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News Senate Judiciary Committee approves Neil Gorsuch
Senate Judiciary Committee approves Neil Gorsuch
Justin Cosgrove
April 4, 2017 09:36:39 am

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday voted to endorse Judge Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court 11-9, setting up a confirmation vote before the full Senate later this week. Committee Chairman Senator Chuck Grassley stated [text,...

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News Fifth Circuit hears arguments on religious versus LGBT rights
Fifth Circuit hears arguments on religious versus LGBT rights
Justin Cosgrove
April 4, 2017 07:56:09 am

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard oral arguments Monday over a Mississippi law dealing with religious objections to same-sex marriage. The Mississippi law would let merchants and government employees cite religious...

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News ICC: violence in DRC could be war crimes
ICC: violence in DRC could be war crimes
Meena Ansari
April 3, 2017 04:14:16 pm

The top prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) released a statement Friday alleging that recent acts of violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) could amount to war crimes. According to Fatou Bensouda [official...

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News Venezuela Supreme Court reverses ruling dissolving legislature after protests
Venezuela Supreme Court reverses ruling dissolving legislature after protests
Elizabeth Lowman
April 3, 2017 03:09:15 pm

Venezuela's Supreme Court of Justice reversed a prior ruling to take over the National Assembly on Sunday. The court effectively dissolved the legislature in its decision last Wednesday. The Supreme Court and Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro [official...

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News AI condemns ‘draconian’ Senegal anti-terrorism laws
AI condemns ‘draconian’ Senegal anti-terrorism laws
William Theisen
April 3, 2017 02:03:16 pm

Anti-terrorism laws that were passed by Senegal's National Assembly in October, are "draconian" and could "restrict freedom of expression and roll back the rule of law in Senegal," according to a report released Monday by Amnesty...

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News HRW: Trump meeting with Egypt president ignores rights abuses
HRW: Trump meeting with Egypt president ignores rights abuses
Meena Ansari
April 3, 2017 02:01:02 pm

Advocacy group Human Rights Watch on Sunday criticized US President Donald Trump's plan to meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, saying the move effectively endorses the country's poor recent human rights record. Al-Sisi overthrew...

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News King of Bahrain approves military trials for terrorism suspects
King of Bahrain approves military trials for terrorism suspects
Lawrenz Fares
April 3, 2017 01:56:03 pm

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain ratified a constitutional amendment Monday that would allow for military trials of civilians suspected of terrorism in the country. The amendment modifies the text of Article...

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News UN rights official: Australia treatment of aboriginal people ‘appalling’
UN rights official: Australia treatment of aboriginal people ‘appalling’
Elizabeth Lowman
April 3, 2017 01:55:46 pm

The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples , Victoria Tauli-Corpuz , said Monday she was appalled by the living conditions of Aboriginal Australians following her week-long visit to Australia. According to the...

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News German court allows use of seized evidence against Volkswagen
German court allows use of seized evidence against Volkswagen
Lawrenz Fares
April 3, 2017 01:31:36 pm

A local Munich Court denied Friday a motion by Volkswagen (VW) to bar evidence seized during searches of a law firm working for the company. Volkswagen filed its complaint last week in an...

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News Virginia judge rules to uphold legislative districts in gerrymandering case
Virginia judge rules to uphold legislative districts in gerrymandering case
William Theisen
April 3, 2017 01:30:49 pm

Judge William R. Marchant of the 13th Judicial Circuit Court of Virginia in Richmond ruled in favor of the state on Friday in a lawsuit challenging the redistricting of 11 legislative districts. OneVirginia2021, a non-profit...

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Catalonia declares independence from Spain

The Parliament of Catalonia declared independence from Spain in a failed bid for sovereignty on October 27, 2017. The declaration followed an independence referendum, boycotted by pro-union residents, that saw 92% of voters choose independence. The declaration was subsequently declared illegal by Spain's Supreme Court. Many Catalan independence figures such as then-Catalan President Carles Puigdemont were criminally charged as a result of their involvement in the independence attempt. Read the Catalan Declaration of Independence.

First of the Federalist Papers published

On October 27, 1787, the first of the Federalist Papers, written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison under the pen-name "PUBLIUS" to promote the ratification of the new US Constitution, was published in a New York newspaper.

UK financial markets deregulated on 'Big Bang' day

On October 27, 1986, the so-called "Big Bang" deregulated markets throughout the London Stock Exchange as part of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's financial reform program. Learn more about the effects of the Big Bang in the United Kingdom.

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