MPs demand Zelensky, Trump investigate suspicion of U.S.-Ukraine corruption involving $7.4 bln

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Supreme Court puts hold on House subpoena for Trump financial records

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“Democrats said they needed the documents to investigate whether the president accurately filled out required disclosure forms.”

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday put a temporary hold on a House subpoena for President Donald Trump's financial records spanning eight years. The House Government Oversight committee subpoenaed the material in April. The committee acted after former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen testified...

The Dawes Act: How Congress tried to destroy Indian reservations

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Happy Birthday U.S. Marine Corps.

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Today is the 244th birthday of the U.S. Marine Corps. If you're close to anyone who ever served in the Marines, you might know this already. Yes, the other services -- the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard -- celebrate their birthdays each year (June 14, October 13, September...

'Coup has started,' whistleblower's attorney said in 2017 posts calling for impeachment

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Mark Zaid, one of the attorneys representing the intelligence community whistleblower at the center of the Democrats' ongoing impeachment inquiry, tweeted conspicuously in January 2017 that a "coup has started" and that "impeachment will follow ultimately." Then, in July 2017, Zaid remarked, "I...

Congressional Medal of Honor hero Ernest 'Ernie' CHILDERS [1918 - 2005].

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Ernest Childers (1918-2005) (Creek) joined the National Guard of Oklahoma in 1937 on graduation from Chilocco Indian School, and was called up for active duty in the U.S. Army by President Franklin Roosevelt's Executive Orders of August and September 1940. Indians from Montana Indian...

Cities, tribes try a new environmental approach: Give nature rights

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When members of the White Earth band of Ojibwe in Minnesota take out their canoes to harvest wild rice, they're gathering a source of nourishment and following a tradition that has connected them to the land for generations. But to the White Earth people, manoomin isn't just a resource to be...

NATIONAL AMERICAN INDIAN HERITAGE MONTH

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Public Service Announcement History of National American Indian Heritage Month What started at the turn of the century as an effort to gain a day of recognition for the contributions of the many intertribal cultures, as well as to educate everyone about the rich history,...

Native American tribe regains island taken after 1860 massacre

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“Most of an island off northern California will again belong to the Wiyot Tribe, which was decimated by settlers in 1860.”

An island off the coast of northern California was the site of a massacre of members of an indigenous tribe, a place that was contaminated by a shipyard and flush with invasive species. But it is also the spiritual and physical centre of the universe for the small Wiyot Tribe, and it will belong...

Amazon Tribe Wins Lawsuit Against Big Oil, Saving Millions Of Acres Of Rainforest

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The Amazon Rainforest is well known across the world for being the largest and most dense area of woodland in the world. Spanning across nine countries, the Amazon is home to millions of different animal and plant species, as well as harboring some for the world's last remaining indigenous...