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March 26, 2017 at 9:42 am
President Donald Trump has now laid out exactly what he wants in the “big, beautiful wall” that he’s promised to build on the U.S.-Mexico border. But his effort to build a huge hurdle to those entering the U.S. illegally faces impediments of its own.
It’s still not clear how Trump will pay for the wall that, as described in contracting notices, would be 30 feet (9 meters) high and easy on the eye for those looking at it from the north. The Trump administration will also have to contend with unfavorable geography and many legal battles.
A look at some of those obstacles:
MONEY
Trump promised that Mexico would pay for his wall, a demand Mexico has repeatedly rejected. Trump’s first budget proposal to Congress, a preliminary draft that was light on details, a...
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March 26, 2017 at 9:30 am
Hamilton, NY - Former Vice President Joe Biden says that if he had run for president in 2016 he could have won.
Biden told students at Colgate University in central New York on Friday that he could have won the election but the Democratic primary would have been “very difficult.”
Biden said his son Beau’s battle with brain cancer kept him out of the race.
The Observer-Dispatch of Utica reports (http://bit.ly/2nS1bWc ) that Biden said anyone who runs for president should be able to “look the public in the eye and promise you they can give you 100 percent.”
Biden says he doesn’t regret not running but added, “Do I regret not being president? Yes.”
Biden says he hopes President Donald Trump, a Republican, “grows into the job a little ...
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March 26, 2017 at 9:26 am
Shooting in Cincinnati's Cameo Nightclub kills one, injures fourteen; at least two gunmen involved.
Cincinnati Police reported one person dead and fourteen injured following a shooting attack just after 1 a.m. at the city's Cameo Nightclub.
Cincinnati Police Department Sergeant Eric Franz told ABC News, "There was a shooting here this morning around one o'clock in the morning. It's a large and complicated homicide scene.
"At this point we have multiple witnesses we're interviewing and we have nobody in custody.
"We've got a really large scene at multiple hospitals."
Assistant Police Chief Paul Neudigate tweeted that as far as the police know, there was only one shooter. He also said the motive was unclear but "there are no indications this incide...
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March 26, 2017 at 9:26 am
Iran targets US companies for providing Israel with equipment to 'use against the Palestinians.'
Iran will impose sanctions on 15 US companies for their support for Israel and its "terrorist actions", state news agency IRNA said Sunday.
The decision, which is largely symbolic because the firms do not do business with Iran, comes two days after the US announced new sanctions on a number of foreign firms accused of collaborating with Iran's weapons program.
Iran's sanctions target US firms that provide arms and equipment to Israel "for use against the Palestinians," IRNA said.
"All transactions with these firms are forbidden, their assets will be seized and their officials will not be able to obtain a visa," it added.
The firms include United ...
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March 26, 2017 at 9:26 am
Hamas shuts Gaza crossing, blames Israel for official's assassination.
Hamas closed the crossing between Gaza and Israel on Sunday after blaming Israel for the assassination of one of its lead terrorists and officials. In addition, Hamas forbade fishing in the waters near Gaza.
A statement from the Interior Ministry in Gaza, run by Islamist movement Hamas, said it was shutting the Erez crossing for an indefinite period as it investigates the murder of terrorist Mazen Faqha, 38, in Gaza on Friday.
Israeli security forces on Sunday went on high alert expecting an escalation in terror after Hamas leaders blamed Israeli intelligence agency Mossad for the shooting, which occurred near Faqha's Gaza home.
Security forces are always patrolling the area around the G...
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March 26, 2017 at 9:26 am
Offers new 'Palestinian issue' solutions in light of 'settlement expansion' and international withdrawal from support for two-state solution
The secretary-general of the Arab League told the Palestinian daily Al-Watan that the PA chairman was expected to present a new initiative during the League conference on Wednesday in Jordan. He said the initiative would offer new solutions to the "Palestinian issue" in light of "settlement expansion" and international withdrawal from support for the two-state solution. The purpose of the initiative is in order to achieve the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.
The PA Chairman was invited to a meeting with President Trump, which is expected to occur in the near future. The President expressed his commit...
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March 26, 2017 at 9:25 am
'Despite meager achievements of offensive in previous years, take into account this year takes place on weekend'
This year, too, the hacker organization Anonymous has prepared for its annual OpIsrael attack, or its new name, OpIsrahell, scheduled for April 7, next Friday, for the fifth consecutive year. In a series of videos distributed on social networks and on YouTube in English, Arabic, and German, hacker groups associated with Anonymous threaten Israel with "attacking government sites, servers and databases, and disconnecting from the global Internet." The videos also call upon "activists and other subgroups of Anonymous to join us."
