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Fast Forward Nadler Pushes For Ouster Of White House Lawyer Over Sessions Pressure
Rep. Jerry Nadler called for the immediate dismissal of White House counsel Don McGahn after a report that the lawyer urged Attorney General Jeff Sessions not to recuse himself from the investigation of Russian election meddling. Nadler (D-Manhattan) said the incident, reported in the New York Times, was a clear effort to obstruct the Russia…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Woman Keeps 67 Years Worth Of Her Own Hair
Ezzeya Daraghmeh opens up a pillowcase and pulls out large clumps of her multi-colored hair that she has kept for nearly seven decades. “I like my hair and I hate to throw it away. Even when I comb my hair or wash it I keep the hair that falls off,” the 82-year-old Palestinian woman said…
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Fast Forward Chubby Israeli Hedgehogs Get Slim-Down Plan At Zoo
RAMAT GAN, Israel, (Reuters) – Ten overweight hedgehogs have had to go on strict diets and exercise regimes after they ate so much on the streets of Israel they struggled to curl up into a ball to fend off predators. Animal lovers found them waddling around and brought them into the hospital Ramat Gan zoo….
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Fast Forward Israeli Agriculture Minister Prays For Rain At Western Wall To Relieve Drought
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – With technology coming up short, Israel’s agriculture minister sought an unconventional solution on Thursday to end the country’s water shortage – rallying a few thousand worshippers at Jerusalem’s Western Wall to pray for rain. Four years of heavy drought have overtaxed Israel’s unmatched array of desalination and wastewater treatment plants, choking its…
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Fast Forward Lebanon Foreign Minister Denounced After Saying Israel Deserves Security
BEIRUT – Lebanese politicians on Thursday criticized Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil over a television interview in which he was shown saying that Lebanon did not have an ideological problem with Israel and was not against it having security. The comments, made to al-Mayadin television channel during a long interview on Tuesday, had just started attracting…
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Fast Forward Western Wall Subway Station To Be Named After Trump, Transport Minister Says
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel wants to name a train station after President Trump to thank him for recognizing Jerusalem as its capital, but the site of the planned building could be as divisive as the U.S. president’s declaration. Transport Minister Israel Katz said on Wednesday he had chosen a proposed subway stop near the Western…
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Fast Forward He Mailed Manure To Mnuchin To Protest New Tax Law
Dec 25 (Reuters) – A man claiming to be the person who delivered a gift-wrapped package of horse manure at the Los Angeles home of U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Monday he did it to protest the federal tax overhaul signed into law last week by President Trump. Robert Strong, 45, a psychologist…
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Fast Forward Isolated At Home, Guatemala President Moves Closer To U.S. With Jerusalem Move
Dec 27 (Reuters) – Guatemala’s recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital cleaves President Jimmy Morales closer to the United States at a time his stock has fallen at home due to corruption allegations raised by U.N.-backed investigators. Defying overwhelming international rejection of President Trump’s decision to move his embassy to Jerusalem, Guatemala and Honduras…
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