Is The New York Times Israels Greatest Enemy? - The Wire
It sounds like a laughable question but last night, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the editor of the Jerusalem Post that the two main enemies facing Israel are The��.
Scramble for Female Votes in Mass. Senate Race - First Draft
In their Senate race last year, Elizabeth Warren beat Scott Brown by 8 percentage points overall but by 20 percentage points among women; Mr. Markeys campaign is relying on women for the same kind of advantage. And like Ms... About. The latest on President Obama, Congress and other political news from Washington -- and around the nation -- from the staff of The New York Times.. Follow us on @NYTPolitics on twitter. Twitter �� Follow. Close this overlay��.
Islamic State Sprouting Limbs Beyond Its Base
WASHINGTON ��� The Islamic State is expanding beyond its base in Syria and Iraq to establish militant affiliates in Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt and Libya, American intelligence officials assert, raising the prospect of a new global war on terror.
Troopers seize weapons from central NY sex offender
CATO, N.Y. (AP) ��� State police have seized a cache of assault rifles, semi-automatic handguns, silencers, high-capacity magazines and body armor from a registered sex offender in central New York.. AP ANALYSIS: Advantage Netanyahu in close race.
Another Poll Shows Increasingly Close Race In New.
A CBS/New York Times/YouGov online poll conducted during the last two weeks of August has also had given Sullivan a 6 percentage point advantage. The most recent Pollster tracking model estimate, computed before��.
Live Blogging the Democratic Contests - NYTimes.com
Guy Cecil, Mrs. Clintons political and field director, says on the conference call that its too early to say where the race stands on delegates, particularly before the polls close in Missouri, Arizona, New Mexico and, of course, California. Howard. The Times holding off. Nothing yet from Bergen County, for example, a big New York bedroom community. But Mr. Obama is leading in Essex County, which is dominated by Newark, where Cory Booker, the mayor, actively��.
Netanyahu speech could allow Obama to take on the.
Indyk made his comments on Day 1 of the scandal, in a January 21 conversation with New York Times columnist (and author) Roger Cohen at the 92d Street Y in New York. Indyk, a longtime supporter of Israel who served��.
Netanyahu Speaks, Money Talks | BillMoyers.com
Like those high-rise, multi-million dollar apartments in New York City purchased by oligarchs whose identity is hidden within perfectly legal shell organizations, dark money lets our politicians conveniently erase fingerprints left by their. In Gershom Gorenbergs words, the prime minister ���enjoys the advantage of having a major newspaper in his camp that portrays the world as seen from his office: a world in which Israel is surrounded by enemies, including the��.
Race Matters: Why Gallup Poll Finds Less Support For.
Like Gallup, the other pollsters -- CBS/New York Times, CNN/ORC International, Fox News, NBC/Wall Street Journal, the Pew Research Center, Quinnipiac University and Reuters/Ipsos -- used live interviewers, sampled both landline and.. HuffPosts analysis found that the average number of non-Hispanic adults naming more than one race (2.8 percent) in seven USA Today/Gallup data sets was nearly three times the number who identify as multiracial on the CPS��.
Netanyahus speech and the end of the Israel lobby
. of publications: ���Jews edit The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, The Weekly Standard, The Atlantic, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Vox, Buzzfeed, Politico, and the opinion pages of The New York Times and Washington Post.���... BEN-GURION AIRPORT, Israel (AP) ��� Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu headed to Washington on Sunday to press his case against an emerging deal on Irans nuclear program in a contentious address to the U.S.��.
Time on Netanyahu: Frozen Puffery - Fair
As the New York Times noted (7/15/10), In many West Bank settlements, building is proceeding apace, since the so-called freeze came with the assertion that some 3,000 units were grandfathered in and would proceed during the moratorium. And an Associated Press investigation (9/23/10) revealed: How much of a freeze has there actually been on West Bank Jewish settlement building by Israel? Very little, an Associated Press analysis of the numbers suggests.
New York Times Presidential Battleground State Ratings.
In 11 states that President Obama carried in 2008, nine are now up for grabs and Mitt Romney holds an early advantage in the other two, the latest Times ranking shows.. As the general election race intensifies, Mr. Obama begins with a slim edge in several critical states and has a variety of paths to winning re-election, according to the Times analysis of electoral votes. But there are. In a close race, these six electoral votes are critical to both sides. New Hampshire:��.
Prosecutor: Durst had nearly 150 grams of pot when arrested
NEW ORLEANS (AP) ��� Authorities found more than a quarter-pound of marijuana and a revolver in millionaire Robert Dursts hotel room when he was arrested over the weekend, a prosecutor said Tuesday. Durst appeared before a judge for a second .
Would sunset of nuclear deal end restrictions on Iran?
���This deal has two major concessions: one, leaving Iran with a vast nuclear program and two, lifting the restrictions on that program in about a decade,��� Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Congress last week. ���Thats why this deal is so bad.
Huffpollster: a quarter of gubernatorial races look like tossups
Our newly-released gubernatorial forecasts shows plenty of close races.. GOP GAINING STRENGTH AHEAD OF MIDTERMS, SURVEY FINDS - Megan Thee-Brenan: A New York Times/CBS News poll shows that President Obamas approval ratings are similar to those of President George W. Bush in 2006. Figure 1 depicts which party held the ad advantage in each media market over the past two weeks, with separate maps for House and Senate advertising.
