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Donald Trump’s Mythical Terrorist Tide from Mexico

Despite their portrayal of Mexico as a teeming portal for terrorists, the State Department issued a report in September finding “no credible evidence indicating that international terrorist groups have established bases in Mexico, worked with Mexican drug cartels or sent operatives via Mexico into the United States.”

Donald Trump’s Mythical Terrorist Tide from Mexico

President Donald Trump and his officials persist in promoting the discredited notion that terror suspects are pouring into the U.S. from Mexico by the thousands. Despite their portrayal of Mexico as a teeming portal for terrorists, the State Department issued a report in September finding "no credible evidence indicating that international

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Donorbox Shutters BDS Fundraising After Complaint by Israeli-Government Linked Group

Far-right Israeli government-linked Shurat HaDin lobbied Donorbox to shutter the fundraising page of a Palestinian BDS organization.

Donorbox Shutters BDS Fundraising After Complaint by Israeli-Government Linked Group

JERUSALEM (AP) — A U.S. software company said Friday it blocked the fundraising account of the Palestinian-led boycott movement against Israel following a complaint by a pro-Israel group that the campaign has links to militant organizations. Donorbox, which makes fundraising management software, confirmed that the BDS campaign's

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Save the Children: 85,000 Children May Have Already Died of Hunger in Yemen

The war has given rise to the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Three-quarters of Yemen’s people require life-saving assistance and more than 8 million are at risk of starvation. Tens of thousands of people are believed to have been killed in the fighting.

Save the Children: 85,000 Children May Have Already Died of Hunger in Yemen

A leading international aid group said Wednesday that an estimated 85,000 Yemeni children under the age of 5 may have died of hunger and disease since the outbreak of the country's civil war in 2015. Save the Children based its figures on mortality rates for untreated cases of severe acute malnutrition, or SAM, in young children. The United

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Democrat Gains Threaten Trump Agenda, Even Without ‘Blue Wave’

Voters sent at least 99 women to the House, shattering the record of 84 now. The House was also getting its first two Muslim women, Massachusetts elected its first black congresswoman, and Tennessee got its first female senator.

Democrat Gains Threaten Trump Agenda, Even Without ‘Blue Wave’

WASHINGTON  — Democrats have regained control of the House from President Donald Trump's Republican Party in the midterm elections, powered by a suburban revolt that has threatened what's left of the president's governing agenda. But the GOP added to its Senate edge and prevailed in some key races for governor Tuesday, beating back the potential

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The US Army is Quietly Discharging Immigrant Recruits

Some immigrant U.S. Army reservists and recruits who enlisted in the military with a promised path to citizenship are being abruptly discharged.

The US Army is Quietly Discharging Immigrant Recruits

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Some immigrant U.S. Army reservists and recruits who enlisted in the military with a promised path to citizenship are being abruptly discharged, the Associated Press has learned. The AP was unable to quantify how many men and women who enlisted through the special recruitment program have been booted from the Army, but

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Israel Calls on the EU to End Funding of Pro-BDS Groups

The report was the latest salvo by Israel in its fight against a global movement calling for boycotts, divestment and sanctions over of its treatment of the Palestinians.

Israel Calls on the EU to End Funding of Pro-BDS Groups

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel called on the European Union on Friday to halt funding to more than a dozen European and Palestinian non-governmental organizations that it says promote boycotts against Israel, saying the financial support violates the EU’s stated policy that it opposes boycotts against the Jewish state. Israel’s Strategic Affairs

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ACLU Sues over Arizona Law Banning Boycotts Against Israel

“The government has no business telling people what causes they can or can’t support … The bottom line is that political boycotts are a legitimate form of non-violent protest, and they are protected by the First Amendment.”

ACLU Sues over Arizona Law Banning Boycotts Against Israel

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit Thursday for an attorney challenging an Arizona law prohibiting state contractors from supporting boycotts against Israel, saying it violates his right to free expression. The lawsuit was brought on behalf of Sedona attorney Mikkel Jordahl, who provides legal advice to

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