US President Barack Obama has refused to meet Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu, who will make a controversial visit to the United States in early March as he fights for re-election./ It is a "matter of long-standing practice and principle" that the president does not meet foreign leaders ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will not meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when the Israeli leader travels to Washington in March, the White House said Thursday, one day after being caught off-guard by Republicans' invitation for Netanyahu to address a joint meeting of ...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flashes the sign of victory as he gives a speech during a campaign meeting Jan. 5./ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flashes the sign of victory as he gives a speech during a campaign meeting Jan. 5. (Jack Guez / AFP/Getty Images)/ Israeli spy ...
Congress is asserting itself because almost nobody trusts Obama./ President Obama is unhappy with House Speaker John Boehner for inviting Israel’s Prime Minister to address Congress without consulting the White House, with spokesman Josh Earnest calling it a “departure” from protocol. What Mr. ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic leader of the U.S. House of Representatives says it was inappropriate for Speaker John Boehner to invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress. Rep. Nancy Pelosi told reporters Thursday that Boehner should have consulted first with other ...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's prime minister says he has accepted House of Representatives leader John Boehner's invitation to address the U.S. Congress. Boehner invited Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak to a joint meeting of Congress in February and push for new sanctions against Iran. ...
Battle lines are drawn in Washington over possible sanctions against Iran. Plus, Google is entering the wireless phone service arena. Photo: Getty/ This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate. ... when everybody and welcome the new sub I'm Simon Constable ... ...
The leaders of Israel and Iran have tense relations and they are likely to be exacerbated in the wake of a move by House Speaker John Boehner. He invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit Washington and address a Joint Session of Congress on February the 11th. The issues are ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defying President Barack Obama, House Speaker John Boehner announced on Wednesday that he's invited Israel's prime minister to stand before Congress and push for new sanctions against its archenemy Iran./ Boehner's decision to bring Benjamin Netanyahu before a joint meeting of ...
- Less than twelve hours after President Barack Obama directly lawmakers against nudging their way into talks over Iran’s nuclear program, members of Congress made clear that they weren’t planning to heed his cautions. “I have met no one that believes that us weighing in would do anything to ...
This January 5, 2015 photo shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv (AFP Photo/Jack Guez)/ Washington (AFP) - The White House on Wednesday gave an icy response to news that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been invited to address Congress next month, suggesting it ...
The speaker of the House also told a private meeting of GOP lawmakers that Congress would move ahead on new penalties against Iraq despite Obama's warning that any legislation would scuttle diplomatic negotiations over the country's nuclear program./ Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (c ...
A bipartisan battle is heating up over the possibility of more Iran sanctions. WSJ’s Jerry Seib explains. Photo: AP/ This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate. ... prison Obama laid out a lot of ideas in the stated the Union speech that he Congress will be ...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flashes the victory sign during an electoral rally for his Likud party in Tel Aviv, on January 5, 2015 (AFP Photo/Jack Guez)/ Washington (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was invited Wednesday to address a joint meeting of the US Congress ...
rebuffs Obama on sanctions/ FILE - In this May 24, 2011 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walks with House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio to make a statement on Capitol Hill in Washington. Boehner has invited Netanyahu to address Congress about Iran. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, ...
In this May 24, 2011 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walks with House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio to make a statement on Capitol Hill in Washington. Boehner has invited Netanyahu to address Congress about Iran. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)/ WASHINGTON (AP) — Rebuffing ...
- President Obama warned lawmakers in his State of the Union address on Tuesday against interfering with his administration's nuclear negotiations with Iran, promising to veto any new sanctions legislation that makes it to his desk. “New sanctions passed by this Congress, at this moment in time, ...
A day after President Obama threatened to veto any sanctions bill against Iran, lawmakers on Wednesday clashed with top administration officials over U.S. strategy in with the Islamic republic and indicated that they would drive headlong toward tougher legislation. The determination of a group ...
The speaker of the House also told a private meeting of GOP lawmakers that Congress would move ahead on new penalties against Iraq despite Obama's warning that any legislation would scuttle diplomatic negotiations over the country's nuclear program./ 's prime minister to address a joint meeting ...
House Speaker John Boehner on Wednesday invited Israel’s prime minister to speak next month before a joint session of Congress as part of growing showdowns with President Obama over proposals to tighten sanctions against Iran. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu quickly accepted the offer ...
House Speaker John Boehner on Wednesday invited Israel’s prime minister to speak next month before a joint session of Congress as part of growing showdowns with President Obama over proposals to tighten sanctions against Iran. The outreach by Boehner (R-Ohio) followed Obama’s latest appeals ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner is inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress next month and discuss the threat from Iran. Boehner, in a statement Wednesday, also is rebuffing President Barack Obama's call for ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is holding the opening round of Capitol Hill's showdown with the White House over talks to prevent Iran from being able to develop a nuclear weapon. The committee is holding a hearing on Wednesday about the negotiations with Tehran and the ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says if Congress passes new sanctions on Iran, it will "all but guarantee" that delicate nuclear talks with Iran will fail. Obama is threatening to veto new sanctions. He says in his State of the Union address that if diplomacy fails because of new ...
House Speaker John Boehner invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak before a joint session of the U.S. Congress next month as lawmakers weigh legislation that would tighten sanctions on Iran. The invitation to Netanyahu comes hours after President Barack Obama said in his ...
House Speaker John Boehner said his response to President Obama's call to "hold your fire" on Iran sanctions is 'Hell no!"/ , an opponent of talks with Iran, to address Congress. to veto any new sanctions, telling Republicans he will act quickly on sanctions if the talks fail. The speaker told a ...
It may be spring, but it’s not too soon to look ahead to summer weather, especially when – is rapidly weakening and will all but vanish by the time the season kicks into gear. El Niño’s disappearing act doesn’t mean relief from the heat. Not when the world is heating up due to climate change. In ...
, the first and only Ukrainian-born member of Congress, emerged early on as a natural advocate for supporting her native country in its war with Russia. But when effort came up for a vote in the House recently, she voted against it. Instead she has called for better oversight of U.S. funds and ...
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Sam Attar reckons he left part of his soul in Gaza. It was the part of him that saw suffering and could not turn away. The part which now cannot forget./ You can be on the shores of Lake Michigan on an overcast spring day, the wind whipping up waves on the green water. And at the very same time ...
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says the US is the only country that can stop Israel from attacking Rafah, the southern Gaza city where more than a million people are taking refuge./ Mr Abbas, who runs parts of the occupied West Bank, said any attack could see Palestinians flee Gaza./ On ...
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(FOX40.COM) — The California Department of Transportation is reminding drivers of various lane closures and delays that will take place along Interstate 80 beginning on Sunday and lasting until Thursday in some parts of Northern California. Caltrans said it performed an “extensive field review” ...
Maryam Alwan figured the worst was over after New York City police in riot gear arrested her and other protesters on the Columbia University campus, loaded them onto buses and held them in custody for hours. But the next evening, the college junior received an email from the university. Alwan ...
News in the Middle East moves fast. One moment it is all about unprecedented missile and drone attacks between Iran and Israel. The next the headlines return to the fighting and suffering in Gaza./ But policymakers, analysts and military leaders are still absorbing the extraordinary exchange of ...
Washington Post law enforcement reporter Devlin Barrett describes the moment former President tried to shake his former assistant Rhona Graff’s hand in front of jurors during his hush money trial.