It was the first time a Malaysian king had abdicated.
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Second, they abdicated any independent power the Senate once enjoyed.
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"Donald Trump has abdicated his responsibility as president," McAuliffe said.
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The last time a Japanese emperor abdicated was in 1817.
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He, in turn, abdicated in favor of Henri in 21984.
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Yet given a much bigger platform, he abdicated this vital responsibility.
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In the hour of her notoriety, when Edward VIII abdicated the
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Muhammad V, 49, abdicated after just two years on the throne.
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Yet Congress has abdicated this responsibility for more than a decade.
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Republican legislators abdicated their duty by refusing to seek the truth.
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At Chairman Ajit Pai's direction, the commission abdicated that authority this year.
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And so, it appears that DOJ abdicated its role as neutral arbiter.
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You abdicated your responsibility as a citizen at the worst possible time!
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For too long, Congress has abdicated its constitutional duties to declare war.
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The palace was also the place where Napoléon finally abdicated the throne.
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It's going to be that the United States unilaterally, essentially, has abdicated.
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The king abdicated the throne in 1936 in order to marry Simpson.
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Both groups have abdicated the national story to their shared political enemies.
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"Israel, the occupying power, has abdicated its international responsibility," he told reporters.
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The Grand Duke abdicated in 2000 in favor of his son Henri.
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The last time an emperor abdicated the throne in Japan was 1817.
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Then-King Edward VIII abdicated the throne rather than end the relationship.
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Sometimes, it feels like "the government has abdicated its responsibility entirely," he said.
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King Felipe VI took over in 2014 after his father, Juan Carlos, abdicated.
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"The day that was abdicated was the day this became personal," he said.
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Sheikh Hamad abdicated in 2013 in favour of his son, Tamim bin Hamad.
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It's so beautiful we're pretty sure Elsa from Frozen just abdicated from shame.
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Juan Carlos, 80, abdicated in 2014 in favor of his son Felipe, 50.
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He has abdicated global leadership and renounced the international order that America made.
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Nobody is advocating that justice be abdicated to the United States this time.
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Ryan has, of course, also abdicated Congress's constitutional responsibilities in an unprecedented way.
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You know very well, of course, that popes have abdicated, albeit very rarely.
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Albert abdicated in 2013, citing ill health as his reason to do so.
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The EPA has abdicated its responsibility time and again where asbestos is concerned.
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Many across the country have stepped into roles too many adults have abdicated.
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King George VI became king of England after his brother abdicated the throne.
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Rather, a system that routinely leaves vulnerable riders stranded has abdicated its responsibility.
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The FCC abdicated its responsibility to protect consumers and competition in the broadband market.
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They can't go to the FCC because the FCC abdicated their authority over broadband.
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When Juan Carlos abdicated the throne in 2014, King Felipe became the country's monarch.
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These revealed a disturbing admiration of Edward VIII, who abdicated in 1936, for fascism.
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We can't particularly blame them given that Congress has substantially abdicated its constitutional duties.
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He became the country's sixth Grand Duke when his mother Charlotte abdicated in 1964.
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Willem-Alexander ascended the Dutch throne in 2013 after his mother Queen Beatrix abdicated.
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The king of Malaysia, Sultan Muhammad V of Kelantan, abdicated abruptly for undisclosed reasons.
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Naruhito, 59, succeeded his 85-year-old father, Akihito, who abdicated a day earlier.
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Mr. Trump has abdicated this leadership role, risking a humanitarian disaster and renewed violence.
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Now it has abdicated much of that role to China, our technology columnist writes.
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Willem-Alexander and Máxima became king and queen in 2013, when Queen Beatrix abdicated.
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But Edward VIII abdicated in 1937 in order to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson.
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But have they just abdicated any responsibility for upholding the boundaries of civil discourse?
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Obama was able to fight on this ground in part because Trump abdicated it.
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Elizabeth's uncle, Edward VIII, abdicated the throne in 1936 to marry divorced American Wallis Simpson.
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In 1937, Edward VIII abdicated the throne in order to marry the American Wallis Simpson.
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Like her mother, Queen Juliana, and grandmother, Queen Wilhelmina before her, Beatrix abdicated the throne.
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In many cases, Congress has abdicated its constitutional responsibilities, preferring to criticize rather than legislate.
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In 2014, the princess's grandfather, King Juan Carlos, abdicated in favor of his son Felipe.
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The 59-year-old ascended the throne after his father, Akihito, abdicated on health grounds.
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The 59-year-old ascended the throne after his father, Akihito, abdicated for health reasons.
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In dissent, Justice Kagan said the court had abdicated one of its most crucial responsibilities.
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And we completely abdicated our responsibility in terms of the second half of that equation.
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He took power at the age of 26 when his father, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, abdicated.
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As it turns out, they've largely abdicated the role, leaving alcohol producers to set the terms.
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The king abdicated the British throne in 1936 in order to marry Simpson, an American divorcee.
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When they surrounded the palace, Louis Philippe abdicated his throne and fled to the United Kingdom.
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Its last king, Michael (pictured), abdicated in 1947 and spent the next four decades in Switzerland.
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Officials are looking at ancient precedents, since the last time an emperor abdicated was in 1817.
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The last time an emperor abdicated was in 1817 and current law does not allow it.
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Philippe, who took the throne in 2013 when their father Albert abdicated, has caused few waves.
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In her dissent, Justice Kagan said the court had abdicated one of its most crucial responsibilities.
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But Mr. Xi has embraced traditionalism like no leader since China's last emperor abdicated in 1912.
