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Fast Forward Sheryl Sandberg Makes Mother’s Day Plea For Family Friendly Policies
Facebook Inc Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg posted a Mother’s Day appeal on Sunday for federal and corporate policies to benefit working parents, including a minimum wage increase, mandated paid parental leave and affordable childcare. Sandberg, an influential voice in corporate America and author of the successful 2013 book “Lean In,” said the U.S. government…
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Fast Forward Chuck Schumer Threatens To Boycott FBI Confirmation If No Special Prosecutor Named
The top Democrat in the U.S. Senate said on Sunday that Democrats would consider refusing to vote on a new FBI director until a special prosecutor is named to investigate President Donald Trump’s potential ties to Russia. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said his caucus has not yet made a decision on whether to withhold…
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Fast Forward Israeli Army Kills Palestinian During West Bank Clashes
Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian during stone-throwing clashes in the occupied West Bank on Friday, residents and the Palestinian Health Ministry said. An Israeli military spokeswoman said about 100 Palestinians were involved in what she described as a violent riot during which they threw stones at Israeli soldiers. “In response to the threat the…
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Fast Forward Hamas Leader: No Change In Our Stance Toward Israel
One of Hamas’s most senior officials said on Wednesday that a document published by the Islamist Palestinian group last week was not a substitute for its founding charter, which advocates Israel’s destruction. Speaking in Gaza City, Mahmoud al-Zahar said the political policy document announced on May 1 did not contradict its founding covenant, published in…
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Fast Forward Senators Demand Probe Into Carl Icahn Benefiting From Trump Biofuels Plan
Eight Democratic Senators on Tuesday asked U.S. regulators to launch an investigation into billionaire Carl Icahn’s activities in the U.S. biofuels blending credit market, saying the activist investor may have violated securities trading laws since becoming an adviser to President Donald Trump. The letter was signed by Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Sheldon Whitehouse…
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Fast Forward Emmanuel Macron Scores Landslide Win Over Le Pen In France
Emmanuel Macron was elected president of France on Sunday with a business-friendly vision of European integration, defeating Marine Le Pen, a far-right nationalist who threatened to take France out of the European Union, early projections showed. The centrist’s emphatic victory, which also smashed the dominance of France’s mainstream parties, will bring huge relief to European…
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Fast Forward Kushners Bar Reporters From China Investors Event After Critical Stories
Organizers barred journalists on Sunday from a publicly advertised event in Shanghai that offered Chinese investors the chance to get U.S. immigrant visas if they put money in a real estate project linked to the family of President Donald Trump’s son-in-law. The two-tower luxury apartment complex in New Jersey, One Journal Square, is being developed…
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Fast Forward German Army Searches Barracks After Nazi Propaganda Found
The head of Germany’s armed forces has called for an inspection of all army barracks after investigators discovered Nazi-era military memorabilia in a garrison, broadening a scandal about right-wing extremism among soldiers. The discovery at a barracks in Donaueschingen, in southwest Germany, was made in an investigation that began after similar Nazi-era items were found…
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