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Manafort pleads not guilty to new Mueller charges
David Zwier
March 1, 2018 12:40:08 pm

Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a revised, five-count indictment filed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller in the US District Court for the District of Columbia . At the...

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Federal judge dismisses challenge to Trump order to eliminate regulations
David Zwier
February 28, 2018 10:25:20 am

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday granted the government's motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's 2 for 1 executive order ...

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News Peru ex-president Fujimori to face trial for 1992 killings of six farmers
Peru ex-president Fujimori to face trial for 1992 killings of six farmers
David Zwier
February 21, 2018 11:34:42 am

Peru's National Criminal Court Court B on Monday ruled that former president Alberto Fujimori must stand trial for the killings of six farmers in 1992 notwithstanding the medical pardon...

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South Africa president, newly elected by parliament, vows to tackle corruption
David Zwier
February 15, 2018 03:13:15 pm

Cyril Ramaphosa was elected as South Africa's president in a parliamentary vote on Thursday after former president Jacob Zuma resigned, ending his nine year presidency, in the face of a pending no-confidence vote. Ramaphosa is expected...

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Guatemala ex-president, 10 cabinet members arrested on corruption charges
David Zwier
February 14, 2018 12:57:14 pm

The UN International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) and the Guatemala Special Prosecutor for Impunity , a division of Guatemala's public ministry, on Tuesday arrested former president Álvaro Colom and 10 former cabinet members on corruption and...

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Alabama sues maker of OxyContin, Purdue Pharma
David Zwier
February 7, 2018 11:36:51 am

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall on Tuesday sued Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyCotin, alleging its practices have fueled the opioid epidemic. Alabama's complaint asserts that Purdue "violated Alabama's Deceptive Trade Practices Act...

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DOJ drops corruption charges against New Jersey Senator Menendez
David Zwier
January 31, 2018 01:38:06 pm

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a motion to dismiss corruption charges against Senator Bob Menendez , with the US District Court for the District of New Jersey Wednesday. The motion...

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New York governor signs executive order imposing in-state net neutrality
David Zwier
January 25, 2018 03:22:18 pm

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday signed an executive order mandating internet providers comply with net neutrality. The order makes New York the second state after Montana to update their procurement procedures to require...

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EU fines Qualcomm $1.23 billion for exclusive deal with Apple
David Zwier
January 24, 2018 11:21:25 am

The EU's Commission on Competition on Wednesday announced a USD $1.23 billion antitrust fine against US chip maker Qualcomm . The commission charged Qualcomm with suppressing competition in the market for phone and...

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DHS bars Haitians from temporary work visas
David Zwier
January 18, 2018 02:32:34 pm

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Wednesday announced that it will bar Haitians from receiving H-2A and H-2B visas, which provide foreign workers access to the US for temporary agricultural and seasonal work. DHS...

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Cuba leases Guantanamo Bay to the US in perpetuity

On February 23, 1903, Cuba leased Guantanamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity" as part of the Cuban-American Treaty. The United States subsequently used the lease to establish a Naval Base at Guantanamo. With the US invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001, a military prison was built at Guantanamo to house prisoners of war and terrorism suspects captured by American forces, becoming the subject of much controversy over its detentions without trial.

NAACP founder W.E.B. DuBois born

W.E.B. DuBois, founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), was born on February 23, 1868. Review the W.E.B. DuBois Papers at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and released FBI files on DuBois kept because of his affiliation with "communist front groups."

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