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He abdicated his duties as king so he could marry his lover, American divorcee Wallis Simpson.
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Prajadhipok abdicated in 1935 and spent the rest of his life with his wife in England.
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Rama VIII - King Ananda Mahidol (33-1946) Ananda ascended to the throne after his uncle abdicated.
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The couple had three sons; the eldest, Willem-Alexander, became king when Beatrix abdicated in 2013.
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He abdicated his responsibilities so thoroughly and recklessly that it amounted to a letter of resignation.
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University presidents and athletic directors have largely abdicated responsibility for disciplining coaches, let alone dismissing them.
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"The military chain of command abdicated responsibility for this," said Senator Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia.
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Albert II, 82, abdicated in 2013, citing health reasons, and was succeeded by his son Philippe.
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He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.
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Abbas said on Wednesday the United States had abdicated its role as a mediator in peace efforts.
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In April 1917, Nicholas abdicated the throne, leaving room for a Russian Provisional Government to rule instead.
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He abdicated the throne in the 70s and actually retired to Miami Beach and died in 1997.
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In effect, Donald Trump has announced that he has abdicated, having no longer any wish to serve.
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Muhammad V, however, is the first monarch in the country's history ever to have abdicated for marriage.
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However, later that year Edward abdicated the throne so he could marry divorced American socialite Wallis Simpson.
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Mainly, universities have abdicated their duty to prepare students for a job in their field of study.
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In a shocking announcement, Malaysian King Sultan Muhammad V abdicated after just two years on the throne.
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He reigned over the country between 1964 and 2000, when he abdicated in favor of his son.
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Benedict, then 85, abdicated because he said he no longer had the strength to run the Church.
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Many people blame the state, arguing it has abdicated its responsibility to provide security for its citizens.
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Justice Kennedy's exit is a reminder of the ways in which Congress has abdicated its coequal role.
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But King Albert, who abdicated the Belgian throne in 2013, will still fight to conceal the result.
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No emperor had abdicated in more than 200 years, a move that would require action by Parliament.
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Recent presidents have grabbed at power largely because Congress abdicated its basic responsibility to craft bipartisan agreements.
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The couple have had two daughters, and Felipe became king when King Juan Carlos abdicated in 2014.
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Albert, who abdicated six years ago in favor of his son Philippe, had long contested Boel's claim.
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It is hard to know, when the adults have so thoroughly abdicated their responsibility for so long.
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The czar abdicated, replaced by a liberal government, swept into power on a tide of popular support.
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Malaysia's king, Sultan Muhammad V, abdicated in an historic first on Sunday amid speculation about his private life.
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Edward had abdicated in December 1936 after being told he could not both be king and marry Wallis.
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But a revolution in 1932 stripped King Prajadhipok of most of his powers and he abdicated in 1935.
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My mother has abdicated, resigned, relinquished, declined, waived, disclaimed everything and she has taken me down with her.
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Unfortunately, for the past three decades, our antitrust agencies have irresponsibly abdicated their role in enforcing antitrust law.
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First of all, the Avengers have finally abdicated their perch at the top of the box office charts.
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The power Sessions abdicated fell to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, whom Trump has reportedly also considered firing.
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King Edward VIII abdicated the throne so that he could marry an American divorcee, Wallis Simpson, in 1937.
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The Council of Constance, which ran from 1414 to 1418, deposed two of them and the third abdicated.
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The woman for whom he had just abdicated was Bessie Wallis Warfield Spencer Simpson, a twice-divorced American.
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By the beginning of March, the situation was untenable: Nicholas abdicated, bringing an end to the Romanov dynasty.
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After that comes 83-year-old Prince Hitachi, younger brother to Akihito, who abdicated as emperor on Tuesday.
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Felipe, 19363, took over the throne in June 2014 after his father abdicated following a series of embarrassing episodes.
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Some historians maintain the empresses were merely puppet rulers who abdicated once a suitable male heir came of age.
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It failed so badly with efforts like its Ping music listeners network that it's basically abdicated the whole market.
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Now, as gender equality has become more pervasive, Rotunno believes women have abdicated the responsibilities that come with it.
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By making Trump the most powerful man on Earth, Americans have abdicated their country's role as the world's leader.
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"Board members are appointed by the mayor, and abdicated their responsibilities to achieve the mayor's political goals," he added.
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In 1917, however, amid the financial collapse and political uproar of the Russian Revolution, Nicholas II abdicated his throne.
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"Twitter has now sadly abdicated its position as a sole beacon of free speech," Woods's Twitter bio now reads.
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Her mother abdicated in 1980 after 32 years on the throne, and went on to live another 24 years.
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By 2019, the United States was still a superpower, but one that had abdicated its role of world leadership.
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Rodrik does not let up: They abdicated too easily to market fundamentalism and bought in to its central tenets.
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The FCC abdicated its duty to protect consumers' access to communications when it reversed the 2015 Open Internet rules.
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Like Rimbaud, she abdicated art at a young age, having five children before her death in 1980, at 35.
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Emperor Akihito abdicated the Chrysanthemum Throne on Tuesday, three decades after he succeeded his father, the wartime emperor Hirohito.
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King Edward VIII abdicated in December 1936 so he could marry his twice-divorced American mistress, Wallis Warfield Simpson.
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This convinced her to speak out and, after Albert abdicated the throne and became a regular citizen again, sue.
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It seems to me that conservatives and mainstream liberals have abdicated concern about sexual assault to the far left.
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The Bolsheviks overthrew a provisional government; they did not overthrow the czar, who had abdicated earlier in the year.
