Ian Simpson
By Ian Simpson
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Fast Forward American Jews Block Street To Protest Israel Embassy Move — And Gaza Bloodshed
Dozens of chanting, singing Jewish demonstrators blocked a major Washington thoroughfare on Monday to denounce President Trump’s moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem and Israel’s killing of Palestinian protesters on the Gaza border. Chanting “Stop the violence,” about 100 protesters from the IfNotNow movement blocked Pennsylvania Avenue, which links the White House and the white-domed…
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Breaking News Hundreds Of Thousands Protest Trump At Women’s Marches
Hundreds of thousands of women and their male supporters turned out on Saturday for the second Women’s March, a nationwide series of protests against U.S. President Donald Trump marking the end of his tumultuous first year in office. The coordinated rallies in Washington, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and about 250 other cities featured speakers…
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Breaking News Holocaust Museum Warns of Nazi Hate Speech at White Supremacist ‘Alt-Right’ Gathering
The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum expressed alarm on Monday over “hateful speech” at a white nationalist meeting over the weekend, and a restaurant apologized for hosting the group after a woman tweeted a picture of herself making a Nazi salute. The National Policy Institute, a think tank that is part of the alt-right movement that…
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Breaking News Convicted ‘Killer’ Cleared in Murder of Jewish Intern Chandra Levy
Prosecutors dropped their case against a man granted a retrial on charges that he killed Washington intern Chandra Levy in 2001, a death that contributed to a congressman’s downfall, authorities said on Thursday. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the U.S. capital asked a judge to dismiss charges against Ingmar Guandique, a Salvadoran immigrant who was…
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Breaking News Sprawling $800M Bible Museum Founded by Evangelical Hobby Lobby Founder Raises Questions
Hobby Lobby’s Steve Green hopes his planned $800 million Museum of the Bible in Washington and its priceless collection can satisfy both scholars and casual visitors. But with Hobby Lobby a household word after the craft store chain’s contentious victory in a Supreme Court ruling over contraception, scholars and analysts worry that despite its vast…
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