Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of former U.S. president Donald Trump and his relationship to the Jewish community.
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of former U.S. president Donald Trump and his relationship to the Jewish community.
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of former U.S. president Donald Trump and his relationship to the Jewish community.
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of former U.S. president Donald Trump and his relationship to the Jewish community.
The bank used by President Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen, to wire $130,000 to adult film actress Stephanie Clifford, known professionally as Stormy Daniels, has reported the suspicious payment to the Treasury Department. Cohen wired the money on October 27, 2016, 12 days before the presidential election, from a First Republic Bank account. The payment to…
It’s been a year since Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump arrived in Washington. White House Chief of Staff John Kelly reportedly wants to know if the couple is ready to leave soon. Since taking over his job last year, Kelly has prioritized creating formal lines of authority and decision-making, while Kushner has resisted efforts to…
President Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports puts his top economic adviser, Gary Cohn, who opposed the tariffs, in a difficult position. Cohn is rumored to have been mulling resigning for some time, but stayed to stop Trump from imposing high tariffs. Politico reports that Cohn had been lobbying Trump for…
Donald Trump is a modern American man, one of the most powerful people in the world, thrice married and not known for his meekness. The heroine of the Purim story, Esther, was an orphaned Jewess from ancient Persia plucked out of obscurity to be queen, remembered for her courage to speak truth to power. Hardly…
A veteran Jewish political organizer has formed a new group to oppose President Trump and elect Democrats. The group, Changing the Conversation Together, is using a method called “deep canvassing,” in which volunteers aim to engage voters in longer conversations that build mutual understanding, empathy, and change minds. Studies have shown the efficacy of this…
“Today we finally acknowledge the obvious: that Jerusalem is Israel’s capital,” President Trump said while hoping he’d used the right denture fixative. “This is nothing more or less than a recognition of reality,” he purred, warming his hands at a beautiful clean coal fire. “It is also the right thing to do. It’s something that…
Former Trump aide Sam Nunberg will be interviewed on Thursday by Robert Mueller, the special counsel in the Russia investigation, MSNBC’s Katy Tur reported Wednesday. Nunberg, one of Trump’s first political consultants, had an uneven relationship with his boss. Nunberg was fired by Trump three times, most recently in 2015 after a series of racist…
Veterans Affairs secretary David Shulkin, who was accused by an internal report of mishandling taxpayer money, will likely keep his job, The Washington Post reported Tuesday, citing White House officials. Staffers said Trump could “stomach the story” from the inspector general that claims violations in Shulkin’s office. According to the inspector general, Shulkin’s former chief…
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