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With the start of the Singapore Summit just hours away, it's not at all clear what the respective parties can possibly agree to other than what amounts to a photo opportunity. In just over twelve hours from the time this post is being written, just as evening is hitting the Eastern United States and the afternoon commute is hitting in the west, President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will become the first leaders from their respective nations to meet face-to-face in the seventy years that the DPRK has existed.
After months of votes and procedural and bureaucratic moves, the Federal Communication Commission's decision to end the Obama-era laws governing net neutrality went into effect on Monday. , defended the move as necessary to remove what he has described as onerous regulations that restrict investment in new networks.
The Trump administration told a federal court on Thursday that it would no longer defend crucial provisions of the Affordable Care Act that protect consumers with pre-existing medical conditions. Under those provisions of the law, insurance companies cannot deny coverage or charge higher rates to people with pre-existing conditions.
"There is no Republican Party," said former House Speaker John Boehner , a Republican, at a recent policy conference in Michigan. "There's a Trump Party.
The United States extradited former President of Panam Ricardo Alberto Martinelli Berrocal, who served from 2009 to 2014. He will face a judge in Panama on charges relating to illegal wiretapping scheme allegedly conducted while he was in office.
Doug Saunders, the award-winning international affairs columnist for The Globe and Mail, posted his paper's new style guide on honorifics to Twitter: My PhD-holding friends: You will heretofore be known, in Canada's national newspaper, as "Ms" or "Mr" on second reference. pic.twitter.com/DvZVveSC8N My initial instinct was two-fold.
Senator Warren is in the headlines for joining with Senator Cory Gardner to introduce the Strengthening the Tenth Amendment Through Entrusting States Act. That legislation would, as Warren put it in a tweet , "let states, territories, & tribes decide for themselves how best to regulate marijuana-without federal interference."
The US Department of the Treasury has issued another round of sanctions against a handful of Russian groups and individuals. These latest sanctions have been placed against companies that are controlled by and/or have provided support to Russia's Federal Security Service as well as some entities that are owned by or have acted on behalf of those that have allegedly supported the FSB.
A federal appeals court says an insurance company must pick up Bill Cosby's tab to fight defamation lawsuits brought by women who accused him of sexual misconduct. But the ruling by the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston doesn't mean the insurance company, AIG, must pay any damages.
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt during an interview in his office at the EPA headquarters in Washington on Oct. 25, 2017. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt during an interview in his office at the EPA headquarters in Washington on Oct. 25, 2017.
About 345 cubic yards of soil were excavated by May 24 from a lagoon at the former Brush Beryllium site near the Village of Luckey and placed in a feed pile until enough soil is available for processing, Arleen Kreusch, an outreach program specialist for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, said last week in an update of the project. "Our primary activity now is ensuring our contamination control procedures are working as designed to prevent the movement of contaminants during the soils cleanup at the site.
Edward Curtin is a writer whose work has appeared widely. He teaches sociology at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. His website is http://edwardcurtin.com/
The first meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un is still several hours away, but the entire American team is on the ground and at work in Singapore. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held a press conference this morning where he largely batted away questions from reporters demanding to know what was or wasn't on the table.
A coalition of religious groups and anti-sex trafficking activists have launched referendums to ban brothels in two of Nevada's seven count... A state marketed as a place where people can indulge in all manner of sins is confronting its status as the only place in America where you legally pay someone for sex. A state marketed as a place where people can indulge in all manner of sins is confronting its status as the only place in America where you legally pay someone for sex.
The beauty and ugliness of the Internet is the ability of people to give whatever opinion one wants. The World Wide Web is a place where those with pretty much any viewpoint or desire can find others with similar beliefs, connect with them, and discuss whatever topic comes to mind.
With a new government in place in Italy this month, it didn't take long for some new policies to come into effect. This is particularly true when it comes to questions about immigration and the ongoing migrant crisis.
A coalition of religious groups and anti-sex trafficking activists have launched referendums to ban brothels in two of Nevada's seven count... . In this April 27, 2018, photo, owner Dennis Hof sits in front of the Love Ranch brothel in Crystal, Nev.
How long has this #MeToo moment been going on now? It actually started more than a decade ago, but it really kicked into gear last year. And now, in June of 2018, the Screen Actors Guild has finally gotten around to some policy changes which they believe may go at least "some ways" toward doing away with the casting couch.
Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan's latest unhinged rant includes comments about "Jewish power" and coercing women into anal sex. Do you know that many of us who go to Hollywood seeking a chance have to submit to anal sex and all kind of debauchery and they give you a little part? It's called the casting couch.
Following recent searchers for missing paddle boarders, the U.S. Coast Guard is leading a training program to help increase safety. Last Friday, the body of Spencer Mugford, 21, as located Friday by a commercial fisherman off the coast of Groton.