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His father, former Emperor Akihito abdicated a day earlier, becoming the country's first monarch to step down in two centuries.
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Following the end of World War I, Emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated the throne, and Germany subsequently became a republic.
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Key said if the U.S. abdicated leadership there, the role would get filled by someone else, according to the report.
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He also opposed her legal action, which began in 2013, shortly after he abdicated in favor of his son, Phillipe.
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For decades, Congress has abdicated its responsibility for regulating the environment, preferring to punt controversial issues to executive branch agencies.
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Neema Singh Guliani, ACLU legislative counsel: Congress abdicated its responsibility to ensure that our intelligence agencies respect the Fourth Amendment.
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The chamber has largely abdicated much of its authority, be it on oversight or foreign policy, in the Trump era.
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Sheikh Hamad, in poor health, abdicated the throne and was succeeded by a 33-year-old son with less experience.
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Prince Naruhito became the 126th emperor of Japan in May when his father, Akihito, abdicated because of age and infirmity.
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Congress has abdicated its role, choosing to defer to the executive branch rather than take on a potentially controversial issue.
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Congress did its job boldly declaring war after 9/11 but has since abdicated its solemn responsibility under Article 1.
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The GOP needs to demonstrate it can lead in a time of crisis, because the Democrats have abdicated their ability.
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Anne was initially led to believe that Michael abdicated over the marriage, and the two were separated for over a month.
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Their affair began in 1934, but her marriage to Simpson didn't official end until 1937 — the same year Edward abdicated. 3.
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He also said Trump had abdicated the traditional responsibility of attending the dinner and being the subject of a comic roast.
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"The FCC has abdicated its authority over broadband and here is a state stepping up to fill the void," he said.
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You may know ... the Queen's uncle, Edward VIII, abdicated the throne in 1936 so he could marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson.
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The hoary fathers-and-sons trope becomes father and daughter, with Ginny assuming the athletic role abdicated by her older brother.
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Nicholas II ignored the frantic pleading of his advisers until the end; when he finally abdicated, he had already been deposed.
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Albert, who abdicated six years ago in favor of his son Philippe, is challenging the ruling that he submit to testing.
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"Many of the women I see abdicated their financial responsibilities during their marriage and they're really at a loss," she said.
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In the seventeenth century, most of England's American colonies had an established religion, an arrangement that, a revolution later, they abdicated.
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Both Prince William and King George VI, who took the throne after Edward abdicated, married when they were 28 years old.
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A rare British coin featuring the profile of abdicated King Edward VIII has sold for a record £1 million ($1.3 million).
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With a few exceptions, it has declared moral bankruptcy and abdicated its responsibility to draw any red lines for President Trump.
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It was part of Germany at the time — not the German Empire, which ended when Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated in 1918.
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The Duke and Duchess of Windsor — formerly King Edward VIII — and Wallis Simpson, the American woman he infamously abdicated the throne for.
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That would have been unthinkable in the past: Elizabeth's uncle, Edward VIII, abdicated the throne to marry the twice-divorced Wallis Simpson.
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Moreover, the new coalition signifies that while America's leadership may have abdicated its responsibility to fight climate change, its people are not.
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While other monarchs -- including Dutch Queen Beatrix -- have abdicated, Japan's postwar constitution does not currently allow an aging emperor to step down.
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At the highest levels of our government, people charged with protecting children and ensuring their health and wellbeing have abdicated that responsibility.
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Gillibrand said Trump "abdicated his national security responsibilities" by refusing to hold the Russian president accountable for meddling in the 2016 election.
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To her discredit, Judge Aquilina abdicated her role as an impartial arbiter and became instead a tribune for prosecutors and the victims.
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Their family life was interrupted in 1935 when Thailand's last absolute king, Prajadhipok, Prince Mahidol's half brother, abdicated after a military coup.
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The university "abdicated its moral responsibility" and let Beta's national fraternity step in to help contain alcohol abuse at the local chapter.
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American companies, according to their critics, are so focused on making quick profits that they have abdicated building for the long term.
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King Edward VIII caused a constitutional crisis in 1936 before he abdicated to marry the American socialite Wallis Simpson, who was divorced.
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For too long, Congress has abdicated its role as America prolonged its stay in some wars and expanded into others, like Yemen.
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Her mother-in-law, Michiko, rarely left the side of Naruhito's father, Akihito, who abdicated the throne at the end of April.
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The judge not only criticized the city for its mismanagement of the agency but said the federal government had abdicated its responsibilities.
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He became crown prince at 2000, in 217, and was crowned Brunei's 29th sultan in 1968, the year after his father abdicated.
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TOKYO — The emperor of Japan, Akihito, abdicated on Tuesday, paving the way for his son Naruhito to take the throne on Wednesday.
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King Edward VIII suddenly abdicated to marry an American divorcée, Wallis Simpson, resulting in Prince Albert's ascension to the throne in 1936.
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Queen Elizabeth II's uncle, King Edward VIII, abdicated in 1936 to marry American divorcée Wallis Simpson -- something unheard of at the time.
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" Gabbard accused Republicans of having "abdicated their responsibility to exercise legitimate oversight, and instead blindly do the bidding of their party's leader.
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" In his book "Winter Music: Composing the North," he explained that he had "abdicated the position of Composer (with a capital 'C').
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Eighty years ago, when Edward VIII abdicated so he could marry an American divorcée, the British public treated his bride with disdain.
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"For too long, and under both parties, Congress has abdicated its responsibility to provide authorization for the use of military force," Sen.
