All News Articles for 2018-05-02
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Zinke and Lamar Alexander's Big Plan? We Must Kill the Planet to Save the National Parks New joint op-ed touts legislation that would fund national parks' infrastructure repairs with leases for oil and gas drilling Read more |
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Fighting Off Foreign Payments Lawsuit, Trump Asserts 'Absolute Immunity' Former White House ethics chief Norm Eisen said that if the court accepts this argument, it would effectively mean the president "is beyond the reach of the law." Read more |
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Police Unleash 'Brutal Attacks' on Austerity Protesters in Storm-Ravaged Puerto Rico While "inhumane and strikingly antidemocratic" budget cuts are imposed on the U.S. territory, outrage after law enforcement used tear gas and rubber bullets to break up May Day demonstrations Read more |
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'Intentionally Unconstitutional': Part of National Ploy to Outlaw Abortion, Iowa GOP Approves Extreme Anti-Choice Bill "Dangerous" legislation "weaponizes fetal heartbeat," with aim of challenging Roe vs. Wade at the Supreme Court Read more |
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Despite Trump-Netanyahu Efforts to Sabotage Deal, Public Support for Iran Nuclear Pact at All-Time High A new Morning Consult/Politico survey shows that 56 percent of registered voters back the agreement—a record high. Read more |
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On Sweltering Planet, Hottest April Temperature Ever Recorded on Earth Hits Pakistan "We need to dramatically increase our ambitions" in terms of combatting global warming, the UN climate chief said this week Read more |
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With Weapons Deal on the Line, Ukrainian MP Admits Government Ended Cooperation With Mueller Probe to Keep Trump Happy "In every possible way, we will avoid irritating the top American officials," said Ukrainian member of parliament and ally of President Poroshenko. "We shouldn't spoil relations with the administration." Read more |
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'Very Blatant' Threat Against Rosenstein as Trump Warns He May 'Get Involved' With DOJ "The president of the United States is overtly threatening to obstruct justice." Read more |
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Refusal to Speak with Special Counsel Could Result in Presidential Subpoena, Mueller Told Trump's Legal Team The president's repeated attacks on the Special Counsel's investigation make a subpoena appear increasingly likely, legal analysts say Read more |
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'A Dangerous Low': Trump Ignores Deadline for Reporting Civilians Killed by US Drone Attacks "The victims of our government's lethal actions deserve better, as does the American public in whose name the Trump administration is secretly killing people." Read more |
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Thanks to Trump Tax Cuts, Major Corporations Set to Spend 'Obscene' $1 Trillion Rewarding Investors Instead of Workers Apple announced Tuesday it will spend $100 billion buying back its own stock—333 times the amount it has spent on one-time worker bonuses Read more |