presidential power surges

FBI might be within the president's purview, presidents have treated individual investigatory decisions, especially where investigations touch on White House or personnel, as outside of the president's direct control. ..

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generals, ambassadors, security experts, church leaders, female nobel

If President Donald Trump listens to any of them he will get a very different perspective from that of his in-house national security officials Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and National Security Advisor John Bolton and the White House’s resident religious leader Vice-President Mike..

sexual predators in the power elite

Her clients included thousands of White House officials, lobbyists, and Pentagon, FBI, and IRS employees, as well as prominent lawyers, none of whom were ever exposed or held accountable. . ... A president employs executive orders to sidestep the Constitution and gets away with it...

the u.s. immigration debate

Trump has signed several executive orders affecting immigration policy. ... The second executive order, which focused on interior enforcement, expanded the categories of unauthorized immigrants prioritized for removal and ordered increases in enforcement personnel and removal facilities. ..

watch list 2019 – second update

EU and members states should also press Trump administration which at times has appeared inconsistent and divided between White House on the one hand, and State Department and Pentagon on the other for clearer and more even-handed U.S toward Libya. For this purpose, they should convey..

willful partisan blindness: the immigration example

when the party inside the White House changes. If until this point we have considered why and how partisan political affiliations corrupt our ability to think critically, these Gallup results point to the importance or implications of this corruption: the two teams should continue to see the..

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‘hiv isn’t over’: the world’s waning response to the aids

Though the report focuses primarily on eastern and southern Africa, the regions most seriously affected, acting executive director of UNAIDS Gunilla Carlsson emphasised that even high-income, more developed nations must continue to be vigilant in their defence against the spread of HIV. . ... “We..

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family separations continue at us-mexico border, advocates say

For a snapshot, advocates point to the Rio Grande Valley where the Texas Civil Rights Project screened 10,000 migrants who crossed the border near McAllen in the six months following the June 2018 executive order that officially ended family separation. . ... 'The guidance has come down from the..

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