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“Having the Southern Poverty Law Center label you, a black woman, as an ‘apologist for white supremacy,’ it sort of makes you like kryptonite for any universities that would be looking to hire you,” Carol Swain told JNS.
“Antisemitic mobs shutting down transit centers need to be condemned, and the organizers should be held accountable,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy stated.
The Otzma Yedudit Party leader reportedly received a “special invitation from his American counterparts.”
Indexes jumped following the U.S. announcement of a 90-day suspension on import duties affecting more than 75 countries.
If Iran doesn’t agree to dismantle its nuclear program, the U.S. will “absolutely” turn to a military option, the president said.
They also discussed a Gaza ceasefire, Red Sea security and deepening bilateral cooperation.
John Ratcliffe’s first official visit to the Jewish state since taking office comes amid U.S. attempts to revive negotiations on a nuclear deal with the Iranian regime, as well as with Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
The president announced that more than 75 countries that sought trade accommodations with the United States will now only face a 10% tariff rate.
“The Iranian regime’s reckless pursuit of nuclear weapons remains a grave threat to the United States and a menace to regional stability and global security,” stated Scott Bessent, the treasury secretary.
“To execute on President Trump’s iron clad support of Israel, we urgently need a qualified ambassador in the region,” said Sen. Jim Risch. “I have no doubt Gov. Huckabee is that person.”
“We feel that it actually could happen this year,” Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel, executive vice president of Agudah, told JNS of the Educational Choice for Children Act.
“It’s a violation of Jewish values, a violation of Muslim values, a violation of Christian values,” Sen. Cory Booker told JNS.
The letters reportedly told members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition to vote in a certain way, or their families would be harmed.
