Mick Mulvaney: FBI Informant ‘Very Close’ to Trump

Mick Mulvaney (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

By Charlie McCarthy    |   Thursday, 11 August 2022 12:01 PM EDT

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (yaakovyosefreinman@gmail.com) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:

ɚ why Moshe asked on three occasions if his prayers were accepted.
ɚ why we must remember that the fire at Sinai rose to the sky.
ɚ why the Torah uses words drawn from other languages.

Saudi Arabian Ambassador Muhammad Al-Qahtani died yesterday during his speech at the Arab-African conference in Cairo, capital of Egypt. The cause of death is unknown. He simply dropped dead, as you’ll see below.
The last words he said were about Egyptian President Abdel Fattah. “The dean of men and a man of peace,” said Al-Qahtani, before collapsing and dying.
The events were documented on tape. In the clip, you’ll observe how the diplomat falls to the ground as he delivered his speech from a podium.
Dozens of people watched in astonishment at the death of the Saudi ambassador.
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The hotly contested Republican Arizona gubernatorial primary has finally been called. Trump-backed candidate Kari Lake defeated fellow pro-Trump contender Karrin Taylor Robson. With 88 percent of the vote being reported, Lake had mounted a comeback and now leads Robson by nearly 20,000 votes.

Researchers use stem cells from mice to form embryo-like structures with intestinal tract, beginnings of a brain, and a beating heart
An image of a natural embryos as it compares to a synthetic embryo.
A natural embryo (left) compared with a synthetic embryo. Synthetic embryos are expected to drive deeper understanding of how organs and tissues form during the development of natural embryos. Photograph: Weizmann Institute
Ian Sample Science editor
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Wed 3 Aug 2022 10.44 EDT

A century after the first archaeological excavations at the site of ancient Shiloh in the Binyamin region, a new dig has unearthed a number of rare finds, including five intact jugs that date back some 2,000 years to the time of the Talmud.

The jugs were in a row, underneath a floor, most likely to keep their contents cool. Their location is also likely what kept the vessels intact.
Dr. Reut Ben Arie, a resident of Shiloh, directed the excavation.

Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s office released an itinerary for the House Speaker’s planned trip to Asia that listed at least four stops – but made no mention of Taiwan.
Reports that the California Democrat was planning to visit the contested, self-ruled island that Beijing claims as its own had sparked anger and threats in China, where officials vowed to do what was necessary to “firmly safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
Pelosi on Sunday set off for the Indo-Pacific, where she is leading a delegation of five Democratic lawmakers focused on “mutual security, economic partnership and democratic governance” in the region, according to a news release from her office.

The boss of London’s busiest airport says passengers are making this year’s travel turmoil worse by faking disabilities. John Holland-Kaye, CEO of Heathrow Airport, said a “travel hack” spread on TikTok encouraged travelers to pretend to be injured or disabled in order to claim wheelchair assistance at the airport. He spoke out about the shameless scam during an interview on LBC radio on Tuesday morning when asked why some legitimately disabled passengers had recently faced delays.

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, Moldova’s Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilita told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria that she fears her country may be the next target. Moldova is a small nation that borders Ukraine—Axios reported that there are currently 1,500 Russian troops stationed in Transnistria, a region that the outlet described as an “unrecognized breakaway state internationally recognized as part of Moldova.”

Former President Donald Trump, during his “Save America” rally in Arizona, slammed President Joe Biden over his handling of Afghanistan, the economy, the war in Ukraine, and more. “You could take the five worst presidents in American history and put them together ,and they would not have done the damage Joe Biden has done to our country in less than two short years,” Trump said in the Prescott Valley event held to bolster his endorsed candidates in Arizona’s races. “The contrast between the Trump administration’s amazing success and Joe Biden’s breathtaking failure could not be more stark.”