The Trump-SoftBank-Saudi Connection
Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank Vision Fund could be described as a front for Saudi Arabia, and a contradiction to President Trump’s nationalistic rhetoric.
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Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank Vision Fund could be described as a front for Saudi Arabia, and a contradiction to President Trump’s nationalistic rhetoric.
After a cordial transfer of power, President Trump and former President Barack Obama have publicly criticized each other to an unusual degree.
A secret all-male group is being investigated after revelations that it had shared thousands of naked and private photos of Marine Corps women.
A suspension of refugee admissions to the United States puts in doubt an Obama administration program meant to aid Central American children.
A nonprofit plans to renovate and expand a former power station in Gowanus, turning it into a factory of sorts for producing art.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 1, 2017, covering March 7, 2017.
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Bruno Mars
Big Sean
Migos
The Weeknd
2017Lynne Stewart, American attorney and activist (born 1939)[†]
Lynne Irene Stewart was an American defense attorney who was known for representing controversial, famous defendants. She herself was convicted on charges of conspiracy and providing material support to terrorists in 2005, and sentenced to 28 months in prison. Her felony conviction led to her being automatically disbarred. She was convicted of helping pass messages from her client Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, an Egyptian cleric convicted of planning terror attacks, to his followers in al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya, an organization designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the United States Secretary of State.
In 2017, the world population was approximately 7,645,617,954 people[†]