Washington – Donald Trump’s son-in-law and White House adviser Jared Kushner denied that he spoke with the president about his security clearance, according to an interview with the Axios news outlet that comes amid a congressional investigation of the issue. “I have not discussed it with him,” Kushner told “Axios on HBO” on Sunday when [...]

Jerusalem – After narrowly failing to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in April elections, the long-time Israeli leader’s opponents now have a rare chance for a “do-over” in a snap vote in September. The 69-year-old Netanyahu’s apparent victory against long odds seemed to seal his aura of invincibility in the eyes of many Israelis, with [...]

Aboard The Uss Abraham Lincoln -A U.S. aircraft carrier the White House ordered to the Mideast over a perceived threat from Iran remains outside of the Persian Gulf amid efforts to de-escalate tensions between Tehran and Washington. The USS Abraham Lincoln on Monday was in the Arabian Sea some 200 miles (320 kilometers) off the [...]

Brigantine, NJ – A small earthquake was recorded off the New Jersey coast and it does not appear anyone noticed. The U.S. Geological Survey says the 2.0 magnitude quake happened about 37 miles east-southeast of Brigantine on Saturday morning. It occurred a little more than 4 miles below the surface. The USGS says it has [...]

Jerusalem – The Israeli military says it has finished sealing the last of a series of Hezbollah attack tunnels under the country’s northern border with Lebanon, roughly six months after they were found. Military spokesman Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus told reporters Monday during a tour of the tunnel that it was “the longest and deepest [...]

New York – A Pittsburgh-bound flight has safely returned to New York’s LaGuardia Airport after a bird strike. American Airlines Flight 2107 returned at around 8:30 a.m. Monday. No injuries were reported. The airline said it was rebooking 98 passengers and evaluating the plane. It apologized for the delay. Port Authority of New York and [...]

New York – Amazon, which has been working to deliver orders faster, says that more than 10 million items now qualify for next-day delivery. The online shopping giant is in the process of upgrading its Prime membership, which costs $119 a year, to one-day delivery from two-day. Amazon declined to say when the switch will [...]

London – Did President Donald Trump fistbump Queen Elizabeth II when they shook hands at Buckingham Palace? News photographs made it look as if he did, prompting some to claim on Twitter that the president was not showing the proper respect for Britain’s monarch, but really it was just a slightly awkward handshake. Joe Little, [...]

Jerusalem – A right-wing Israeli lawmaker said he wants to be the country’s justice minister so his religious party can “restore the Torah justice system.” Bezalel Smotrich of the Union of Right-Wing Parties, which includes his Jewish Home party, made the statement Sunday night at a Jerusalem Day event at the Mercaz Harav yeshiva in [...]

Washington – The Food and Drug Administration’s first broad testing of food for a worrisome class of nonstick, stain-resistant industrial compounds found substantial levels in some grocery store meats and seafood and in off-the-shelf chocolate cake, according to unreleased findings FDA researchers presented at a scientific conference in Europe. The FDA’s disclosure is likely to [...]