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Tillerson used email alias to discuss climate change at Exxon, New York attorney general says
Chicago Tribune - 14 Mar 2017 05:31Trump plans to donate salary, despite pledge not to take one
ABC News - 14 Mar 2017 02:15
Trump repeatedly said that he wasn't going to draw a salary.
Trump gives CIA authority to conduct drone strikes: WSJ
Reuters - 14 Mar 2017 01:08
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has given the Central Intelligence Agency new authority to conduct drone attacks against suspected militants, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing U.S. officials.
DOJ seeks more time on Trump wiretapping inquiry
Al Jazeera English - 14 Mar 2017 05:52
Justice department says more time needed to respond to lawmakers about President Trump's claim Obama wiretapped him.
UN Chief Warns That Women's Rights Are Under Attack Worldwide
The Huffington Post - 14 Mar 2017 16:35
In a speech to the Commission on the Status of Women on Monday night, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that women’s rights are being threatened on a global scale. According to Time, Guterres warne...
North Korea blames US and South Korea for Malaysia attack
Miami Herald - 14 Mar 2017 08:16
North Korea on Monday tried to shift the blame for the deadly attack in Malaysia on the estranged half- brother of its leader Kim Jong Un to the United States …
Seth Meyers cringes at Trump's GOP health-care meltdown
The Week - 14 Mar 2017 08:00
Over the past couple of weeks, it's become clear that "lying is such a central feature of the Trump administration that many in D.C. just take it for granted," Seth Meyers said on Monday's Late Night. "But there's one is...
Rex Tillerson Heads to Asia with North Korea Tensions High
Time - 14 Mar 2017 07:08
The 4-day trip will be closely watched for signs of how the Trump administration will approach the escalating tensions with Pyongyang
Philippine Vice President Slams Duterte's Drug War in a New Video
Time - 14 Mar 2017 06:28
Robredo details the lesser known human rights abuses that occur beyond the headlines
White House wants deep cuts to UN funding
CNN - 14 Mar 2017 04:47
The White House has instructed the State Department and the US mission to the United Nations to cut their budgets for UN programs nearly in half, including US peacekeeping and development assistance, two senior US offici...
Romania, Croatia support EU expansion in eastern Europe
Miami Herald - 14 Mar 2017 16:51
Croatia and Romania's foreign ministers say they support the enlargement of the European Union in eastern Europe as a tool for regional stability. Croatian Foreign Minister Davor Ivo Stier, on …
Men in three Florida counties told not to donate sperm over Zika concerns
New York Post - 14 Mar 2017 07:52
Men from three Florida counties shouldn’t donate sperm because of a small risk of spreading Zika, U.S. health officials said Monday. The guidance had previously applied to Miami-Dade County, the only place in Florida w...
Canadian Girl Guides Are Staying Away From the U.S. After Trump's Travel Ban
Time - 14 Mar 2017 07:27
Over concerns some of their members may be turned away at the border
Dutch Muslims reflect on Geert Wilders before vote
Al Jazeera English - 14 Mar 2017 16:53
With Geert Wilders dominating the campaign discourse, Muslims are raising their voices to demand equality.
IRS strips tax-exempt status from Richard Spencer's white nationalist nonprofit
Chicago Tribune - 14 Mar 2017 06:46North Carolina Governor Who Signed Bathroom Bill Says He Can't Find Work
Time - 14 Mar 2017 16:47
Pat McCrory says he has had difficulty finding employment in the private sector and academia.
Corrupt firm paid part of Colombia president's campaign
Miami Herald - 14 Mar 2017 16:33
The former campaign manager for Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos is acknowledging for the first time that a scandal-tarred Brazilian construction company illegally paid costs related to the Nobel Peace …
House Intelligence extends deadline for wiretapping evidence
CBSNews - 14 Mar 2017 16:32
The Intelligence Committee had originally given DOJ until Monday to provide evidence of Trump's unsubstantiated claim that Obama wiretapped him
Suburban Milwaukee woman convicted of killing husband, hiding body
Chicago Tribune - 14 Mar 2017 15:36
An Oconomowoc woman has been found guilty of fatally shooting her husband and hiding his body in their basement. A jury in Waukesha County deliberated about six hours before returning guilty verdicts on first-degree inte...
US aid group says detained South Sudanese staffers freed
Miami Herald - 14 Mar 2017 15:35
South Sudanese staffers with the U.S.-based aid group Samaritan's Purse have been freed a day after being detained by "armed personnel," the organization said Tuesday. No ransom demand had been …
Philippine police face lawsuit campaign over drug killings
Miami Herald - 14 Mar 2017 15:33
A group of Philippine human rights lawyers filed murder complaints Tuesday against eight policemen accused of killing a father and his son last year at the start of a campaign …