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Ethical Alarm Bells Raised Over Trump’s “Shadow Cabinet” Of Advisers

Ethics experts say reports of son-in-law Jared Kushner officially joining White House team show lack of accountability for officials who do not need congressional approval

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By Nadia Prupis
Jared Kushner, son in-law of President-elect Donald Trump, left, walks with Trump's Chief Strategist Stephen Bannon at Indianapolis International Airport, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016, in Indianapolis, Ind. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

(REPORT) --- President-elect Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner will be named a senior adviser in the administration, according to reports, an announcement that brought new scrutiny to the potential conflicts of interest among Trump's so-called "shadow" officials—who, unlike his cabinet nominees, do not have to go through a congressional

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Theresa May Seeks To Pull UK From European Convention On Human Rights

May is expected to make the withdrawal a central mandate of her campaign to be formally voted into office in 2020.

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By Nadia Prupis

(REPORT) --- British Prime Minister Theresa May will campaign to withdraw the United Kingdom from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) in 2020, according to new reports. May is expected to make the withdrawal a central mandate of her campaign to be formally voted into office in 2020. She became the unelected leader of the U.K. after

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Senate Dems Demand To Know EPA Nominee’s Ties To Koch Brothers

Lawmakers ask Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to disclose relationship to public policy institute funded by Koch-related initiative.

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Attorney General Scott Pruitt (Republican of Oklahoma) is seen in the lobby of the Trump Tower in New York, New York, on November 28, 2016. Credit: Anthony Behar / Pool via CNP /MediaPunch/IPX

Senate Democrats are demanding to know what's behind Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head nominee Scott Pruitt's ties to the reclusive conservative billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch. The lawmakers, led by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, wrote a letter (pdf) to Pruitt on Tuesday demanding that he provide "a full

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US Arms Sales Boomed In 2015

Many of those weapons have gone to aid the Saudi-led, U.S.-supported coalition fighting rebels in Yemen at a high civilian price.

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A Royal Saudi Arabian Air Force pilot adjusts his oxygen mask while in the cockpit of a an American-made F-5 Tiger II aircraft prior to flying a training mission at Williams Air Force Base.

(REPORT) --- The U.S. sold more weapons than any other country in 2015 despite a drop in the global arms trade, according to a new congressional report. At $40 billion, the U.S. signed more than half of all arms agreements last year, and more than double the next-highest seller, which was France at $15 billion. American weapons sales included

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‘Fascist Rhetoric’ Becoming Commonplace In US And Europe: UN

Human rights chief’s warning comes as far-right Dutch politician favored to become Prime Minister is convicted of inciting discrimination.

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FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2010 file photo, Jeff Hall holds a Neo Nazi flag while standing at Sycamore Highlands Park near his home in Riverside, Calif. On Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Sandy Huffaker)

The "rhetoric of fascism" is on the rise in the U.S. and Europe, a United Nations official warned on Thursday, a disturbing trend that puts "unprecedented pressure" on human rights standards around the world. "Anti-foreigner rhetoric full of unbridled vitriol and hatred is proliferating to a frightening degree, and is increasingly unchallenged,"

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#SanctuaryCampus Campaign Spreads As 28 Schools Vow To Protect Students

The immigrant-led movement calls for universities to make campuses safe for undocumented students at risk of deportation.

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By Nadia Prupis
University of New Mexico student LuzHilda Campos, left, and Chicano studies professor Irene Vasquez, right, present a letter with hundreds of signatures on Friday, Nov. 18, 2016, to school president Bob Frank asking him to declare the campus a "sanctuary university," in Albuquerque, N.M.. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)

The movement to make college campuses into sanctuaries for undocumented students is growing, with walkouts and sit-ins taking place around the country on Thursday. Students and faculty in Massachusetts, New York, Texas, and Washington state held protests to support the #SanctuaryCampus movement, asking their universities to refuse voluntary

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Stein’s Recount Battle Continues, Here’s The Latest

The recount is set to take place in Wisconsin, and potentially in Michigan and Pennsylvania.

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An Arizona elections official at the Maricopa inserts ballots into a machine to recount the votes in the 5th Congressional District race Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein on Monday told the Wisconsin Elections Commission that she would sue unless the state conducted its recount by hand. Unless she wins the case in Dane County Circuit Court, officials in all of Wisconsin's 72 counties could decide whether they want to count election ballots manually or by machine, the

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