Netanyahu doesn’t want Ukranian PM in Israel

A senior official in Jerusalem noted the decision was made in light of Ukraine's vote in favor of Friday's United Nations Security Council resolution, which was critical of Israel's settlement policy. Netanyahu on Saturday accused President Barack Obama of breaching a specific commitment to Israel by allowing Friday's UN Security Council anti-settlements resolution to pass, and compared the outgoing president's behavior to that of his predecessor Jimmy Carter Netanyahu also announced that Israel was re-evaluating all of its dealings with the United Nations, and said he had already instructed officials to cut off "30 million shekels of funding for five UN bodies that are particularly hostile to Israel."

Obama sticks to workout routine on Christmas Eve

President Barack Obama is seen through the window as his motorcade vehicle as he leaves Marine Corps Base Hawaii, in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016, after his morning workout. Despite thick cloud cover over the Ko'olau Mountain Range, the sun is shining brightly on the Marine Corps Base Hawaii where the president goes for his daily workout routine.

Relax, Carl Paladino Will Continue To Be Booked On Fox As A Moral Scold

Carl Paladino, who was the Republican candidate for governor of New York in 2010 and a co-chair of Donald Trump's campaign in the state this year, is at it again: The Buffalo real estate developer who served as New York co-chair for Donald Trump's campaign said his greatest hopes for 2017 are that President Barack Obama "dies" and that his wife Michelle is "set loose in the outback of Zimbabwe." Paladino: Obama catches mad cow disease after being caught having relations with a Herford.

GOP on taxes: Cut rates, brackets but what about the deficit

Congressional Republicans are planning a massive overhaul of the nation's tax system next year, a heavy political lift that could ultimately affect families at every income level and businesses of every size. Their goal is to simplify a complicated tax code that rewards wealthy people with smart accountants, and corporations that can easily shift profits - and jobs - overseas.

As Obama accomplished policy goals, his party floundered

In boasting about his tenure in the White House, President Barack Obama often cites numbers like these: 15 million new jobs, a 4.9 percent unemployment rate and 74 months of consecutive job growth. That's the number of spots in state legislatures, governor's mansions and Congress lost by Democrats during Obama's presidency.

Israel Rejects Un Resolution On Israeli Settlements

Israel said on Friday night it "rejects" a resolution by the UN Security Council that demands an end to the Jewish settlements, and will not obey the resolution, reports China's Xinhua news agency. A fierce statement issued by the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the "despicable" resolution, which demands an immediate halt to the construction of settlements.

James, Wade, looking to join NBA’s Christmas 300-point club

Tens of thousands of children from around the world plan to call the North American Aerospace Defense Command to ask where Santa is, and starting Saturday they will get a cheery answer about the mythical route from... Tens of thousands of children from around the world plan to call the North American Aerospace Defense Command to ask where Santa is, and starting Saturday they will get a cheery answer about the mythical route from a real... Republicans are poised to use their newly attained capitol dominance to make Missouri the 27th right-to-work state prohibiting mandatory union fees.

Masterstroke by outgoing President Obama, signs bill authorizing $611 billion defence budget for 2017

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Vote on Israel could spur further action for U.N.

In this photo provided by the United Nations, Samantha Power, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, addresses the United Nations Security Council, after the council voted on condemning Israel's settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, Friday, Dec. 23, 2016 at United Nations Headquarters. In a striking rupture with past practice, the United States allowed the U.N. Security Council on Friday to condemn Israel.

What truth? George Orwell, Aldous Huxley and the Trumpified political reality of 2016

In a diary he kept in 1942 , the novelist and essayist George Orwell recorded the disgust he felt for his contemporaries and the political discourse of his day, which was pervaded by intellectual dishonesty and callous partisanship: We are all drowning in filth. When I talk to anyone or read the writings of anyone who has any axe to grind, I feel that intellectual honesty and balanced judgement have simply disappeared from the face of the earth.

Abe’s peaceful visit to Pearl Harbor will send a powerful message

On Tuesday, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will stand with President Barack Obama in honouring the more than 2,000 U.S. soldiers killed in his country's Dec. 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, a date that lives in infamy, if not controversy. As the first Japanese leader to visit the USS Arizona Memorial, the resting place of many of the U.S. Marines killed in the attack, Mr. Abe is taking a giant step forward that none of his postwar predecessors felt his country was ready or secure enough to watch its prime minister make.

The Latest: Quiet morning for Obamas in Hawaii on Christmas

Authorities in central Maine say a man set his estranged wife's house on fire during the middle of the night before fatally stabbing himself in front of responding officers. A central Maine man set his estranged wife's house on fire during the middle of the night before fatally stabbing himself in front of responding officers, police said Sunday.

Carrie Fisher in stable condition, Debbie Reynolds says

Fisher has repo... . A gathering of media personnel camp outside the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, Friday, Dec. 23, 2016, where TMZ and the Los Angeles Times reported actress Carrie Fisher had been taken after suffering a medical ... Authorities in central Maine say a man set his estranged wife's house on fire during the middle of the night before fatally stabbing himself in front of responding officers.

Obama accused of collaborating with Palestine as U.S. declines to veto anti-Israel resolution at UN

In a striking rupture with past practice, the United States allowed the UN Security Council on Friday to condemn Israeli settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem as a "flagrant violation" of international law. In doing so, the outgoing Obama administration brushed aside Donald Trump's demands that the U.S. exercise its veto and provided a climax to years of icy relations with Israel's leadership.

India official met Trump national security adviser this week

India's national security adviser made a low-key visit to Washington earlier this week to meet with a senior aide to President-elect Donald Trump, Indian diplomats said Friday, in a sign of New Delhi's desire to forge close ties with the incoming U.S. administration. India's Ajit Doval met for more than one hour with Michael Flynn, Trump's national security adviser, and they discussed their respective security priorities, including counterterrorism.