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FCC Chairman Ajit Pai accused of cherry-picking data to repeal net neutrality
Pai says that the introduction of net neutrality rules in 2015 caused investment from carriers to go down by 9 percent, but his claim is rather misleading.
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Racism, Gun Ownership and Gun Control: Biased Attitudes in US Whites May Influence Policy Decisions
Objective Racism is related to policies preferences and behaviors that adversely affect blacks and appear related to a fear of blacks (e.g., increased policing, death penalty). This study examined whether racism is also related to gun ownership and opposition to gun controls in US whites. Method The most recent data from the American National Election Study, a large representative US sample, was used to test relationships between racism, gun ownership, and opposition to gun control in US whites.
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Trump said "despicable" racist comments about blacks, Jews in "Apprentice" meetings, claims former producer
Tapes of Trump's allegedly racist remarks are in "some warehouse," says the former "Apprentice" producer.
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Trump said "despicable" racist comments about blacks, Jews in 'Apprentice' meetings, claims former producer
Tapes of Trump's allegedly racist remarks are in "some warehouse," says the former "Apprentice" producer.
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Tim Murphy resigns from Congress
"It was Dr. Murphy’s decision to move on to the next chapter of his life, and I support it," Speaker Paul Ryan says in a statement. The anti-abortion Republican was embroiled in scandal after reportedly encouraging a woman he was romantically involved with to terminate a pregnancy.
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Ga. sheriff indicted for sexual battery in high school drug search
Deputies allegedly touched girls vaginas and breasts and groped boys in their groin area during the search at the Worth County High School April 14.
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Trump slams late night comedians for 'unfunny' anti-Trump jokes
President Trump lashed out at late-night comedians and the media on Twitter Saturday morning, suggesting that Republicans aren’t given “equal time” to Democrats on television.
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Mike Pence Left NFL Game Over Kneeling Protests
“POTUS and I will not dignify any event that disrespects our soldiers, our Flag, or our National Anthem.”
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Donald Trump just threatened to shut down one of America's biggest news stations
Donald Trump has threatened to shut down NBC and other American networks, saying that they peddle fake news.
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The Trump Effect | Energy & Environment
Tracking the impact of the president’s policies
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Sinclair is targeting PolitiFact. You need to know the facts
The Sinclair Broadcasting Group, the nation's largest owner of television stations, is attacking PolitiFact for a recent fact-check we published about federal funding related to superstorm Sandy. Sinclair, which has faced criticism for a clear conservative point of view, published a video commentary last week saying we fabricated data related to a fact-check we published on Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. Cruz claimed,
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A Stunning Blow to Obamacare
In the biggest attack on the healthcare law yet, the administration will end payments that insurers use to help poor customers.
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Trump says he talked to the president of the U.S. Virgin Islands, which, hate to break the news, is himself
Is President Donald Trump aware residents of the U.S. Virgin Islands are, in fact, Americans? It's unclear.
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The US just withdrew from UNESCO
The United States has withdrawn from Unesco over what it claims is the organisation's "continuing anti-Israel bias". The US State Department recently announced its intention to withdraw from the UN's cultural, scientific and educational organisation and become a permanent observer instead.
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What Facebook Did to American Democracy
And why it was so hard to see it coming
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Hillary Clinton: Trump will provoke 'nuclear arms race' over North Korea
Former secretary of state refuses to say if successor Tillerson should go but decries Trump approach to Iran nuclear deal
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How Congress allied with drug company lobbyists to derail the DEA’s war on opioids
The DEA's ability to go after drug distributors was weakened even as opioid-related deaths continue to rise.
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Michigan marijuana proposals head to the ballot
The latest fight over marijuana in Detroit hits the polls on Nov. 7.
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Man rescued from Taliban: I thought my captors were kidding when they said Trump was president
A Canadian man who was recently freed after being held in Afghanistan by Taliban-tied kidnappers for five years said he thought his captors were joking when they told him Donald Trump was president.
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Opinion | Thanks to Trump, America’s word is now worthless
And the effects could damage our national interests even after he's gone.
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