Millennials Set to Outnumber Baby Boomers
An influx of immigrants, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center. And, of course, members of the boomer generation, currently at 74.9 million, are beginning to die in greater numbers. But deciding who belongs to which generation is.
New Saudi King and US Face Crucial Point in the Relationship
WASHINGTON ��� Almost a decade ago, an Arab diplomat famously likened the relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia to a Catholic marriage ���where you can have no divorce.��� But there can be estrangement. As the Obama administration .
Handicapping the Republican Field: Part I, the Top Tier.
In fact, when I run Mr. Romneys numbers through our purely objective model ��� which needs to be taken with ample grains of salt but can, perhaps, provide a useful starting point ��� it gives him pretty close to a 50-50. Mr. Perry is a little more dynamic on the stump and might prove to be the better fund-raiser, whereas Mr. Pawlenty (even if Mr. Perry enters the race) will benefit from having begun his campaign earlier and may be perceived as being more electable.
HUFFPOLLSTER: Surveys Show A Close Race For Florida.
(AP Photo/John Raoux) | ASSOCIATED PRESS. Seven other polls conducted in September have also shown a close race, with five giving a nominal advantage to Scott and two to Crist.. Thus, the generic U.S. chart is calibrated to match the average trends produced by the following pollsters: ABC News/Washington Post, Bloomberg, CBS News/New York Times, CNN, Fox News, GWU/Battleground, McClatchy Marist,.. Pollster Analysis Pollster Update Newsletter��.
2 dead at Napa County vineyard in apparent murder-suicide
YOUNTVILLE, Calif. (AP) ��� A winery owner chased an investor through a Northern California vineyard and shot him in the head at close range as police approached before leading them on a short chase that ended with his apparent suicide, authorities said .
Saudi Succession Hints at Shift in Foreign Role
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia ��� Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, the interior minister of Saudi Arabia, arrived at a meeting of security chiefs from across the Arab world in Marrakesh, Morocco, last March to deliver a call to arms: It was time, he declared, for a.
HUFFPOLLSTER: Polls Show Close Races In Iowa, Wisconsin
If there is no significant narrowing of the Republican-Democratic thought gap between now and Election Day, the Republican advantage in turnout could surpass that on Election Day 2010.. [NY Times]. -Glen Bolger (R) says voters want to see aggressive action on the economy. [WSJ]. -Landmark Communications President Mark Rountree defends their recent poll of Georgia. [Facebook]. -Annie Petit reports on what. Pollster Analysis Pollster Update Newsletter��.
Saudis Expand Regional Power as Others Falter
As a new king assumes the throne in Riyadh, the stability-first authoritarianism that the Saudis have long favored is resurgent from Tunis to Cairo to Manama. The election-minded Islamists that the Saudis once feared are on the run. Prince Mohammed bin .
What Wisconsin Means ��� and Doesnt - The Caucus
It happens almost every time. Remember the special election for Anthony D. Wieners House seat in New York last year that flipped the districts representation to Republican? Or how about the conservative, upstate New York seat that went for a. As in both of those races ��� and countless others ��� the effort to recall Scott Walker, the Republican governor of Wisconsin, is being treated as a kind of early warning system for the presidential campaign this November.
From the White House to the Super Bowl
Doug Mills, a staff photographer for The New York Times based in the Washington bureau for the better part of two decades, has seen it all: from presidential inaugurations to Super Bowls, from the campaign trail to court-side champions. Our colleague.
70 Years After Auschwitz Liberation, a Survivor Remembers
To have someone who was old enough to remember clearly at the time and is still alive and well enough to tell us the whole story today, we are really in a sense in the last few years of having that possibility, where we can benefit from their memory.
AP News in Brief at 5:58 am EDT
Netanyahus comments marked a reversal of long-standing promises to the United States and were seen as a last-ditch effort to appeal to hard-line voters as he fights for his political survival in a tight race. Polls have. NEW ORLEANS (AP) ��� Robert.
This Cycle, a Tale of Two Different Midterm Elections - NBC.
The first is the nationwide one, where there does seem to be a wave building for Republicans and where the GOP has a huge enthusiasm advantage. The second election, however, is taking place in the top Senate and��.
Whos Afraid of the Israel Lobby?
Still, most Senators and Representatives are at least somewhat better informed than people whose window on the world is Fox News. Why then did they make spectacles of themselves listening, yet again, to what Benjamin Netanyahu has to say about Iran?
Democrats Air Concerns Over Netanyahu Speech to Congress
WASHINGTON���Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus plan to address U.S. lawmakers next month is stirring political tensions in both countries, with congressional Democrats warning two top Israeli officials about politicization of the nations .
Anti-Defamation League Blasts J Street Campaign Against Netanyahu Speech
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks near Tel Aviv, Israel, on Monday. Netanyahus upcoming. The Anti-Defamation League has called a campaign by liberal Jewish organization J Street against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus.
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Members of Bend the Arc, a Jewish social justice organization, and the Auburn Theological Seminary, a New York-based Presbyterian institute, came unannounced but with specific requests for congressional hearings on ���the criminalization of black.