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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsNEWARK, N.J. - After a nearly 16-month investigation, federal prosecutors announced charges Friday against two former allies of Gov. Christie, alleging that they conspired to jam traffic at the George Washington Bridge to carry out a pol...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from International Business TimesWhile thousands of victims of last week’s devastating earthquake in Nepal continue to wait for aid, stacks of relief material are being held up at the country’s only international airport in Kathmandu, the United Nations said on Saturday...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Firstpost » PoliticsSrinagar: Opposition National Conference on Saturday said they will not let Jammu and Kashmir government to set up separate colonies for Kashmiri Pandits but would strive for return of the minority community to their native places in the...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Global Politics
The Conservative party has this week been briefing about the possibility of a Labour government supported by the SNP leading to a constitutional crisis. However, this crisis may be largely of their own making. Polls currently suggest tha... -
Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Politics News - UK PoliticsSNP leader Nicola Sturgeon is warned that the 'fresh blood' nationalists expected to win Scottish seats could 'run riot' in Westminster
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from stories: PoliticsOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Hundreds of May Day protesters decried racism, police brutality and income inequality on Friday in a plaza outside Oakland City Hall. It was one of several peaceful demonstrations by labor, immigrant and civil righ...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from PoliticsIraq and Syria is no longer exist as coherent, unitary states. By now, followers of events in the Middle East have grown used to maps that show how ISIS, Al Qaeda, the Free Syrian Army, the Assad regime, the Baghdad government, the Kurdi...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from RealClearPolitics - HomepageCathy Young, RealClearPolitics In the wake of the violence in Baltimore, tensions over race relations and police brutality continue to run high—and the debate has turned to semantics. Is the very language in which the media an...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from RealClearPolitics - HomepageRebecca Berg, RCP Jeb Bush wanted to talk about tax reform, which he hopes to make central to his presidential bid.But, at a National Review summit in Washington on Thursday, the discussion pivoted to BushÂ’s refusal to sign Gr...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from RealClearPolitics - HomepageStephen Moore, Wall Street Journal The scenes of Baltimore set ablaze this week have many Americans thinking: What can be done to rescue families trapped in an inner-city culture of violence, despair and joblessness?
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from RealClearPolitics - HomepageTimothy Egan, New York Times
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Politics News | Miami Herald & MiamiHerald.comSen. Rob Portman of Ohio is maneuvering with care as he runs for re-election in a swing state while cautiously supporting a free-trade deal that even some fellow Republicans fear could lead to job losses back home. … Click to Conti...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Firstpost » PoliticsArun Shourie may have criticised Arun Jaitley and his economic policy as directionless, but ultimately his critique of Jaitley and Amit Shah is about Modi's own shortcomings. But Modi has time to fix these shortcomings The post Shourie&#...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from CTVNews.ca - Politics - Public RSSStephen Harper paid a surprise visit to Iraq on Saturday, meeting with the county's prime minister and delivering a substantial aid cheque for the war-torn region.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Politics on HuffingtonPost.comRiot-torn Baltimore's smoky skies have given way to a silver lining. More than 300 inquiries about mentoring young people have poured into Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Chesapeake, the branch of the nonprofit serving the city, from...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from RealClearPolitics - HomepageEleanor Clift, The Daily Beast
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Politics News - UK PoliticsLabour figures are still split over Gordon Brown's deficit, but agree Ed Miliband has failed to come up with a stance that makes sense
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from RealClearPolitics - HomepageNate Silver, 538
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from CBC | Politics NewsPrime Minister Stephen Harper paid a surprise visit to Iraq today and announced Canada would contribute an additional $139 million to help refugees from four Middle Eastern countries who have been displaced by the rise of ISIS.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Politics News - UK PoliticsRachel Reeves, the shadow work and pensions secretary, has said 'it cannot be right' for people in the higher rate 40p tax band to get more tax relief on their pension savings than the poorest workers
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from RealClearPolitics - HomepageTavis Smiley, Time The two seminal pieces of Legislation in the 20th century happened just before the tumult of 1968–the Civil Rights Act in 1964 and the Voting Rights Act in 1965. Fifty years later, we ought to be in a season of c...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Politics News - UK PoliticsAs 'the most dangerous woman in Britain' prepares to tighten her grip on power in Westminster, we look at how a shy teen with a Kajagoogoo haircut became the leader of one of the most influential parties in the UK
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from BBC News - PoliticsFormer shadow home secretary Ann Widdecombe urges voters to make a straight election choice between Labour or Tory.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Politics News - UK PoliticsBritain's schools are using the contest on May 7 as an opportunity for students to engage with real-world issues. Eleanor Doughty reports
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Latest NewsAlberta's New Democrat Leader Rachel Notley and Wildrose Party Leader Brian Jean both started out as political underdogs, but as the final days of campaigning wrap up before the May 5 provincial election, they've emerged as ser...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from BBC News - PoliticsLabour and Plaid Cymru clash on working together if there is a hung parliament next week, during the final televised election debate in Wales.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | theguardian.comIt’s not just Nicola Sturgeon who has shown up her south-of-the-border counterparts – the Tories and Greens have better leaders in Scotland than in England and Wales. Has familiarity bred contempt in our media-obsessed times? Continue re...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Politics News - UK PoliticsLabour and Tories neck and neck as race for Number 10 remains wide open