Cyber security corporation Celestya, developer of the Q-log system for simulating cyber attacks, has tracked and identified hundreds of gr...
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March 25, 2017 at 9:29 pm
Baltimore, MD - Mar. 24, 2017 - Ner Tamid Congregation is an inclusive, welcoming synagogue with a diverse population. Ner Tamid offers “Something for everyone.”
Visitors can find a weekly Kiddush where they will be asked to drink from a special cup to make it easier for people to greet them and make them feel at home.
We have bulletin board filled with flyers for classes, family lunches, youth activities, exciting speakers, youth and scouting activities and more.
The sermons delivered by Rabbi Yisroel Motzen are legendary and are significant reason to come to shul. Our Shabbos morning youth programs are led by professional adult staff. We are looking for experienced adults (male or female) to work in our youth department.
Our program emphasizes appropriate behavior and a...
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March 25, 2017 at 9:28 pm
Iraq - An airstrike targeting Islamic State militants in the Iraqi city of Mosul that witnesses say killed at least 100 people was in fact launched by the U.S. military, American officials said Saturday.
U.S. officials did not confirm the reports of civilian casualties but opened an investigation. In the days following the March 17 airstrike, U.S. officials had said they were unsure whether American forces were behind the attack.
The statement issued by the U.S.-led coalition said the airstrike had been requested by Iraqi security forces to target IS fighters and equipment “at the location corresponding to allegations of civilian casualties.” U.S.-backed government troops were fighting IS forces in that area of western Mosul, the statement said.
The coalition said it takes a...
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March 25, 2017 at 9:25 pm
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Thousands of Hamas supporters waving the movement's green flag marched through the streets of Gaza Saturday for the funeral of a militant leader and high-profile former prisoner who was mysteriously shot dead, as the group's leaders pledged retribution.
Senior Hamas member Mazen Faqha was found shot dead at the entrance of his house in Gaza City late Friday. Hamas, the Islamic militant group that rules Gaza, said Faqha was shot four times in the head with a silenced gun and blamed Israel for "assassinating" him, but provided no proof to support the accusation.
Faqha was sentenced to nine terms of life imprisonment for directing suicide bombing attacks against Israelis. He was freed along with more than 1,000 other prisoners as part of an exchange in...
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March 25, 2017 at 9:24 pm
A lawyer for the man accused of setting off bombs last year in New Jersey and New York, injuring dozens, is seeking a change of venue for his trial on attempted murder charges stemming from a shootout with police.
Deputy Public Defender Peter Liguori said Ahmad Rahimi can’t get a fair trial in Union County, citing the excessive media coverage he and the bombings have received.
“There can be no dispute that Mr. Rahimi and the charges against him have received the most significant and pervasive pre-trial publicity in a criminal case in the Northeast since the Boston Marathon bombing,” Liguori says in a recent brief supporting his motion to have the trial moved to another location.
Liguori also argues that national newspapers and television broadcasts reported of Rahimi b...
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March 25, 2017 at 9:19 pm
House Republicans passed roughly 60 bills over the past six years dismembering President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. Other than minor tweaks, they knew the measures would go nowhere because the Democrat still lived in the White House.
With a bill that counted Friday, they choked. It was an epic, damaging, self-inflicted collapse that smothered the GOP effort.
“We’re going to be living with Obamacare for the foreseeable future,” a flustered Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., told reporters after abruptly yanking the legislation off the House floor to avert a certain defeat. “I don’t know how long it’s going to take us to repeal this law.”
The measure would have erased much of Obama’s 2010 law, eliminating its unpopular requirement th...
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March 25, 2017 at 9:17 pm
The British man who killed four people during a London rampage had made three trips to Saudi Arabia: He taught English there twice on a work visa and returned on a visa usually granted to those going on a religious pilgrimage.
More details about attacker Khalid Masood’s travels, confirmed by the Saudi Arabian embassy in Britain, emerged Saturday amid a massive British police effort to discover how a homegrown ex-con with a violent streak became radicalized and why he launched a deadly attack Wednesday on Westminster Bridge.
The embassy said he taught English in Saudi Arabia from November 2005 to November 2006 and again from April 2008 to April 2009, with legitimate work visas both times. He then returned to Saudi Arabia for six days in March 2015 on a trip booked through an approve...
