RACHEL LERMAN / The Associated PressJun 5, 2019
The company toughens its policies to an outright ban on content from extremists and those who promote hoaxes like Holocaust deniers. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
SUDHIN THANAWALA / The Associated PressMar 30, 2019
President Trump did not have authority to lift restrictions on exploration in most Arctic and some Atlantic ocean lease areas, a ruling says. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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These are not countries that pose a danger to the US They are countries that face instability and displacement when the U comes knocking. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigMay 21, 2014
Well said, your honor: A federal judge in Pennsylvania -- one John E. Jones III of the Federal District Court in Harrisburg, to be precise -- did away with the state's ban on same-sex marriage on Tuesday, declaring it unconstitutional with an eloquent flourish. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 18, 2012
Vermont became the first state to ban the controversial gas-drilling technique that pumps huge volumes of toxic fluid deep into the ground and that has been shown to contaminate drinking water supplies. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 3, 2011
The European Union announced Saturday that it is banning purchases of Syrian oil, a first for Europe, which had thus far avoided targeting Syrian industry as a method to stem the government violence there. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 13, 2011
Israeli legislators passed a law Monday prohibiting any and all domestic boycotts against the country and its West Bank settlements as part of an attempt to oppose what they see as a global attack on the state's legitimacy. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 6, 2011
U.S. ally and oil-rich Middle East monarchy Saudi Arabia has responded to domestic dissent by slapping a ban on public demonstrations. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 7, 2011
Rumblings in Tunisia of a plot to bring back President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali has led the country’s new interior minister to suspend all activities of the former ruling political party. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 10, 2011
Spain’s state television network has banned the airing of live bullfighting, angering fans still reeling from prior restrictions against the “sport” in Catalonia. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 13, 2010
Denying a request by the Log Cabin Republicans, U.S. Supreme Court justices Friday allowed the military's “don't ask, don't tell” policy to remain in place while the issue cycles through the federal appeals court circuit. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 3, 2010
In your face, foreign community! Afghan President Hamid Karzai has begun dissolving foreign private security companies, including the firm formerly known as Blackwater, as he moves to make good on a promise to ban the private contractors by year's end. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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