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‘i am a patriot’: army officer on white house staff to say he

White House security official plans to tell House impeachment investigators about registering internal complaints about President Trump's of Ukraine and how he to be harmful to national security... ..

is whistleblowing ever justified?

Citizens may not need to know the information that a whistleblower provides—indeed, the whistleblower might be acting for profit or publicity and not out of a desire for more democratic decision-making or a concern for law and morality. Sometimes, however, whistle-blowing opens a debate..

it’s not right for sa’s left to reject elections

Elections, by forcing political actors to appeal to the people and institutionalising key rights such as freedom of speech and association (crucial to working-class organisation), opens up political possibilities that are not available in authoritarian countries such as Egypt or Saudi Arabia. ...

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court battles over trump’s ‘emergency’ are just getting started

coalition of 16 states filed in federal court Monday challenging President Trump's move to invoke emergency powers to redirect billions of dollars for construction of border wall.. ..

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with divided congress, health care action hightails it to the states

“It will be interesting to see what the 1332 guidance means and whether it opens doors for some things and not for others,” Hempstead said. States that shifted to Democratic governors could also look to ban some Trump-supported policies, such as expansions of short-term and association..

zimbabwe's president sworn in for sixth term

Mugabe, Zimbabwe's leader was expected at African Union summit that opens Monday Egypt, where he was to face fellow African leaders. Tsvangirai, leader of Movement for Democratic Change, told Associated Press Television News that Sunday's inauguration was meaningless.. ..

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this represents constructive change in tactics, which both opens the door to diplomatic solutions Iraq and might diffuse some of Democratic of Congress.. ..

court ends limit on spending by parties

``The public is already concerned about the influence of special interests, and this decision just opens the door that much wider,'' said Edward L. Marcus, Connecticut's Democratic chairman. . Blumenthal said the decision was written so that reformers may be able to devise new strategies to..

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