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WASHINGTON In the minds of some of former president Donald Trump’s supporters, when hundreds of rioters descended on the US Capitol on Jan. 6, it was because Trump told them to do it.
“The president of the United States of America was telling citizens something evil has happened and you all have to go fix it,” a lawyer for Jeffrey Sabol, charged with using a stolen police baton to attack an officer, told a judge.
Jacob Chansley, the “QAnon shaman” who left a note for then–vice president Mike Pence on the Senate dais that read “justice is coming” and is charged with carrying around a 6-foot pole with a metal spearhead, wouldn’t have gone to the Capitol “but for the specific words of the then-President,” his lawyer argued.
May 6, 2021
FILE - In this Oct. 7, 2020, file photo, a video surveillance camera is installed on the ceiling above a subway platform in the Court Street station in the Brooklyn borough of New York. State lawmakers across the U.S. are reconsidering the tradeoffs of facial recognition technology amid civil rights and racial bias concerns. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
COLUMBUS (AP) Law enforcement agencies across the U.S. have used facial recognition technology to solve homicides and bust human traffickers, but concern about its accuracy and the growing pervasiveness of video surveillance is leading some state lawmakers to hit the pause button.
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By Obinna Chima
The Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, yesterday announced the appointment of Angela Ellard of the United States, Anabel González of Costa Rica, Ambassador Jean-Marie Paugam of France and Ambassador Xiangchen Zhang of China as her four Deputy Directors-General.
In a statement posted on the WTO’s website, the former Nigeria finance minister reiterated her commitment to strengthening the global trade body.
“I am very pleased to announce the appointment of four new Deputy Directors-General at the WTO. It is the first time in the history of our Organization that half of the DDGs are women.
Political Spouses Have Evolved Since Martha Washington
In the early years of the Republic, wives of politicians were often helpmates and could wield power despite their gender. Today, spouses challenge traditional gender norms in politics and have broad work portfolios.
May 5, 2021 •
Doug Emhoff, America s first Second Gentleman, and husband of Vice President Kamala Harris. The existence of a second gentleman is historic and unprecedented. It s the strongest example yet of how political spouses have evolved since the days of Martha Washington. (Whitehouse.gov) Politics has long been the domain of men, but from the very beginning political spouses have wielded significant power behind the scenes. More recently, political spouses have forged formidable roles as partners and allies. Their role reveals the complicated relationship between power and gender, while demonstrating how our cultural expectations have evolved and what has remained the