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GOP Rep. Jim Jordan praised in Ohio for blocking health bill

By JULIE CARR SMYTH - Associated Press

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attends the summit of the Arab League at the Dead Sea, Jordan, Wednesday, March 29, 2017. Arab leaders are gathering for an annual summit where the long-stalled quest for Palestinian statehood is to take center stage. The summit is expected to endorse key Palestinian positions, signaling to President Donald Trump ahead of White House meetings with leaders of Egypt and Jordan that a deal on Palestinian statehood must precede any Israeli-Arab normalization. (AP Photo/ Raad Adayleh)

Arab summit to endorse Palestinian positions with eye on U.S.

By Karin Laub and Mohammed Daraghmeh - Associated Press

FILE - This May 8, 2014 file photo shows Emirates passenger planes at Dubai airport in United Arab Emirates. The U.S. government is temporarily barring passengers on certain flights originating in eight other countries from bringing most types of electronics in their carry-on luggage. A U.S. official tells The Associated Press that the ban beginning Tuesday, March 21, 2017, affects airports in 10 cities of Cairo in Egypt; Amman in Jordan; Kuwait City in Kuwait; Casablanca in Morocco; Doha in Qatar; Riyadh and Jeddah in Saudi Arabia; Istanbul in Turkey; and Abu Dhabi and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. in the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

The Latest: Royal Jordanian to enforce ban starting Friday

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Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson stunned Washington last week when he said his department's funding was "simply not sustainable." (Associated Press)

Rex Tillerson welcomes State Department budget cuts to ‘soft power’ programs

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly Cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 5, 2017. (Abir Sultan, pool via AP)

Syria fires missiles at Israeli jets following airstrikes

By Ian Deitch - Associated Press

Attorney: 5 with IS ties plead not guilty to killing guards

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Jersey’s Olivia Jordan-Higgins wins Symetra Tour opener

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Illustration on dangers to the nation of Jordan by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Jordan faces unprecedented dangers

By Daniel Pipes

FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 26, 2016, file photo, relatives of Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar hold up signs protesting his death, in front of Jordanian Prime Ministry in Amman, Jordan. Nahad Hattar, the writer, had been on trial for posting a cartoon deemed offensive to Islam on social media when an assailant killed him outside the courthouse. The shooter was a former mosque prayer leader motivated by anger over the cartoon, officials said at the time. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)

Jordan hangs 10 for attacks linked to Islamic extremism

By Karin Laub - Associated Press

In this photo taken Sunday, Feb. 26, an 11-year-old Syrian refugee girl poses for a biometric iris scan in an interview room of the U.N. refugee agency in Amman, the first step in what are typically two years of interviews and background checks ahead of possible resettlement to the West, including the United States. The refugee agency says it has been working closely with Washington to make the resettlement program one of the most closely scrutinized ways of entering the United States _ even as the Trump administration tries to suspend admissions to scale up to what it calls “extreme vetting&quot;. (AP Photo/Karin Laub)

UN defends refugee vetting as Trump mulls revised entry ban

By KARIN LAUB - Associated Press

In this picture taken Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, a Jordanian soldier stands at the north eastern border with Syria, close to the informal Rukban camp. The commander of Jordan's border guards says Islamic State extremists are expanding their influence in the sprawling border camp for tens of thousands of displaced Syrians, posing a growing threat to the U.S.-allied kingdom. (AP Photo/ Raad Adayleh)

Jordan commander: IS expands hold in border camp for Syrians

By KHETAM MALKAWI and OMAR AKOUR - Associated Press

Jordanian border guards at a the Thneibeh position on the western-most stretch along the kingdom's border with Syria on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. The head of the country's border guard, Brig. Gen. Sami Kafawin warned Thursday that Jordan faces a mounting threat as Islamic State extremists in neighboring Syria and Iraq are being dislodged from strongholds by military offensives. (AP Photo/Omar Akour)

Jordan boosts border forces amid IS threat from Iraq, Syria

By KARIN LAUB - Associated Press

Scarlett Johansson helps Wisconsin Rapids girl fight cancer

By CAITLIN SHUDA - Associated Press

FILE -- In this Dec. 19, 2016 file photo, Jordanian security forces patrol in front of Karak Castle, where 10 people were killed on Dec. 18, 2016, in the central town of Karak, about 140 kilometers (87 miles) south of the capital Amman, Jordan. The recent Islamic State shooting rampage at Karak Castle, a popular tourism site in Jordan, could signal a more aggressive campaign by the extremist group to destabilize the pro-Western kingdom. A senior security official says members of the Karak cell, who were killed during the attack, had planned New Year’s Eve attacks in Jordan, using five explosives belts. Jordan’s government tries to allay concerns, saying its security forces can contain any threat. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Castle attack exposes Jordan’s vulnerability to IS threat

By KARIN LAUB and MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH - Associated Press

A woman leaves Jordan's Fish and Chicken following a fatal early morning shooting Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017. Indianapolis police said multiple men had been found fatally shot inside the restaurant following what a co-owner said is an apparent robbery. (Kelly Wilkinson/The Indianapolis Star via AP)

2 workers killed in Indianapolis restaurant were Jordanian

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Newspaper: Convicted drug dealer also did real estate deals

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Jordanian security forces guard an entrance, left, as boys walk past in the morning mist in front of Karak Castle in the central town of Karak, about 140 kilometers (87 miles) south of the capital Amman, in Jordan Monday, Dec. 19, 2016. Gunmen assaulted Jordanian police in a series of attacks Sunday, including at the Karak Crusader castle popular with tourists, killing seven officers, two local civilians and a woman visiting from Canada, officials said. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Canada, UK tourists hid in Jordan castle during gun fight

By KARIN LAUB and OMAR AKOUR - Associated Press

Jordanian security forces stand next to their armored vehicles at the scene next to Karak Castle, during an ongoing attack, in the central town of Karak, about 140 kilometers (87 miles) south of the capital Amman in Jordan, Sunday, Dec.18, 2016. Officials say gunmen have carried out a series of attacks in central Jordan, including at the Crusader castle popular with tourists, killing four members of the Jordanian security forces and a woman visiting from Canada. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Jordan shooting: Gunmen kill 10, including Canadian, in attacks on police

By Omar Akour and Mohammed Daraghmeh - Associated Press

Family calls fallen Special Forces soldier witty, magnetic

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