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US Could Hit Entire International Criminal Court With Sanctions Soon

THE HAGUE/WASHINGTON — The United States is considering imposing sanctions as soon as this week against the entire International Criminal Court, putting the court's day-to-day operations in jeopardy in retaliation for investigations of suspected Israeli war crimes. Washington has already imposed targeted sanctions on several prosecutors and judges at the...

Trump Tells UN That Climate Change Is a ‘Con Job’

UNITED NATIONS — President Donald Trump dismissed climate change as “the greatest con job” in the world during his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, doubling down on his skepticism of global environmental initiatives and multilateral institutions. Scientists say climate change is real, mostly caused by humans,...

Fresno COG Responds to Complaint That Measure C Hid Public Records

A complaint to the Fresno County District Attorney says the agencies overseeing the county's transportation tax have been concealing public records. The Fresno Council of Governments, however, says its Facilitation/Synthesis Committee is "hardly secret." Nonprofit advocacy group Guardians of Growth, led by chairman Brooke Ashjian, who formerly sat on the...

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