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Sep 16 2013
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'War crime': U.N. finds sarin used in Syria chemical weapons attack
The United Nations team investigating a chemical weapons attack last month in Syria has found that sarin was used. "In particular, the environmental, chemical and medical samples we have collected provide clear and convincing evidence that surface-to-surface rockets containing the nerve agent sarin were used in Ein Tarma, Moadamiyah and Amalaka in the Ghouta area of Damascus," a 38-page report
CNN DigitalAug 23 2014
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Rand Paul: Immigration problem ‘lies in the White House,’ calls for Senate vote on bill
While traveling in Guatemala to perform pro-bono eye surgeries, Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, blasted President Obama for failing to secure the border and called upon the Senate to bring the House-passed immigration reform bill to a vote.
In a closed-door meeting with Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina on Wednesday, Mr. Paul said that the main problem behind the continuing
Washington TimesMay 20 2015
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Rand Paul digs in on NSA surveillance
Sen. Rand Paul is at it again.
More than two years after a 13 hour filibuster, the Kentucky senator and 2016 GOP presidential contender is back on the Senate floor. This time, he's protesting the National Security Agency's dragnet surveillance programs targeting Americans.
"There comes a time in the history of nations when fear and complacency allow power to accumulate and
CNN DigitalJan 12 2015
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Obama to Focus on Cybersecurity Issues Next Week
Continuing the break with State of the Union tradition, President Barack Obama will spend most of the coming week previewing more of the proposals he will outline in the address, including on identity theft, electronic privacy, and cybersecurity, the White House announced Saturday.
Obama will use a Monday event at the Federal Trade Commission to lay out the next steps of a plan to
Newsmax (News)Nov 13 2019
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Supreme Court Hears DACA Case
“The Supreme Court’s conservative majority signaled support on Tuesday for President Donald Trump’s bid to kill a program that protects hundreds of thousands of immigrants - dubbed ‘Dreamers’ - who entered the United States illegally as children… The court’s ideological divisions were on full display as it heard the administration’s appeal of lower court rulings that blocked the Republican
The Flip SideJun 25 2019
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House Democrats unveil changes to border bill to win over progressives
House Democratic leaders on Tuesday unveiled a set of changes to a $4.5 billion package to address the flow of migrants at the southern border in an effort to win over skeptical progressive and Hispanic lawmakers.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Democratic leaders met with members of the Progressive and Hispanic caucuses late into the night on Monday to win over their support to
The HillJun 24 2019
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Iran warns U.S. it could down more drones as Pompeo arrives in Persian Gulf
Iran’s navy chief warned the United States on Monday that Iranian forces could shoot down more surveillance drones if they violate the country’s airspace, as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Saudi Arabia for talks with Arab allies in the Persian Gulf.
“The enemy dispatched its most sophisticated . . . and most complicated surveillance aircraft” to spy on Iran, and “everyone saw
Washington PostMay 14 2015
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Report: Secret Service Agents in Bar For 5 Hours Before White House Bomb Scare Read Latest Breaking News from Newsmax.com http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/secret-service-agents-drinking-white-house/2015/05/14/id/644622/#ixzz3a8bJPWo3 Urgent: Rate Obama
Two Secret Service agents had been drinking and probably were impaired when they disrupted an investigation of an unattended package outside the White House as they drove back from a bar, government investigators said in a report released Thursday. The agents in the March 4 incident spent five hours at an Irish bar and restaurant less than a mile from the White House, celebrating a colleague’s
Newsmax (News)May 14 2015
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Obama Begins Camp David Meetings With Arab Allies
President Barack Obama and delegations from leading Persian Gulf states arrived at the presidential retreat here Thursday for six hours of meetings designed to narrow differences over the White House’s pursuit of a nuclear deal with Iran.
Mr. Obama convened the summit to address concerns from representatives of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council, who worry a nuclear deal would
Wall Street Journal (News)Nov 11 2019
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Another Republican Congressman Has Announced Their Retirement Ahead of 2020
Republican Congressman Peter King announced Monday morning he will not seek re-election in New York's 2nd Congressional District.
"I have decided not to be a candidate for re-election to Congress in 2020. I made this decision after much discussion with my wife Rosemary; my son Sean; and my daughter Erin. The prime reason for my decision was that after 28 years of spending 4 days a week
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