Corruption Inquiry Spreads to U.A.W. Lakeside Resort
A dozen union officials have been charged or convicted in a sprawling federal investigation.
Black Voters to Black Candidates: Representation Is Not Enough
Joe Biden leads with black voters, and Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are making better inroads with younger ones than Kamala Harris and Cory Booker. In interviews, voters rejected the idea that racial representation equated to change.
These Prosecutors Promised Change. Their Power Is Being Stripped Away.
As a new crop of district attorneys takes a different approach to criminal justice, some are seeing their authority removed and their actions blocked in court.
Can Trump Challenge His Impeachment in the Supreme Court?
The president has vowed to ask the justices to intercede, but the Constitution and precedents are against him.
A ‘Rare Case Where Racial Biases’ Protected African-Americans
Fewer opioid prescriptions meant fewer deaths (possibly 14,000), but the episode also reveals how prevalent and harmful stereotypes can be, even if implicit.
Businessman buys Nazi items; plans to donate to Jewish group
A Geneva businessman says he has purchased Adolf Hitler’s top hat and other Nazi memorabilia to keep them out of the hands of neo-Nazis and will donate them to a Jewish group. Abdallah Chatila, a Lebanese Christian who has lived in Switzerland for dec…
Report: Turkey to start testing Russian S-400 defense system
Turkish media say Turkey is poised to begin testing Russian-made S-400 air defense systems, despite threats of sanctions from the United States. The Milliyet newspaper, which has close links to the government, said Monday that the military is planning…
Iran rejects US order to pay $180 mn over reporter’s jailing
Iran on Monday rejected a US court order for Tehran to pay $180 million in damages to a Washington Post reporter for jailing him on espionage charges. Jason Rezaian spent 544 days in an Iranian prison before he was released in January 2016 in exchange…
UPDATE 2-Britain is a dangerous mess, former PM Blair says
Former prime minister Tony Blair said on Monday that Britain was in a dangerous mess and that neither his own Labour Party nor Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservatives deserved to win a Dec. 12 election. Britain is holding an election three years …
German Economy Minister Defends Huawei With Jab at U.S. Spies
(Bloomberg) — Economy Minister Peter Altmaier defended the German government’s decision not to exclude China’s Huawei Technologies Co. over security concerns, citing a similar decision years earlier in the wake of U.S. espionage.Germany didn’t boycott…
Why Giuliani Singled Out 2 Ukrainian Oligarchs to Help Dig Up Dirt
Inside a strategy to leverage damaging information on Joe Biden from foreign citizens who were politically powerful — and legally vulnerable.
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