(JTA) — Former South Dakota State Sen. Dan Lederman was elected the state’s new Republican Party chairman. The vote Saturday, in which Lederman unseated incumbent chairwoman Pam Roberts, was 73 to 53. Lederman becomes the first candidate for the job in recent memory to win without the governor’s endorsement, the local newspaper the Argus Leader…
“Saturday Night Live” took more shots at President Trump and his spokesman Sean Spicer — this time skewering them for attacking Nordstrom’s decision to dump Ivanka Trump’s clothing line. The late-night comedy show conflated the Trump claim that the media has neglected to cover terror attacks (a claim that analysts thoroughly debunked) with his attack on…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he would present “responsible policies” in talks with U.S. President Donald Trump, signaling to the Israeli far-right to curb its territorial demands in the occupied West Bank. Netanyahu leaves for Washington on Monday and will see Trump at the White House on Wednesday for their first meeting since…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Two National Football League players pulled out of an Israel Tourism Ministry-sponsored trip to Israel after one of the players tweeted that he felt “used” by the Israeli government. Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett tweeted on Saturday that he will one day take his own trip to Israel and also visit…
Austrian authorities are investigating reports of a man appearing in public in Adolf Hitler’s birthplace as the Nazi dictator’s double, including the distinctive mustache, haircut and clothing. “I have often seen this gentlemen in Braunau and wonder if this means something,” the Oberoesterreichische Nachrichten paper cited a local resident as saying on his Facebook page…
Anti-abortion protesters rallied at scores of Planned Parenthood clinics on Saturday to urge Congress and President Donald Trump to strip the health services provider of federal funding, while supporters of the organization staged counter-demonstrations around the United States. With anti-abortion groups expecting protests at up to 225 clinics, Planned Parenthood supporters organized 150 protests of…
Almost a decade after he was arrested for running the largest Ponzi scheme in financial history, Bernie Madoff is opening up about his life and experiences with journalist Steve Fishman in a new podcast called “Ponzi Supernova.” “We’re running through his story and we’ve developed a kind of rapport. I mean, you know, there’s a…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Donald Trump reportedly decided against nominating Elliott Abrams as deputy secretary of state because of Abrams’ opposition last year to Trump’s nomination. CNN cited three anonymous Republican sources on Friday as saying Abrams, known for his closeness to the Israeli establishment and the pro-Israel community, was out of the running. Abrams,…
Steve Bannon apparently referenced an infamous Italian fascist thinker as influential on his own ideology in a talk he gave at the Vatican three years ago, continuing to raise alarms about the extent of connections between the chief White House strategist and the far-right fringes. Bannon made passing mention in that address to Julius Evola,…
Adam Schiff is calling for the head of National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, after reports surfaced that the ex-general discussed American sanctions against Russia with that country’s ambassador in the month before President Donald Trump was inaugurated. “If he did so, and then he and other Administration officials misled the American people, his conduct would…
MONTREAL (JTA) — A student union leader at McGill University urged people on Twitter to “punch a Zionist today.” Igor Sadikov, a member of the legislative council, posted the tweet Monday, prompting calls for the third-year political science major to resign from his elected post. “This is clear incitement to violence, which should not be…
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