Trump Holds Phone Call With Putin

November 21, 2017 Summary On November 21st, President Trump announced that he had held a phone call with Putin lasting over an hour. The call reportedly focused on the Syrian civil war, the global fight against terrorism, the North Korea threat, and the Iran nuclear...

Trump Declares North Korea a State Sponsor of Terrorism

November 20, 2017 Summary On November 20th, Trump returned North Korea to the list of state sponsors of terrorism. Originally added in 1988 after the bombing of South Korean flight 858 the year before, President Bush chose to remove them in 2008 after a U.S. report...

Nebraska Approves Keystone XL Pipeline

Approved by the Nebraska Public Service Commission on November 20, 2017 Summary Last Monday, five members of an obscure Nebraska committee voted three-to-two in favor of TransCanada’s Keystone XL Pipeline (KXL) route through their state. The Keystone XL is the name...

DeVos Rescinds Special Education Guidances

Policy Change Announced on October 2, 2017  Summary Stating that the move would in no way impact the services currently received by disabled students, DeVos rescinded 72 special education guidance documents that her department referred to as “outdated, unnecessary or...

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