Epstein Secrets

orts that on Wednesday, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin tasked opposition leader Yair Lapid with forming a new government a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "failed to cobble together a governing coalition by a midnight deadline." According to the AP, Rivlin "spent the day consulting with all of the part

of the left, right and centre `that will reflect the fact that we don't hate one another.' But Lapid, 57, has ruled out serving in a government with Netanyahu, citing the criminal indictment against the prime minister." Axios (5/5, Ravid, 1.26M) says Rivlin "held consultations with Israel's political par

Crowley, Kramer, 20.6M) reports that when Secretary of State Blinken travels to the Ukraine on Thursday, "his task...will be to reassure" President Volodymyr Zelensky of "American support against Russia's ongoing aggression." But, the Times adds, "at the same time, Blinken will also renew American calls fo

The CEO of Under Armour celebrated Baltimore, the city where the company is headquartered: A new political advertisement for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu features Trump and Vladimir Putin: India's prime minister ventured into the wild with Bear Grylls: And cyclists made their way around the Louvre's

em as the Israeli capital and Israel's sovereignty over the disputed Golan Heights, has simply "recognized the reality on the ground." -- A bid by Netanyahu's rival to form a new Israeli government has entered its final, fraught stretch. Ruth Eglash reports: Benny Gantz's options are limited. "The most

r to tne turopean union Gordon Sondland used his unsecured cellphone to update President Trump on his meeting that morning with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Holmes said he could hear Trump say, "So he's going to do the investigation?" And he said Sondland responded, "Oh yeah, he's going to do i

th Eglash report: "Gantz, who has rocketed to the top tier of Israeli politics, caused a stir in October when he became the first person other than Benjamin Netanyahu to be given a chance to form a government here in a decade. Twenty-eight days later, his mandate to try is expiring with no parliamentary majority

not possible to form a government. 'I left no stone unturned. I sifted through every grain of sand,' Gantz said in a televised address. He accused Netanyahu, the prime minister, of negotiating not in good faith over a possible unity government but 'with childish videos and slogans.' For the next three w

tosky report: "More forcefully than he has before, Sondland declared that the Trump administration would not give Ukraine's newly elected president, Volodymyr Zelensky, a chance to visit the White House — unless Zelensky agreed to announce investigations that could help the president politically. 'I know