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Then in the 1809, Gustav IV Adolf was placed under arrest at the castle for nine months until he abdicated the throne.
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Tokyo (CNN)Japan's new emperor, Naruhito, has formally ascended to the Chrysanthemum Throne, replacing his father, Akihito, who had abdicated a day earlier.
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The announcement marks the first time a Malaysian monarch has abdicated the throne since the country gained independence from Great Britain in 1957.
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I think the present concern is that Trump has both surrounded himself with so many military voices and effectively abdicated the policymaking process.
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After about ten minutes into the show, it becomes glaringly obvious that Hirst has abdicated his aesthetic and conceptual ambitions to economic priorities.
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Cristina is the 50-year-old sister of King Felipe VI, who took the throne in 2014 after his father, Juan Carlos, abdicated.
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During the elaborate ceremony, the newborn prince was cradled by his grandfather King Jigme Singye Wangchuck, who abdicated from the throne in 2006.
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On November 221th, 21, the day the war ended, Emperor Charles I abdicated, and on the 210th, German-Austria was declared a republic.
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She only ascended to the throne following her father George VI, who unexpectedly became king when his brother Edward VIII abdicated in 1936.
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The Grand Duke, who abdicated in 2005 in favor of his son Henri, had been hospitalized for a lung infection since April 13.
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The Campeonato de Liga, or domestic league, was founded in 1928, at which point the Copa abdicated its role as a national championship.
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Czar Nicholas II abdicated the throne as a result of the February Revolution, and he and his family were executed the following year.
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And as Trump has abdicated US leadership in global trade and fighting climate change, China has stepped up, sensing a new leadership role.
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"At a time when Washington has completely abdicated its responsibility to protect the American people, states must lead," he said in a statement.
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The last time a royal wished to marry a divorced American woman, the throne was abdicated and the line of succession altered forever.
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A few weeks earlier, the czar's brother, Michael, in whose favor Nicholas had abdicated in March 22015, was shot in another Siberian wood.
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Pope Francis was elected after his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, abdicated, becoming the first pope to voluntarily resign since Celestine V in 1294.
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Thanks to a government that has abdicated its leadership on the fight against hate, America's positive role on the international stage is diminishing.
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It was published in 1936, when the princesses' uncle Edward had not yet abdicated and their dad was just Bertie, Duke of York.
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The palace's current resident, King Norodom Sihamoni, was a classically trained ballet dancer before he took the throne after his father abdicated in 2004.
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Michael became king a second time, but abdicated seven years later under pressure from the communists, and spent the next four decades in Switzerland.
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Income inequality doesn't exist because administrators and professors at one school became beholden to corporate benefactors and abdicated their role as educators and thinkers.
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Republicans, he told me, had abdicated their adherence to the rule of law and this nation's system of governance to line up behind Trump.
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Before then, however, the country's rulers were free to leave the throne — and between 645 and 1817 more than half of Japan's emperors abdicated.
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Nine separate encounters, in which Comey shrank in size and abdicated his duty to push back, may ultimately be his legacy as FBI director.
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Japan's emperor abdicates Japanese Emperor Akihito abdicated in April, becoming the country's first monarch to step down from the Chrysanthemum Throne in 200 years.
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JIM CRAMER: David, do you believe that business is the greatest platform for change now that so much of politics has abdicated its role?
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Yet despite needed reform in cities like Chicago and Charleston, S.C., the federal government has abdicated its role in bringing about any potential improvements.
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Congress has abdicated its principal constitutional responsibility by repeatedly failing to pass a budget, and seems to be in a state of permanent crisis.
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Despite multiple complaints made through various channels, the administration abdicated its responsibility for years, putting thousands of women under the care of a predator.
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" With Republican lawmakers having abdicated their oversight duties when they controlled the House, Mr. Nadler said, Democrats must now "begin building the public record.
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The Queen, then 71, found the monarchy being questioned like no other time since her uncle, King Edward VIII, famously abdicated the throne in 1936.
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Ultimately, she abdicated the throne in Scotland (it belonged, then, to her son, a literal baby), and went to England to find refuge with Elizabeth.
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While Pope Benedict XVI and other monarchs -- including Dutch Queen Beatrix -- have abdicated, Japan's postwar constitution does not allow an aging emperor to step down.
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In the process, he appears to have abdicated any claim to the traditional presidential role as a moral voice for the nation and the world.
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In approving the sale of these weapons, the Obama Administration has abdicated responsibility for ensuring that the United States is not complicit in war crimes.
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Yes you read that right: the King of EDM, as we're sure at least a few people have called him over the years, has abdicated.
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THIS JUST IN Malaysia's royal families are meeting today to pick a new king, after current leader Muhammad V abdicated the throne over the weekend.
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The bottom line is, Congress has clearly abdicated its oversight responsibility on the Russia probe, though it has done so while providing some unintentional amusement.
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Nadler has defended his committee's investigation, saying it falls under Congress's oversight responsibilities and arguing that Republicans abdicated that role for the past two years.
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After he abdicated as king in August 2005, he named his eight-year old grandson, known as Prince Louis Adam, as head of the kingdom.
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A Targaryen prince abdicated his crown to marry Jenny, so it's a love story but also a mysterious tragedy, since her prince died at Summerhall.
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A good case has been made that in the last several decades Congress has abdicated so many of its Article I powers to the executive.
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Though the Bolsheviks revered the survivors of Siberia and granted amnesty to tens of thousands of prisoners when Nicholas II abdicated, the scars were deep.
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"People are generally disappointed that Pompeo seems to have abdicated principled leadership in favor of political games," a U.S. diplomat overseas said in a text.
