Nathan Guttman, staff writer, was the Forward’s Washington bureau chief. He joined the staff in 2006 after serving for five years as Washington correspondent for the Israeli dailies Haaretz and The Jerusalem Post. In Israel, he was the features editor for Ha’aretz and chief editor of Channel 1 TV evening news. He was born in Canada and grew up in Israel. He is a graduate of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Another dramatic day in the Trump White House opened Tuesday with the firing of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and the appointment of CIA director Mike Pompeo to replace him. For Middle East watchers and pro-Israel activists, the reshuffling could also signal some major changes in policy, mainly in regard to America’s posture toward Iran…
Conservative pundit Bill Kristol is heading to New Hampshire, which in the world of politics can only mean one thing: a possible 2020 run. Red State is reporting that Kristol, the founder of the Weekly Standard and among the most vocal Republican critics of President Trump, will attend the annual “Politics and Eggs” gathering in…
In what could sound like the unlikeliest of deals, Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law and top adviser, tried to sell a newspaper he owned to a major Hillary Clinton donor and a progressive media operative. After the elections, as Kushner prepared to join Trump at the White House, he reportedly tried to find buyers for…
President Trump took a moment during Thursday’s cabinet meeting to bid farewell to his departing economic adviser Gary Cohn, but did so using language sometimes accused of having anti-Semitic characteristics. “He’s been terrific,” Trump said of Cohn, who is Jewish. “He may be a globalist, but I still like him. He’s seriously globalist, there’s no…
Gary Cohn’s decision to resign from the Trump administration over disagreements on trade policy was viewed as a hit to President Trump’s relationship with the business wing of the Republican Party. But it could also hurt Trump’s pocketbook. Cohn, who left his job at Goldman Sachs in New York to serve as the director of…
While not a direct target of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, Michael Cohen, Trump’s private attorney, is getting a lot of attention from the team investigating Russia’s involvement in the 2012 elections. The Washington Post is reporting that Mueller’s team has requested documents and interviewed witnesses relating to Cohen and his interactions. One of the…
A 28-page lawsuit filed Tuesday by former porn star Stormy Daniels claims to show how deeply attorney Michael Cohen was involved in crafting and enforcing a “hush agreement” aimed at silencing her from speaking about her alleged affair she had with Donald Trump. The lawsuit filed by Daniels, whose legal name is Stephanie Clifford, claims…
Sen. Bernie Sanders’ son Levi is running for Congress, providing reason enough for reporters to sort through his social media posts to learn more about the relatively-unknown candidate. HuffPost found Facebook posts showing that Sanders has very little patience for those who disagree with him. He got into lengthy arguments with his former high school…
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