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March 25, 2017 at 9:16 pm
As the political drama over health care legislation in Washington fades, the rest of the country faces a more immediate concern: Getting insurance for next year.
The Republican health plan designed to replace the Obama-era health law known as the Affordable Care Act would not have taken full effect for a few years anyway — and now it’s dead.
“We’re going to be living with Obamacare for the foreseeable future,” House Speaker Paul Ryan said Friday.
That means millions of Americans will have to navigate a current federal health care system that, while not “imploding” as President Donald J. Trump has said, is at least in flux.
Mary Vavrik, a 57-year-old freelance deposition court reporter from Anchorage, Alaska said she was relieved that the curren...
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March 25, 2017 at 9:14 pm
French Air Force fighter jets have staged a colorful flyover across New York Harbor.
The eight Alpha Jets from the Patrouille de France streaked across the sky Saturday, making designs with trailing red, white and blue display smoke. The jets were accompanied by an A400 airbus and two additional Alpha jets who will be documenting the mission.
Officials say the event was staged to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the United States entry into World War I and reaffirm the historic ties between France and the U.S.
The flyover was the French group’s first appearance in North America in more than 30 years. They plan several more shows at various sites in the coming weeks.
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March 25, 2017 at 9:12 pm
In the battlefields of Syria and Iraq, the Islamic State group became infamous for its spectacular variations on explosive vehicles. For attacks in the West, it has suggested a simpler method, encouraging followers to use regular vehicles to kill people on foot.
Experts say attacks in which cars or trucks are driven into popular pedestrian areas present a unique challenge for law enforcement officials as they are nearly impossible to predict and easy to pull off. They require no advanced training, no specialized materials. Almost anyone can own or rent a vehicle.
Some feel that these low-tech, lone wolf operations can have the same psychological impact as larger, more sensational attacks.
Four people were killed and dozens wounded Wednesday in London with this tactic — the worst a...
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March 25, 2017 at 9:09 pm
Residents of a posh Washington neighborhood say Ivanka Trump and her family don’t make for very good neighbors, taking up much of the parking on an already crowded street and leaving trash bags at the curb for days. A big part of the complaint: a huge security presence, with even a trip to the playground requiring three vans.
Neighbors of Trump, her husband Jared Kushner and their three children have groused that sidewalks have been closed, public parking overrun and that the family and their staff haven’t learned the trash pickup schedule outside their $5.5-million home.
“It has been a three-ring circus from the day that they’ve moved in,” Marietta Robinson, who lives across the street, told with The Associated Press.
The house in the Kalorama neighborhood...
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March 25, 2017 at 9:07 pm
House Republicans’ failure to repeal Barack Obama’s health care law deals a serious blow to another big part of President Donald Trump’s agenda: tax reform.
Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., say they will soon turn their attention to the first major re-write of the tax code in more than 30 years. But they will have to do it without the momentum of victory on health care.
Just as important, the loss on health care will deprive Republicans of $1 trillion in tax cuts.
The GOP health plan would have repealed nearly $1 trillion in taxes enacted under Obama’s Affordable Care Act. The bill coupled the tax cuts with spending cuts for Medicaid, so it wouldn’t add to the budget deficit.
Without the spending cuts, it will be much harder for Republicans to cu...
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March 25, 2017 at 9:00 pm
The Jewish state is a global human rights leader that is serving as an example to others as terrorism continues to plague the world, a prominent former Israeli Supreme Court president said this week, the Hebrew newspaper Makor Rishon reported.
“I was invited to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, and 300 judges there asked me how to defend human rights in a period of terror,” retired Justice Aharon Barak recounted at an event at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. “They are at a loss.”
“In Israel,” he went on to say, “we have been able to manage better than others to protect human rights. Even though we have security problems, we — Israeli society, the Knesset and the courts — have always been able to recogniz...
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March 25, 2017 at 9:00 pm
The president of Ireland’s only on-campus Israel student group was assaulted on Thursday while manning a kosher bake sale booth for charity, The Algemeiner has learned.
Alan Lyne — founder of the Israel Society at the almost entirely non-Jewish Maynooth University — said Friday, “I’m still in shock,” after an individual believed to be a student pushed and shoved him during the pro-Israel “Peace Week” event.
The bake sale table was set up in the middle of a major student hub, when the attacker “came up and started hurling abuses at me, yelling at us to ‘get out of here,'” Lyne said.
“At first it was just the usual stuff — he was shouting, ‘F*** I...
