government shutdown will be longest on record

After House Democrats pushed through a series of spending bills in a doomed attempt to end the shutdown (or at least crystallize their virtue-signaling in the Congressional record), the Senate decided to adjourn for the weekend on Friday without taking up debate on any of the bills (which had..

us economic war on china

Muckraking journalist IF Stone was way ahead of his time in 1970, saying “White House briefers speak of abandoning our world policeman role, but the alternative they offer is…imperialism by proxy…(W)e handle the…airpower while (mercenaries) do the killing on the ground.” . ... She remains..

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MOSOP President Spokesman has warned Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State Government House not to rush to boundary adjustment for Ogoniland without prior, informed consent by Ogoni people. ..

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TEHRAN (FNA)- More than a hundred people gathered in front of the White House on Friday for a protest marking the 17 years since Guantanamo Bay prison opened. . . . . ..

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Wars, Guns and Votes Democracy Dangerous Places, HarperCollins Random House Trade and Economic Performance Does Economic Fragmentation Matter Lin and Plescovik Annual World Bank Conference of Development Economics, 2008, World Bank.. ..

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