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Generally speaking, the archaeological evidence suggests that the state emerged from stateless communities only when a fairly large population (at least tens of thousands of people) was more or less settled together in a particular territory and practised agriculture. Indeed, one of the typical functions of the state is the defense of territory.
According to the Government Accountability Office’s first ever study of the problem, released late last year, the federal government likely loses between $233 billion and $521 billion annually ...
Free land, costly homes. The idea stretches back to the Homestead Act of 1862: Spur economic growth in rural America by giving away free land to those who will make good use of it.
There is “no evidence” that undercover FBI employees joined the crowds at the Capitol in the days leading up to and on January 6, and none who were in Washington at the time were authorized to ...
On March 1, 2010, the Brooklyn District Attorney's office determined that the videos were "heavily edited" to give a misleading impression, [68] and concluded that there was no criminal wrongdoing by the ACORN Brooklyn staff filmed in the videos. [69] A law enforcement source said, "They edited the tape to meet their agenda." [70] [71]
The Swiss government refused to take part in the settlement, and started a CHF 300 million Special Fund for Holocaust Victims with the Swiss National Bank. [33] It also commissioned an independent panel of international scholars known as the Bergier Commission to study the relationship between Switzerland and the Nazi regime.
The purpose of these two 1980s-era programs was "so that there was no way you could 'double dip' into both a federal pension and Social Security," explains Jill Schlesinger, CBS News business analyst.
Despite the investigation finding no evidence of wrongdoing, [4] [5] it resulted in a formal three-committee impeachment inquiry led by Comer. [6] A profile from the New York Times noted that this investigation "propelled [Comer] to stardom" and noted that he had "become an aggressive promoter of sinister-sounding claims about the president and ...