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Jun 12 2019
News
Trump asserts executive privilege to block access to census documents
President Donald Trump on Wednesday moved to block Congress’ access to documents about how a citizenship question was added to the 2020 census.
Trump claimed executive privilege over subpoenaed documents at the urging of the Justice Department, as the House Oversight and Reform Committee was beginning proceedings Wednesday morning to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce
Politico
Aug 12 2020
Data
Unions
* Labor unions are organizations that negotiate with employers on behalf of employees.[1]
* The phrase “trade union” is sometimes used as a synonym for “labor union,” but it is also used in a more narrow sense to signify “a labor union of workers in related crafts, as distinguished from general workers or a union including all workers in an industry.”[2] [3]
* Federal law defines
Just Facts
Jul 29 2021
News
WHO’s plans for a Wuhan probe at a crossroads
IS TEDROS RECALIBRATING ON CHINA? — The World Health Organization’s planned second phase of its investigation into the origins of the coronavirus is at a crossroads — just as the WHO’s director general gears up for reelection next May.
Beijing’s rejectionof Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus’ call for audits of labs and research institutions in Wuhan, China was no surprise. But Tedros’ approach
Politico
Jan 07 2018
News
Sessions under fire from all sides
Attorney General Jeff Sessions's job security is in question after taking withering fire from fellow Republicans this week, including from two prominent House conservatives who called on him to resign.
The Hill
Aug 05 2021
News
Mexico Sues US Gunmakers Over Arms Trafficking
Mexico said it filed a lawsuit against major US gunmakers in a Boston court on Wednesday over illegal cross-border arms flows that it blamed for fueling rampant drug-related violence.
The Latin American nation, which has long faced pressure from the United States to curb narcotics smuggling, wants its neighbor to crack down on firearms trafficking in the other direction.
This
International Business Times
Feb 06 2018
News
IG poised to reignite war over FBI’s Clinton case
Few people have heard of Michael Horowitz, but that’s about to change.
Horowitz, the Department of Justice (DOJ) inspector general, is an increasingly critical player in the controversy surrounding the FBI, President Trump and the Russia investigation.
The Hill
May 11 2016
News
Bernie Sanders Won West Virginia, But It Doesn’t Matter
We’re still looking at a Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton general election.
HuffPost
Dec 21 2018
News
James Mattis quitting as defense secretary, cites differences with Trump
Defense Secretary James Mattis, the last of a team President Trump dubbed “my generals,” will step down early next year amid deepening rifts with the White House on crucial foreign policy matters, marking the departure of an original Trump Cabinet member and creating a leadership void at the Pentagon at a critical time for the president at home and abroad.
Washington Times
Dec 21 2018
News
Mattis resigns after clash with Trump over troop withdrawal from Syria and Afghanistan
Defense Secretary James Mattis, the last of a team President Trump dubbed “my generals,” will step down early next year amid deepening rifts with the White House on crucial foreign policy matters, marking the departure of an original Trump Cabinet member and creating a leadership void at the Pentagon at a critical time for the president at home and abroad.
Washington Post
Dec 19 2021
Opinion
Does Joe Biden Have Anything Resembling a Plan for Abortion Rights?
Two weeks ago, after oral arguments concluded in the Mississippi abortion case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, once it became clear that there were possibly five votes on the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, and very likely six votes to hollow out its protections without completely overruling it, President Joe Biden gave a statement. Here is a snippet of what he said: “I
Slate