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President Obama has used recess appointments in the past to get controversial nominees into the positions he chose for them. So the Republicans employed a little used legislative gambit to block the president's expected recess appointment of Elizabeth Warren to head up the new Consumer Finance Protection Board. The Hill: GOP opposition is preventing the Senate from completely adjourning for the Memorial Day recess. Instead, the chamber will come in for three pro-forma sessions over the next 10 days. The cursory sessions are a formality that will ensure President Obama does not make recess appointments, a prospect that was considered...

Although its former Israeli-Arab chef was sent to jail Tuesday for attempting to poison the 'strictly Kosher' restaurant's customers, Jerusalem's Cafe Rimon continues to employ Arab waiters and kitchen staff. Two Israeli-Arab Hamas members, former employees of the popular Jerusalem eatery Café Rimon, were sentenced today for attempting to fatally poison the establishment’s hundreds of Jewish customers. Just a little over a year following the attempt, the ‘strictly Kosher’ restaurant’s policy of keeping Arab workers on staff remains unchanged. Utman Said Kianyah worked for three years as a chef at Café Rimon. Ronen Rimon, owner of the establishment, told Israel...