China Social Media Site Reverses Gay Decision

One of China’s top social networking sites announced Monday that it will no longer be censoring content related to gay issues after the plan triggered a loud public outcry. Weibo.com was flooded over the weekend with the hashtags “#I’mGay” and “#I’mGayNotaPervert” after the Twitter-like platform said that cartoons and…
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First the Moon, then Earth: New theory reverses formation story

Earth’s moon formed inside a cloud of molten rock, and may have done so before our planet itself formed, a new theory suggests.
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Trump Reverses Obama, Orders Gitmo Kept Open

President Trump made some tangible news during his State of the Union address Tuesday: He announced that Gitmo is staying open indefinitely. “In the past, we have foolishly released hundreds of dangerous terrorists, only to meet them again on the battlefield,” said the president. With that in mind, he said…
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Apple Reverses CEO’s Pay Cut

The pay cut that CEO Tim Cook and other Apple execs received after a rare slump in sales last year has been reversed—and then some. According to a Wednesday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, a cash bonus for exceeding the board’s sales and profit targets boosted Cook’s…
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Appeals Court Reverses Itself on Immigrant Seeking Abortion

In a new twist in the ongoing saga of a 17-year-old’s attempts to get an abortion while being held in a federal immigration shelter, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday the Trump administration must stop blocking her from the procedure, Politico reports. A three-judge panel of the court…
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White House Reverses Policy on Campus Sex Assaults

The Trump administration on Friday scrapped Obama-era guidance on investigating campus sexual assault, replacing it with new instructions that allow universities to require higher standards of evidence when handling complaints, the AP reports. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has said that President Obama’s policy had been unfairly skewed against those accused…
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SESSIONS LAYS DOWN LAW AG’s memo reverses Obama-era policies, directs prosecutors to seek max prison sentences

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SANCTUARY NO MORE? City reverses immigration status after complaints

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Venezuelan court reverses move to strip National Assembly of power

Venezuelan government leaders on Saturday urged the country’s Supreme Court to review its decision to take over the National Assembly’s legislative powers, a much-decried move that opposition members have called a coup.
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Trump administration reverses course on nerve-agent pesticide

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday reversed an Obama administration recommendation to ban a pesticide linked to nervous system damage in children.

Newly installed EPA administrator Scott Pruitt signed an order that would allow farmers to continue using chlorpyrifos, which is…

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