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The Palestinian Authority has cut all ties with Israel and the US after rejecting Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan.
President Mahmoud Abbas said the were would be “no relations at all” with the two countries as he reiterated his “complete” dismissal of the American leader’s proposal, which called for a demilitarised Palestinian state with borders drawn to meet Israeli security needs. Continue reading “Palestinian leaders cut all ties with Israel and US in response to Trump peace plan”
The Virginia state legislature passed a package of gun control bills Thursday, more than a week after thousands of the legislation’s armed opponents marched through Richmond.
Virginia’s House of Delegates approved seven pieces of legislation aimed at curbing gun violence, including universal background checks, a monthly limit on handgun purchases and “a red flag” law, which would give judges and police officers the authority to remove a weapon from an individual if they pose a threat. Continue reading “Gun control bills passed Virginia despite show of force from opponents”
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed into law a major rewrite of the rules of trade with Canada and Mexico, celebrating the fulfillment of one of his top campaign promises while declining to share the moment with Democratic lawmakers whose support was essential to getting it over the finish line.
Trump said renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement was “probably the No. 1 reason that I decided to lead this crazy life that I’m leading right now.” Continue reading “Trump celebrates major rewrite of North American trade rules”
PRINCE SULTAN AIR BASE, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Across the vast expanse of this desert air base, hundreds of tents have popped up and a newly arrived squadron of U.S. Air Force F-15E fighters is lined up on the tarmac, flying daily missions over Iraq and Syria. Off in the distance, two American Patriot missile batteries are scanning the skies, prepared to knock down any Iranian attack against the Saudi kingdom. Continue reading “US expands troop, fighter jet presence at Saudi base”
On the heels of several area lawmakers asking a local county to be designated a sanctuary for the Second Amendment, a gun control lobby group says they will be spending millions of dollars in Minnesota and several other states this coming election cycle.
The group, Everytown for Gun Safety, says they have $60 million dollars to spend, which is double what the National Rifle Association spent in 2016. Continue reading “Gun Control Lobby Group To Spend Millions In Minnesota”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reacted to Trump’s Mideast peace plan on “Fox & Friends.”
Continue reading “Benjamin Netanyahu: Trump is the ‘best friend Israel has ever had in White House’”
Chairwoman of the Ohio Republican Party, Jane Timken, is defending Republican governors like Ohio’s Mike DeWine for asking the federal government to continue resettling refugees in their states.
For the fiscal year 2020, President Donald Trump will continue cutting refugee admissions by reducing former President Barack Obama’s refugee inflow by at least 80 percent. This reduction would mean a maximum of 18,000 refugees can be resettled in the U.S. between October 1, 2019, and September 30, 2020. This is merely a numerical limit and not a goal federal officials are supposed to reach. Continue reading “Ohio GOP Chair Defends Republicans Importing Refugees to Fill U.S. Jobs”
President Trump on Tuesday called for a two-state solution to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as he unveiled the details of his administration’s much-awaited Middle East peace plan.
Trump announced the proposal alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during remarks in the East Room of the White House at noon. Continue reading “Trump unveils Middle East peace plan with two-state solution, tunnel connecting West Bank and Gaza”
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was formally indicted in court on Tuesday on corruption charges after he withdrew his request for parliamentary immunity from prosecution.
Netanyahyu was in Washington for meetings with U.S. President Donald Trump ahead of the release of Trump’s long-delayed Israel-Palestinian peace plan when Israel’s attorney-general filed the charges in a Jerusalem court. Continue reading “Netanyahu formally indicted in court on corruption charges”
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democrats in the Virginia House are advancing a package of gun-control measures less than a week after tens of thousands of pro-gun advocates from around the country rallied at the state Capitol.
But the advancing bills don’t yet include a proposed assault weapon ban, a top priority for Gov. Ralph Northam and one that’s drawn fierce resistance from gun-rights advocates. Continue reading “Virginia House advances gun control measures”
On Thursday, hundreds of Second Amendment supporters gathered for a rally at the Rhode Island State House.
This week, the Rhode Island Senate Judiciary Committee vote to ban 3-D “ghost” guns — untraceable 3-D printed guns, or guns that were bought in pieces, partially assembled and put together without a serial number. Continue reading “Gun Rights Rally Held at RI State House”
A worker remains missing after a large explosion at an apparent industrial building in Houston early Friday scattered debris across the area, shattered windows and sent another person to the hospital.
