Dershowitz blasts Netanyahu witch-hunts, BDS, and wants a Kotel – for all Jews’

The numerous legal or quasi-legal scandals raised against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are witchhunts which harm democracy, the counterattack against the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign is having mixed success, and the Kotel must be "for all Jews," Prof. Alan Dershowitz told The Jerusalem Post in a wide-ranging interview on Thursday.

On victory lap, few signs emerge Trump will focus on unifed nation

President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday wrapped up his postelection victory tour, showing few signs of turning the page from his blustery campaign to focus on uniting a divided nation a month before his inauguration. At each stop, the Republican has gloatingly recapped his election night triumph, reignited some old political feuds while starting some new ones, and done little to quiet the hate-filled chants of "Lock her up!" directed at Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.

The Latest: Trump holds last victory rally but promises more

President-elect Donald Trump is holding the final rally on his postelection victory tour in a football stadium in Mobile, Alabama, where he held the biggest rally of his campaign. Trump said he's been told that once he's president he should stop holding such rallies.

Trump greeted by trail maids during Ala. stop

Donald Trump Trump responds to Michelle Obama: 'We have tremendous hope' Trump greeted by trail maids during Ala. stop Groups make 0,000 ad buy to rally GOP electors against Trump MORE was greeted by several trail maids Saturday afternoon as his plane touched down at Mobile Downtown Airport in Mobile, Ala.

Trump’s pick for budget office is hard-liner on spending

President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that he would nominate Representative Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina to be his budget director. Mulvaney is a founding member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, the group that led the takedown of John Boehner as speaker In Mulvaney, Trump has chosen for the Office of Management and Budget a spending hard-liner to join an economic team that could be ideologically in conflict, setting up possible collisions during major policymaking next year.

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers says Trump didn’t offer Interior job

U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers says she was never offered the job of Interior secretary by President-elect Donald Trump. The Republican lawmaker from Eastern Washington state told The Spokesman-Review that when her name started circulating as Trump's pick for the job it was completely unexpected.

On victory lap, few signs Trump focusing on unified nation

President-elect Donald Trump is greeted by the Azalea Trail Maids after arriving at the airport for a rally at Ladd-Peebles Stadium, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016, in Mobile, Ala. President-elect Donald Trump is greeted by the Azalea Trail Maids after arriving at the airport for a rally at Ladd-Peebles Stadium, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016, in Mobile, Ala.

What Did Donald Trump Know, and When Did He Know It?

As news rolls in about Russia's likely sabotage of the American political system, the noose is beginning to tighten uncomfortably around Republicans. The only question that matters now is this: what did Donald Trump know about the hacks on his political opponents, and when did he know it? It is becoming increasingly clear from all sides that Russian intelligence-likely at the specific direction of Vladimir Putin -perpetrated the hack on the Democratic National Committee and on Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta.

Trump wants SC Rep. Mick Mulvaney to be his budget director

As he prepared for the final stop on his postelection "thank you" tour, President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday announced his pick for White House budget director, a tough-on-spending conservative congressman who advocates balancing the federal books. South Carolina Rep. Mick Mulvaney, elected in the 2010 tea party wave and a founder of the hard-right House Freedom Caucus, is a "very high-energy leader with deep convictions for how to responsibly manage our nation's finances and save our country from drowning in red ink," Trump said in a statement.

Partisan wrangling intensifies over Russian election interference

As President Obama pointed his finger directly at the Russians over election year hacking of Democratic Party aides, intelligence officials are now presenting a united front about Russian involvement in the 2016 race for President, as Mr. Obama defended the conclusions of the U.S. Intelligence Community. "The intelligence that I've seen gives me great confidence in their assessment that the Russians carried out this hack," the President said, blaming Russia for getting emails both from the Democratic National Committee and top Hillary Clinton aide John Podesta.

Obama calls for probe; President urges Trump to take foreign hacking more seriously

President Barack Obama suggested strongly on Friday that Russia's Vladimir Putin knew about the email hackings that roiled the U.S. presidential race, and he urged his successor, Republican Donald Trump, to back a bipartisan investigation into the matter. "Not much happens in Russia without Vladimir Putin," Obama said in his year-end news conference.

The Latest: Trump awaits last ‘thank you’ rally, in Alabama

President-elect Donald Trump arrives to speak during a rally at the Orlando Amphitheater at the Central Florida Fairgrounds, Friday, Dec. 16, 2016, in Orlando, Fla. President-elect Donald Trump arrives to speak during a rally at the Orlando Amphitheater at the Central Florida Fairgrounds, Friday, Dec. 16, 2016, in Orlando, Fla.

Trump Taps Fiscally Conservative Lawmaker Mulvaney to Head OMB

President-elect Donald Trump chose Representative Mick Mulvaney, a founding member of an outspoken group of fiscal conservatives who helped oust a former U.S. House speaker, to be director of the Office of Management and Budget. "We are going to do great things for the American people with Mick Mulvaney leading the Office of Management and Budget," Trump said Saturday in an e-mailed statement.

With Ivanka Trump, the role of first daughter may evolve

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Donald Trump slams China for seizing US naval drone in SCS5 min ago

Washington, Dec 17 : President-elect Donald Trump today slammed China for seizing an American naval drone in international waters of the disputed South China Sea, even as the Pentagon demanded its immediate release amid outrage from US lawmakers. "China steals United States Navy research drone in international waters - rips it out of water and takes it to China in unpresidented act," Trump said in a tweet this morning.

Trump salutes supporters in Florida, names budget director

President-elect Donald Trump, in the latest stop of his victory lap, told a military veteran-laden crowd in Florida that while he would build up the country's armed forces, he would use them sparingly as commander-in-chief. "For too long, we've moving from one reckless intervention to another, to countries you've never heard of before," Trump said at a rally Friday night in Orlando.