"Effective immediately, the Department of Transportation will no longer participate in celebrations based on immutable traits or any other identity-based observances," says U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy
"The climate agenda is a lie: fossil fuels are a requirement for human prosperity," Ramaswamy said in one offending video.
The event on Thursday will be moderated by Dr. Miriam Adelson, and will include prominent Jewish leaders. Trump's appearance is currently scheduled for 6 p.m. Eastern, at the Hyat Regency on Capitol Hill.
India-born British-American novelist's book "Satanic Verses" was critically acclaimed but was deemed blasphemous by Iran's theocratic Shiite regime.
Parents say the prayer in the curriculum violates California constitution, which is stricter on separation of church, state than U.S. Constitution.
Harris went viral last week over an incident in which she told Christians who shouted “Jesus is Lord!” that they were at the “wrong rally.” The anti-Christian narrative was underscored by Michigan's Gretchen Whitmer creating a video mocking the Catholic Eucharist.
Earlier reports listed only 11 fatalities in the predominantly Druze community; fears rise of a possible Israel-Hezbollah war