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Fast Forward GOP Committee Chief Digs In Heels on Stonewalling Merrick Garland Nomination
Merrick Garland, President Barack Obama’s U.S. Supreme Court selection, failed to persuade Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley during a private meeting on Tuesday to hold confirmation hearings on his nomination. “As he indicated last week, Grassley explained why the Senate won’t be moving forward during this hyper-partisan election year,” Grassley’s office said in a…
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Fast Forward David Gest, Ex-Husband of Liza Minnelli, Dies at 62
Music producer David Gest, the former husband of entertainer Liza Minnelli, died in London on Tuesday. Gest, who was aged 62, was found in the Four Seasons hotel in the Canary Wharf business district of the city. The producer, whose credits included a TV musical special about pop star Michael Jackson, married actress and singer…
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Fast Forward Israel Sees Arab Red Sea Island Deal as Win-Win
Israel signaled on Tuesday it did not oppose the return of two Red Sea islands in a strategic strait to Saudi Arabia by Egypt, with one senior lawmaker seeing a chance to get closer to Riyadh, with which Israel has no formal peace agreement. The islands of Tiran and Sanafir, located at the southern entrance…
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Fast Forward Janet Yellen Gets Vote of Confidence — From Barack Obama
President Barack Obama is happy with the job done by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, with whom he is meeting on Monday to discuss regulatory issues and world economy, the White House said. “The president has been pleased with the way she has fulfilled what is a critically important job,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest…
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Fast Forward Turkey Insists No Normalization With Israel Unless Gaza Blockade Ends
Turkey will not drop its demand for an end to the blockade of Gaza in order to normalize relations with Israel, President Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesman said on Monday. Ibrahim Kalin said no final agreement on a text for mending ties with Israel had yet been reached and that talks would continue in the coming weeks….
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Fast Forward Mahmoud Abbas Tightens Grip by Creating New Top Court
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has quietly established a constitutional court that analysts say concentrates more power in his hands and may allow him to sideline the Islamist group Hamas in the event of a succession struggle. The nine-member body, which will have supremacy over all lower courts, was created without fanfare by presidential decree on…
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Fast Forward Israel Eyes $8B Boost From Clean Energy
Israel’s cabinet on Sunday unanimously approved a plan for reducing greenhouse gases and increasing energy efficiency to benefit the economy. Government officials expect the cumulative benefit to Israel’s economy would reach more than 30 billion shekels ($8 billion), the finance, energy, environment and economy ministries said in a statement. “We intend to continue to invest…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Says Wave of Attacks Winding Down
A half-year-long surge in Palestinian street attacks against Israelis is waning, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday, while Hamas accused the U.S.-backed Palestinian leadership of treachery for helping Israel stem the violence. Since October, Palestinians have killed 28 Israelis and two U.S. citizens in knife, car-ramming and gun assaults. In recent weeks, these have…
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