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January 14, 2018 at 8:26 am
WASHINGTON – With Russia in mind, the Trump administration is aiming to develop new nuclear firepower that it says will make it easier to deter threats to European allies.
The plan, not yet approved by President Donald Trump, is intended to make nuclear conflict less likely. Critics argue it would do the opposite.
The proposal is spelled out in a policy document, known officially as a "nuclear posture review," that puts the U.S. in a generally more aggressive nuclear stance. It is the first review of its kind since 2010 and is among several studies of security strategy undertaken since Trump took office.
In many ways it reaffirms the nuclear policy of President Barack Obama, including his commitment to replace all key elements of the nuclear arsenal with new, more modern wea...
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January 14, 2018 at 8:20 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House physician pronounced Donald Trump to be in “excellent health” after Trump had his first medical exam as U.S. president on Friday, capping off a week in which his mental fitness for the job has come under intense scrutiny.
Trump spent about three hours with military doctors at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, an exam that White House doctor Ronny Jackson said went “exceptionally well.”“The president is in excellent health and I look forward to briefing some of the details on Tuesday,” Jackson said in a brief statement distributed by the White House.The exam came after a new best-selling book portrayed Trump, 71, as unfocused and childlike. The White House has faced a barr...
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January 13, 2018 at 9:05 pm
Lately, it seems that no matter where you go, or what background you’re from, Jews from all over the world are singing “Ko Echsof.” This inspirational song was written by known Tzaddik Reb Ahron Karliner ZT”L, and has quickly become one of the most sung Zemiros on Friday nights. Something about this particular Nigun penetrates ones soul, the more you sing it, the more you feel it.
This Hartzig song and arrangement was presented by Yoily Polatseck of the Zemiros Choir, as a gift to Shalom Vegh of the 5 Towns, a close friend of his, at a special occasion to honor his Siyum Hashas. Guided by Yoily, the group’s founder and musical director, Ko Echsof which is the Zemer of today is now being paired with the Zemiros who know Zemiros better than anyone. The harmo...
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January 13, 2018 at 7:07 pm
A Palestinian Authority (PA) official told London's Al-Hayat newspaper that the PA continues to remain in contact with the US administration, and even sent the US Consulate in Jerusalem an invitation to the Palestine Liberation Organization Central Committee's meeting, which is scheduled for Sunday.
According to the official, the PA cut ties only with those US officials involved in the peace plan, including White House adviser Jared Kushner, US Special Envoy to the Middle East Jason Greenblatt, and US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman.
The official also said that "bilateral communications have not ceased, and they include the official channels and security cooperation. However, communications regarding the peace process have completely ceased."
Following US Preside...
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January 13, 2018 at 7:06 pm
Israeli fighter plans attack terrorist infrastructure in Gaza. Security agencies announce closure of Gaza-Israel crossing.
IDF fighter planes on Friday night attacked terrorist infrastructure in southern Gaza, near the Gaza-Egypt border.
"The Hamas terror group is responsible for everything which occurs in Gaza and comes from Gaza," the IDF said in a statement.
No one was injured.
Meanwhile, Arab media reported that the IDF's target was a terror tunnel.
Due to evaluation of the security situation, the Kerem Shalom border crossing from Gaza into Israel will not open on Sunday.
Israeli security agencies did not detail the reason for the closure, but the relevant Arab authorities have been informed of the decision.
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January 13, 2018 at 7:04 pm
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has accused an FBI agent who was removed from special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigative team of “treason.”
President Trump made the comment in an interview Thursday with The Wall Street Journal.
He was referring to Peter Strzok, an FBI agent who had been assigned to work on Mueller’s team investigating potential ties between Russia and the Trump campaign. Strzok was removed last summer following the discovery of anti-Trump text messages he exchanged with an FBI lawyer who was also assigned to the team.
Treason is defined in law as aiding an enemy of the United States.
Aitan Goelman, a lawyer for Strzok, says President Trump’s allegation is “beyond reckless” and “It should surprise no one that...
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January 13, 2018 at 7:02 pm
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago may become the first city in the U.S. to arm its police officers with devices that will tell them immediately if motorists were texting when they got into a traffic accident.
After hearing from a father whose son was killed in a traffic accident in which the driver was texting, as well as a company that developed a prototype of the so-called "Textalyzer," the City Council's public safety committee voted Thursday to request that the police department study the hand-held devices. The vote sends the issue to the full council, which is all but certain to approve the resolution next week.
A number of states are considering equipping law enforcement officials with the devices, including New York, New Jersey and Tennessee. But one of the co-sponsors of the resolution...
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January 13, 2018 at 7:00 pm
Outgoing Democratic Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe told a national television audience he'd knock President Donald Trump to the floor if the president ever tried to intimidate him.
