Ron Kampeas is the former Washington bureau chief of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Ron Kampeas
By Ron Kampeas
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Fast Forward Eric Trump Gives Interview to Radio Show With White Supremacist Ties
WASHINGTON — Eric Trump spoke on a syndicated radio show that once hosted a white supremacist who interviewed his brother, Donald Trump Jr. Trump, who like his brothers and sisters often acts as a surrogate for his father, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, was interviewed Thursday on “Liberty Roundtable.” He and host Sam Bushman discussed…
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Fast Forward Maryland Sheriff Won’t Quit Over Racist and Anti-Semitic Remarks
WASHINGTON — A county sheriff in Maryland accused of making racist and anti-Semitic comments is refusing to resign. James Fitzgerald, a Democrat who is the elected sheriff in Howard County, a mixed rural-suburban county straddling Baltimore and the Maryland suburbs of Washington D.C., said at a news conference on Sept. 29 that he would not…
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Fast Forward Michael Chertoff, Homeland Security Chief for George W. Bush, Backs Hillary Clinton
WASHINGTON — Michael Chertoff, a homeland security secretary under President George W. Bush, endorsed Hillary Clinton for president. The endorsement of the Democratic nominee, appearing in an interview Monday with Bloomberg News, is notable because while other Republicans, including many who have not been in government for decades, have endorsed Clinton, Chertoff was a senior…
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Fast Forward J Street Launches Swing State Campaign Against Iran Deal Opponents
WASHINGTON — J Street is launching a half million-dollar campaign against two vulnerable Republicans for their opposition to the Iran nuclear deal. J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami on Wednesday will release TV spots to screen in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, where incumbents Sens. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., and Ron Johnson, R-Wis., are in tight competitive races. A…
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News Tim Kaine Cites Holocaust Survivor — Mike Pence Slams Iran Deal at Vice Presidential Debate
WASHINGTON — In the vice presidential debate, Tim Kaine and Mike Pence repeatedly tussled over whether the Iran nuclear deal stopped Iran’s suspected nuclear weapons program. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., at least four times throughout the debate Tuesday night at Longwood University in Virginia, listed the Iran nuclear deal as an accomplishment for his running…
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Fast Forward Top Reform Rabbi Slams Donald Trump for Singling Out Non-Christians at Rally
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s joke at a rally, in which he singled out people who were not Christian conservatives, was “unacceptable,” said a top Reform rabbi. “Raise your hand if you’re not a Christian conservative,” Trump said at a Sept. 28 rally in Council Bluffs, Iowa, after assessing that the crowd was overwhelmingly Christian conservative….
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Fast Forward Hillary Clinton Urges Jews To Aim for ‘Our Best’ in Rosh Hashanah Call to Voters
WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton spoke with Jewish supporters in a Rosh Hashanah-themed get out the vote call, urging them to help her build “a country consistent with our best selves.” “The High Holy Days are a time to reflect on the last year take a hard look at personal and collective priorities and ask ourselves…
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Fast Forward President Obama Orders Flags Flown at Half-Staff in Rare Tribute to Shimon Peres
WASHINGTON — President Obama announced he was heading to Jerusalem to attend Shimon Peres’ funeral and ordered flags flown at half-staff, a rare honor for foreign leaders. In a proclamation late Wednesday, Obama said he ordered flags to fly at “half-staff at the White House and on all public buildings and grounds, at all military…
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