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Numbers games.
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The Consequences of Weak Crowd Numbers

by Jonathan Bernstein | Jan 26, 2017 | Opinion

When it comes to presidential popularity, perceptions can matter in less-than-intuitive ways. Anything that can affect perceptions might actually make a difference to whether a new president gets his way with Congress and to how his party fares in the midterm...

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Thomas Bossert will be Trump’s homeland security aide, the president-elect announced on Tuesday. (Credit: Getty Images / Chip Somodevilla)

Trump Appoints Bossert as Homeland Security Aide

by Mounir al-Manawri | Dec 28, 2016 | World

Washington – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has named Thomas Bossert as his Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counter-terrorism. Bossert served as top homeland security advisor during President George W. Bush’s tenure. Trump’s team announced that...

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Arab and African leaders at the 3rd Africa-Arab Summit (Reuters)

4th Africa-Arab Summit to Call on UNSC to Face JASTA

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Nov 22, 2016 | World

Malabo – Countries participating in the 4TH Africa-Arab Summit will call on the United Nations Security Council to counter the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, know as JASTA, which was passed by the U.S. Senate earlier this year. The law, which enables...

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his American counterpart John Kerry (Reuters)

U.S. House of Representatives Votes Overwhelmingly on Iran Sanctions Renewal

by Heba El Koudsy | Nov 17, 2016 | World

Washington- The United States House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday for the extension of the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA) for another ten years. ISA, which was first adopted in 1996, punishes investments in Iran’s energy industry and deters the...

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Photo caption: President Barack Obama speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, to talk about the breakthrough in the Iranian nuclear talks. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

U.S. “House” Blocks Iranian Deals, Senate to Issue More Sanctions

by Heba El Koudsy | Jul 15, 2016 | World

Washington–U.S. President Barack Obama said the nuclear deal forged with Iran last year has succeeded in hampering the progress of Iran’s nuclear program and spared the world more conflicts. On the occasion of the first year anniversary of the Iranian nuclear deal,...