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Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman / Jerusalem Post:
Multiple victims reported in latest New York stabbing attack - breaking — Videos of the stabbing attack began disseminating on social media around 5:30 a.m. Israel time. The Jerusalem Post received confirmation of the validity of these videos by a spokesperson for Chabad.
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Saturday Night Terror At Rabbi Rottenburg's Shul, 15 Transported To Hospital, Suspect In Custody [UPDATE: 1:00 AM] — MONSEY (VINnews) — Multiple people were stabbed Saturday night in a synagogue. — According to reports, a black male entered Rabbi Rottenburg's Shul with his face covered by a scarf, and pulled out a machete.
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CBS New York:
Several People Stabbed By Machete-Wielding Suspect At Monsey Synagogue, Suspect Arrested In NYC — MONSEY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) - Multiple people have reportedly been stabbed in an attack on a Rabbi's home in New York's Rockland County. That attacker is now reportedly in custody after fleeing the scene.
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Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
‘Nothing Less Than a Civil War’: These White Voters on the Far Right See Doom Without Trump — Deeply conservative, they organize online and outside the Republican Party apparatus, engaging in more explicit versions of the chest-beating seen at the president's rallies.
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Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Trump retweets a post naming the alleged whistleblower — President Trump retweeted a post naming the alleged whistleblower who filed the complaint that became the catalyst for the congressional inquiry that resulted in his impeachment by the House of Representatives.
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
A Gangster in the White House — Amid a two-day binge of post-Christmas rage-tweeting, President Donald Trump retweeted the name of the CIA employee widely presumed to be the whistle-blower in the Ukraine scandal. On Thursday night, December 26, Trump retweeted his campaign account …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Trump attacks whistleblower in tweetstorm full of rants and conspiracies — (CNN)President Donald Trump retweeted an attack that included an unsubstantiated name of the intelligence community whistleblower at the heart of the Ukraine scandal as part of a series of rants and conspiratorial posts Friday night.
Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Pelosi gets under Trump's skin on impeachment — President Trump has made attacking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) a theme of his holiday break at his Mar-a-Lago resort. — Trump's comments suggest he is lingering on impeachment and that Pelosi's central role in it is very much on his mind going into 2020.
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Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Joe Biden Says He'd Defy Subpoena to Testify in Trump's Senate Trial
Joe Biden Says He'd Defy Subpoena to Testify in Trump's Senate Trial
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Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Ivanka Trump suggests she may leave White House job if father re-elected — President's senior adviser says she will put her family's needs first in making decision — Ivanka Trump has cast doubt on continuing in her advisory role in the administration if her father wins re-election next year.
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Emily Tillett / CBS News:
Ivanka Trump says staying in Washington will be up to her kids, cites “unfinished” work
Ivanka Trump says staying in Washington will be up to her kids, cites “unfinished” work
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Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
Ivanka Trump might leave White House if father wins 2020
Ivanka Trump might leave White House if father wins 2020
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Amy Qin / New York Times:
In China's Crackdown on Muslims, Children Have Not Been Spared — In Xinjiang the authorities have separated nearly half a million children from their families, aiming to instill loyalty to China and the Communist Party. — HOTAN, China — The first grader was a good student and beloved by her classmates …
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Kashmira Gander / Newsweek:
Record hit for most ice to melt in Antarctica in one day, data suggests: “We are in a climate emergency” — The record in recent decades for the highest level of ice to melt in Antarctica in one day was reached on Christmas Eve, data suggests. — Around 15 percent of the continent's surface melted …
Benjamin Weinthal / Jerusalem Post:
US envoy urges EU to ban Hezbollah after Iran militia kills American — US reviews Kataib Hezbollah's role in murder of US contractor — The most high-profile US Ambassador in Europe Richard Grenell urged European countries on Saturday to outlaw Hezbollah's entire organization …
New York Post:
Suspects released without bail after shocking attacks on Jews — Suspects arrested in last week's spree of eight anti-Semitic attacks are being quickly released right back into the neighborhoods they terrorized thanks to “bail reform” legislation — which doesn't even take effect until Jan. 1.
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New York Times:
Science Under Attack: How Trump Is Sidelining Researchers and Their Work — WASHINGTON — In just three years, the Trump administration has diminished the role of science in federal policymaking while halting or disrupting research projects nationwide, marking a transformation …
Kyle Olson / The American Mirror:
SHOCK VIDEO: Man scales 30-foot border wall — in 23 seconds! — A real-life Spiderman lives in Mexico. — A migrant scaled a new 30-foot section of the border wall with relative ease recently. — Watch: … The photo spoke Spanish throughout the video, which shows the man scaling …
Susannah Bryan / Sun-Sentinel:
Is ‘Dixie Highway’ racist? The debate is growing … A movement to rename Dixie Highway — for some a painful reminder of a tragic, racist past — might be gaining steam in Broward County. — The argument is being made by one of Broward County's youngest elected officials after she heard of a similar effort in Miami-Dade.
ABC News:
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard says impeachment will only ‘embolden’ Trump, increasing his reelection chances — She said a second term for Trump is a “serious concern” of hers. — Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard spoke candidly on Saturday about her controversial decision to vote “present” …
Greg Robb / MarketWatch:
Fed study finds Trump tariffs backfired — President Donald Trump's strategy to use import tariffs to protect and boost U.S. manufacturers backfired and led to job losses and higher prices, according to a Federal Reserve study released this week. — “We find that the 2018 tariffs …
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Ross Dellenger / Sports Illustrated:
LSU OC Steve Ensminger's Biggest Call on a Heartbreaking Saturday Came Off the Field — Before LSU trounced Oklahoma in the playoff semifinals, the Tigers' offensive coordinator made the hardest phone call of his life. — ATLANTA, Ga. — Somewhere in a corner of LSU's locker room …
Heather Long / Washington Post:
Trump's stock market rally is very good, but still lags Obama and Clinton — U.S. stocks are closing out a terrific year and President Trump loves it. He's bragged about the stock market hitting record highs six times this week alone on Twitter. — On Friday, be boasted …
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Trump's quest to shatter GOP economics reached its culmination in 2019
Trump's quest to shatter GOP economics reached its culmination in 2019
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