By Peter Castagno on Oct 24, 2019 11:00 am
 Trump’s lawyer William S. Consovoy pushed a dangerous argument on Wednesday – that the President of the U.S. is above the law while in office, even in cases of violent crimes. President Trump’s lawyer argued in court on Wednesday that the president could not be prosecuted or criminally investigated even if he shot a person, […]
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By Peter Castagno on Oct 24, 2019 09:00 am
 The drama continued in the Trump impeachment proceedings with more potentially damaging testimony and a dramatic ‘storming of the gates’ by Republicans. A day after acting U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor gave a testimony that many consider to be the most damning development in the impeachment inquiry against President Trump yet, a group of […]
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By Rami Almeghari on Oct 24, 2019 07:00 am
 Egypt and Ethiopia are locked in a stalemate over the massive Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project that Egypt worries could curtail their water supply. In response to Tuesday remarks that suggested the Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmad would be willing to go to war with Egypt to protect an Ethiopian dam project on the Blue Nile, […]
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By Alexis Chapman on Oct 24, 2019 05:00 am
 Two bills attempting to lower prescription drug costs are making progress in Congress and show promising signs of bipartisan support. Americans pay exponentially more for prescription drugs than citizens of other developed countries, and spending on pharmaceuticals accounts for a significant portion of Americans’ health care costs each year. Finding a way to bring down […]
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By Vijay Prashad on Oct 23, 2019 12:54 pm
 Europe does not have a refugee or migration crisis. The real crisis is in Africa, where the thief—often a European firm—continues to undermine the continent’s ability to breathe. If you ask an African migrant in Europe who came across the Mediterranean Sea in a boat if they would make the journey again, most of them […]
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By Elliott Negin on Oct 23, 2019 11:13 am
 The world’s largest oil company says climate change is real, yet continues to finance climate denier groups. ExxonMobil says it believes “the risk of climate change is real,” and it is “committed to being part of the solution.” The largest investor-owned oil company in the world also says it supports a federal carbon tax and […]
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By Jack Xiong on Oct 23, 2019 09:06 am
 15 Minutes of Shame, produced and starring Monica Lewinsky, will look at today’s ‘cancel culture’, bullying and public shaming and how we got here. Monica Lewinsky and MTV’s “Catfish” star Max Joseph are teaming up to dissect the current trend of public shaming, in a new feature documentary titled 15 Minutes of Shame. Set to air […]
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By Yasmeen Rasidi on Oct 23, 2019 07:00 am
 Conventional battlefields have been replaced by cyber warfare and the U.S. has already conducted two cyber attacks on Iran in 2019. The U.S. is believed to have launched at least two secretive cyber attacks on Iran in the last six months, the most recent came following two drone attacks on Saudi Arabian oil facilities on […]
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By Rami Almeghari on Oct 23, 2019 05:00 am
 US troops may be on the move, but instead of returning to the U.S. they are being redeployed to other regions in the Middle East. U.S. President Donald Trump signaled on Monday his country’s plan to keep some American troops in northern Syria, a move that is said to safeguard oil fields in the region. […]
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By Robert Walker on Oct 22, 2019 01:00 pm
 World leaders continue to fiddle as the world burns. The world is burning. Record or near-record temperatures, combined with drought in many areas, are contributing to yet another record-setting summer for wildfires. California has been largely spared so far this year, but wildfires in the Amazon rainforest and in or near the Arctic Circle are […]
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