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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) plans to meet with Zohran Mamdani, New York City’s Democratic mayoral nominee, this week to discuss issues of public safety, specifically as they relate to the Jewish community, The Hill reported on Monday. The meeting comes as Jeffries has withheld his endorsement for Mamdani following the latter's upset victory in the Democratic primary. The 33-year-old defeated former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who had been the long-time frontrunner. While Jeffries congratulated Mamdani on his primary win, he has not yet offered his endorsement. In an interview with Punchbowl News, Jeffries stated that Mamdani’s failure...

Head of the U.S. military’s Central Command, Gen. Joseph Votel visits Israel amid concerns Trump will withdraw forces from Syria. Votel met with the head of the National Security Council, the IDF Chief of Staff, other defense officials. A diplomatic source said that the purpose of the visit was to send a signal of reassurance to Israel that the Americans had no immediate plans to withdraw from Syria and that they would continue to back Israel on any activity intended to maintain the security of its border. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the U.S. would be out...

WASHINGTON, CA (AP) -- President Barack Obama is reassuring the public that jobs and the economy are his top priority. At the end of a historic and emotionally charged week that began with his nationally televised announcement that Osama bin Laden had been killed in Pakistan during a raid by U.S. special forces, Obama on Saturday returned to promoting his energy agenda. U.S. forces raided a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, where bin Laden had lived for several years, killing the al-Qaida leader. The news of bin Laden's demise dominated the week's headlines.

Bush immigration reforms fail to reassure patriots By Catherine Elsworth in Yuma (Filed: 19/05/2006) President George W Bush yesterday took his proposals for immigration reform to the south-western tip of the Arizona desert where illegal smuggling, accompanied by crime, banditry and death, is soaring. The arid, unfenced area is rapidly emerging as the busiest point of entry along the 2,000-mile United States/Mexican border. The President joins United States Border Patrol agents The President's visit to Yuma came days after he called for 6,000 National Guard troops to strengthen the border, improved channels for illegal immigrants to obtain US citizenship and...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Reprising the populist notes of his first campaign, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday said he will continue to push for government reforms but called on skeptical members of his own party to stop fighting and start leading. Republicans, he said, have a "history of boldness" that they must seek to regain in California. "We will continue to fight for recovery and for reform - if it is pension reform, education reform, redistricting reform or if it's budget reform," Schwarzenegger said to a packed convention hall at the Fairmont Hotel. "But here is where I believe...