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A Long To-Do List for a lame duck Congress
Legislators returned to Washington today for the final month of work before the 113th Congress comes to an end. In fact, it looks like it won’t even be a month: the current schedule calls for the House...
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Getting Away with #Torture – #TortureReport
by Sheldon Richman Now we have it straight from the chairwoman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Sen. Dianne Feinstein:Under any common meaning of the term, CIA detainees were tortured. I...
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Oil crash: is this the end of a long period of inflated prices?
By Chris Cook, University College LondonWhat on earth is going on in the oil market? Does the recent 60% collapse in oil prices in six months really reflect shifts in underlying supply and demand for...
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Nominate A Qualified Undersecretary Of Domestic Finance Now
By Simon JohnsonThe Obama administration urgently needs to nominate a qualified individual as Undersecretary for Domestic Finance at the Treasury Department. The Dodd-Frank financial reforms are under...
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New Saudi king is expected to have little impact on oil prices
The new head of the House of Saud was just three years old when his family fortune was made.It happened back in March of 1938, when a well was drilled near the village of Dammam on the hunch of a...
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How to Get Rich in Cuba
By Jeff Siegel | Wednesday, March 25th, 2015I love this headline…“Tourists Flocking to See Cuba Before the Americans Come”Boy, if that doesn’t make you feel all warm and fluffy inside.Of course, by...
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#Obama warns #China on covert agents operating in U.S.
FILE – U.S. President Barack Obama, left, shakes hands with China’s President Xi Jinping in front of U.S. and Chinese national flags during a joint news conference at the Great Hall of the People in...
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#Backtoschool ? A crucial time for kids’ social and emotional development
William Sharp, Wheelock CollegeIt’s that time of the year. Summer vacations are almost over.For most kids, this time of summer has been about finishing the readings and completing the packets that were...
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Obama answers “would rejecting Iran deal mean war” on Reddit
Would a rejection of the Iran nuclear deal by Congress be a vote for war?FAQ Barack Obama, President of the United StatesThe congressional vote on the Iran nuclear agreement is the most consequential...
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#Fiorina, #Trump and #Carson: Now what
By now everyone must know that Carly Fiorina won the marathon debate. By my unofficial pundit scorecard, it seems to be unanimous.But picking the winner was the easy part. The harder part is in...
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Campaign tech geeks convene in Denver this week | CampaignTech West
Denver and Mile High Stadium become ground zero for geeks in politics this week, as the CampaignTech West conference comes to Denver. The conference focuses on the technology of political campaigns,...
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Pope Francis collectibles | Papal Visit memorabilia hot
The pope wowed Congress today, and he is wowing the collectibles market, too.Demand for all things Pope Francis is hot, hot, hot as the humble Argentine makes his first official visit to the...
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