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Her lawyer, Mr. Celdrán, had previously represented Albert Solà, a waiter, in an unsuccessful paternity suit concerning Juan Carlos, the now-abdicated king of Spain.
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Again and again, she's clearly articulated how adults have shamefully abdicated their basic duties to protect today's children and future generations from compounding climate catastrophe.
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George, who was known to his family as Albert, became king in 1936 when his elder brother Edward VIII abdicated to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson.
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Having abdicated, the Duke of Windsor, as Edward became, married Simpson on June 3 at the secluded Chateau de Cande in the Loire Valley in France.
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Prince Harry's great-great-uncle King Edward VIII abdicated the throne – thus becoming the Duke of Windsor – to marry divorced American socialite Wallis Simpson in 1937.
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When King Edward VIII famously abdicated the throne in 1936 to marry twice-divorced American Wallis Simpson, it seemed like a love story of royal proportions.
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Although Japan's 1951 signing of the San Francisco Peace Treaty abdicated ownership of the Kuril Islands, it never actually acknowledged the Soviet Union's sovereignty over them.
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However, its popularity revived after former king Juan Carlos abdicated in 2014 in favor of his son Felipe, who is married to a former television journalist.
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However, its popularity revived after former king Juan Carlos abdicated in 2014 in favour of his son Felipe, who is married to a former television journalist.
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The King of the Belgians is Philippe, 55, who's been on the throne since his father Albert II, 81, abdicated for health reasons in July 2013.
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Its most ardent supporters have similarly abdicated political responsibility, voting time and again against the deals that would remove the United Kingdom from the European Union.
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Kaine is right, and he justifiably focuses his critique on Congress, which in Libya and in foreign policy more broadly has largely abdicated its constitutional powers.
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Japan's Emperor Akihito on Tuesday abdicated his throne to allow for the succession of his son, ending three decades of reign in the largely symbolic role.
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The silence of most Republicans in the face of Trump's abhorrent behavior has been deafening, as they have abdicated their responsibility to put country above party.
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Add it up and it's fair to say that the Royals won a championship and then abdicated when it was time to reinvest in defending it.
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For these reasons, it's imperative that Congress, which has abdicated to Mr. Trump on many crucial issues, pass immediately legislation prohibiting him from leaving NATO unilaterally.
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Even as the federal government has abdicated its responsibilities, the state has set environmental standards, including for cleaner cars, that have redounded far beyond its borders.
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The murder inflamed the popular outrage that was already seething because of the losses and hardship of World War I. Nicholas abdicated barely two months later.
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Today's leaders have abdicated this job, afraid to do anything that might appear elitist because it substitutes the judgment of experts for that of ordinary citizens.
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It published an impressive four-volume plan to rebuild the north-east two years ago, but has abdicated almost all humanitarian and development work to international organisations.
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The Kaiser had abdicated, the country was in the throes of revolution and Munich was about to become the capital of a short-lived "Bavarian Soviet Republic".
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit said the U.S. Forest Service "abdicated its responsibility to preserve national forest resources" when it issued the permit.
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"Recent revelations about Erik Prince, Roger Stone and Cambridge Analytica illustrate how GOP decision to shut down their investigation abdicated their oversight responsibilities to country," he wrote.
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Trump's comments about the Constitution's Article 21625 making him a king just highlight how grossly Republicans have abdicated their positions in the Article 2900 branch of government.
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Net worth: $200 million Queen Beatrix may have abdicated the throne in 2013, but that doesn't prevent her from remaining the most prominent figure in Dutch royalty.
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In recent years, Qatar has sought to portray itself as changing its ways, after Emir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani abdicated in favor of his son Tamim.
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In 2006, Bhutan's revered fourth king, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, abdicated after overseeing a democratic transition that culminated in elections for a national assembly in 2008 and 2013.
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Meanwhile, an increasing number of fake news sites with completely fabricated content have filled the network even as Facebook abdicated responsibility for the disinformation it lets virally spread.
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Since the 19th century, six Dutch monarchs have abdicated (though not all successively.) It's a tradition that even Beatrix herself was anticipating continuing back in the late '70s.
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Trump's allies in Congress, who have abdicated their constitutional duties to the American people in service of their own political interests, have proven themselves to be no better.
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A defrauded bank with standing to challenge a Manafort pardon might argue that Trump abdicated his Article II prerogative by impeding the administration of justice to save himself.
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In the public eye, Angela Merkel, though still chancellor, has practically abdicated political leadership since December, when Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer took over leadership of the ruling Christian Democrats.
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Defenders of presidential war-making back up their position by claiming that Congress has abdicated its constitutional responsibility to serve as the ultimate arbiter over war and peace.
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She was polite to Wallis Simpson, the Duchess of Windsor, at the funeral of the former Edward VIII, who had abdicated to marry her and imperiled the monarchy.
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As I and others have noted before, the FCC in its repeal of 2015's net neutrality rules abdicated its only real authority for interfering with state rules.
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TOKYO — It has been nearly 250 years since a woman last held the title to Japan's Chrysanthemum Throne, and almost that long since an emperor abdicated the position.
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If he had not abdicated his role as King Edward VIII in 1936, in order to marry the American divorcée Wallis Simpson, Elizabeth wouldn't now be a monarch.
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Declaring himself "perplexed and perturbed," Bybee said the courts were being thrust to the center of the immigration fight in large part because lawmakers have abdicated their responsibilities.
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PARIS — Somewhere, far from a runway, Martin Margiela, is walking the streets of Paris, having long since abdicated the fashion industry and the label that bears his name.