During an interview Thursday on MSNBC's "Hardball," Chris Matthews asked McAuliffe how he would respond if Trump tried to intimidate him during a debate by hovering over him, as he did during the 2016 presidential election with Hillary Clinton, a close friend of McAuliffe's.
"You'd have to pick him up off the floor," McAuliffe said.
When Matthews laughed and asked if he meant he would "deck" Trump, McAuliffe answered with a straight face.
"You want to get in my space ... you punch me, I'm going to punch you back twice as hard."
"But if he ever came over and l...
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January 13, 2018 at 6:58 pm
SANTA ANA – A friend of slain pre-med student Blaze Bernstein was arrested Friday afternoon in connection with the death of the University of Pennsylvania sophomore, whose body was found near a Foothill Ranch park on Tuesday, a week after the 19-year-old disappeared.
Samuel Woodward, 21, was taken into custody Friday shortly after leaving his home in Newport Beach, according to a source with knowledge of the case. Woodward had told homicide investigators that he drove Bernstein to Borrego Ranch Park on Jan. 2, the night Bernstein disappeared.
Around 1:15 p.m., two sheriff’s investigators brought the handcuffed man to the Orange County Jail. He had on a sweatshirt that read, “Keep the peace.”
The suspect and the arrested man had attended the Or...
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January 13, 2018 at 6:54 pm
Hawaii emergency officials confirmed Saturday that an alert warning that a ballistic missile was inbound to the island was a mistake.
Earlier Saturday, Hawaiian citizens reported receiving an emergency alert on their phone that stated: “BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.”
House Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, tweeted in regard to the alert: “HAWAII – THIS IS A FALSE ALARM. THERE IS NO INCOMING MISSILE TO HAWAII. I HAVE CONFIRMED WITH OFFICIALS THERE IS NO INCOMING MISSILE.”
Hawaii Emergency Management Agency tweeted that there was “NO missile threat” to the state.
Hawaii Emergency Management agency spokesman Richard Repoza said the alert was a false alarm. He said the agency was ...
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January 13, 2018 at 6:15 pm
Baltimore, MD - Jan. 13, 2018 - Join us at Kollel Nachlas Hatorah of Machzikei Torah (6216 Biltmore Ave) for the upcoming Legal Holiday and hear inspiring Shiurim on your day off. This Monday, January 15th, we will be having a special shiur at 9:30am by the Rosh Kollel, HaRav Nechemiah Goldstein.
We will be honored to hear the second shiur, at 10:15 am, from HaRav Pinchas Gross.
These special shiurim are arranged in addition to the regular schedule of learning at Kollel Nachlas Hatorah. Our regular schedule on Monday through Friday includes shiurim and chavrusa learning from 9:30am-12:00pm. Come join us and grow in Torah on a daily basis or whenever you are available.
For more information or for sponsorship opportunities please call 410-358-1019.
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January 12, 2018 at 3:08 pm
Baltimore County, MD - Jan. 10, 2018 - Thanks to the advocacy of Councilwoman Vicki Almond and her team, the dedicated efforts of PGCC (Pikesville Greenspring Community Coalition) as well as many neighborhood residents, an exciting update is being made to the traffic lights along Smith Ave. This change will go into effect this Shabbos, January 13th, Parshas Bo. Whereas traffic lights typically require a button press for the crosswalks to indicate it’s safe to cross, beginning this week the traffic lights along Smith Ave at the corners of Pimlico, Greenspring, Sanzo, Labyrinth, and Seven Mile will be programmed to cycle automatically every Friday night/Shabbos so that Shomrei Shabbos pedestrians can safely cross the street. These exciting changes come after many months of...
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January 12, 2018 at 3:07 pm
Eleven prisoners held at the Guantanamo Bay detention filed a legal challenge Thursday against President Donald Trump, whose administration has not released or transferred anyone from the U.S. base in Cuba over the past year.
Lawyers for the men argue in a challenge filed in U.S. District Court in Washington that the apparent policy of no releases amounts to arbitrary "perpetual detention" that violates the Constitution and acts of Congress establishing the rights of the men held at Guantanamo.
Their complaint, filed on the 16th anniversary of the opening of the detention center on the base in southeast Cuba, is unusual legal step since this type of action, known as habeas corpus petition, is typically filed on behalf of individuals rather than a group of prisoners.
The f...
