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News Trump healthcare bill withdrawn from Congress due to lack of votes
Trump healthcare bill withdrawn from Congress due to lack of votes
Steven Wildberger
March 25, 2017 09:48:19 am

President Donald Trump's healthcare bill was withdrawn from Congress on Friday after pushback from moderate Republicans and Democrats. Introduced to fulfill one of Trump's biggest campaign promises, repealing the Affordable Care Act , the American...

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News ICC awards reparations to victims of 2003 Congo attack
ICC awards reparations to victims of 2003 Congo attack
Clarissa Sarmiento
March 24, 2017 03:19:44 pm

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday awarded symbolic reparations for the victims of a deadly 2003 attack by forces under the control of Germain Katanga in the Democratic Republic of Congo. ICC Trial...

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News Lawsuit filed against Massachusetts man for alleged warcrimes committed in Haiti
Lawsuit filed against Massachusetts man for alleged warcrimes committed in Haiti
Erik Slobe
March 24, 2017 02:50:13 pm

The Center for Justice & Accountability (CJA) filed a lawsuit on Thursday in the US District Court of Massachusetts against former Haitian Mayor Jean Morose Viliena alleging he committed crimes against humanity in...

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News Utah lowers DUI threshold to lowest in US
Utah lowers DUI threshold to lowest in US
Lawrenz Fares
March 24, 2017 01:35:00 pm

Utah Governor Gary Herbert signed House Bill 155 into law on Friday, lowering the blood alcohol limit for drivers from the current .08 percent to .05 percent. The new limit, the lowest threshold in the US,...

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News North Dakota governor signs ‘constitutional carry’ handgun bill into law
North Dakota governor signs ‘constitutional carry’ handgun bill into law
William Theisen
March 24, 2017 01:28:58 pm

North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum signed House Bill 1169 into law on Thursday, making his the 15th state to allow residents to carry concealed firearms without a permit. The bill was met with little opposition in the state...

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News Federal appeals court expedites review of Trump travel ban
Federal appeals court expedites review of Trump travel ban
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
March 24, 2017 01:18:46 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Thursday ordered an expedited schedule for the appeal of a lower court ruling blocking the travel ban executive order by President Donald Trump . The...

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News Argentina’s ex-president ordered to stand trial
Argentina’s ex-president ordered to stand trial
Lawrenz Fares
March 24, 2017 01:11:38 pm

Argentinian Federal Judge Claudio Bonadio on Thursday ordered former President Cristina Kirchner to stand trail in a multi-billion dollar fraud case. Kirchner and 14 other government officials have...

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News State Department issues permit for Keystone XL pipeline
State Department issues permit for Keystone XL pipeline
Elizabeth Lowman
March 24, 2017 01:10:43 pm

The US State Department granted a presidential permit to the TransCanada Keystone Pipeline on Friday allowing it to "construct, connect, operate, and maintain pipeline facilities at the U.S.-Canadian border in Phillips County, Montana...

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News Senate introduces bill to expand Iran sanctions
Senate introduces bill to expand Iran sanctions
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
March 24, 2017 12:34:27 pm

A group of a dozen US Senators introduced the "Countering Iran's Destabilizing Activities Act of 2017" Thursday to expand sanctions on Iran for ballistic missile development, support for terrorism, transfers of conventional weapons, and human rights violations. The...

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News US agency: Trump hotel in Old Post Office does not violate government lease
US agency: Trump hotel in Old Post Office does not violate government lease
William Theisen
March 24, 2017 12:34:00 pm

A contracting officer from the US General Services Administration sent a letter to Donald Trump, Jr., on Thursday finding that the Trump Organization did not violate the lease it holds for the Trump International Hotel ...

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India and Bangladesh sign friendship treaty

On March 19, 1972, India and Bangladesh signed a Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation, and Peace for twenty-five years. The treaty recognized the independence of Bangladesh by India at the conclusion of Bangladesh's war of independence from Pakistan. The treaty expired in 1997 without renewal.

Earl Warren born

US Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren was born on March 19, 1891, in Los Angeles, California. He led the Court during a critical period of social change in the 1950s and 1960s and is perhaps best known for his Opinion in Brown v. Board of Education. Learn more about Earl Warren from the Supreme Court Historical Society, and hear him deliver the Landon Lecture at Kansas State University in 1970, shortly after his retirement, on the theme "The Alternative is Chaos."

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