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Mar 27 2019
News
Brexit: MPs prepare for votes in bid to break deadlock
MPs are preparing to vote for their preferred Brexit option, with the PM due to meet Tory backbenchers in an effort to win them over to her deal.
Some have suggested Theresa May must name the date she will step down to have any hope of winning MPs' approval for her deal at the third attempt.
The BBC's Laura Kuenssberg said some leading Brexiteers were "tiptoeing their way"
BBC NewsAug 26 2019
News
'They mean business.' Trump tells G7 that Chinese trade officials called to restart talks
President Donald Trump said Monday that Chinese officials called to restart talks amid an escalating trade war that sent markets spinning last week.
Speaking to reporters at the G-7 meeting of world leaders taking place in France, Trump said that U.S. officials had received two calls from China. The president declined to say whether he had spoken directly with Chinese President Xi
USA TODAYAug 26 2012
News
Romney Reboot? Convention Could Be The Ticket
Mitt Romney, 65, has spent the better part of a decade running for president. And as the son of a Michigan governor who headed a Detroit auto company, he's been in the public eye much longer.
Yet the former Massachusetts governor has remained an enigma to many voters, his political positions malleable, and much of his business and private life — including his Mormon religion —
NPR (Online News)Jun 05 2020
News
The Story Behind Bill Barr’s Unmarked Federal Agents
Few sights from the nation’s protests in recent days have seemed more dystopian than the appearance of rows of heavily armed riot police around Washington, D.C., in drab military-style uniforms with no insignia, identifying emblems or names badges. Many of the apparently federal agents have refused to identify which agency they work for. “Tell us who you are, identify yourselves!” protesters
PoliticoMay 12 2013
Opinion
Managing Illegal Immigration to the United States
The authors examine U.S. efforts to prevent illegal immigration to the United States. Although the United States has witnessed a sharp drop in illegal border crossings in the past decade alongside an enormous increase in government activities to prevent illegal immigration, there remains little understanding of the role enforcement has played. Better data and analyses to assist lawmakers in
Council on Foreign RelationsMar 22 2019
News
Brexit: Departure date pushed back by at least two weeks
Theresa May has been granted an extra two weeks to come up with a Brexit solution after talks with EU leaders.
The UK's departure date had originally been set for 29 March.
If Mrs May can get her withdrawal deal through Parliament next week, that date will be pushed back to 22 May to give time to pass the necessary legislation.
If the prime minister can't get the deal
BBC NewsJun 13 2019
News
Top AI researchers race to detect ‘deepfake’ videos: ‘We are outgunned’
Top artificial-intelligence researchers across the country are racing to defuse an extraordinary political weapon: computer-generated fake videos that could undermine candidates and mislead voters during the 2020 presidential campaign.
And they have a message: We’re not ready.
The researchers have designed automatic systems that can analyze videos for the telltale indicators of a
Washington PostJun 11 2019
News
Vermont's Republican Governor Signs Radical Abortion Bill Into Law
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott signed H. 57 on Monday, a bill that puts “unlimited, unregulated abortion” into law, Vermont Right to Life Committee reports.
“By putting his signature on H. 57, Governor Phil Scott endorses unlimited, unregulated abortion throughout all nine months of pregnancy," Mary Hahn Beerworth, Executive Director of Vermont Right to Life, said in a statement. "His
TownhallMar 19 2019
News
Elizabeth Warren Calls For Getting Rid Of The Electoral College
The Massachusetts Democrat endorsed abolishing the Electoral College, the first time she’s publicly taken the stance.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Monday that she fully supports abolishing the Electoral College and moving toward a national popular vote, the first time the 2020 presidential candidate has publicly taken the stance.
“My view is that every vote matters,” the
HuffPostJul 21 2015
News
Memo: North Korea Says Hell No To New Nuclear Talks With U.S.
It’s not like this is a priority on the Obama foreign policy docket, but North Korea isn’t interested in giving up its nukes … ever. The communist state, which is also one of the world’s largest prisons, said that their nuclear arsenal is a deterrent against the United States. North Korea is another country that’s been under heavy economic sanctions by the U.S. and its allies, but they remain
Townhall