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Tuesday, 03 December 2019

In announcing his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination last week, former New York mayor and media tycoon Mike Bloomberg added a new wrinkle to the ongoing debate about the trade war with China.

On This Day in American History
On December 3, 1818, Illinois becomes a state. Initially, settlers were unsure about moving to an area that was mostly plains as opposed to forested, but they soon learned the prairie areas offered fertile soil. At the time it was made a state, there were only 35,000 people living there. Initially, settlers were concentrated in the southern part of Illinois, but the population began to shift to the north as settlers realized the prairie areas were great for growing a variety of crops. By 1840, Chicago, the state’s largest city, was a bustling trading hub. Today, Illinois has around 13 million residents.

VIDEO: China is barring United States Navy ships and military aircraft from visiting Hong Kong in retaliation for the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act — legislation that supports pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong. The bill was passed by the U.S. Congress and signed by U.S. President Donald Trump last week.

Native Americans are taking a wait-and-see approach to a new White House task force charged with boosting the physical safety of indigenous people at a time when American Indian and Alaska Native women face risks of going missing or being murdered.

VIDEO: Patriotism is the focus of the holidays at the White House, where this year first lady Melania Trump is presenting Christmas decorations with the theme “The Spirit of America.”

Amnesty International has shared new details of how it developed an authoritative death toll for Iranians killed by their nation’s security forces in anti-government protests last month. In a Monday statement, the London-based human rights group said it had received credible reports that at least 208 protesters were killed in less than a week.

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