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When I say they've abdicated their responsibility and the repeal of the 2015 Open Internet order allowed them to do that, those are the deep cuts I'm talking about.
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But we do have an outsized role to play in finding solutions, and this administration has abdicated all of the moral authority we could have brought to this task.
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Tokyo (CNN)Japan's Emperor Akihito formally abdicated Tuesday during a historic ceremony in Tokyo, becoming the country's first monarch to step down from the Chrysanthemum Throne in two centuries.
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Hironomiya Naruhito Shinno, better known as Crown Prince Naruhito, was born in Tokyo in February 19893, the eldest child of Emperor Akihito who abdicated Tuesday and his wife Michiko.
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It is the first time a direct heir to the throne has been set to wed an American since King Edward VIII abdicated to marry Wallis Simpson in 1937.
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Elizabeth found herself in the immediate line of succession when her uncle Edward VIII abdicated, making her father King George VI. She was next – unless a son was born.
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Trump, largely through his tweets and other off-the-cuff pronouncements in the five days since the Charlottesville tragedy, has abdicated that role of moral leader of the country.
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This administration is waging multiple illegal wars, and Congress has abdicated its responsibility to either approve a new AUMF that fits present needs or to check an overreaching president.
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President Trump's campaign and his fledgling administration have been perhaps the least transparent in the post-Watergate Era, and Congress has largely abdicated its duty to conduct meaningful oversight.
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Hasegawa is one of our leading historians of the February Revolution, the period in early 1917 after Nicholas II abdicated the throne and a liberal-minded provisional government emerged.
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In February 1917, Czar Nicholas II abdicated in favor of a provisional government headed by the liberal Alexander Kerensky and consisting of progressives, socialists and the more moderate Communists.
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That's a challenge that now falls to Mr. Trump, especially since he largely abdicated any leadership role in the failed effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.
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On the night before it was declared that the Shah had officially abdicated, Iranians took to their balconies, beating pots and pans as 'Allahu Akbar' reverberated across the capital.
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No other political parties in democracies in the world have abdicated their leadership role as much as America's have, weakening themselves and their ability to govern in the process.
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Instead, the Republican-controlled Senate abdicated its constitutional obligations and defied every political norm and precedent of this country and stonewalled, hoping to gain political advantage in the future.
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Since then, Facebook has abdicated control over the project and can no longer speak for the broader Libra Association, a 21-member entity tasked with overseeing the cryptocurrency's launch.
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The program was the first time the Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson, the American woman for whom he abdicated the throne in 1936, had spoken to the BBC.
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"The EPA has abdicated its responsibility in promulgating this deeply flawed rule and the Senate will abdicate its responsibility if it fails to repeal the ACE rule," said Sen.
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Ever found yourself wondering what might happen if Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip abdicated from their royal duties in order to dedicate themselves to a life of fighting crime?
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Princess Margaret broke off her romance with Captain Peter Townsend because he was divorced, and King Edward VIII famously abdicated the throne to marry the twice-divorced American, Wallis Simpson.
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Delphine Boël, a 51-year-old artist, claims to be the daughter of Belgium's abdicated King Albert II, and fought a lengthy and often embarrassing legal fight for public recognition.
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The former Dutch monarch turns 79 today, and although she abdicated in 2013 in favor of her son, King Willem-Alexander, she's still a formidable presence in the Dutch monarchy.
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Now that the Supreme Court appears to have abdicated its role in protecting these underrepresented groups, concerned Americans must step up to the challenge of defending democracy's most fundamental freedoms.
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Jim, an American I know, abdicated naming privileges to his French wife, Elisabeth, on one condition: that, with the chosen name, their son could play shortstop for the Baltimore Orioles.
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Article of the Day Before reading the article: On Tuesday, Emperor Akihito of Japan officially abdicated the throne, making him the first Japanese monarch in 200 years to step down.
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They belonged to a social circle that inhabited vast mansions and included Queen Mary, King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson, the American socialite for whom he abdicated the British throne.
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After a court-ordered DNA test, the 85-year-old King Albert II, who abdicated in 2013, conceded that he was the biological father of the artist Delphine Boël, 51.
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An agreement represents one of the most dramatic ruptures within the British royal family since King Edward VIII abdicated the throne in 211 to marry an American woman, Wallis Simpson.
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The descendants of Romania's last king, Michael, no longer have royal titles since he abdicated after increasing pressure from communists, but the family still regularly hosts events at Peleş Castle.
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"It's deeply discouraging how unfairly he has been treated by Republicans in the United States Senate who abdicated their responsibility to give him a hearing and a timely vote," Earnest said.
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MEGHAN MARKLE HAS &aposNOT CONTACTED&apos FATHER, SAYS HALF-SISTER That changed dramatically six years later, when Edward abdicated to marry an American divorcée and the girls' father ascended the throne.
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The universally loathed senator from Texas has abdicated his duty to protect the privacy of Americans by supporting the FBI's calls for a backdoor that would allow them to bypass encryption.
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Bonaparte abdicated as emperor of France a few days after the French defeat at Waterloo and was exiled to the South Atlantic island of St. Helena, where he died in 1821.
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But Congress has all too often abdicated that discretion to presidents and immigration agencies, which Trump is now exploiting after his campaign promises to deport undocumented immigrants and restrict legal immigration.
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That starts with looking at what the numbers have shown us over time: many decreases, a few upticks and no evidence that any mayor has abdicated his duty to the city.
