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The new Congress should conduct a top to bottom review of U.S. foreign assistance
By Daniel F. Runde In this age of great power competition, the U.S. needs to conduct a thorough review of…
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AMERICAS
Brainwashed to violence
When brainwashed to commit violence, your conscience doesn’t prick when you kill. The barbaric actions at the Capitol on January…
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BUSINESS
Congress should do more
The financial crisis brought on by the Covid 19 has not only cost the United States thousands of lives (at…
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AMERICAS
Courts have avoided refereeing between Congress and the president, but Trump may force them to wade in
By Kirsten Carlson, Wayne State University President Donald Trump’s refusal to hand over records to Congress and allow executive branch…
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AMERICAS
Investigations usually hurt a president’s public reputation – but Trump isn’t usual
By Douglas L. Kriner, Cornell University and Eric Schickler, University of California, Berkeley Will the House impeachment inquiry of President…
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AMERICAS
The Senate filibuster explained – and why it should be allowed to die
By Daniel Wirls, University of California, Santa Cruz Sen. Elizabeth Warren is the latest Democrat to argue an arcane Senate…
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ENERGY
U.S. concerned over pervasive high-level corruption in Ukraine’s oil & gas state agencies
By Stacy Adams U.S. law-enforcement authorities opened an investigation against the management of the State Service of Geology and Mineral Resources…
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AMERICAS
The weak U.S. dollar: The good and the bad
By Arthur S. Guarino A weak U.S. dollar can have good and bad implications. But the reasons behind a weak dollar…
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AMERICAS
DMCA abuse: How corporations are using US copyright law to harass and silence individuals
By Murray Hunter The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) was unanimously passed by the United States Senate on 12th October…
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AMERICAS
John Boehner re-elected as U.S. House Speaker
John Boehner, a Republican from the state of Ohio, was re-elected as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday.…
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