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After Closed Briefing, No Leads on Alleged Cuban Sound Attacks

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Members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee received information behind closed doors on an incident in Cuba that left US and Canadian diplomatic staff injured. But answers remain elusive. “No,” committee chairman Sen. Bob Coker (R-Tenn.) told reporters bluntly after the Wednesday briefing, when asked if investigators were any closer to learning what exactly happened. Corker clarified that the US isn’t accusing the Cuban government of being responsible for the incident, which allegedly left 21 diplomats suffering hearing loss and other ailments. He stated, however,…

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Banking Giant Still Has a Scam Factory Blueprint, Democrats Warn, As Wells Fargo CEO Appears Before Senate

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Wells Fargo claims to have changed after its fake accounts scandal made headlines last year, but the bank still seems poised to rip off customers and workers, Senate Democrats said on Tuesday. At a hearing before the Senate Banking Committee, they questioned the integrity of Wells executives and said the framework is still there for the bank to continue to push the boundaries of legality and ethics. “The Federal Reserve should remove all of the current board members who served during the fake accounts scam,”…

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DHS Official: “Rational” Bill Includes Pathway to Citizenship for Dreamers

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In the first oversight hearing focused on the White House’s decision to unwind deportation protections for Dreamers, a Department of Homeland Security official admitted that President Trump would like to see a pathway to citizenship for certain undocumented immigrants. The testimony contradicts prior statements by the President about what should be done for individuals previously covered under the 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which terminates in fewer than six months. Under questioning in the Senate Judiciary Committee from Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.),…

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Independent TV Stations Subject to “Functional” Control by Giant, If FCC Approves Merger

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The proposed Sinclair-Tribune TV broadcasting merger could lead to a single conglomerate exerting significant control over stations that it wouldn’t even own. Integration between the two companies could see advertising markets increasingly dominated by a near-monopoly, Senate Democrats said Friday, in a letter to the country’s lead telecoms regulator. Twenty-four members of the Senate Democratic Caucus signed the letter, calling on FCC Chair Ajit Pai to pump the breaks on his ongoing deregulatory push, noting the $3.9 billion deal between Sinclair and Tribune. The two…

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