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Fort Trump: Is a new US military base in Poland a realistic option?

Fort Blunder US President Donald Trump has said he is “seriously considering” a Polish request that Washington build a new military base in the country. DW spoke with two security experts to determine the viability of such a plan.

Protesters Will March On Trump Tower Thursday To Demand Justice For Puerto Rico

Protesters Will March On Trump Tower Thursday To Demand Justice For Puerto Rico

Local community groups and those personally affected by Hurricane Maria will march on Trump Tower Thursday—the one year anniversary of the storm’s landfall in Puerto Rico—as part of a nationwide week of action aimed at pushing the federal government to commit to a just and transparent rebuilding process on the island. [ more › ]

Indicted NY Congressman Chris Collins Explains Why He’s Still Running: Gothamist Makes hackers look small – elect accused criminal so he can steal more? WTF!

Republican Congressman Chris Collins, who last month was indicted on insider trading charges by federal prosecutors, has re-entered the congressional race, despite initially saying that he would suspend his campaign. In an email to supporters on Wednesday, the three-term congressman promised to “actively campaign” for re-election and assured Buffalo-area voters that they could count on him to serve if elected. That promise comes five weeks after he was arrested by the FBI, following a year-long investigation into his alleged trading on insider information from an Australian biotech company on whose board he served. He was charged with securities fraud, wire fraud, and making false statements and released on $500,000 bail. “The stakes are too high to allow the radical left to take control of this seat in Congress,” Collins wrote in the statement. “Their agenda is clear. They want to reverse the recently enacted tax cuts, impose Canadian style healthcare, inflict new job-killing regulations and impeach President Trump.”

Source: Indicted NY Congressman Chris Collins Explains Why He’s Still Running: Gothamist

‘People will die’, Obama official warns, after Trump slashes refugee numbers

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Bob Carey, who oversaw refugee resettlement under Obama, says Trump administration’s new limit will have dire consequences

A former senior government official who oversaw refugee resettlement under Barack Obama warned that the Trump administration’s decision to slash the refugee admissions cap to a record low could have fatal consequences.

Bob Carey, the director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) under the Obama administration from 2015 to 2017, told the Guardian the new limit of 30,000 refugees per year and the Trump administration’s justification for the cap was “a new low in our history”.

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Air Force: Space Force Would Cost $13 Billion over 5 Years

Those Jetson style uniforms would be costly…

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Creating a Space Force as a separate military service, as proposed by President Donald Trump, would cost an estimated $12.9 billion in its first five years, according to a detailed Air Force plan for how to go about it.
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Robert Burns, Associated Press
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