Tag: Joel Gehrke

"Israel's position is that all embassies, particularly the US embassy, should be in Israel's capital — Jerusalem," Netanyahu's office told the Jerusalem Post. (AP Photo/Eitan Hess-Ashkenazi, File)

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State Department: No decision made on moving embassy to Jerusalem

Joel Gehrke · May 10, 2017 4:00 pm

FILE - Int his April 1, 2017, file photo, Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, speaks before Vice President Mike Pence in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. Republicans from energy-producing states are under pressure as the Senate considers whether to overturn an Obama-era regulation that would restrict harmful methane emissions escaping from oil and gas wells on public land. Portman said May 8, he will support the repeal effort after weeks of public silence, saying he got assurances from Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke that he will take steps to reduce methane waste. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

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Lawmakers ask Trump: Don’t cut drug office

Joel Gehrke · May 9, 2017 4:49 pm

Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, has introduced legislation that would set up a commission comprised of eight lawmakers, evenly-split between both parties in the House and Senate. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Rep. Tim Ryan proposes relocating parts of the federal government to the rest of the country

Joel Gehrke · May 6, 2017 6:35 pm

"One possibility under discussion is McCain serving as an ambassador-at-large in Washington, focusing on a specific issue such as human trafficking," according to the Associated Press, citing two anonymous sources. (AP Photo/Bob Christie)

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Cindy McCain in line for Trump admin job: Report

Joel Gehrke · May 4, 2017 8:48 pm

The sanctions bill sharpens the warning against collaborating with North Korea that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson issued last week at a special meeting of the United Nations Security Council. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

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House votes to boost North Korea sanctions

Joel Gehrke · May 4, 2017 6:32 pm

A major conservative organization dropped its opposition to the Republican healthcare bill, on the same day House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., hopes to push the bill through on the thinnest of margins. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Club for Growth backs Obamacare repeal bill

Joel Gehrke · May 4, 2017 2:58 pm

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Trump on Mideast peace: ‘We will get this done’

Joel Gehrke · May 3, 2017 5:12 pm

Such a weaponization has become necessary due to Russian military deployments in the Arctic. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)

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Trump team weighs arming Coast Guard icebreakers

Joel Gehrke · May 3, 2017 4:33 pm

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Tillerson defines ‘America First’ for new State Department team

Joel Gehrke · May 3, 2017 3:14 pm

"Once again UNESCO member states tried to deny the historical connection of the Jewish people to Israel," said Florida Rep. Ted Deutch, the top Democrat on the Foreign Affairs subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

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UN body demands Israel abandon capital in Jerusalem

Joel Gehrke · May 2, 2017 8:23 pm

The Palestinian leadership provides a pension to the families of terrorists, according to the lawmakers, which is a rewards system established by law that functions as an incentive for potential terrorists to carry out attacks. (AP Photo/ Raad Adayleh)

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GOP senators push Trump to end Palestinian aid to terrorists

Joel Gehrke · May 2, 2017 5:13 pm

The travel alert covers the summer tourism season, before expiring on Sept. 1.

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State Department warns against traveling in Europe

Joel Gehrke · May 1, 2017 9:07 pm