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Trump’s Inspector General Has Expressed Dim Views of Congressional Oversight

WASHINGTON — Amid the blur of President Trump’s impeachment proceedings in December, the Government Accountability Office received a terse message from the White House regarding its investigation into why security aid to Ukraine was withheld. The inquiries of Congress’s nonpartisan watchdog arm had already been rebuffed by the Defense Department and it received spotty responses

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Federal Judge Denies R. Kelly’s Request To Get Out Of Jail

A federal judge on Tuesday denied accused serial sexual abuser R. Kelly’s request to be released from jail, rejecting his lawyers’ claims that he is at high risk of contracting COVID-19. Last month, the disgraced R&B singer’s lawyers filed a motion arguing Kelly should be released and placed under home confinement to protect him from

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Elon Musk’s Billionaire Brother Told His Workers They Were Family. Until COVID-19 Hit.

At Next Door, the community-oriented, “sustainable” restaurant chain owned by billionaire Kimbal Musk, workers were told they were part of a family. Not a family as wealthy as Musk’s ― the self-proclaimed philanthropist and restaurateur, known for his signature cowboy hat, is the younger brother of multibillionaire Tesla founder Elon Musk. But workers at Next

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Report: Outbreak triggers drop in climate-changing emissions

President Donald Trump will preside over one of America’s sharpest drops in climate-changing emissions despite mocking the idea of climate change himself By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press April 7, 2020, 9:37 PM 3 min read WASHINGTON — Despite mocking the idea of climate change, President Donald Trump will preside over one of the country’s sharpest

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Rulings on Wisconsin Election Raise Questions About Judicial Partisanship

Justice Ginsburg said that approach trivialized “a matter of utmost importance.” The contrasting visions of the two sides, one viewing the case as minor and technical and the other as an effort to vindicate a fundamental constitutional value, amounted to a deep disagreement about the judicial role in voting rights cases. In public comments, Chief

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