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A Rising Tide of Global Corruption

February 19, 2019 | Featured, Top Stories, World | 0 Comments

Transparency International is out with its annual global corruption index and the news is not good.

LAW ENFORCEMENT COMPLAINED ABOUT NORTH DAKOTA’S PUBLIC RECORDS LAW AMID REPORTING ON STANDING ROCK. NOW LAWMAKERS WANT TO AMEND IT.

February 19, 2019 | Featured, U.S. | 0 Comments

NORTH DAKOTA LAWMAKERS are considering a bill to restrict the release of records related to security operations involving “critical infrastructure” — a category that includes …

AMAZON’S HOME SURVEILLANCE CHIEF DECLARED WAR ON “DIRTBAG CRIMINALS” AS COMPANY GOT CLOSER TO POLICE

February 19, 2019 | Business, Featured, Top Stories, U.S. | 0 Comments

ON MARCH 17, 2016, Ring CEO Jamie Siminoff emailed out a company-wide declaration of war.

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Trump aides ignored legal warnings in pushing reactor plan: Democratic report

Feb 19, 2019 | Politics, Top Stories

Top White House aides ignored repeated warnings they could be breaking the law as they worked with former U.S. officials and a close friend of …

Trump signs directive in step to create U.S. Space Force

Feb 19, 2019 | Politics, Top Stories

President Donald Trump on Tuesday took a step toward creating a U.S. Space Force, a new branch of the military dedicated to handling threats in …

Former Trump adviser Stone ordered to appear in court over Instagram posts

Feb 19, 2019 | Politics, Top Stories

Roger Stone, a former political adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, was ordered on Tuesday to appear in court this week over Instagram posts that …

Bernie Sanders faces new challenges in crowded 2020 U.S. presidential race

Feb 19, 2019 | Politics, Top Stories

Bernie Sanders is back for another White House run, but this one promises to be far different than the improbable 2016 presidential campaign that made …

Wall Street rises modestly on Walmart bump

Feb 19, 2019 | Business, Top Stories

U.S. stocks were set to dip at the open on Tuesday after rallying strongly last week, as investors focused on the latest round of trade …

Trump ‘in no rush’ on North Korea denuclearization as envoy heads to finalize summit plans

Feb 19, 2019 | Top Stories

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he wants North Korea to end its nuclear program, but has no pressing time schedule for this, as …

Trump wants North Korea to denuclearize, but is in no hurry

Feb 19, 2019 | Politics, Top Stories, World

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he is looking forward to a good meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Feb. 27 …

Trump says March 1 deadline for China trade talks not ‘magical’ date

Feb 19, 2019 | Business, Top Stories

A new round of talks between the United States and China to resolve their trade war will take place in Washington on Tuesday, with follow-up …

Republican backlash against Trump EPA pick fueled by ‘biofuel reset’

Feb 19, 2019 | Politics, Top Stories

EPA acting administrator Andrew Wheeler rejected a proposal from his staff that would have reduced the ambition of the nation’s biofuel policy over the next …

Trump’s ‘relentless attack’ on FBI prompted memoir by former official: NPR

Feb 19, 2019 | Politics, Top Stories, U.S.

Former top FBI official Andrew McCabe decried the “relentless attack” he said U.S. President Donald Trump has launched against the agency, according to released excerpts …

Ginsburg gets back to business in return to U.S. Supreme Court

Feb 19, 2019 | Politics, Top Stories

U.S. Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Tuesday made her first appearance on the bench since lung cancer surgery in December as she attended …

U.S. states sue Trump administration in showdown over border wall funds

Feb 19, 2019 | Politics, Top Stories, U.S.

A coalition of 16 U.S. states led by California sued President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday over his decision to declare a national emergency to …

Trump administration launches global effort to end criminalization of homosexuality

Feb 19, 2019 | Politics, Top Stories, World

The administration is responding in part to a reported hanging of a young gay man in Iran, Trump’s top geopolitical foe.

U.S. lawmakers say Trump-era transatlantic rift mere family ‘squabbles’

Feb 19, 2019 | Top Stories, World

A delegation of U.S. lawmakers sought to reassure European allies in Brussels on Tuesday that differences over President Donald Trump’s policies were mere “family squabbles” …