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[ July 20, 2018 ] White House Says That There are no Talks for Pardons in Russia Probe ‘At This Time’ Administration
[ July 20, 2018 ] Tehran Claims It Rejected Eight Requests from Trump for Rouhani Meeting Foreign Policy
[ July 20, 2018 ] Oil Set for Weekly Drop as Trade Fears Eclipse Saudi Supply Vow Business
[ July 20, 2018 ] Counterprotesters Burn American flag Outside Office of Maxine Waters Politics
[ July 20, 2018 ] Israeli Parliament Passes Controversial Jewish Nation-state Bill Foreign Policy

Foreign Policy

Tehran Claims It Rejected Eight Requests from Trump for Rouhani Meeting

Iran rejected eight requests from the United States for a meeting of their presidents at the United Nations General Assembly last year, a top Iranian official said Wednesday, The New York Times writes. The assertion [...]
Foreign Policy

Merkel Says Transatlantic Relations with Trump are Crucial to Germany

Relations between Germany and the United States are crucial, Chancellor Angela Merkel stated on Friday a week after U.S. President Donald Trump accused Berlin of being a “captive” of Russia due to its energy reliance. [...]
Politics

McConnell’s Spokesman Says Putin is Not Invited to Congress

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s spokesman said on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is not invited to Congress if he visits Washington, D.C., this fall. “There is no invitation from Congress,” McConnell spokesman David [...]
Politics

98-0 Senate Votes Against Russia Questioning U.S. Officials

On Thursday, the Senate unanimously voted a resolution prohibiting President Donald Trump from allowing the Russian government to question U.S. diplomats and other officials. According to Politico, this comes shortly after the White House released [...]
Environment

Federal Court Dismisses New York City’s Climate Change Lawsuit Against Oil Producers

New York City’s lawsuit seeking to make several major oil companies financially responsible for dealing with climate change was dismissed by a federal judge, saying that the legal effort wasn’t permitted under the federal Clean [...]

Oil Set for Weekly Drop as Trade Fears Eclipse Saudi Supply Vow

July 20, 2018

After U.S. President Donald Trump pressured Saudi Arabia to boost oil production, the country has rushed to listen and started to enhance their production only to find out that global markets might not yet need it, Bloomberg informed. The kingdom’s crude output surged [...]
Saudi Aramco in Talks for Stake in World’s Fourth-largest Chemical Firm

July 19, 2018
Texas Soon to Become Third in Oil Production, Just Behind Saudi Arabia

July 18, 2018
Justice Department Appeals Judge’s Approval of AT&T-Warner Merger

July 13, 2018

White House Says That There are no Talks for Pardons in Russia Probe ‘At This Time’

July 20, 2018

The White House on Wednesday did not reject the option that President Donald Trump might issue pardons to his former senior aides that are facing charges from special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee [...]
Trump: ‘Obama Was Patsy for Russia’

July 20, 2018
Air Force Chief Says He ‘Loves’ Trump Space Force Talk

July 19, 2018

Tehran Claims It Rejected Eight Requests from Trump for Rouhani Meeting

July 20, 2018

Iran rejected eight requests from the United States for a meeting of their presidents at the United Nations General Assembly last year, a top Iranian official said Wednesday, The New York Times writes. The assertion [...]
Israeli Parliament Passes Controversial Jewish Nation-state Bill

July 20, 2018
Merkel Says Transatlantic Relations with Trump are Crucial to Germany

July 20, 2018

Microsoft Says They Stopped Hacking Attempts of Congressional Candidates; First Since 2016

July 20, 2018

Microsoft on Thursday stated that it identified and helped neutralize hacking attempts on three congressional candidates earlier this year, marking the first publicly known hacking efforts targeting candidates in the 2018 midterm elections, Politico reported. [...]
Activists Manipulate Google Search to Link ‘Idiot’ with Images of Trump

July 19, 2018
NASA Plans to Build Space Station in Moon’s Orbit by Mid-2020s

July 19, 2018

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