December 3rd, 20170WASHINGTON – President Trump has not yet made a decision on whether to formally recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, his adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner said on Sunday, a move that would break with decades of U.S. policy and could fuel violence in the Middle East.
“He’s still looking at a lot of different facts, and...
December 2nd, 20171WASHINGTON — on Wednesday President Trump retweeted three anti-Muslim videos posted by the deputy head of a British far-right group who has been convicted of a hate crime and previously posted a number of misleading videos.
But the three Trump shared were provocatively titled "Muslim migrant beats up Dutch boy on crutches!"; "Muslim...
December 2nd, 20170Imagine that you are a victim of a violent crime or theft but are forbidden from reporting it because Congress has passed a law that not only prohibits you from reporting the crime, but threatens punishment if you dare to do it. This is the situation in which the Palestinians find themselves today.
The Palestinians have been told that...
December 2nd, 20170This week, President Trump proved once again, in perhaps the strongest terms to date, that he is unfit to be our leader. The president re-tweeted three misleading anti-Muslim videos, causing a major firestorm in the media. The videos were first tweeted by Jayda Fransen, the deputy leader of an anti-Islam British party named "Britain...
December 2nd, 20170WASHINGTON — President Trump is likely to announce next week that the United States recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, a senior administration official said on Friday, a move that would upend decades of American policy and possibly inflame tensions in the Middle East.
Trump could make the controversial declaration in a speech...
November 18th, 20170LOS ANGELES - Three UCLA basketball players who had been detained in China on suspicion of shoplifting admitted on Wednesday that they stole items from three stores, and they thanked U.S. President Donald Trump for his help in winning their release.
The three players - LiAngelo Ball, Cody Riley and Jalen Hill - remain suspended from the...
November 15th, 20170WASHINGTON — More than 800,000 people signed up for Obamacare individual health insurance plans in the second week of open enrollment, U.S. government health officials said on Wednesday, bringing the total number of sign-ups to nearly 1.5 million so far.
There is particular scrutiny of how Affordable Care Act programs are faring...
November 13th, 20170WASHINGTON, D.C.—On November 13, Alex Azar was nominated to be the next United States Health and Human Services secretary.
If the nomination goes through, Azar will be the second Arab American to serve in this position.
Previously, Donna Shalala served eight years in the position during former president Bill Clinton’s...
November 10th, 20170WASHINGTON — Most Americans oppose the use of a lottery system for giving immigrants permanent U.S. residence, but a majority support allowing immigrants to obtain green cards through sponsorship by U.S. employers, according to a Reuters/ Ipsos opinion poll.
The poll, released on Thursday, found that only 25 percent of Americans...
November 5th, 20170SUTHERLAND SPRINGS- A gunman entered a church in a small town in southeast Texas on Sunday and began firing, resulting in many fatalities and injuries, a county commissioner told Reuters.
The gunman was killed several miles from the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, about 40 miles (65 km) east of San Antonio, said Guadalupe...
November 4th, 20170WEST BANK - Another Donald Trump mural believed to be the work of Australian graffiti artist Lushsux has popped up on Israel’s barrier in the occupied West Bank, this time depicting the US President sharing a kiss with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
His face hidden by a headdress, a man who identified himself as...
November 3rd, 20170By Afaf Humayun and Stephen Martin
DETROIT—“We have no time, there are people counting on us,” said Linda Sarsour in the opening session of the Women’s Convention in Detroit at Cobo Hall on October 27. “People’s literal survival lies in our hands to protect those among us that are the most marginalized.”
Sarsour is a...
November 3rd, 20170WASHINGTON—As Americans begin signing up for Obamacare health insurance plans on Wednesday, experts expect reduced participation as a bitter political debate clouds the program’s future.
Republicans in Congress have repeatedly failed to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama’s healthcare law, which they have said...
November 1st, 20170WASHINGTON - The Trump administration has not ruled out adding Uzbekistan to a list of countries named in a presidential travel ban, following Tuesday’s deadly truck attack, allegedly by an Uzbek immigrant, in New York City, a White House spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
“Look, that’s maybe something that’s looked at, but that...
