JERUSALEM — Former Israeli President Shimon Peres suffered a “major stroke” on Tuesday and experienced heavy bleeding in the brain, a hospital official said, as doctors raced to stabilize the 93-year-old Nobel laureate. Dr. Itzik Kreiss, director of the Sheba Medical Center, told reporters outside the hospital near Tel Aviv that Peres experienced “lots of […]
September 13, 2016
The Supreme Court has refused to block a Senate panel’s subpoena seeking records from Backpage.com about the prevalence of ads for sexual services, including incidents of minors being sexually trafficked via the site. Chief Justice John Roberts stepped in last week, temporarily halting enforcement of the subpoena from the investigative subcommittee of the Senate Homeland […]
September 13, 2016
The Supreme Court has refused to block a Senate panel’s subpoena seeking records from Backpage.com about the prevalence of ads for sexual services, including incidents of minors being sexually trafficked via the site. Chief Justice John Roberts stepped in last week, temporarily halting enforcement of the subpoena from the investigative subcommittee of the Senate Homeland […]
September 13, 2016
CLIVE, Iowa — Donald Trump’s parade of policy speeches will continue outside Philadelphia on Tuesday night, where he’ll roll out a proposal for paid family leave and hope to win over a key group of swing voters — suburban women, who continue to elude him. But for that appeal to succeed, Trump’s female critics will […]
September 13, 2016
Hillary Clinton’s campaign on Tuesday attacked Donald Trump’s proposal to have the federal government pay for six weeks of maternity leave for working mothers, saying it’s a “regressive and insufficient” policy. “After spending his entire career — and this entire campaign — demeaning women and dismissing the need to support working families, Donald Trump released […]
September 13, 2016
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid chided reporters on Tuesday, accusing them of being unfair to Hillary Clinton by pouncing on a story about her recent health problems while ignoring the medical history of her rival, Donald Trump. “You folks have magnified the problems that she has. Take a look at this character that’s running for […]