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January 12, 2018 at 3:02 pm
Baltimore, MD - Jan. 11, 2018 - Reb Mordechai Snider will be sitting shiva in Baltimore at 6200 Wallis Avenue, Baltimore MD 21215 Friday; 8 am Shacharis , 330 pm Mincha. Motzoi Shabbos 630 pm Maariv. Sunday - Wednesday 8 am shacharis, 5:15 pm. Mincha/Maariv. Getting up Wednesday morning, Rosh Chodesh, after davening.Baltimore, MD – Jan. 11, 2018 – It is with sadness that BaltimoreJewishLife.com (BJL) informs the community of the petirah of Dr. Henry Irwin Snider, A'H.
Henry was born and educated in Boston, MA, the eldest son of Joseph and Gertrude Denenberg Snider.
He leaves his loving wife of 54 years, Dottie Glaiber Snider, three children: Rebecca (Tim) Miller, Mordechai (Ruth) Snider, and Elliot (Chantal) Snider, 11 gran...
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January 12, 2018 at 3:01 pm
LONDON — President Donald Trump has canceled a trip to London to open the new U.S. Embassy, blaming the Obama administration for selling the old building in the city for "peanuts."
He criticized the move from "perhaps the best located and finest embassy," even though the relocation was initiated under the George W. Bush administration in 2008 amid wider security concerns after terror attacks such as the 1998 embassy bombings in Tanzania and Kenya.
Trump's decision was greeted with relief by London's Mayor Sadiq Khan, who said the president had "finally got the message" that he was not welcome in the British capital.
The looming trip — and a state visit for which no date has been set — threatened to be a security headache for authorities who feared m...
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January 12, 2018 at 2:46 pm
The same Russian government-aligned hackers who penetrated the Democratic Party have spent the past few months laying the groundwork for an espionage campaign against the U.S. Senate, a cybersecurity firm said Friday.
The revelation suggests the group often nicknamed Fancy Bear, whose hacking campaign scrambled the 2016 U.S. electoral contest, is still busy trying to gather the emails of America's political elite.
"They're still very active — in making preparations at least — to influence public opinion again," said Feike Hacquebord, a security researcher at Trend Micro Inc., which published the report . "They are looking for information they might leak later."
The Senate Sergeant at Arms office, which is responsible for the upper house's security, declined to...
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January 12, 2018 at 2:44 pm
WASHINGTON — The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee says he wants to interview the President’s daughter as part of the panel’s Russia investigation, along with other witnesses who Republicans aren’t inviting.
Rep. Adam Schiff said Thursday that Republicans have declined to invite many witnesses that would be valuable to the probe, including Ivanka Trump and several people who he says have additional information about a June 2016 meeting between Russians and the Trump campaign.
“There are witnesses who have knowledge of the Trump Tower meeting and what it was about prior to the meeting that have not been brought before our committee,” Schiff told reporters.
At the Trump Tower meeting, several Trump campaign officials met with Russian oper...
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January 12, 2018 at 2:42 pm
President Trump told The Wall Street Journal in an interview published Thursday that "I probably have a very good relationship" with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, potentially opening the door to diplomacy with the rogue nation.
The president declined to say whether he had spoken with Kim, telling The Journal: "I'm not saying I have or haven’t. I just don’t want to comment."
The comments to The Journal echoed remarks Trump made to reporters over the weekend at Camp David, in which the president said that dialogue with Pyongyang was not impossible.
"I always believe in talking," Trump said Saturday. "Absolutely I would do that, I wouldn't have a problem with that at all." The president later added that any discussions with North Korea would be accompan...
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January 12, 2018 at 2:39 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday will extend waivers on Iran nuclear sanctions, keeping alive the landmark 2015 deal for at least another several months despite his past vows to scuttle the deal, officials said
Three officials said the waivers will be accompanied by other, targeted sanctions on Iran for human rights abuses and a stern warning that Trump will pull out of the nuclear deal negotiated by the Obama administration if fixes aren't made by spring. The next deadline for extending nuclear sanctions relief will come in mid-May.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to publicly preview the decision. They said Trump's waiver announcement will also include harsh criticism of Iran's response to recent...
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January 12, 2018 at 2:20 pm
After the plagues of frogs, beasts, and hail, respectively, Pharoah begged Moshe to daven for his salvation in exchange for the emancipation of the Jewish nation. Moshe complied each time, but immediately afterwards, Pharoah hardened his own heart and continued to refuse to allow the Jewish nation to leave. This happened multiple times.
What was Pharoah thinking? Were his intentions to dare to toy with Moshe Rabbeinu and Hashem Himself? Was Pharoah, a hardened and experienced king, childishly feigning remorse? Furthermore, if indeed Pharoah was insincere and he never really intended to let the Jews leave, why did Moshe heed Pharoah's pleas? Why did he take Pharoah's promise to let the Jews leave seriously?
A man was driving to an important meeting in Manhattan, one that would d...
