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A royal decree by Saudi King Salman has ‘pre-exonerated’ all troops fighting in Yemen from any accountability issues they may face over their conduct in the war, in which thousands of civilians have been killed and wounded. A statement announcing the early pardon, released by Saudi Arabia’s state news agency SPA, said the pardon extends […]
It’s time to push back on the US government’s “backdoor” spying on its citizens under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, and introduce stricter controls to protect civil liberties, attorney Michael Flanagan believes. Last week, leaders of the US intelligence community urged Congress to reauthorize FISA section 702 before it expires at the end of the year, […]
Warzer Jaff for BuzzFeed News A Mosul native surveys the aftermath of an air or artillery strike by the US-led coalition fighting ISIS that killed members of his family. WASHINGTON — The US-led coalition fighting ISIS has admitted responsibility for the deaths of 36 civilians in three military strikes in Mosul after they were detailed […]
Enlarge / A recent drought in Texas, which led to agricultural losses, has been tied to our warming planet. (credit: Bob Nichols, USDA) The US Government Accountability Office is a nonpartisan organization that performs analysis and investigations for the Senate and House. Recently, two senators—Maine Republican Susan Collins and Washington Democrat Maria Cantwell—asked it to […]
GUEST: We live in exciting times of unprecedented progress. Automation has a significant role in propelling human advancement, and digital transformation is the new status quo. RPA, AI, and cognitive machine learning technologies are in the hands of business leaders as they command a new digital workforce. But as we cut costs and focus on […]
Screenshot via CNN CNN host Jake Tapper dressed down President Donald Trump after a series of public blunders that have damaged the White House’s credibility. Tapper opened a monologue on his program, “The Lead,” on Thursday recapping the drama around Trump’s suggestion that there were “tapes” of his conversations with FBI Director James Comey, who […]
Published time: 14 Mar, 2017 23:28 Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has taken steps to eliminate the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) — a regulation that requires states to work with teachers and parents when creating performance goals for students. A new template for states creating their ESSA plans removes the requirement that parents, teachers, administrators, […]
In his quest against ‘fake news’, Donald Trump has launched a Mainstream Media Accountability Survey asking Americans to “fight back against the media’s attacks and deceptions.” The unprecedented poll was met with much trolling online. In the wake of Trump’s press conference where he attacked much of the media for its alleged biased reporting and […]
