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Sep 13 2013
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Attack on consulate in Afghanistan
The State Department announced late Thursday that the American consulate in Herat, Afghanistan had been attacked - though it said the culprits remain currently unidentified forces.
Politico
Oct 03 2014
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U.S. jobless rate falls to 6-year low of 5.9 percent
The nation’s unemployment rate dropped to 5.9 percent last month, the lowest since mid-2008, as job growth continued its best string of monthly gains since the 1990s, the Labor Department reported Friday.
Washington Times
Feb 04 2013
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Energy secretary resigning from Obama Cabinet
Energy Secretary Steven Chu will resign from President Barack Obama's Cabinet in coming weeks, he told Energy Department staff in a letter on Friday. Chu, who turns 65 this month, was a leading advocate in the Obama administration for alternative energy development, making him a target of the fossil fuel industry and its conservative supporters in Congress. He was a co-recipient of the Nobel
CNN Digital
Jul 17 2017
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How Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Undermines Civil Rights & Favors Predatory Lenders Over Students
Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, joins us to discuss recent developments with billionaire Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, a longtime backer of charter schools and vouchers for private and religious schools. DeVos said earlier this month that she wanted to return the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights "to its role as a neutral, impartial,
Democracy Now!
Jul 01 2016
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After Widespread Criticism for Meeting With Bill Clinton, Lynch to Step Back in Email Probe
After a firestorm of criticism on both the left and right for her secret meeting with former President Bill Clinton during an ongoing Justice Department investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server, Attorney General Loretta Lynch will announce Friday that she’ll step aside and let non-political subordinates decide whether to bring charges against the former secretary of
Townhall
Jul 25 2019
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Puerto Rico's governor to resign amid protests over leaked obscene online chats
Ricardo Rosselló, the embattled governor of Puerto Rico, announced on Wednesday that he will resign on Aug. 2, after more than a week of massive protests calling for his ouster over leaked obscene, misogynistic online chats.
Rosselló took to Facebook Wednesday to announce that his resignation will go into effect at 5 p.m. on Friday.
Puerto Rico’s Department of Justice confirmed
Fox News Digital
Mar 04 2015
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Obama Amnesty: 100,000 Expanded Work Permits Issued Before Court Halted Program
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) approved 100,000 applications under President Obama’s executive amnesty expansion before the official kick off date of February 18, the Obama administration reveals.
In a court filing to the federal court in Texas that recently placed a temporarily halt on President Obama’s November 20, 2014, executive amnesty — specifically the
Breitbart News
Jan 24 2013
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Five things we learned from the Benghazi hearings
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday took on Republican congressional critics of her department's handling of the deadly September terrorist attack in Libya.
CNN Digital