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Fast Forward Israeli Minister Predicts Gaza-Style Measures For U.S.-Mexico Border
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The United States could apply some of the security measures used for Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip to its own frontier with Mexico, an Israeli cabinet minister said on Tuesday. Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan last month hosted his U.S. counterpart, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, among aides to President Donald…
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Fast Forward Michael Cohen Recorded Trump Discussing Payments To Playboy Model
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A lawyer for Michael Cohen, President Trump’s longtime personal attorney, released an audio recording of a conversation between Trump and Cohen in which they discussed paying for the rights to a Playboy model’s story about an alleged affair with Trump. The recording was played on CNN Tuesday night. Cohen’s lawyer Lanny Davis…
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Fast Forward Waving White Flags, Syrian Crowd Turned Away By Israel
Dozens of Syrians approached the Israeli frontier on the Golan Heights on Tuesday in an apparent attempt to seek help or sanctuary from a Russian-backed Syrian army offensive, before turning back after a warning from Israeli forces. Tens of thousands of Syrians have arrived near the frontier with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights in the past…
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Fast Forward Schumer Calls For New Russia Sanctions After Trump Summit Debacle
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer called for a bipartisan effort to “ratchet up” sanctions on Moscow following President Donald Trump’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki earlier on Monday. Schumer, speaking at a news conference, also urged Republican congressional leaders to call the U.S. national security team that accompanied Trump to Helsinki to…
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Fast Forward Kushner-Owned Luxe Development Faces New York Tenant Harassment Probe
The administration of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has opened a probe into allegations that the real estate firm once led by U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner harassed tenants at one of its largest residential buildings. New York State Homes and Community Renewal on Monday said its tenant protection unit would investigate alleged…
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Fast Forward 1 Palestinian Protester Killed On Gaza Border
Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian teenager on Friday, who had been taking part in border protests, Gaza medical officials said. More than 130 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Gaza border protests which have entered their fourth month and have drawn a lethal Israeli army response which describes them as violent. Thousands took part…
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Fast Forward Novartis Denies Cover-Up Of $1.2M Deal With Michael Cohen
Novartis on Friday disputed a report from Democratic senators that concluded the Swiss drugmaker misled the public about its $1.2 million contract with a former attorney for President Donald Trump. “We disagree with the report’s conclusion that we issued a misleading public statement regarding the extent of our engagement with (Michael) Cohen,” Novartis said of…
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Fast Forward Harvey Weinstein Pleads Not Guilty To Sex Charge
Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges of sexually assaulting a woman in 2006, the third criminal sex assault case brought against him. More than 70 women, mostly young actresses and women employed in other areas of the movie business, have accused the 66-year-old cofounder of the Miramax film studio of…
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