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The answer is that Congress and the courts have abdicated their responsibility for executive branch oversight, giving presidents and their cabinet agencies too much leeway to modify congressional statutes through regulation.
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In early August, the government all but abdicated responsibility for the remaining separated families, arguing that it was up to the ACLU to bring the remaining children and parents back together.
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In 1936, Edward abdicated his role as monarch to marry the American socialite Wallis Simpson; Edward's abdication paved the way for George VI, the reigning Queen Elizabeth's father, to be king.
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But he abdicated in December 1936 - quitting his job as king - to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson, meaning that production was canceled and coinage with his face on never entered circulation.
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"He said, 'We're kind of looking to do something different — we feel like ABC Family has abdicated that market for teenagers, and there is an opportunity for us,'" Ms. Minsky recalled.
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He had abdicated the throne in order to marry his American lover Wallis Simpson, who was divorced, making her an unacceptable spouse for the titular head of the Church of England.
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As a matter of fact, I think that-- the Congress of the United States has abdicated on its-- responsibility-- to allow this president to get as far as he has gone.
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Halsey and Grande have been trading that No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100, as Hasley's "Without Me" recently abdicated from the slot when Grande's new single "7 Rings" slid in.
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Faced with a US president who had abdicated all responsibility to lead or even participate in the global emissions-reduction effort, the European Union led a remarkable diplomatic bid to save Kyoto.
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"Lilibet" leapt up the line of ascension faster than anyone had expected after her uncle, childless King Edward VIII, abdicated in December 22002 over his romance with divorced American socialite Wallis Simpson.
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Not since Edward VIII famously abdicated the throne to marry twice-divorced American Wallis Simpson in 1936 has an heir to the throne wed an American — and like Simpson, Markle is divorced.
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Carlos abdicated in 553, but things didn't pick up for the Spanish royal family: In June last year, King Felipe's brother-in-law, Inaki Urdangarin, was jailed for fraud and tax evasion.
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If there is any consolation in all of this it is that, while Trump is no longer leader of the free world, America -- the country and its people -- has not fully abdicated.
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"Given that Congress has all but abdicated its responsibility to be a check on the administration, it falls to us," said Shapiro -- who started his job the same time Trump took office.
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A chair is an intimate object that holds your body off the ground, takes your weight, thus allowing one to have moments where the responsibility for holding the body up is abdicated.
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The Democratic National Committee, a victim of the alleged Russian hacking discussed in the hearing, released a statement saying Republican senators "terrifyingly abdicated their responsibilities" by not asking enough questions about Russia.
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If a president is judged by a growing slice of the population to have abdicated his office's traditional imperative to provide steady, moral and unifying authority, where does the nation turn next?
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"Mark my words, today will go down in history as the day when the FCC abdicated its responsibility to uphold the core values of localism, competition and diversity in broadcasting," she added.
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Certainly, with Trump leaving an empty chair Saturday afternoon as the G-7 discussed climate change, sustainable energy and renewable fuels, America has abdicated its onetime leadership position on these critical issues.
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Leopold III, who surrendered Belgian forces to the Germans, lived in exile after the war, then faced opposition and a general strike when he returned to Belgium in 1950 and subsequently abdicated.
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She acceded to the throne in 1952, after the death of her father, King George VI; his older brother, King Edward VIII, had abdicated in 1936 to marry Wallis Simpson, an American.
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I arrived yesterday at the airport, the first thing I did was to give an interview to a local Bangladeshi media on Infotube because in Bangladesh the mainstream media has largely abdicated.
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That the other branches may have abdicated their responsibility to remediate the problem does not confer on Article III courts, no matter how well-intentioned, the ability to step into their shoes.
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That same year, a military coup supported by the United States deposed the democratically elected prime minister, Mohammed Mossadegh, and installed Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, whose father had abdicated as shah in 1941.
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This in turn has inspired a sense that an opening exists for Europe to lead the free world in the defense of its values because America under Trump has abdicated that role.
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"For decades, one Congress after the next has abdicated its authority over fundamental matters like declaring war, rulemaking, and utilizing its power under the National Emergencies Act," McGovern said in a statement.
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However civil, the agreement codifies one of the most dramatic ruptures within the British royal family since King Edward VIII abdicated the throne in 1936 to marry an American woman, Wallis Simpson.
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As the presidency has grown in power, however, Congress has abdicated this policy setting goal to the executive branch, resulting in a State of the Union completely focused on the president's agenda.
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They rank it alongside the 1953 CIA-backed coup that toppled Iran's elected prime minister and secured Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's absolute power until he abdicated the throne before the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's King Muhammad V abdicated on Sunday, the palace said, after two years on the throne, the first time a monarch has stepped down before completing their five-year tenure.
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Officials at other agencies have complained that Bolton has all but abdicated his role in coordinating policymaking, even eliciting a formal protest from Mattis, who complained about the lack of Cabinet-level meetings.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said the United States abdicated its role as a mediator in peace efforts, and Palestinian secular and Islamist factions called for a general strike and rallies on Thursday to protest.
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With strong supporting performances from Holly Hunter and Ray Romano as Emily's parents, it provided the kind of "I laughed, I cried" gratification that studio films have largely abdicated in pursuit of franchise bombast.
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"For far too long, Congress has abdicated its constitutional responsibility to authorize military action abroad, effectively ceding the war-making power to the Executive Branch," Schiff said in a statement announcing the new legislation.
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Trump's advisers saw it as an opportunity for the United States to boldly reassert itself on the world stage and resume a leadership role that the administration believes was abdicated by President Barack Obama.