At about 4:30 a.m., many people reported hearing a loud explosion and felt buildings shake in the Northwest Houston neighborhood. Police and fire crews responding to the scene went house-to-house to let about 300 residents know to shelter in place, Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said at a news conference. Continue reading “Worker Unaccounted for, 1 Other Person Hurt After Large Explosion in Houston”
(Reuters) – Twenty U.S. states sued the Trump administration on Thursday to block what they called its latest effort to allow blueprints for making guns from 3-D printers to be released on the internet, threatening a proliferation of “ghost guns” that spread violence.
Led by Washington state and controlled primarily by Democrats, the states, along with the District of Columbia, said they sued in federal court in Seattle, after the government published final agency rules earlier in the day allowing the necessary files to be posted. Continue reading “U.S. states sue to block White House from allowing 3-D printed guns”
Texas Instruments announced Wednesday that it would close two chip plants in North Texas over the next three to five years, reported Dallas News.
Texas Instruments’ Public Relations manager Nicole Bernard said a factory in Dallas at its north campus would be shuttered, along with a chip facility in Sherman. Continue reading “Texas Instruments To Close Two Dallas-Area Chip Factories Amid Slowdown”
New York Post – by Ben Feuerherd
Three US firefighters died while battling wildfires in Australia when the C-130 tanker they were flying in crashed in the southern section of the country, officials said Thursday.
The firefighters were killed in the crash after leaving the town of Richmond in New South Wales state on a firebombing mission, local officials said. Continue reading “Three US firefighters killed in plane crash while battling wildfires in Australia”
CHILOQUIN, Ore. (KTVZ) — Klamath County sheriff’s deputies answering a shots-fired call on Highway 97 near Chiloquin were fired upon Sunday afternoon by a man in a log home, prompting a 9-hour highway closure until he allegedly set the home ablaze and was caught trying to escape.
Deputies had responded around 1:30 p.m. to the call of shots fired in the 37000 block of Highway 97, said Brandon Fowler, sheriff’s office public information officer and emergency manager. Continue reading “Chiloquin shots-fired standoff ends in arson fire, capture”
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) – In a shocking series of events Sunday, a 69-year-old man facing eviction is accused of fatally shooting two Honolulu police officers who were responding to the scene of a stabbing and then apparently setting a raging fire that destroyed seven homes in Diamond Head.
In a news conference Sunday afternoon, a visibly shaken Police Chief Ballard identified those killed as:
Continue reading “Man facing eviction fatally shoots 2 Honolulu police officers before blaze destroys 7 homes in Diamond Head neighborhood”
Baltimore’s state’s attorney, Marilyn Mosby, took aim at the city’s police union Saturday after union officials condemned a violent attack Friday night against a city police officer.
Mosby accused the police union of “fanning the very flames they then call on me to put out,” saying union officials responded to the violent attack with “inappropriate political rhetoric.”
A video posted on social media shows a Baltimore police sergeant wrestling on the ground late Friday with a suspect who allegedly spat in the sergeant’s face. The police officer is then repeatedly kicked by bystanders while trying to make the arrest. Continue reading “Baltimore state’s attorney blasts police union’s ‘political rhetoric’ after video shows mob attacking officer”
(Reuters) – President Donald Trump took aim at Virginia Democrats and their push to stiffen the state’s gun laws, saying that the U.S. Constitution was under attack just as thousands of armed militia members began arriving in Richmond for a Monday gun rally.
Trump doubled down with his support of gun enthusiasts in the state, which Hilary Clinton won in 2016 and where Democrats took full control of the state legislature for the first time in a generation in November, as candidates made passing stronger gun control laws a central campaign theme. Continue reading “Ahead of tinder box Virginia gun rally, Trump says Constitution under attack”
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved a revamp of the 26-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement that includes tougher rules on labor and automotive content but leaves $1.2 trillion in annual U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade flows largely unchanged.
The legislation to implement the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement passed on an 89-10 bipartisan vote, sending the measure to President Donald Trump for him to sign into law. Continue reading “Senate passes North America trade deal, Canada still to approve”