| No Images? Click here   U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to withhold aid to the Palestinians if they did not pursue peace with Israel, saying they had snubbed the United States by not meeting Vice President Mike Pence during a recent visit.Trump, speaking after a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the World Economic Forum, said he wanted peace. However, his remarks could further frustrate the aim of reviving long-stalled Israeli-Palestinian talks.Palestinians shunned Pence’s visit to the region this month after Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and vowed to begin moving the U.S. embassy to the city, whose status is at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.Trump’s endorsement in December of Israel’s claim to Jerusalem as its capital drew universal condemnation from Arab leaders and criticism around the world. It also broke with decades of U.S. policy that the city’s status must be decided in negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.  WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING?The FBI text about a "secret society" that's been blowing up conservative media actually began with a "beefcake" Putin calendar. The backstory is pretty funny.Scientists are suing the EPA over what they call an "attempt to delegitimize science." They argue Administrator Scott Pruitt’s purge of independent advisers was unlawful and unprecedented.San Francisco has its third mayor in six weeks after a tumultuous debate. People accused the city’s Board of Supervisors of racism and sexism in choosing the interim mayor.
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