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URBANA, Ill. (AP) — Former President Barack Obama issued a scorching critique of his successor Friday, blasting President Donald Trump's pattern of pressuring the Justice Department, his policies and reminding voters that the economic recovery — one of Trump's favorite talking points — began on his watch. Former President Barack Obama ...
... sellers lacks the legal oomph of a new law, such as the one Obama and likeminded lawmakers tried but failed to pass in 2013. The Justice Department said online the guidance "has no regulatory effect and is not intended to create or confer any rights, privileges, or benefits in any ...
... to the Justice Department report on the NewsHour last Friday. We continued the conversation on Twitter with Ferguson Commission members Brittany Packnett (@MsPackyetti), executive director for Teach For America in St. Louis, and community activist and organizer Rasheen Aldridge, Jr. (@SheenBean32). Read the full conversation below. [View the story "Hear ...
... In: The Rise of Sonia Sotomayor and the Politics of Justice." Gwen Ifill spoke with her earlier this week. GWEN IFILL: Joan Biskupic, thank you for joining us. I want to start by talking about the subtitle of your book, in which you talk about the politics of justice. When ...
... and that their voices are heard.Above all, we've seen courageous women stand up to the brutality and threats, and we've experienced the searing image of a woman bleeding to death on the streets.So let me open it up for questions, and I'll start you, Jen ...
... Chairman Thomas Kean and Vice Chairman Lee Hamilton said in a statement. "The commission called for 'a maximum effort' against this threat. Given the potential for catastrophic destruction, our efforts fall far short of what we need to do." Despite the searing critique from the 9/11 review panel, which ...
... CLARK: For the beauty of this Oklahoma day, whether calm or windy, cool or warm, clear or cloudy, noisy or strangely quiet, we feel gratitude. For the memories of those deeply soul searing events of April 19, 1995, we acknowledge again those we shall never forget. We express gratitude that ...
... We are not about. Not right which come from abroad. We live here and know everything. IAN WILLIAMS: The palace complex has become the focus for other petitioners and complainants. And in the searing heat, American patience soon runs thin. SOLDIER: Right over there. Get out of here. Go, get ...
... start of the process. The first-ever limits on mercury emissions, more than a decade in the making, began to take effect in April. The justices also could say Monday whether they will take on important cases for the term that begins in October on abortion, affirmative action and the ...
... author of "For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood...and the Rest of Ya'll Too," but he inspired me to become fearless while teaching for social justice. His commitment to young people showed me that integrity, humility and hope are three of the greatest principles a person can ...
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