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Biden joins long line of presidents to ‘woefully’ undercount civilians killed in US wars
Jun 13, 2021 04:28Human rights defenders have recently accused the Biden administration of joining its predecessors in undercounting the number of civilians killed during US wars, as the latest annual Pentagon report on noncombatants killed by American bombs and bullets was blasted as “grossly inadequate” by a leading ACLU official.
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'Dangerous and unconscionable': Amnesty finds Biden is illegally expelling thousands of unaccompanied children
Jun 13, 2021 04:24A detailed new report by Amnesty International finds that the Biden administration is abusing an anti-trafficking law to forcibly expel thousands of unaccompanied Mexican children seeking asylum at the United States' southern border, often sending them back to dangerous conditions without adequately screening for threats to their safety.
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Poll shows 83% of Americans believe so-called 'war on drugs' an abject failure
Jun 13, 2021 04:19The findings released by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) showed that 83% of Americans say the "war on drugs" has failed.
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AOC condemns Kamala Harris for telling Guatemalan migrants not to come to US
Jun 11, 2021 14:14The progressive New York representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has criticized Vice-President Kamala Harris for saying undocumented migrants from Guatemala should not come to the US.
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Arms sales: What Americans know about bombs being dropped in their name
Jun 11, 2021 13:56In this day and age where videos of U.S. allies committing war crimes are readily available on Twitter or Instagram, no one can claim that they don't know what U.S.-made weapons are used for around the world.
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Senate report details security failures in Jan. 6 capitol riot
Jun 11, 2021 13:53Top federal intelligence agencies failed to adequately warn law enforcement officials before the Jan. 6 riot that pro-Trump extremists were threatening violence, including plans to “storm the Capitol,” infiltrate its tunnel system and “bring guns,” according to a new report by two Senate committees that outlines large-scale failures that contributed to the deadly assault.
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China to fire back at US sanctions
Jun 11, 2021 03:04China will soon pass a law to strike back against the countries that have imposed sanctions on Chinese state organs, enterprises, organizations and functionaries, including those with links to the People’s Liberation Army.
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Pentagon undercounts civilian casualties in new report, experts say
Jun 08, 2021 16:00The annual report vastly understates civilians killed by the U.S. military, and condolence payments are not offered even in confirmed cases.
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Lift criminal blockade on Yemen
Jun 08, 2021 15:58Like the blockade of Gaza that it resembles, the blockade of Yemen slowly strangles civilians to death without doing anything to halt the flow of weapons.
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Biden budget bakes in billions for nuclear weapons
Jun 08, 2021 15:16At a time when the greatest challenges to human lives and livelihoods stem from threats like pandemics and climate change, sustaining Pentagon spending at over three quarters of a trillion dollars a year is both bad budgeting and bad security policy.