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Obama Surprises Biden With Presidential Medal of Freedom
The greatest bromance ever told got even sweeter Thursday when President Barack Obama shocked Vice President Joe Biden by awarding him the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Biden and the president had gathered with others for what was described as a final tribute to the vice president, the Washington Post reports. Obama began by delivering a…
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#Flint: Government, Independent Experts Say Water System Improving; Residents Skeptical
At a town hall meeting Tuesday night meant to update the public on the status of Flint, Mich.’s water system, government and independent experts told the gathered crowd that the city’s lead-contaminated water system is improving. But after a year of being told one thing and later finding out another, the people were unmoved. Flint’s…
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Baltimore and the Department of Justice Release Details of Consent Decree Agreement
The U.S. Department of Justice and the city of Baltimore announced Thursday that they have reached an agreement on a court-enforceable consent decree that will bring sweeping reforms to the Baltimore Police Department. The Justice Department made the full 227-page consent decree available on its website and states that its purpose is to “ensure that…
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President Obama Ends ‘Wet-Foot, Dry-Foot’ Policy for Cuban Migrants Seeking Residency
President Barack Obama announced Thursday that he has ended the “wet-foot, dry-foot” policy that allowed Cubans reaching U.S. soil to stay and become automatically eligible for American residency, while those found at sea were sent back home to Cuba. “Effective immediately, Cuban nationals who attempt to enter the United States illegally and do not qualify…
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Report: Chelsea Manning on Obama’s Short List for Commutation
Former U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning, who is serving a 35-year sentence for leaking classified material, has been put on President Barack Obama’s short list for a possible commutation. “I have more hope right now than I have the entire time since she was sentenced,” Manning’s aunt, Deborah Manning, told NBC News. “I do…
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Activist Roy Innis, Leader of Congress of Racial Equality, Dead at 82
Roy Innis, the national leader of the Congress of Racial Equality, died Sunday in New York City at the age of 82, according to the New York Times. A statement from CORE said that the cause of death was complications of Parkinson’s disease. As the Times notes, Innis had been a national leader of CORE…
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US Department of Justice, City of Baltimore Reach Agreement on Policing Reforms
The city of Baltimore and the U.S. Department of Justice have come to terms on policing reforms that will be part of a formal consent decree pending approval by the city’s spending panel Thursday. A U.S. District Court judge will also have to approve the consent decree before it becomes binding, the Baltimore Sun reports.…
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Supreme Court Halts NC Election That Would Fix Racially Gerrymandered Voting Districts
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed a lower court demand that North Carolina lawmakers redraw many of their districts and hold new elections in 2017. The one-paragraph order puts the case on hold until the Supreme Court decides whether it will hear the matter, and WRAL reports that if SCOTUS does take the case,…
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#Flint: Officials Meet Behind Closed Doors to Discuss Status of Water System
Officials met behind closed doors in Chicago on Tuesday to determine if Flint, Mich.’s water technically meets federal standards again. The meeting, which took place at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s regional headquarters in Chicago, was touted as an opportunity for officials to share testing data on the safety of city drinking water after its…
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Report: Donald Trump Hired Prostitutes to Pee In Beds He Knew the Obamas Slept In
A person claiming to be a former British intelligence official compiled a dossier that has been circulating for weeks among elected officials, intelligence agents and journalists, making claims that the Russian government has been “cultivating, supporting and assisting” President-elect Donald Trump for years and gained compromising information about him. The dossier is a collection of…
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