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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, meets with Iraq's President Barham Salih in Baghdad, during a Middle East tour, on Jan. 9, 2019.

Pompeo makes unannounced visit to Iraq, hears pleas for support

By Nabih Bulos and Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times • January 9, 2019

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo on Wednesday made an unannounced trip to Iraq as part of his Middle East reassurance campaign, and heard pleas for more help in fighting Islamic State militants. Pompeo...

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Trump attorney general pick will let Mueller finish Russia probe, Lindsey Graham says

By Niels Lesniewski, CQ-Roll Call • January 9, 2019

The incoming chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee says he is confident President Donald Trump's nominee to be attorney general is committed to letting the special counsel probe led by Robert S. Mueller...

Acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker responds to the audience after speaking on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, to the Project Safe Neighborhoods national conference at The Westin Crown Center hotel in Kansas City, Mo.

Democrats sets Jan. 29 deadline for acting AG Whitaker to testify

By Griffin Connolly, CQ-Roll Call • January 9, 2019

House Democrats sent a letter Wednesday to acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker demanding that he appear before the House Judiciary Committee by Jan. 29, saying that the government shutdown is no excuse...

The annual Pride Parade in West Hollywood, Calif. was expected to draw tens of thousands of people June 10, 2018. (Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

UC San Diego starts referring to Latinos as ‘Latinx’ in cultural shift

By Gary Robbins | The San Diego Union-Tribune • December 3, 2018
The "gender specific" terms Latino and Chicano are being selectively replaced with "Latinx" and "Chicanx." The change was promoted by students, social justice activists and the LGBTQ community, which are trying to get people to look beyond conventional notions of gender, sex and appearance.
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump disembark from Air Force One in Coraopolis around 4 p.m. on Tuesday.

Trump seeks to end recounts in Florida’s Senate and governor elections, and alleges fraud without evidence

By Eli Stokols | Los Angeles Times • November 12, 2018

President Donald Trump on Monday called for a halt to recounts in Florida, where Republican candidates for Senate and governor lead. He alleged without evidence that Democratic candidates' gains were the...

A screenshot from video reportedly shows Robert Rondo, leader of the so-called Rise Above Movement, attacking a counter-protestor at an event in Huntington Beach, Calif., in March 2017. The photo was included in a criminal complaint released by the Department of Justice. (Department of Justice/TNS)

Calif. white supremacists vowed to ‘reimagine’ racist movements with new look, tactics

By Alene Tchekmedyian and Brittny Mejia | Los Angeles Times • October 25, 2018

From the beginning, the founders of the so-called Rise Above Movement had a goal: to reinvent what it meant to be a white nationalist. Members of the Southern California group were instructed to blend...

Former Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt participates in a meeting with state and local officials regarding the Trump infrastructure plan on Feb. 12, 2018, at the White House in Washington, D.C. The EPA wants to quicken the pace of deregulations. (Chris Kleponis/CNP/Zuma Press/TNS)

EPA aims to triple pace of deregulation in coming year

By Jacob Holzman | CQ-Roll Call • October 18, 2018

The Environmental Protection Agency released a plan for eliminating regulations next year that would likely dwarf its current rule-cutting pace. The agency expects to finalize approximately 30 deregulatory...

A recent study suggests that the more equal women and men are, the less they want the same things. (Dreamstime)

Study: The more equal women and men are, the less they want the same things

By Deborah Netburn | Los Angeles Times • October 18, 2018

Imagine an egalitarian society that treats women and men with equal respect, where both sexes are afforded the same opportunities, and the economy is strong. What would happen to gender differences...

U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley attends Mike Pompeo's confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on April 12, 2018 in Washington, D.C. Haley has resigned, White House officials said. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

Help wanted: Haley’s exit leaves White House without one of its best messengers

By Anita Kumar and Emma Dumain | McClatchy Washington Bureau • October 10, 2018

The departure of Nikki Haley, one of the most polished messengers of President Donald Trump's policy, will leave a void in a chaotic White House where, after two turbulent years, few officials remain who...

Demonstrators opposed to the Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh hold signs in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sept. 27, 2018. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

Senate narrowly approves Brett Kavanaugh to Supreme Court, cementing conservative majority

By Jennifer Haberkorn | Los Angeles Times • October 8, 2018

The Senate on Saturday narrowly confirmed Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, securing a historic conservative majority on the nation's highest court after a tumultuous confirmation process marked by...

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