Critics Skewer Obama's "Meaningless" Stab at Drone Transparency
By Since 2009, U.S. drone strikes have killed between 64 and 116 civilians in areas outside of active hostilities, the Obama administration claimed in a report released on Friday afternoon, just hours before the start of the Fourth of July holiday weekend. That number of civilian casualties is much lower than the assessments of independent groups, […]
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China Rejects Hague's South China Sea Ruling as "US-Led Conspiracy"
An international tribunal at the Hague overwhelmingly rejected China’s claims to the South China Sea on Tuesday, in a move that observers say is likely to stoke tensions between the Asian powerhouse and its primary rival, the United States. The Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled that under the United Nations Convention on the Law of […]
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Fears for Turkey's Democracy Build as Post-Coup Crackdown Continues
The fallout from the failed military coup in Turkey extended through the weekend, as the number of people arrested rose to about 6,000 and world leaders continued urging restraint from President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who has said the plotters would pay a “heavy price.” Erdoğan on Sunday vowed to “clean all state institutions of the […]
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DWS Gets Booed as Dems Prepare to Gavel In Contentious Convention
Outgoing Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who announced Sunday that she would step down after leaked emails showed party officials working throughout the primary season to undermine the insurgent campaign of Bernie Sanders, was greeted by boos in Philadelphia on Monday morning. It was the latest indication that the Democratic National Convention (DNC), […]
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Up to 28 Civilians Reportedly Killed in US-Led Strike in Syria
The U.S.-led coalition has been accused of killing as many as 28 civilians, including a woman and seven children, near the northern Syrian city of Manbij on Thursday—the same area where U.S.-led airstrikes last week may have killed scores of civilians. “The Manbij area,” as the Associated Press describes, “has seen extensive battles between IS […]
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How America Rising Ties the GOP to the Stalkers Harassing Bill McKibben and Tom Steyer
For the past few months, when they dare venture out to the supermarket, to church, or to a climate rally, Bill McKibben, Tom Steyer, and other climate activists are being stalked by a team of GOP-trained camera operators. The so-called “trackers” with the cameras are working for a group called America Rising Squared (aka America Rising Advanced Research or AR2), […]
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Clinton Must More Forcefully Reject TPP or Risk Losing Election: Groups
Following in Donald Trump’s always-controversial footsteps, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton will give a much-anticipated speech on her economic policy plans in Michigan Thursday—and progressives nationwide are demanding Clinton use the opportunity to roundly reject the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal. Clinton needs to do so in order to capture the votes of the working […]
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Jeremy Corbyn Easily Re-Elected Labour Party Leader
Jeremy Corbyn scored a “monumental victory” on Saturday, easily being reelected leader of Britain’s Labour Party. Corbyn got 61.8 percent of the vote to opponent Owen Smith’s 38.2. The Guardian reports that the 67-year-old “won a majority over Smith in every category—members, registered supporters, and trades union affiliates. He won the support of 59 percent […]
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Boris Johnson to talk Brexit with von der Leyen as trade negotiations end
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen | Pool photo by Kirsty Wigglesworth/AFP via Getty Images Boris Johnson to talk Brexit with von der Leyen as trade negotiations end British PM and Commission president to speak by phone Saturday afternoon. By Charlie Cooper 10/2/20, 9:46 AM CET Updated 10/2/20, […]
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Strange struggles for Trump support in Ala. race
Sen. Luther StrangeLuther Johnson StrangeThe biggest political upsets of the decade State ‘certificate of need’ laws need to go GOP frets over nightmare scenario for Senate primaries MORE (R-Ala.) is racing to win more help from President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from […]
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