In Signing Sweeping Tax Bill, Trump Questions Whether He Is Getting Enough Credit

WASHINGTON — President Trump signed the most consequential tax legislation in three decades on Friday, even as he complained that he has not been given credit for his administration’s accomplishments during a turbulent first year. Mr. Trump decided against doing … Read More

Denmark no longer to automatically accept UN refugee quota

Denmark will no longer automatically accept a quota of refugees under a U.N. resettlement program after passing a law on Wednesday that enables the government to determine how many can enter each year. Since 1989, Denmark has agreed to take … Read More

Man planned Christmas attack on San Francisco’s Pier 39, was inspired by Islamic State, FBI says

Several months ago, the FBI became interested in the Facebook account of Everitt Aaron Jameson, a 26-year-old Modesto tow truck driver and former Marine. Acting on tips from an informant, authorities said they saw that Jameson liked and loved pro-Islamic … Read More

Turner Says FBI Agent’s Text Message About Trump ‘Insurance Policy’ Is ‘Really Alarming’

Gillian Turner expressed alarm Thursday over text messages between FBI agents about an “insurance policy,” which reportedly referred to an investigation of then-presidential candidate Donald Trump Turner, a Fox News correspondent and former White House National Security Council member in … Read More

Boston-area paramedics on front lines of U.S. opioid crisis

(Reuters) – The paramedics find them everywhere – slumped over car steering wheels, barely breathing in doughnut shop bathrooms or dead in derelict apartments and expensive mansions. For the Cataldo Ambulance Service crews outside Boston on the front lines of … Read More

Newt Gingrich: The Trump administration became truly historic this week

Analysts, historians and scholars will look back on this week as the moment the Trump administration became truly historic. The publication of the National Security Strategy report on Monday, followed by the passage of the largest change to the tax … Read More

What is Article 7? Will the EU resort to the ‘nuclear option’ to force Poland out?

GETTY Article 7: Frans Tmmermans triggered Article 7 against the rebelling Poland EU bosses demanded Poland steps in line with its rulings on Wednesday, giving the rebel state just three months to sort out its internal affairs. EU Commission Vice-President … Read More

Israel rejects ‘preposterous’ UN vote, thanks nations that supported ‘the truth’

Netanyahu: Jerusalem is our capital — always was, always will be; top Arab MK: World believes the Palestinian people deserve a place in this world Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday dismissed a UN vote to reject US President Donald … Read More

Quake casualties rise to 2 dead, 115 injured

TEHRAN, Dec. 21 (MNA) – Two people were killed and 115 reported as injured in the earthquake of 5.2 magnitude that struck Tehran and Alborz Wed. night, according to latest report by Emergency Operation Center. A 70-year-old woman died of … Read More

After ISIS campaign, Iran-backed fighters in Iraq vow to drive out US troops

  BAGHDAD –  Now that they’ve helped vanquish the Islamic State from much of Iraq, a battle-hardened militia with close ties to Iran may be training its sights on the remaining U.S.-led coalition troops scattered across the country. At least … Read More

Sanders brushes off ‘hoax’ Russia probe, backs calls to investigate wrongdoing under Obama

  “We look forward to seeing this hoax wrap up very soon,” Sarah Huckabee Sanders said. | Alex Brandon/AP White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Thursday that President Donald Trump hopes special counsel Robert Mueller will wrap up … Read More

North Korea vows to retaliate over U.S. WannaCry accusation

North Korea vowed to retaliate Thursday after the White House accused it of being behind the WannaCry ransomware attack that infected hundreds of thousands of computers around the world earlier this year.  Thomas P. Bossert, homeland security adviser to President Trump, … Read More

Anti-Semitism is still alive in Germany as Jews face ‘disturbing’ discrimination

BERLIN — When telecommunications manager Mikhail Tanaev emigrated to Germany in 1998 from his native Russia as a teen, his Jewish faith didn’t matter to classmates or neighbors. That’s because Germany has taken extraordinary steps since the end of World War II to … Read More

UN General Assembly to Meet on Jerusalem Status

The United Nations Security Council meets on the situation in the Middle East, including Palestine, at U.N. Headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., December 18, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Brendan McDermid United Nations: The 193-member United Nations General Assembly will hold a rare emergency special … Read More

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