WASHINGTON — President Trump on Tuesday said anti-Semitism is “horrible,” and “painful,” speaking out for the first time about a rising tide of incidents and threats targeting Jewish people and institutions since he was inaugurated.
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During a visit to the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Mr. Trump made the comments after drawing criticism in recent days for failing to condemn anti-Jewish threats and actions.
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WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday released a set of documents translating President Trump’s executive orders on immigration and border security into policy, bringing a major shift in the way the agency enforces the nation’s immigration laws.
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Under the Obama administration, undocumented immigrants convicted of serious crimes were the priority for removal. Now, immigration agents, customs officers and border patrol agents have been directed to remove anyone convicted of any criminal offense.
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WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday released a set of documents translating President Trump’s executive orders on immigration and border security into policy, bringing a major shift in the way the agency enforces the nation’s immigration laws.
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Under the Obama administration, undocumented immigrants convicted of serious crimes were the priority for removal. Now, immigration agents, customs officers and border patrol agents have been directed to remove anyone convicted of any criminal offense.
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How do you transform a dated 400-square-foot studio into a modern home with room to hold a dinner party and welcome an occasional overnight guest?That was the challenge Kseniya and Ryan Merritt presented to Robert Garneau, an architect in Brooklyn, a few years ago when they decided to overhaul their ground-floor studio in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Manhattan. Also on the list of demands, said Ms. Merritt, 35, who works in commercial real estate, was “comfortable closet space” and an “open and roomy layout.”When a contractor introduced the couple to Mr.
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Luther Strange, center, with Gov. Robert J. Bentley of Alabama, in Washington this month. The governor chose Mr. Strange to fill the Senate seat vacated by Jeff Sessions, President Trump’s new attorney general.
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President Barack Obama at the White House after signing the Affordable Care Act into law in 2010.
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Kraft Heinz on Sunday withdrew its proposal to combine with Unilever.
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Shamsuldeen Ahmed Saed and Haitham Younis Wahab rigging a small water pump in the Rashidiya neighborhood of Mosul, Iraq.
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Iraqi forces resumed efforts to retake Mosul from the Islamic State on Sunday, launching airstrikes on the western part of the city where hundreds of thousands of civilians are still trapped.
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President Trump and Betsy DeVos, the education secretary, spoke last week during a parent-teacher conference listening session at the White House.