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Post Politics: Breaking Politics News, Political Analysis & More - The Washington PostWe are now four full months into the 2016 election cycle, and the battle for the Senate is starting to take shape.Retirements in California, Florida, Indiana, Maryland and Nevada have set up open-seat contests -- though only two of them ...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Politics News - UK PoliticsElection 2015: Prime Minister urges voters to stick with him
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from RealClearPolitics - HomepageMark Hemingway, Weekly Standard
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsWASHINGTON (AP) - Nearly three-quarters of Americans say it's acceptable for the U.S. to use an unmanned aerial drone to kill an American citizen abroad if that person has joined a terror organization, according to a new Associated Press...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from RealClearPolitics - HomepageKimberley Strassel, Wall Street Journal In October 2005, earmarks were a Washington fact of life. Then former Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn took to the floor to decry pork spending for AlaskaÂ’s “Bridge to Nowhere.Â&...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from International Business TimesRussia criticized the United Nations Security Council Friday for not backing its appeal for an immediate ceasefire or a humanitarian pause to hostilities in war-torn Yemen, where a Saudi Arabia-led coalition has been conducting airstrike...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | theguardian.comHer party lost the referendum, but Nicola Sturgeon is riding a tidal wave of popular support. Will she soon wield power below the border? The breakout star of the election campaign talks independence, nerves and not doing a Nick Clegg Co...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from BBC News - PoliticsEd Miliband urges voters to ignore claims about post-election alliances with the SNP - but the Tories say Labour cannot get a majority without them.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | theguardian.comJust in case you haven’t noticed, it’s the General Election on Thursday Continue reading...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from News Politics Priority RSSThe group that protested at the inauguration of Stellenbosch University's new VC remains unapologetic about raising uncomfortable issues.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from International Business TimesA mayoral candidate in the town of Chilapa in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero was slain on Friday, according to reports. Ulises Fabian Quiroz was contesting on behalf of the governing Institutional Revolutionary Party-Green party ...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from RealClearPolitics - HomepageJanan Ganesh, FT Anything to spare that glossy, unmarked face. When a gloved fist leers towards Floyd Mayweather, he absorbs it with a hunched left shoulder and counters with a right hook. If the punches come in bunches, he goes into a s...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Politics News | Miami Herald & MiamiHerald.comThe charges handed down against three former allies of Gov. Chris Christie in the George Washington Bridge traffic scandal provide mixed news for the Republican governor as he tries to regain momentum in support of an expected presidenti...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | theguardian.comFor those more interested in Labour than the royal labour, follow the Guardian’s full rolling coverage of the final weekend of campaigning Continue reading...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from RealClearPolitics - Homepage
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | theguardian.comA passionate polemic calls for those disaffected with mainstream politics to get involved with civil society groups and campaigns Continue reading...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from News Politics Priority RSSThe City of Joburg spent almost R3 million on travel allowances for staff, including those who did not qualify.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Politics News | Miami Herald & MiamiHerald.comAmericans are more likely to have a favorable view of Hillary Rodham Clinton than any of her potential Republican rivals in 2016's race for the presidency, even though few see the former secretary of state as honest, according to a new A...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from RealClearPolitics - HomepageMolly Ball, The Atlantic
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from News Politics Priority RSSPan-African unity of the working class was the dominant theme when Numsa held a rally in Durban to mark Workers’ Day.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from dailyrecord - PoliticsMILIBAND delivered a speech in Glasgow a day after revealing he would not do a deal with the SNP to force his way into Downing Street.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Politics on HuffingtonPost.comIt hasn't been a good week for psychologists. Perhaps they should stay out of matters of torture or school policy -- two realms that have far too much overlap these days. The New York Times reported this week that the American Psychologi...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsTRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Federal authorities have closed an investigation into whether Gov. Chris Christie's administration threatened to withhold Superstorm Sandy relief money from Hoboken for political reasons.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Scotsman - Politics FeedON THIS, the weekend before polling day, no-one can say for certain who will be prime minister of the United Kingdom in the aftermath of May 7.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from World PoliticsUK Only Article: standard article Fly Title: May 2nd 2015 edition Rubric: This week: Dealing with drones, the war on drugs and some big changes in the Saudi royal family Main image: 20150502_mma901...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Scotsman - Politics FeedMILIBAND should have taken a firmer line on deals with the SNP but he lost control of the narrative, writes Brian Wilson
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Globe and Mail - Politics RSS feedHow do Christine Elliott and Patrick Brown stack up?
