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US President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he arrives at the White House in Washington, DC, on January 6, 2019. (Jim WATSON / AFP)
January 8, 2019, 12:17 am
Trump ramps up Mexico wall row with national address, border visit
US president signals plan to force an end to stalemate, has threatened to bypass Congress by invoking emergency powers
By Sebastian Smith
White House adviser Jared Kushner waves, as he arrives at the Office of the United States Trade Representative for talks on trade with Canada, in Washington, DC, on August 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
November 28, 2018, 6:03 am
Mexico to grant highest honor to Jared Kushner
US president’s son-in-law and senior adviser to receive the Order of the Aztec Eagle for ‘significant contributions’ in renegotiating NAFTA
By AP
Presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, of the MORENA party, arrives at a polling station to vote during general elections in Mexico City, on July 1, 2018. (AP Photo/ Marco Ugarte)
July 1, 2018, 10:46 pm
Mexico votes in elections centered on disgust with corruption, violence
Frontrunner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador vows a social ‘transformation’, but critics worry he is promising more than the country can afford
By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and Mark Stevenson
Alma Hernandez, a Mexican-American Jew and daughter of immigrants, is running for the Arizona House of Representatives and founded a progressive Jewish group in Tucson. (Courtesy of Hernandez)
June 22, 2018, 9:01 pm
Meet the Mexican-American Jew running for office on Arizona’s southern border
Leading push for Jewish activism on immigration, Alma Hernandez believes her many identities give her a unique perspective on social issues
By Ben Sales
FIFA president Gianni Infantino (R) poses with the United 2026 bid (Canada-Mexico-US) officials Carlos Cordeiro (3rd R), president of the United States Football Association, president of the Mexican Football Association Decio de Maria Serrano (2nd L), Steve Reed (2nd R), president of the Canadian Soccer Association, following the announcement of the 2026 World Cup host during the 68th FIFA Congress at the Expocentre in Moscow on June 13, 2018. (AFP/Mladen Antonov)
June 13, 2018, 5:52 pm
US, Mexico and Canada win race to host 2026 World Cup
North American bid pledges to bring $11 billion profit to FIFA; Trump congratulates co-hosts in tweet
By Guy JACKSON
US President Donald Trump signs Section 232 Proclamations on Steel and Aluminum Imports in the Oval Office of the White House on March 8, 2018. (AFP Photo/Mandel Ngan)
March 8, 2018, 11:10 pm
Trump rolls out sweeping tariffs, defying trade war warnings
The tariffs of 25 percent on imported steel and 10 percent on aluminum will come into effect in 15 days, but will not initially apply to Canada and Mexico
By Andrew BEATTY and Margaret DONALDSON
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto meet in Mexico City, September 14, 2017 (Avi Ohayun/GPO)
September 15, 2017, 1:51 am
In Mexico, Netanyahu seeks a ‘pardon’ — for not visiting sooner
Months after sparking anger by tweeting support for Trump’s border wall, PM hails Mexicans as a ‘great people’
By Raphael Ahren
The US Embassy building in Tel Aviv, December 28, 2016. (AFP Photo/Jack Guez)
July 13, 2017, 2:34 am
Israel, Egypt spared as Republicans unveil foreign aid cuts
Trump wants to slash almost $17 billion from overseas subsidies to help pay for controversial US-Mexico border wall
By Andrew Taylor
View of Amigous Craft Beer, whose bottle shows an image of US President Donald Trump wearing a mariachi costume and swastika belt buckle, in Mexico City, on June 15, 2017. (AFP PHOTO/Bernardo Montoya)
June 18, 2017, 5:16 pm
Beer label shows Trump in mariachi garb with swastika
US, Mexican brewers cross borders with their deliberately controversial beer, which is ‘very bitter and very orange’
By JTA and AFP
Illustrative image of US President Donald Trump signing the Education Federalism Executive Order during a federalism event with governors in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, April 26, 2017. (AP/Andrew Harnik)
April 27, 2017, 2:47 pm
White House: Trump won’t immediately pull out of NAFTA
US president seeks to renegotiate agreement with Canada and Mexico, officials say
By Jill Colvin
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attending a ceremony marking 25 years since the 1992 terror attack on the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, in Jerusalem, March 6, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 22, 2017, 11:02 pm
Netanyahu support for Trump’s wall triggers Mexican anti-Semitism
Jewish watchdog notes ‘alarming’ wave of online talkbacks vindicating Hitler, representing Jews as avaricious, greedy usurers
By JTA
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, left, listens to Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray as they offer a joint press conference at the Foreign Ministry building in Mexico City on February 23, 2017. (Carlos Barria/Pool/AFP)
February 26, 2017, 2:37 am
Mexico vows to impose tariffs if Trump presses wall payment
White House threat to tax Mexican goods to pay for border wall would be met by similar tax across the border, foreign minister warns
By AFP
Jonathan Greenblatt. (CC BY-SA PopTech, Flickr)
February 22, 2017, 3:33 am
US Jewish organizations decry new immigration rules as ‘cruel,’ ‘dangerous’
Trump administration enforcement guidelines could mean deportation for millions who entered US illegally, including children
By TOI staff and AP
Molly Hitt, of Boston, displays an American flag while standing in front of a memorial to the Irish potato famine, right, during a rally called "We Will Persist," Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
February 22, 2017, 2:37 am
Millions targeted for possible deportation under new Trump rules
Homeland Security Department seeks to grow border protection force in order to massively boost numbers of deported
By Alicia A. Caldwell
In this photo taken Feb. 7, 2017, an arrest is made during a targeted enforcement operation conducted by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) aimed at immigration fugitives, re-entrants and at-large criminal aliens in Los Angeles. (Charles Reed/US Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP)
February 21, 2017, 8:50 pm
Trump to expand pool of immigrants targeted for deportation
In sweeping changes to enforcement priorities, authorities will now pursue illegals charged or convicted of any crime, regardless of severity
By AP
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