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Venezuela: Chavez’s legacy falls into chaos

April 23, 2017

AMERICAS·News Wire·South America·WORLD NEWS

CARACAS, VENEZUELA (LC – SOUTH AMERICA) Opposition leaders have called for new mass protests on Monday, after twelve people were killed in

Nativation: The Native American Awakening

April 23, 2017

AMERICAS·ENVIRONMENT·Headlines·Human Rights·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·RESOURCES

As the observance of Earth Day wraps up this weekend, my troubling thoughts as a Native American are that it took place

Broadway Tickets: It’s easier and cheaper than you think

April 15, 2017

AMERICAS·Culture·Headlines·New York City·Theatre

March and April are great times to visit the theater in New York. Any Broadway production that wants to be eligible for

Puerto Rico debt default looming, bankruptcy ‘likely’

April 13, 2017

AMERICAS·ECONOMICS·News Wire·WORLD NEWS

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO (LC) Puerto Rico has until May 1st to restructure $70 billion in debt. Negotiations with the U.S. legislature

Tillerson in Moscow: U.S.-Russia relations ‘at a low point’

April 12, 2017

AMERICAS·Cyber·FOREIGN POLICY·NATIONAL SECURITY·News Wire·RUSSIA

MOSCOW, RUSSIA (LC) Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met with officials in Moscow today, including Russian President Vladimir Putin for nearly two

Former Trump chairman Paul Manafort facing intense scrutiny over Ukraine lobbying, loans

April 12, 2017

AMERICAS·News Wire·Politics·RUSSIA | FSU·U.S. | WASHINGTON D.C.

WASHINGTON, DC (LC) Paul Manafort, the former chairman of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, might formally register as a foreign agent, according to

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch faces first week after being sworn in

April 11, 2017

AMERICAS·News Wire·Politics·U.S. | WASHINGTON D.C.

| WASHINGTON, D.C. (LC) Neil Gorsuch, 49, was sworn in on Monday as a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. President Trump

OpEd: Democrats need to admit, they don’t think poor people deserve healthcare

April 9, 2017

AMERICAS·BENEFITS·Headlines·HEALTH·Politics·U.S. | WASHINGTON D.C.

The humiliating defeat of the American Health Care Act has sparked a new energy in the left’s push for universal health care

Steve Bannon removed from National Security Council

April 5, 2017

AMERICAS·News Wire·Politics·U.S. | WASHINGTON D.C.

U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew chief strategist Steve Bannon from the National Security Council Wednesday, after deciding he was no longer needed

Anti-abortion activists connected to Planned Parenthood video charged in California

March 29, 2017

AMERICAS·News Wire

Two anti-abortion activists were charged for filming Planned Parenthood workers without consent, while posing as representatives of a fake company seeking to

Rep Devin Nunes under pressure to resign, could face ethics probe

March 28, 2017

AMERICAS·News Wire·Politics·U.S. | WASHINGTON D.C.

Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Devin Nunes (R-CA), had announced earlier this week that he won’t recuse himself from the

Markets react to Health Care Act withdrawal

March 27, 2017

AMERICAS·ECONOMICS·News Wire·Politics·U.S. | WASHINGTON D.C.

When Paul Ryan announced that the American Health Care Act (AHCA) was being withdrawn, it signaled the end of the first legislative

Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch faces confirmation hearing

March 20, 2017

AMERICAS·LAW & INSTITUTIONS·News Wire·Politics·U.S. | WASHINGTON D.C.

Neil Gorsuch, Donald Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee, faced Day 1 of his Senate confirmation hearing, with Democrats seeking to show he

Image FBI Dir James Comey and NSA Dir Mike Rogers testify before House Intel Committee MAR 20

FBI, NSA testimony: No to Obama wiretap, Yes to Russian interference and Trump-Russia investigation

March 20, 2017

AMERICAS·Headlines·LAW & INSTITUTIONS·Politics·U.S. | WASHINGTON D.C.

The much anticipated hearing by the House Intelligence Committee began this morning, ending shortly after 3:pm. FBI Director James Comey and National Security