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Political News - International and UK Politics | Sky NewsEd Miliband gives Scottish Labour supporters a shot in the arm as he reinforces his pledge of "no deal, no pact" with the SNP.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Mail.com: PoliticsLOS ANGELES (AP) — Marches and rallies in U.S. cities on Friday drew crowds ranging from a few dozen to hundreds of people demanding more rights for workers and immigrants and an end to police brutality. Demonstrations were held in citie...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsTRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A former New Jersey mayor who falsified loan documents and stole a relative's identity to purchase a farm property was sentenced Friday to five years in prison.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Politics RSS FeedThe independent senator says he has received contributions from 35,000 donors, and more than 100,000 people have signed up on his website. Clinton is heavily favored but Sanders has positioned himself as a liberal who intends to promote ...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from NPR Topics: PoliticsDavid Wildstein, Gov. Chris Christie's top staffer at the Port Authority, admitted to his role in orchestrating lane closures on the George Washington Bridge as political payback.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from World PoliticsUK Only Article: standard article Fly Title: Britain's election: Spin doctors Rubric: The three main parties have imported exotic international advisors to help spice up their campaigns. But has the...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsWASHINGTON (AP) - Nearly three-quarters of Americans say it's acceptable for the U.S. to use an unmanned aerial drone to kill an American citizen abroad if that person has joined a terror organization, according to a new Associated Press...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from World PoliticsUK Only Article: standard article Fly Title: Britain's election: Public foreplay Rubric: Lord O'Donnell, who served as Cabinet Secretary during the last election, explains what preparations...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Newsmax - PoliticsCiting a need to protect citizens' religious liberty, Sen. Ted Cruz on Friday called on Congress to formally disapprove of a bill passed by the District of Columbia Council to prevent employers from retaliating against workers who have a...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsWith just over two weeks left until the Democratic mayoral primary, Britton Stewart's vote is still up for grabs. "The candidates all seem to have a lot to offer," the 47-year-old social worker from West Oak Lane said. "I ...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from PoliticsSupport for legal same-sex marriage is strongly related to religion and partisanship. Black Americans, who tend to be Democratic and highly religious, are particularly cross-pressured on this issue.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from NPR Topics: PoliticsNPR's Scott Simon talks with Joshua Green of Bloomberg News about the Clinton Foundation and its apparent lack of transparency over donors.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from All News RSS FeedAfter two CQ Roll Call reports Friday called attention to safety lapses involving firearms in the Capitol and raised eyebrows among concerned members of Congress, police officials announced a new investigation -- into how CQ Roll Call go...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Politicsweb - Daily news headlinesCape Town Mayco Member says he blew the whistle on gangster efforts to extort money from City contractors in Manenberg
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from All News RSS FeedMajority Leader Kevin McCarthy opened his Friday memo to House members regarding May's legislative agenda by quoting Steve Jobs and praising Republicans for the victories they've overseen in the first 100 days of the 114th Congress.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from All News RSS FeedPresident Barack Obama wants to see a bipartisan patent overhaul reach his desk before the end of 2015, and the White House is responding favorably to the new Senate bill introduced this week.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Politicsweb - Daily news headlinesDeputy minister says it is outlandish to suggest govt's policy of redressing racial imbalances is perpetuating a sense of victimhood and entitlement
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from RIA NovostiRepresentatives of more than a dozen countries are invited to the consultations on resolving the Syrian conflict, which will begin in Geneva on May 4, Deputy Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General Farhan Haq said on Friday.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from BET.com - PoliticsPresident reacts to Baltimore police charges.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsWASHINGTON - When it came time to exact political revenge by shutting down lanes leading to the George Washington Bridge, Gov. Christie's allies decided to wait until after August - traffic was too light right then.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsWASHINGTON (AP) - Americans appear to be suspicious of Hillary Rodham Clinton's honesty, and even many Democrats are only lukewarm about her presidential candidacy, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Mail.com: PoliticsWASHINGTON (AP) — Rail tank cars used to transport crude oil and many other flammable liquids will have to be built to stronger standards to reduce the risk of a catastrophic train crash and fire, under sweeping new safety rules unveiled...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Globe and Mail - Politics RSS feedDeslauriers suggested the embattled Brazeau could return because the expulsion motion adopted by the Senate in 2013 would no longer be in effect with the dissolution of Parliament
