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America has a long, complicated track record of dreading that robots would take our jobs.

The good news for 2018 is that with the defeat of Isis, the barbarous wars that have torn apart Iraq since 2003 and Syria since 2011 may finally be coming to an end. And now the winners and losers are emerging who will shape the region for decades.

A new global CEO pay comparison, the most dramatic yet, demolishes the standard-issue corporate rationale for America's over-the-top executive compensation.

· The broad protest movement of the masses against the dictatorial regime of Iran must be expanded and organised through progressive and national slogans, towards the developing of a united action of various social strata; from the workers and working people to the militant youth, student and women.

Perhaps people really were just chanting about a metaphor at Trump rallies.

For no good reason, other than spite and symbolism, Trump goes after Central American immigrants with Temporary Protected Status

A sharp kink in the jet stream is driving the storm's strong winds and precipitation

Unless Congress stops him, Sessions is about to turn thousands of Americans into federal criminals.

Wolff appears to have played a monster hand of access journalism poker, bluffing his way into the good graces of the administration by attacking mainstream reporters for critical reporting in the early months of the Trump presidency only to rake in the pot by producing a devastating account of those who considered him a sympathetic observer.

"Subjects will cover Thinnest Skinned & Outrageous Use of Laws, in various categories for world leaders."