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Ninety miles from the South Eastern tip of the United States, Liberty has no stead. In order for Liberty to exist and thrive, Tyranny must be identified, recognized, confronted and extinguished.
A State Department official and several congressional aides say the outgoing administration formally notified Congress it would spend the money Friday morning, just before Donald Trump became president.
More than $227 million in foreign affairs funding was released at the time, including $4 million for climate change programs and $1.25 million for U.N. organizations.
At least two GOP lawmakers had placed holds on the Palestinian funds. Congressional holds are generally respected by the executive branch but are not legally binding.This was not the first time Obama had granted funding to the Palestinian Authority despite Congress’s wishes. In 2012, for example, he unblocked nearly $200 million that had been frozen in response to Palestinians’ unilateral actions at the United Nations, using a legal waiver included in the Palestinian Accountability Act.
HORRIFIC footage has emerged after a teenager pushed a woman on to live train tracks as he tried to mug her in Germany.
The Moroccan-born boy attempted to rob the woman at a city train station in Hamburg’s Reeperbahn district, just hours after being arrested for a separate assault at a different train station.
The 16-year-old approached the victim as she waited for her train at about 00:50 on Thursday morning, according to CCTV.
The footage shows the boy reaching into the woman’s handbag as she stands on the platform.
As the victim notices the attempted theft, a scuffle breaks out between the pair as she begins to resist.
The 34-year-old cries out for help, but the teen is alleged to have pushed her chest, forcing her backwards from the platform on to the tracks.
The woman...