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Nov 24 2020
News
Biden selects architect of DACA to lead DHS
Presumed President-elect Joseph R. Biden said Monday he wants Alejandro Mayorkas to lead the Homeland Security Department, tapping an Obama-era mainstay who helped create the DACA program that protected “Dreamers,” but was also part of the team that expanded family detention.
Mr. Mayorkas, born in Cuba, would be the first Hispanic person and first immigrant to head the department,
Washington TimesNov 23 2020
News
Biden To Choose Antony Blinken For Secretary Of State
President-elect Joe Biden will nominate Antony Blinken for the coveted secretary of state post, a source familiar with the transition discussions told NPR.
Blinken, 58, has extensive foreign policy experience, serving as deputy secretary of state and deputy national security adviser under President Obama.
A graduate of Harvard University and Columbia Law School, Blinken began his
NPR (Online News)Dec 29 2016
News
John Kerry warns Israel over peace deal with Palestinians
US Secretary of State John Kerry has said the prospect of an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal based on a two-state solution is in grave jeopardy. And he insisted UN condemnation of illegal Jewish settlements on occupied land was in line with American values. Israel's PM said Mr Kerry's speech was "obsessively focused" on settlements. Earlier, US President-elect Donald Trump tweeted in support of
BBC NewsJun 17 2022
Perspectives Blog
International Courts Prosecuting Leaders Like Putin for War Crimes Have a Mixed Record – But Offer Clues on How to get a Conviction
This piece originally appeared on The Conversation, which AllSides rates as Lean Left. It was written by Victor Peskin, an Associate Professor of Politics and Global Studies at Arizona State University. The writer's bias has not been rated.
There have been mounting calls from Ukrainian and other activists and political leaders to prosecute Russian
"The Conversation" ContributorFeb 19 2021
Opinion
Disgusting Hot Mic Moment Ends With SF Bay Area School Board President Sprinting for the Exit
Parents who have had it with teachers dragging their feet getting back to work will surely be infuriated over this call. Board members of a school district in Oakley, California, which is in the San Francisco Bay Area, were caught mocking parents during a video call and could only respond with “uh oh” when they realized all of their remarks were being broadcast live. I’ve said it for a while
TownhallMar 22 2013
News
Netanyahu apologizes to Erdogan for Turkish deaths during 2010 raid on Gaza flotilla
You can thank Obama for this. Fresh off his visits to Theodore Herzls tomb and Yad Vashem, he decided to broker a detente between Netanyahu and a guy who told a UN conference less than a month ago that Zionism is a crime against humanity. But its okay: Erdogan later walked back the charge by saying he meant Zionism is a crime against humanity only vis-a-vis Gaza.
HotAirAug 14 2020
Background
Photos: How George Floyd’s Death Sparked Protests Worldwide
In the days since George Floyd, a Black man, died after a white police officer knelt on his neck, protests have erupted not only throughout the United States, but also around the world. Showing solidarity with those in the United States, hundreds to thousands of protesters in the streets of Amsterdam, Berlin, Buenos Aires, Nairobi, and Sydney, among other cities, have called for an end to
Council on Foreign RelationsJan 28 2016
Opinion
The Repercussions of the Nuclear Deal on Iranian Policies
The lifting of international sanctions on the Islamic Republic of Iran passed as if it were a non-event. The UN Security Council bestowed immediate legitimacy on the move in accordance with the nuclear deal it had stamped with its seal of compliance. Removing the freeze on Iranian assets means Tehran will obtain around $150 billion automatically, and up to $50 billion in promised investments
HuffPostJun 03 2015
News
State Dept. spokeswoman sparks Twitter war with NYT reporter over Iran
A State Department spokeswoman battled a New York Times story on Iran's nuclear fuel stockpile on Wednesday with a line-by-line challenge of the article on Twitter.
State Department acting spokeswoman Marie Harf tweeted at David Sanger, one of two New York Times reporters who authored a story Tuesday about the stockpile, saying many central tenets of the story were "not true." The pair
CNN (Online News)Jun 08 2015
News
Utah's Parkinson's Registry aims to answer tough questions about the disease
A diagnosis of Parkinson's disease is often traumatic and life changing. Now, a first-of-its-kind database in Utah could answer some of the tough questions about Parkinson's.
Kim Smith is the director of BYU's Peery Institute of Financial Services. He is living with Parkinson's and says, "You wonder why I was the lucky one you know. Why I drew the short straw? And no one, no one knows
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