November 1st, 20170WASHINGTON ― President Trump on Wednesday said he planned to end a diversity lottery program that he said the Uzbek immigrant suspected of killing eight people in New York City used to get into the United States.
“Today we mourn the horrifying terrorist attack in New York City, just blocks away from the site of the World Trade...
October 31st, 20170WASHINGTON - Federal investigators probing Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election charged President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort and another aide, Rick Gates, with money laundering on Monday.
A third former Trump adviser, George Papadopoulos, pleaded guilty in early October to lying to the FBI, it was...
October 30th, 20170WASHINGTON ― Paul Manafort, a former campaign manager for President Trump, and an associate were indicted by a federal grand jury on 12 counts including conspiracy against the United States and money laundering, the federal special counsel’s office said on Monday.
The charges were the first arising from the investigation by Justice...
October 25th, 20170WASHINGTON - A U.S. judge in California on Wednesday refused to block President Donald Trump’s decision to end subsidy payments to health insurers under Obamacare, rejecting a request by Democratic attorneys general from 18 U.S. states.
U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco sided with the Trump administration, saying...
October 23rd, 20170WASHINGTON ― President Trump said on Saturday that, subject to receipt of further information, he planned to allow the opening of long-secret files on the November 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy due for release next week.
Politico magazine earlier quoted Trump administration and other U.S. government officials as...
October 18th, 20170WASHINGTON - A second U.S. federal judge has blocked parts of President Donald Trump’s latest travel ban on people entering the United States from eight countries, dealing another legal blow to the administration’s third bid to impose travel restrictions.
U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang in Maryland, in a ruling issued...
October 18th, 20170WEST BLOOMFIELD, MI - Refugees in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb and Washtenaw counties are contributing to the region's economy and helping grow its population, according to a new study released Tuesday.
The study by Global Detroit and the University of Michigan's School of Public Policy said, over the past decade, about 21,000 refugees...
September 29th, 20170U.S. President Donald Trump ramped up his fight with the National Football League (NFL) on Tuesday, calling on the league to ban players from kneeling in protest at games while the national anthem is played.
“The NFL has all sorts of rules and regulations. The only way out for them is to set a rule that you can’t kneel during our...
September 29th, 20170WASHINGTON/NEW YORK—The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed admitting a maximum of 45,000 refugees next year, the lowest cap in decades, which officials said was necessary to ensure U.S. security, although Democrats and humanitarian groups blasted the decision as an abandonment of American moral authority.
That figure is the...
September 29th, 20170LANSING — Colonel Kriste Kibbey Etue, director of the Michigan State Police, has apologized for a Sept. 24 Facebook post that disparaged athletes kneeling during the national anthem.
“It was a mistake to share this message on Facebook and I sincerely apologize to anyone who was offended,” Etue wrote in a message released Tuesday...
September 25th, 20170NEW YORK ― The Supreme Court canceled oral arguments scheduled in October to decide the legality of President Trump’s previous travel ban, signaling the court might dismiss the case.
The Court acted after the White House announced on Sunday it was replacing the temporary executive order with a more tailored ban on eight countries...
September 24th, 20170SOMERSET, N.J. ― National Football League players from the Baltimore Ravens and Jacksonville Jaguars knelt and linked arms during the pre-game national anthem on Sunday, hours after President Trump called on fans to boycott teams that do not discipline players who protest.
At the first game since Trump stepped up his criticism of...
September 19th, 20170UNITED NATIONS ― President Trump escalated his standoff with North Korea over its nuclear challenge on Tuesday, threatening to “totally destroy” the country of 26 million people and mocking its leader, Kim Jong Un, as a “rocket man.”
In a hard-edged speech to the United Nations General Assembly, Trump offered a grim portrait...
September 14th, 20170DEARBORN— During his campaign, President Trump promised to revoke former President Obama’s executive order that demilitarized local police to remilitarize them once again— reportedly for their own and their communities’ safety.
Only two weeks ago, Trump issued an executive order that rescinded Obama’s.
Obama’s order had...
