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Exposing Hedge Fund Politics in New York
Two weeks ago, several busloads of New Yorkers made a pilgrimage to Greenwich, Conn., to visit the waterfront estate of the hedge fund titan Paul Tudor Jones II, where, suffice it to say, they were not invited in to see the china. It was a rainy Saturday afternoon and the protesters, many of them ordinary working people who have felt cheated by the inequities of a tax system that favors the rarefied few, were there to...
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Guess What Happened When JPMorgan's CEO Visited Elizabeth Warren's Office
A meeting between Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Jamie Dimon deteriorated almost immediately after the JPMorgan Chase & Co. CEO visited the recently elected senator and consumer advocate at her Capitol Hill office in 2013... ...
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Sneak attack on science by US Congress must stop
Politicians with industry connections are trying to undermine US pollution laws using open access and conflict of interest arguments, warns Andrew Rosenberg
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Federal judge denies FOIA request for secret CIA document
The classified document was at the center of the CIA's snooping on Senate files.
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How the Pentagon Lost Track of $45 Billion
It’s almost impossible to audit what taxpayers have spent to rebuild Afghanistan
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Judge rejects AT&T claim that FTC can’t stop unlimited data throttling
AT&T can't escape the FTC's jurisdiction, despite...
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Indiana woman jailed for “feticide.” It’s never happened before
Purvi Patel was sentenced to 20 years in prison for what she said was a miscarriage.
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Stuck In Seattle
The Aggravating Adventures of a Gigantic Tunnel Drill
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A year after firestorm, DHS wants access to license-plate tracking system
Officials say they have sought to address concerns raised by civil liberties advocates and lawmakers. By Ellen Nakashima
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Tribe’s infighting offers glimpse into Redskins foundation’s tactics
The head of a Utah tribe has lost her job partly because of a trip paid for by the Redskins foundation.
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Next, We Muslims Bring Sharia to Indiana
Allah’s blessings be upon you, Mike Pence. Now that “religious conscience” means whatever, we Muslims are going to town!
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Indiana 'Anti-Gay Law': Firms Criticizing Pence Funded Him As He Fought LGBT Rights
Six of the nine CEOs that have criticized Indiana Gov. Mike Pence's RFRA "anti-gay" law lead firms that have donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to his political campaigns. [Autoplay ad]
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Blast from the Past: When Hawks Wanted to Bomb a 'Suicidal' China
Even before the P5 +1 negotiations with Iran regarding its nuclear program reach a conclusion, hawks in the United States are beating their war drums. Longtime neoconservative activist Joshua Muravchik published a piece in the Washington Post on March 13 ridiculing the notion that diplomacy might work with Tehran, insisting that war as the only prudent alternative.
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The Real Achievement of the Iran Nuclear Deal
Details of the accord matter less than the potential end of Washington's cold war with Tehran. By Peter Beinart
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A rising insurrection against Obama
Republicans are working overtime to sabotage the president. By Colbert I. King
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Rand Paul Will Break Libertarian Hearts, Just Like Reagan Did
The libertarian movement has come from people who don’t see the GOP as their ideal vehicle but as a necessary evil.
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To Get Ahead in Congress: Skip Governing, Raise Money
When Congress returns from recess next week, Rep. Aaron Schock (R-Ill.), who resigned after Politico raised questions about his mileage reimbursements, will not return with it. Before Schock becomes a footnote in history, it’s worth reflecting on how he represents everything wrong with the way Congress raises money.
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Storing Solar Energy: A great idea caught on contested ground
Combining solar power systems with energy storage promises cost-savings and value enhancements achievable for both technologies, but in key states, utilities' protection of their bottom lines is getting in the way
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How Elizabeth Warren made expanding Social Security cool
Warren just turned Social Security expansion—once a progressive pipe dream—into a tough-to-ignore 2016 issue.
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Why security pros don't like Obama's proposal for antihacking law
The tech community has long called for reforming the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act for its overly broad language. But now many worry a White House plan to toughen the law will have a chilling effect on work to expose software weaknesses.
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