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…ternational community). One lesson to be learned from past interactions with Tehran (or lack thereof) is that when the United States proactively opposes Iranian aggression in the Middle East, the regime relents, but when Washington offers a more passive response, Iranian aggress...

… recommend cannabis for conditions not specifically designated. In aggre- gate, across all medical cannabis laws in the United States, cannabis is legally recognized as a form of therapy or medicine for more than 50 qualifying conditions. Common qualifying conditions include Alzh...

…ons of personal jurisdiction into the international field’” Asahi Metal Indus. 480 U.S. at 115, 107 8.Ct. 1026 (quoting United States v. First Nat'l City Bank, 379 U.S. 378, 404, 85 S8.Ct. 528, 138 L.Ed.2d 365 (1965) (Har- lan, J., dissenting)). “[T]he unique bur- dens placed upo...

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… longer fund the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNWRA) because it is an "irredeemably flawed operation." Historically, the United States was the organization's biggest funder — in 2017, the U.S. covered nearly one-third of the agency's budget of $1.1 billion. Angered by the Palestin...

…vernment happily operated in the shadows with no respect for the consent of the governed, but no longer,” he said. “The United States government has committed a tremendous number of crimes against Hong Kong [and] the People’s Republic of China as well.” Under Poitras’s close supe...

… abuse, or that the abuse was OK because she was paid for it — leaves out the fact that this is why we have laws in the United States to protect minor children who are groomed and sexually trafficked by adults." Epstein served 13 months in a Florida prison after pleading guilty...

…untry. They don’t believe in this kind of pan-European Union or they don’t believe in the centralized government in the United States. They'd rather see more of a states-based entity that the founders originally set up where freedoms were controlled at the local level. “You’re...

…as eight years ago, when Internet communications were still in the nascent stage -- although, I must say, Dubai and the United Arab Emirates had already made noteworthy progress in this field. During that initial online interview, my objective was to stimulate the interest of the...

…he was born and raised. Helen Thomas, 92. The pioneering female journalist who worked as White House correspondent for United Press International, where she worked for 57 years, and as a columnist for Hearst Newspapers. Died July 20. Carsten Schloter, 49. The German-born CEO of...

…w suit. Some have argued that negotiations should expand to a "big for big" format, but decades of mistrust between the United States and Iran make smaller deals more practical. Such an approach would have to focus on ending Iran's most problematic enrichment activity: processing...

…chose a circuitous approach. On January 11, he wrote to Micah Lee in Berkeley, California. Given Lee’s residence in the United States, as Snowden knew, the NSA would be legally barred from monitoring his communications without a warrant. He used Lee, who was the chief technology...

…me significance that the same individuals who make up the Organizing Committee are also listed online as serving in CCP United Front Work Department positions in Hong Kong.? The Organizing Committee for the Ryukyus also has a robust online presence, with both a website and a Weib...

…tions here or any confidential information, but on December 30th, I was aware that one of the preeminent lawyers in the United States, David Boies, had agreed to represent Virginia Roberts and given the vast amounts of business that tries to get in the door -- MR. SIMPSON: Could...

…w suit. Some have argued that negotiations should expand to a "big for big" format, but decades of mistrust between the United States and Iran make smaller deals more practical. Such an approach would have to focus on ending Iran's most problematic enrichment activity: processing...