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Taxes Without Borders

World Health Organization mulling global cigarette tax

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WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) is considering a global excise tax of up to 70 percent on cigarettes at an upcoming November conference, leading to concerns from free market tax policy analysts about fiscal sovereignty and bureaucratic mission creep.

FISA Fight

Congressional vote to reauthorize surveillance program highlights administration reversals on spying, transparency

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"The Conversation" 1974 film

The Obama administration is pushing for the reauthorization of a law allowing warrantless wiretaps and prolonging Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests despite campaigning against such measures and promising to be the most transparent administration ever.