Minister for the Displaced Talal Arslan stressed on Friday that the 1960 electoral law does not provide just representation for the Druze community while proportional representation does, the National News Agency reported. “The 1960 electoral law does not achieve justice for Druze lawmakers,” said Arslan […]
Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat said on Friday that Lebanon must develop a judicial system similar to the one in the United States after it refused to reinstate President Donald Trump’s ban on refugees. “I wish that the judicial system in Lebanon resembles […]
When filmmaker Barak Goodman sat down to start making the documentary “Oklahoma City” about the 1995 bombing that left 168 people dead, he said he remembered little of the story — except, as he told NewsHour correspondent Jeffrey Brown, the shocking image of a building […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, fresh off patching up ties with China, reassured Japan’s leader Friday that the U.S. will defend its close ally. Together, the pronouncements illustrated a shift toward a more mainstream Trump stance on U.S. policy toward Asia. Welcoming Prime Minister Shinzo […]
They planned to visit the Statue of Liberty. Randy Olsen and Zaineb Al-Qazwini met in Singapore in 2011 and married. After a two-year application process, Al-Qazwini, an Iraqi citizen, was approved for a green card in December. Their first stop was to be New York, […]
During his campaign, Donald Trump criticized President Obama for his reluctance to use the words “radical Islamic extremism.” One of Obama’s key anti-terrorism programs was just called “Countering Violent Extremism,” with no reference to Islam. The Trump administration may now want to refocus that program […]
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers farewell remarks to State Department employees Jan. 19 at the State Department in Washington, D.C. Kerry is joining former top U.S. national security officials in asking the courts to continue blocking President Donald Trump’s recent immigration order. Photo […]
WASHINGTON — South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley pledged her support for moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a shift firmly endorsed by Donald Trump but one that could trigger more violence in the Middle East. Haley, Trump’s pick to be […]
The confirmation hearing for Rep. Tom Price, Trump’s nominee for Health and Human Services secretary, will begin Wednesday at 10 a.m. ET. PBS NewsHour will live stream the hearing. After a first week of confirmation hearings drew considerable attention to some of President-elect Donald Trump’s […]
The Lincoln Bible is part of the collection at the Library of Congress. Lauren Victoria Burke/AP For all their differences, when Donald Trump takes the oath of office to succeed Barack Obama on Friday, one small but symbolic similarity will be on display. Trump will […]
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