Month: February 2021
Ruth Dayan, storied social activist and 1st wife of Moshe Dayan, dead at 103
Dayan was the founder of iconic fashion brand Maskit, employing immigrants to create unique clothing, and led numerous social and coexistence causes over decades
Read MoreEnergy Minister proposes enacting mandatory vaccinations — report
Yuval Steinitz also suggests trials for inoculating kids aged 14-16 — a group excluded from initial tests; both offers said to have been shot down
Read MoreSenate Adopts Blueprint for Stimulus as Harris Breaks Tie – Bloomberg
Senate Adopts Blueprint for Stimulus as Harris Breaks Tie Bloomberg Democrats prepare to fast-track Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID economic plan CBS Evening News Senate approves budget to sideline GOP on Biden’s $1.9T stimulus POLITICO Obama, financial crisis recession proves $2000 stimulus checks need
Read MoreAfter giving Holocaust survivor pension, Italy wants her husband to pay it back
Italian government tells the 98-year-old husband of now-deceased Messauda Fadlun to return 76,000 euros paid to her, because she had mixed Italian-Libyan citizenship during WWII
Read MoreA glance at US Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s incendiary words
The freshman congresswoman has been in hot water over racist remarks, embrace of conspiracy theories and past endorsement of violence against leading Democrats
Read MoreWhite House Looks Outside Washington For Republicans Who Back COVID-19 Aid Plan
In dozens of local TV interviews, Zoom meetings and conference calls, the Biden administration is trying to build support for its $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package. (Image credit: Andrew Harnik/AP)
Read More‘You Better Run’: After Trump’s False Attacks, Election Workers Faced Threats
Former President Trump obsessed with the Fulton County elections department, which covers Atlanta. His conspiracy theories and lies led to violent threats and intimidation of the department’s workers. (Image credit: Jessica McGowan/Getty Images)
Read MoreThe post-Trump identity crisis that’s fracturing the GOP
Republicans will soon be forced to choose sides in the Senate, where Donald Trump will face an impeachment charge of inciting a violent insurrection. But the party has struggled to separate the former president from the deeply loyal base of
Read MoreThe post-Trump identity crisis that’s fracturing the GOP
Republicans will soon be forced to choose sides in the Senate, where Donald Trump will face an impeachment charge of inciting a violent insurrection. But the party has struggled to separate the former president from the deeply loyal base of
Read MoreBiden Announces U.S. Will Engage Diplomatically To End War In Yemen
Taking on two world crises, President Biden pledged to use diplomacy to end the long Yemen war and to allow more refugees to come to the US.
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