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During the phone conversation between the two leaders following the elections last week, Trump suggested that Netanyahu "come as soon as possible" to meet with him, the Hebrew-language Walla news website reported Thursday, citing two unnamed senior Israeli officials. After discussing the appropriate protocols of such a visit, Netanyahu "elegantly refused Trump's invitation in order to avoid embarrassing Obama," Walla reported, citing sources close to the Israeli leader.
Ever since customers called for a boycott after the company's vp of communications said it looked forward to working with President-Elect Trump - and a Neo-Nazi blogger called the shoes "the official shoes of white people" - the Boston-based shoe company has been doing damage control. For the curious who Google "New Balance" and "Trump," the first result they get is a sponsored search ad encouraging customers to "read the facts" before they boycott the shoe.
On the morning of November 9 I was as stunned as the rest of the world at the result of the US election. Society around the globe reacted as predicted, with shock, awe and in some cases, protest.
Chinese websites have recently blocked the term "Fatty Kim the Third," an expression frequently used to mock the North Korean leader. Hillary Clinton gave a speech at a Children's Defense Fund gala, her first appearance since last week's concession speech.
During an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper, Megyn Kelly talks about the phone call a Fox executive made to the Donald Trump campaign following several threats made towards her. Hillary Clinton gave a speech at a Children's Defense Fund gala, her first appearance since last week's concession speech.
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will be the first world leader to meet with US President-elect Donald Trump, where he will attempt to safeguard the long-standing alliance between the two countries. Hillary Clinton gave a speech at a Children's Defense Fund gala, her first appearance since last week's concession speech.
Hillary Clinton gave a speech at a Children's Defense Fund gala, her first appearance since last week's concession speech. Hillary Clinton gave a speech at a Children's Defense Fund gala, her first appearance since last week's concession speech.
Steve Bannon, campaign CEO for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, right, looks on during a national security meeting with advisors at Trump Tower, Friday, Oct. 7, 2016, in New York. There's no such thing as a free lunch in economics, but high-skilled immigration is at least a heavily-discounted one.
CLINTON SAYS 'NEVER EVER GIVE UP' DURING 1ST SPEECH SINCE ELECTION LOSS: Hillary Clinton last night made her first public appearance since delivering her concession speech last week, making an emotional plea for the country to focus on helping underprivileged children while acknowledging the pain she feels after her unexpected failure to defeat Donald Trump at the ballot box, ABC's MARGARET CHADBOURN notes. Speaking at the Children's Defense Fund's 26th annual Beat the Odds Celebration in Washington, D.C., Clinton said, "I know this isn't easy.
A bill intended to close loopholes in the H-1B visa program , introduced by Representative Darrell Issa and co-sponsored by the rest of the San Diego delegation, is facing opposition and a committee vote has been delayed. The Protect and Grow American Jobs Act , as the bill is known, was touted for its bipartisan support.
The bitter irony is that her team started out determined to face Trump rather than any of the other GOP candidates, drawing on the belief that the politically inexperienced, blustering business mogul would be the easiest to defeat. The e-mails released over the past few months by WikiLeaks provide a number of examples of Clinton's staff agonizing over the more qualified candidates such as Florida senator Marco Rubio and expressing the desire to face Trump in the general election.
First, the Democrats gave Trump a great gift by completing the ongoing radicalization of their party under President Obama. After 2008, it was no longer a party of the working and middle classes, but a lopsided political pyramid.
The battle for America's political soul could come down to a street brawl between two boys from Queens and Brooklyn. Donald Trump and Chuck Schumer are spoiling for a clash once the President-elect takes office next year and the new Democratic Senate minority leader gets his hands on his caucus after winning election on Wednesday.
In her first public speaking appearance since conceding the presidential election last week, Hillary Clinton addressed the political divisions facing the US on Wednesday. The Democratic presidential candidate said she was disappointed with her Election-Day loss at the Children's Defense Fund Beat the Odds Celebration in Washington, DC.
One of the few things President-elect Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton agreed upon during the presidential campaign was the need for affordable child care. It's a serious problem, and hopefully Trump will get cooperation in solving it from Congress.
As President Obama prepares to step down in January, he will leave behind one of the most harmful legacies imaginable: Unaffordable healthcare for much of the nation, which is bitterly ironic, given that the "Affordable" Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare , was supposed to lower premiums and other out-of-pocket expenses. In fact, as reported by the Washington Free Beacon , a new study has found that average premiums will increase by 27 percent next year, even higher than what the Department of Health and Human Services predicted just weeks ago.
The stench of cigarette smoke, carbolic, vomit, and a hint of coming closed coffin lids climbed off the casino carpets like the plague as a squat overweight man in late middle age in a Don Johnson T-shirt with a jacket thrown over it rolled the dice at one of the tables and emitted a prehistoric shriek of triumph. The crowds plodded in and out of the dull, liver-yellow lit room in dogged pursuit of individualized pleasure - or pain, or as was the case in a clump of Newarkers outside a coffee shop on the street, agony.
Hillary Rodham Clinton Clinton: 'All I wanted to do was just to curl up' this past week Sanders: 'Maybe I would have been elected president' Overnight Defense: McConnell vows Iran sanctions vote said Wednesday that in the week since her stunning electoral loss, there have been times when she's wanted to hole up at home and "never leave the house again." "I will admit, coming here tonight wasn't the easiest thing for me," she said to the audience at a gala for the Children's Defense Fund.
Gov. Christie risked his political reputation as a moderate Republican with good standing in the establishment wing of the party by endorsing the insurgent campaign of Donald Trump. His long-shot bet appeared to pay off last week with Trump's stunning election victory over Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Hillary Clinton made her first public appearance Wednesday night since her concession speech the day after her election loss to Donald Trump. Clinton, speaking at the Children's Defense Fund awards ceremony in Washington, D.C., said it was difficult for her to make an appearance after the election loss.