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WebOct 20, 2022 · In this decision, the court ruled in favor of a lawsuit from two trade groups seeking to overturn the CFPB’s 2017 payday lending rule. Because the CFPB’s funding is unconstitutional, the decision said, the rule itself is invalid. ... Other courts have found the CFPB’s funding to be constitutional, a point the Wednesday ruling acknowledged ...

WebThere was considerable sympathy among the Boer population of South Africa for the German cause. Only twelve years had passed since the end of the Second Boer War, in which Germany had offered the two Boer republics unofficial support in their war with the British Empire.Lieutenant-Colonel Manie Maritz, heading commando forces on the border …

WebThe previous Turkish general election took place in 2018. The election marked the country's transition from a parliamentary system to a presidential one, as narrowly endorsed by voters in the 2017 constitutional referendum.That election resulted in a victory for incumbent president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who had held the position since 2014.Meanwhile, the …

WebOctober 15: 2005 Iraqi constitutional referendum: Voters approve Iraq's new constitution. Oct. 19: Start of Saddam Hussein's trial. Oct. 24 – The Palestine Hotel and the Sheraton Ishtar hotel in Baghdad are hit by truck bombs; the attacks are captured on film. November. Nov. 5: Operation Steel Curtain launched to root out foreign fighters.

WebSuffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise, is the right to vote in public, political elections and referendums (although the term is sometimes used for any right to vote). In some languages, and occasionally in English, the right to vote is called active suffrage, as distinct from passive suffrage, which is the right to stand for election. The combination of …

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WebOn 29 April 2017, Turkish authorities blocked online access to Wikipedia in all languages across Turkey. The restrictions were imposed in the context of the purges that followed the coup attempt, a few weeks after a significant constitutional referendum, and following more selective partial blocking of Wikipedia content in previous years.

WebYoweri Kaguta Museveni Tibuhaburwa (born 15 September 1944) is a Ugandan politician and retired senior military officer who has been the 9th and current President of Uganda since 26 January 1986. Museveni spearheaded rebellions with aid of then current military general Tito Okello and general Bale Travor that toppled Ugandan presidents Milton …

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WebMarriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses.It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between them and their in-laws. It is considered a cultural universal, [citation needed] but the definition of marriage varies …