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9 votes
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of August 2
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6 votes -
Florida Sheriff's office now notifying people it will be inflicting its 'Pre-Crime Program' on them
18 votes -
Stop saying print journalism is dead. Sixty magazines launched during this crazy year
10 votes -
Is Glenn Greenwald the new master of right-wing media?
6 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of July 26
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8 votes -
Denmark faces legal action over attempts to return Syrian refugees – activists fear a dangerous precedent being set as Copenhagen deems Damascus safe
6 votes -
Sweden charges Iranian with the murder of over 100 political prisoners – since many of the killings occurred during the Iran-Iraq war, they are being considered as war crimes
7 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of July 19
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5 votes -
A remarkable silence: Media blackout after key witness against Assange admits lying
20 votes -
Four months after the Ever Given got stuck in the Suez Canal, neither the canal nor the shipping industry has addressed some of the most critical issues that led to the grounding
12 votes -
Hirschfield v. BATFE: Fourth Circuit holds that federal laws prohibiting handgun sales to persons between the ages of 18-21 unconstitutional under the Second Amendment (PDF opinion)
7 votes -
Airbnb raises violent crime rates in cities as long-term residents are pushed out, says US study
11 votes -
China asks Taliban to make 'clean break' from all terrorist forces
6 votes -
Scientific American retracted pro-Palestine article without any factual errors
12 votes -
Brazil's Bolsonaro may need emergency surgery
5 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of July 12
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6 votes -
Culper Precision has stopped selling a kit that encases Glock handguns in Lego blocks, amid uproar and after the Danish toymaker demanded it cease and desist
12 votes -
Billionaire Phil Anschutz and his wife are suing Colorado for a tax refund. How much they want is a secret.
8 votes -
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s popularity at lowest point so far amid vaccine scandal
9 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of July 5
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6 votes -
Nine people have died onboard an airplane carrying skydivers that crashed as the plane was taking-off in Örebro, Sweden
5 votes -
Haiti President Jovenel Moïse killed in attack at home
19 votes -
Paedophile ring sentenced in Germany
6 votes -
Having doubled the amount of zones under their control in the last two months, even the Taliban are surprised at how fast they're advancing
6 votes -
New vote totals show tighter Democratic race for New York City mayor
5 votes -
Donald Rumsfeld, influential but controversial George W Bush defense secretary, dies at 88
12 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of June 28
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7 votes -
Mike Gravel, former Alaska Senator and anti-war advocate dies at age 91
10 votes -
US tycoon John McAfee found dead in Spanish prison
44 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of June 21
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8 votes -
Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen lose out as French voters shun local elections: Abstention rate estimated at 68%, and exit polls suggest Le Pen’s National Rally failed to get expected support
13 votes -
As Brazil tops 500,000 deaths, protests against president
9 votes -
Sweden's parliament has passed a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Stefan Löfven – Socialdemokraterna leader has a week to resign or call a snap election
7 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of June 14
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7 votes -
Hong Kong's Apple Daily raided by 500 officers over national security law
11 votes -
Sweden's Vänsterpartiet said it would seek to oust PM Stefan Löfven if the government didn't drop or change plans for the abolition of rent controls on new-build properties
7 votes -
As Pedro Castillo nears victory, Peru prepares for what comes next
6 votes -
President of Nigeria bans Twitter as retaliation for deleted Tweet, human rights groups condemn this as restriction on free speech
9 votes -
Five things the media does to manufacture outrage
14 votes -
Slow news is good news
10 votes -
An0m: Hundreds arrested in massive global crime sting using messaging app
19 votes -
Keiko Fujimori’s fraud claims criticised as rival’s narrow lead widens: Pedro Castillo holds 0.4% lead with more than 97% of votes counted
7 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of June 7
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7 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of May 31
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9 votes -
Tiananmen square: Hong Kong vigil organiser arrested on 32nd anniversary
12 votes -
Ottawa says it's not liable for cultural damage caused by Kamloops residential school: court documents
9 votes -
The state of Arizona is preparing to kill death row inmates using hydrogen cyanide, the same lethal gas that was deployed at Auschwitz
22 votes -
Tens of thousands of Brazilians march in upwards of 200 cities to demand Jair Bolsonaro’s impeachment
19 votes -
China allows couples to have three children
15 votes