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May 08 2015
News
Why Obama Wants To Torpedo A Plan To Fight Human Trafficking
The biggest threat to President Barack Obama’s trade agenda may be a plan to fight human trafficking, which threatens to reshuffle a major trade pact that includes Malaysia -- a nation with a troubling human rights record.
The Senate is gearing up to vote on a bill granting Obama so-called “fast track” powers to streamline the Trans-Pacific Partnership -- a major trade pact the
HuffPost
May 24 2019
News
Theresa May to resign, make way for new prime minister, after Brexit failures
Theresa May announced Friday that she will resign as her party’s leader on June 7 and make way for a new British prime minister later this summer.
May became the leader of Britain after the country voted in a June 2016 referendum to leave the European Union. Brexit was her No. 1 job, and she failed to deliver it.
Speaking in front of the official residence at 10 Downing Street,
Washington Post
May 02 2024
Headline Roundup
Police Begin Clearing UCLA Pro-Palestine Encampment, Making Arrests
Police began dismantling the pro-Palestine encampment at the University of California in Los Angeles early Thursday morning and arresting defiant protesters.
The Details: Officers announced repeatedly over loudspeakers that protesters would be arrested if they didn't disperse. Around 2:30 a.m. local time, officers began entering the encampment, pulling down makeshift barricades, and
Los Angeles Times
CalMatters 
Orange County Register 
Aug 06 2014
News
Target Finally Comes Out In Support Of Gay Marriage
Target announced its support for same-sex marriage in a court filing on Tuesday, finally putting an end to years of dodging the subject.
The mass market retailer signed an amicus brief in a case before a federal appeals court in Chicago, joining other big companies that have taken a stand for marriage equality. The case deals with legal issues in Wisconsin and Indiana, two states where
HuffPost
Feb 29 2024
Headline Roundup
Trump and Biden Visit Separate Cities on US-Mexico Border
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump visited different Texas border cities on Thursday to discuss immigration and border security.
Biden in Brownsville: “It’s long past time to act,” the president said, challenging Trump to join him in asking Congress to pass a bipartisan bill with border security provisions, which Republicans reportedly killed following Trump’s
Washington Examiner
Wall Street Journal (News)
The Texas Tribune
May 20 2019
News
Deutsche Bank Staff Saw Suspicious Activity in Trump and Kushner Accounts
Anti-money-laundering specialists at Deutsche Bank recommended in 2016 and 2017 that multiple transactions involving legal entities controlled by Donald J. Trump and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, be reported to a federal financial-crimes watchdog.
The transactions, some of which involved Mr. Trump’s now-defunct foundation, set off alerts in a computer system designed to detect illicit
New York Times (News)
Apr 15 2015
News
LDS Church files 'friend of the court' brief in U.S. Supreme Court same-sex marriage case
America is now just two weeks away from the start of the U.S. Supreme Court case dealing with same sex marriage. Because of that many organizations are asking their voices to be heard on the issue. One of them is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It recently filed legal paperwork with court to hear its opinion.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is now
ABC4 Utah
May 16 2019
News
U.S. Targets Huawei as It Seeks to Revive China Trade Talks
Trump administration restricts telecom giant, says it wants to resume trade negotiations
President Trump signed an executive order that would let the U.S. ban telecommunications gear from “foreign adversaries,” underscoring tensions with China even as the U.S. said it would likely resume trade talks soon in Beijing after reaching an impasse last week.
The developments came amid
Wall Street Journal (News)
Mar 07 2019
News
Paul Manafort to be sentenced Thursday; faces 25 years in prison
)A federal judge will sentence Paul Manafort on Thursday for defrauding banks and the government and failing to pay taxes on millions of dollars in income he earned from Ukrainian political consulting -- charges that stemmed from special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
The penalty may be steep enough to keep the
CNN (Online News)
Apr 05 2015
News
Let Prisoners Take College Courses
EVER wonder what prisoners do and talk about? Well, at the Attica Correctional Facility, we’re all tucked away in cellblocks watching TV. We watch a lot — all day, all night. Then we talk about what we’re watching. Conversation tumbles through the bars, about movies, ball games and the news on CNN. I hear voices, as if in a trance, rap along to Bobby Shmurda’s new music video on BET. The
New York Times (News)