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Indian Express » Section » Politics
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Irish Times Politics RSSPublic statements on the sale of Siteserv show the Government eschews openness and transparency
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Mail.com: PoliticsTRENTON, N.J. (AP) — One former political ally of Gov. Chris Christie pleaded guilty Friday and two others were charged in an indictment related to causing a traffic jam near the George Washington Bridge for political retribution. Here's...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from RIA NovostiFailure to reach agreement on a statement after the closed-door UN Security Council meeting on humanitarian situation in crisis-hit Yemen convened by Russia shows indecision and lack of understanding on the extent of problems in Yemen.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Politicsweb - Daily news headlinesDA MP says organisation won a clear majority of 52.5% of the vote, up from 20.5% last year
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from FactCheck.orgQ: Is President Obama flying children from Central America to the U.S.? A: Yes. An administration program allows certain immigrant parents lawfully in the U.S. to bring their children to […]
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsPhiladelphia's Democratic mayoral primary presents a civic conundrum wrapped in a question. The winner of this six-way contest, conducted in the distracting light of late spring, will have the approval of perhaps one-fifteenth of the cit...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Globe and Mail - Politics RSS feedThe Canadian Forces will move ahead with an independent centre for sexual assault and harassment once international examples have been studied this summer, says the general in charge of responding to this week’s damning report on harassm...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Scotsman - Politics FeedTIMES have moved on for the Nats since their 1974 election success but party strategy has long aimed at building trust and confidence in the electorate, writes Ewan Crawford.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Scotsman - Politics FeedTHE Tories are targeting disenchanted Labour voters in Scotland in the final week of the General Election campaign as support for Ed Miliband’s party continues to flounder.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Pennsylvania is getting some good state budget news.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Irish Times Politics RSSJohn McGuinness flies to Canaries for holiday as Carlow-Kilkenny campaign begins
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsNEWARK, N.J. - After a nearly 16-month investigation, federal prosecutors announced charges Friday against two former allies of Gov. Christie, alleging that they conspired to jam traffic at the George Washington Bridge to carry out a pol...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from NPR Topics: PoliticsKasich is thinking about running for president but the problem is whether he can get through a GOP primary with some of his issue positions.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from NPR Topics: PoliticsNPR's Robert Siegel speaks with political commentators E.J. Dionne of the Washington Post and Brookings Institution and David Brooks of The New York Times about the protests in Baltimore.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from The Globe and Mail - Politics RSS feedLiberal leader will make two major economic announcements – but has he left it too late to shuck off lightweight label?
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Politics RSS FeedThe Associated Press-GfK poll on Hillary Clinton was conducted by GfK Public Affairs and Corporate Communications April 23-27. No more than 1 time in 20 should chance variations in the sample cause the results to vary by more than plus o...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from The Globe and Mail - Politics RSS feedThe Alberta Premier is facing a kind of voter antipathy that suggests the days of the Ralph Klein Miracle are long gone
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsAttorney General Kathleen Kane promoted a top aide to serve as her chief of staff despite a report from her internal affairs unit informing her he had made unwanted sexual advances to two female colleagues, The Inquirer has learned.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from RIA NovostiThe riots in Baltimore have caused mixed reactions. On one level, it’s inarguable that a principal cause was outrage over the death of Freddie Gray in police custody. But former presidential candidate Ron Paul points out that the roots g...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Globe and Mail - Politics RSS feedIncumbents tend to do better when fewer people cast ballots, experts say
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from NPR Topics: PoliticsFrom Croatians and chocolate cake to Taylor Swift and Iran, Ohio GOP Gov. John Kasich, considering a run for president, weighed in on the issues of the day. He even peppered in advice from his mother.
