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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg was there. So was Al Sharpton and AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka. Not on the invitation list? Any active governor from any border state. Which is odd since the meeting held yesterday at the White House was titled: President’s Meeting with Stakeholders on Fixing the Broken Immigration System. Are the active governors of our nation’s border states not “stakeholders” in our “broken immigration system”? Not for this White House. From day one, the Obama administration has sought to undermine state law enforcement cooperation and authority over illegal immigration. Within months of taking office, the Department of...

U.S. President Barack Obama, worried over increasing criticism from Jewish supporters because of soft talk on Iran and a tough stance against Jews in Judea and Samaria, has invited Jewish leaders for a talk Monday. Among those attending is the strongly dovish J Street lobby. The president excluded the strongly nationalist National Council of Young Israel (YI) and Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), sources told Israel National News. “After his return from Africa this weekend, Obama will be receiving a delegation of American Jewish community leaders Monday afternoon,” Ben Smith of Politco.com reported. “Israel and Iran are likely to be...

Washington, DC -- School children learn the line in civics and government classes -- "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." Yet, incoming president Barack Obama, who likes to remind people he is a former Constitutional law professor, disregarded life as the first of the inalienable human rights.

(IsraelNN.com) Although the committee which expanded the health basket to cover 90 more medications in 2008 noted that at least 160,000 Israelis will be able to obtain medicine free of charge, it also noted that some 300,000 others will not be allowed the benefit. Committee head Professor Mordechai Fineru said that only one out of every three sick citizens will be able to take advantage of the expanded assistance, noting that the limited budget could not cover all the needs. The total cost of this year's basket is approximately NIS 450 million. "Some of the pubic will be happy with...

A controversial Texas imam who at one point participated in a "tribute to the great Islamic visionary" Ayatollah Khomeini, has offered a prayer to open the state Senate that excluded both Christians and Jews.