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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won a clear mandate in April’s Israeli elections, but Avigdor Lieberman has a legitimate complaint in holding up Netanyahu’s Cabinet formation. Lieberman’s point is simple: if the Israeli Defense Forces rely on conscription to protect all Israelis, then no able-bodied Israelis should be excused from conscription. But that’s exactly what will happen if Lieberman yields to Netanyahu and signs up to his Cabinet. Israeli Defense Minister…

The biggest buyers during this bull market are now selling Typically, the public is considered the “crowd” in markets, buying the most at the top and selling the least at the bottom. That’s changing. Marketsread more

The Louisiana House of Representatives passed an abortion ban on a 79-23 vote Wednesday that would prohibit women from terminating a pregnancy once a fetal heartbeat has been detected. Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards has indicated he will break with his party and sign the ban if it crosses his desk. The Senate already approved the bill with amendments that include language to require an ultrasound and clarified that abortion…

CLOSE Baby Seybie was born 3 months early. (Photo: San Diego’s Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns) The world’s smallest baby was born at 23 weeks and 3 days gestation and weighing just 8.6 ounces in 2018. For reference, that’s about a little more than how much a typical hamster weighs. The micro preemie was called baby Seybie by her caretakers at San Diego’s Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women &…

A spokesperson for former Vice President Joe Biden’s presidential campaign told CNN that special counsel Robert Mueller’s statement today reiterated two points: one, that Russia continues to meddle, a reality Trump can’t ignore, and two, Congress continue to investigate. “What is truly troubling is that we have seen this President and this Administration engaging in flagrant, open attacks on the rule of law by throwing up roadblocks early in the…

Forget Mueller: Our pants are still down on election security Blaming Facebook, focusing on the Mueller-Barr feud, impeachment talk and debating obstruction of justice and impeachment mean we’re still not talking about election security…. Technologyread more

Video Supreme Court hands down varying decisions in abortion, transgender, and border crisis cases Judicial Crisis Network policy director Carrie Severino breaks down the decisions on hot-button issues. Democrats are livid after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., stated that Republicans would confirm a new Supreme Court justice in 2020 if given the chance, despite refusing to do so when Barack Obama was president during the last presidential election. McConnell made the…

Forget Mueller: Our pants are still down on election security Blaming Facebook, focusing on the Mueller-Barr feud, impeachment talk and debating obstruction of justice and impeachment mean we’re still not talking about election security…. Technologyread more

With broad swaths of the country in the throes of a highly active tornado season, federal forecasters are wrestling with the gaps in their knowledge of how tornadoes form. The science community now believes tornadoes most likely build from the ground up and not from a storm cloud down, potentially making them harder to spot via radar early in the formation process. But scientists still struggle to say with certainty…

Roy Moore, famous for being banned from a mall because he sexually preyed on underage girls and losing a Senate race in an R+14 state, apparently wants another round at the rodeo. Losing to Doug Jones just once apparently is not enough for Moore. He knows that if I run I will beat Doug Jones. — Judge Roy Moore (@RealJudgeMoore) May 28, 2019 The accused sexual assailant and pedophile’s ascension…

LAWRENCE, Kansas – A two-week barrage of tornadoes that has ravaged much of the Midwest descended on this university town Tuesday, blasting homes and businesses and injuring at least a dozen people. The latest wave of severe weather wreaked havoc as far east as Pennsylvania, where Caernarvon Township Police Chief John Scalia said no injuries were reported but confirmed that “we have devastation.” Tuesday marked the 12th straight day that at…

Mr. McConnell did occasionally mention the divided government in 2016, but it was not his chief argument at the time and was frequently omitted from his remarks. Last October, when asked about the issue on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” he said, “What I did was entirely consistent with what the history of the Senate’s been in that situation going back to 1880.” The last time a Republican-led Senate confirmed a…

In a gloriously brutal concurring opinion published Tuesday, Justice Clarence Thomas took on Planned Parenthood, the meaning of abortion, and birth control. While writing a concurring opinion in Box v. Planned Parenthood, Thomas likened abortion to eugenics and scolded Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg for nonsensical opinions in the same case. Thomas wrote his opinion in response to the court’s opinion about Box, which addressed two provisions in an Indiana law….

It’s Wednesday, May 29, 2019. Let’s start here. 1. Roe’s future The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld an Indiana law requiring fetal remains be buried or cremated but declined to review a lower court ruling that blocked a ban on abortions motivated by race, sex, or disability of the fetus. Although the court’s decision keeps abortion off the docket for the next term, it signals a path forward for how…

An apparent tornado hit Lawrence, Kansas, on Tuesday, injuring 11 people in the town, while Kansas City International Airport briefly shut down due to damage. Monday marked the 11th consecutive day where multiple tornadoes were reported throughout the country, according to the NWS. NWS issued a “tornado emergency” alert for parts of eastern Kansas on Tuesday night as dangerous weather touched down in the area. Police in Lawrence, the home…

SPARTANBURG, South — Kamala Harris railed on Tuesday night against President Donald Trump’s derogatory tweets about former Vice President Joe Biden over the weekend, calling them “contrary to the best interests of our country and the integrity of our country.” At an MSNBC town hall, Harris said the tweets, including one in which Trump referenced smiling when North Korea’s Kim Jong Un “called Swampman Joe Biden a low IQ individual,…

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Doctors in Missouri may only have a few more days to perform abortions, but they insist their care for patients who want to terminate a pregnancy won’t end anytime soon. “Despite what happens on Friday, we will continue to help our patients access care when they need it,” Dr. Colleen McNicholas, an obstetrician and gynecologist at Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region, said on a call with reporters today….