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N.Y. / Region
Pentagon Considers Leasing Space at Trump Tower
The suggestion raises questions about a potential conflict of interest because taxpayer dollars could be going directly to the president’s business interests.The conflict of interest problem should end such a consideration.
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N.Y. / Region
Contract for N.Y.P.D. Body Cameras is Under Investigation, Sources Say
The city comptroller learned of the investigation last Friday, leading him to decide against signing off on the $6.4 million contract, an official in his office said.The police would like to control the record.
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Science
Was Data Manipulated in a Widely Cited 2015 Climate Study?
A British tabloid says American government scientists overstated global temperatures to influence climate talks. Respected researchers say that did not happen.A manipulated report would be a disaster for climate research.
For that and many other reasons any report is carefully constructed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_Mail
"The Daily Mail has been accused of racism, and printing sensationalist and inaccurate scare stories of science and medical research.[15][16][17][18] In 2017, a discussion panel of contributors to the English-language version of the Wikipedia website concluded that it could not generally be used as a reliable source due to its "reputation for poor fact checking, sensationalism, and flat-out fabrication.""
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U.S.
Pentagon Unit Considered Setting Up a Secret Overseas Prison
The proposal was presented in a 2002 memo written in part by one of the psychologists who eventually helped create the C.I.A.’s “enhanced interrogation” program.It would surprise me if such a memo did not exist.
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U.S.
DeVos Nomination Faces Vote; Trump Travel Ban Gets Hearing
A Senate vote is set on Betsy DeVos as education chief, a federal court will hear arguments on the immigration ban and Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz will debate.DeVos is confirmed. The travel ban is still out. Bernie is welcome to an audience.
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The Upshot
How to Fix (or Wreck) Obamacare: Advice for Tom Price
The new secretary of Health and Human Services has some big decisions to make quickly. First, whether to stabilize Obamacare or burn it to the ground.That the nation would be better with a functioning health care system is apparent.
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Business Day
Daytime TV’s New Star? Sean Spicer
His press briefings, carried live by the cable news networks, are pulling in an average of 4.3 million, with some viewership rising about 10 percent.Sean Spicer has an impossible task.
Trump may implode shortly.
The damage could be finite.
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World
Going Home to Falluja, a City Slipping Back Into Turmoil
Times journalists visit a former ISIS stronghold and find it struggling to recover. Residents feel angry and abandoned, and militant attacks have resumed.Promises that are not kept will be remembered long after good actions are forgotten.
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