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Mar 10 2020
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As Commerce Dept. Starts Regulating Some Gun Exports, Experts Worry It Doesn't Have All the Info It Needs
When a U.S. company wants to export firearms, the sale requires authorization from the federal government, and for decades the State Department has been responsible for issuing approvals for most types of weapons, once it has assessed any impact on national security or foreign policy.
Now, after years of debate, the Commerce Department is set to take over export controls for a
ProPublica
Oct 14 2019
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Columbus Day Is Dying. Indigenous Peoples Day Is the Future.
“In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue”—and in 2019, a growing number of US cities and states are recognizing that the cutesy rhyme we learned in school, and the federal holiday named in the explorer’s honor, belies a dark history.
Indigenous people have long resented the holiday, as Columbus’s arrival was the first step in their unfathomable genocide. He and his men enslaved and
Mother Jones
Dec 18 2019
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Agency says it will review Trump Jr.’s sheep hunt in Mongolia
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said it will review allegations that Donald Trump Jr., may have illegally killed a rare sheep during a recent trip to Mongolia and imported parts of the animal back to the U.S.
Animal conservation activists said President Donald Trump's eldest son may have violated a federal wildlife anti-trafficking law after ProPublica reported last week that he shot
Roll Call
Nov 24 2020
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OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma pleads guilty to criminal charges for role in opioid crisis
Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, pleaded guilty to criminal charges that the company helped drive the opioid crisis that has killed more than 450,000 people.
In a virtual hearing before U.S. District Judge Madeline Cox Arleo in New Jersey, the pharmaceutical company pleaded guilty to bribing healthcare providers to entice them to keep prescribing the opioid regardless of medical
Washington Examiner
Oct 08 2020
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Whitmer Links Trump’s Rhetoric To Plot by Militia Group To Kidnap Her
Federal law enforcement officials announced they foiled a plot to kidnap the governor of Michigan and start a civil war just weeks before the presidential election.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) says she could never imagine that militia groups would plot to kidnap her. She also said she believes the militia group members were encouraged by the country’s chief executive.
On
Independent Journal Review
Oct 08 2020
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The FBI Said It Busted A Domestic Terror Plot To Kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
The FBI announced Thursday that investigators had thwarted a plot by a right-wing militant group to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer at her vacation home, before the Nov. 3 election.
The affidavit, filed under seal in federal court on Tuesday but unsealed on Thursday, names six men — Adam Fox, Barry Croft, Ty Garbin, Kaleb Franks, Daniel Harris, and Brandon Caserta — to be charged
BuzzFeed News
May 29 2017
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Trump's budget plan lands with a thud in Middle America
The administration’s proposed federal budget cuts are, in effect, local budget cuts that ignore the economic realities of the communities that voted for Trump.
Politico
Jun 13 2019
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Office of Special Counsel Formally Requests Kellyanne Be Relieved of Her Duties
The Office of Special Counsel has had issues with White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway for months, and now they are formally requesting her removal from federal service. In a letter released on Thursday, the OSC explains that not only has Conway violated the Hatch Act by disparaging Democratic candidates in TV interviews, but she's also mocked the law itself.
The OSC wants President
Townhall
Mar 05 2021
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Democratic centrists flex power on Biden legislation
Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) and other centrist Democrats increasingly are in control of the fate of President Biden’s COVID-19 relief package — and perhaps broader pieces of his agenda.
In a Senate where both parties hold 50 seats, a single defection by a Democrat can sink legislation, giving the centrists significant influence.
Just this week, several
The Hill
Apr 21 2014
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Holder to overhaul clemency guidelines, possibly freeing thousands of inmates
The U.S. Department of Justice plans to advise President Obama to widen his guidelines for clemency — a move that could make thousands of federal prisoners eligible for consideration and reduce federal prison costs and social divides.
Washington Times