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But, of course, Trump had it easy for his first two years, coddled by a Republican House and Congress who abdicated their constitutional responsibilities by simply looking the other way whenever Trump acted unilaterally.
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Letting Beyoncé be Beyoncé on television, for an audience of millions, is perhaps the best use of the V.M.A. platform, now that it has essentially abdicated all the responsibilities of a traditional awards show.
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"One of the real problems here is that the FCC completely abdicated its responsibility to consider public safety" in repealing the rules, James William, a counsel for the county, told reporters outside the courthouse.
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An important component of what happened at the Algiers Motel is those who stood by with the power to stop it, but abdicated that position to those who had no interest in letting up.
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"Because President Trump abdicated his role as a crisis communicator, that has created uncertainty all the way down and out through government and into the private sector about who should be communicating," says Knowles.
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"That the other branches may have abdicated their responsibility to remediate the problem does not confer on Article III courts, no matter how well-intentioned, the ability to step into their shoes," he wrote.
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After her older brother Edward abdicated in 1959, along with dozens of other hereditary rulers in Shan state, Ms. Yang took control of his former army, becoming the de facto ruler of the territory.
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When Edward VIII abdicated the throne in 1936, he set the monarchy off in an uncharted direction that ended up putting Elizabeth (played by Verity Russell in the flashback) in line for the throne.
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For all that legislators like to sentimentalize family values and hard work, they've largely abdicated their responsibility toward families, who are left to navigate a job market that prefers its employees childless and unencumbered.
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In Fences, based on August Wilson's Pulitzer-winning play, Davis is revisiting the part that won her a Tony in 2010, and portrays the ultimate put-upon wife, Rose, who has abdicated her own future.
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Amedeo has worked in Management Consulting for Deloitte and McKinsey & Co. The child will be the first great-grandchild for Belgium's former King Albert II, who abdicated in 2013 in favor of his son, Philippe.
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From vitriolic attacks against undocumented immigrants to gratuitous and illegal suggestions that law enforcement rough up American citizens, the President has willfully abdicated the role other presidents have played as moral leaders of the nation.
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Without an unbiased arm of Congress left to evaluate the meaning of emerging science and technology, we have abdicated our future to a motley crew of interest groups, law enforcement agencies, elected officials and CEOs.
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It's hard and maybe foolish to take solace in the hope that Trump's enablers in the Republican Party, the ones who have abdicated most oversight, will suddenly take charge of the government in loco presidentus.
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King Edward VIII (later known as the Duke of Windsor after he abdicated the throne in 1936) and wife Wallis Simpson's associations with Adolf Hitler took center stage in the second season of The Crown.
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The legislative branch has largely abdicated its oversight prerogative — at least prior to the Democrats' takeover of the House of Representatives — and the White House is free falling amid scandal, incompetence, cruelty and possible corruption.
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It is possible to see Nassar as a despicable man who did despicable things, a man who deserves the sentence he has received, and see his judge as someone who abdicated her responsibility to him.
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The FEC has completely abdicated its responsibility to police super PACs and dark money groups like 501(c)(4)s, refusing to enforce current rules or put in place new rules to regulate their conduct.
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"The United States Congress is going to reassert its constitutional responsibility over issues of war that have been abdicated for presidents, Democrats and Republicans, for too many years," said Senator Bernie Sanders, independent of Vermont.
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To make matters worse, Republicans in Congress have abdicated their duty to hold the White House accountable, weakening the most important constitutional check on presidential behavior, while helping Mr. Trump to define deviant government downward.
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But as a key player in a growing coalition of bipartisan lawmakers seeking to retake authority they say has long since been abdicated to the executive branch, for Kaine it's another step in the process.
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"I just worry that we're moving to the point where we're not doing anything and we've basically just abdicated our constitutional responsibility to exercise any oversight over when we go to war," Smith told reporters.
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It's unfortunate we must resort to a resolution of inquiry to learn the truth about these serious issues, but the House has abdicated its constitutional responsibility, and it's time that we do our duty. Rep.
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It was dubbed "the greatest love story of the 20th century" and Edward abdicated after just 11 months on the throne and ended up living in France, meaning Elizabeth's father George VI unexpectedly became king.
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Buttigieg said the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force helped ensnare the United States in conflicts where the mission was not clearly defined and that Congress has abdicated its responsibility on waging war.
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Core to Amash's conclusions from special counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference in the 2016 election is that his Republican colleagues in Congress, blinded by partisanship, have abdicated their responsibility to hold Trump accountable.
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Instead, in his exchange with her and since, he has abdicated the responsibility any presidential front-runner has to account for the moral cost of his (and many other Americans') previous beliefs and decisions about race.
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But along the way they've too often abdicated fiduciary obligations to limited partners, believing that their job ends at "making the deal" and then "helping out when needed," such as with introductions to potential new hires.
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These will lead to numerous local conflicts, as the FCC claims its authority preempts that of states, while states claim the FCC has abdicated that authority by changing the statute under which it enforces the rules.
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The announcement was a historic one as it marked the first time a direct heir to the throne had been set to wed an American since King Edward VIII abdicated to marry Wallis Simpson in 1937.
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"Other than two or three media houses, most others have simply abdicated their responsibility of giving a correct and accurate picture of Kashmir and Kashmiris," said Siddharth Varadarajan, founding editor of The Wire, a news portal.
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Simpson case, in 1936, the year Edward VIII abdicated to marry Wallis, the obstacle was the rule on divorce and remarriage in the Church of England, of which the monarch of the United Kingdom is head.
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Had the court not intervened, Texas would have abdicated its position as the state that has historically accepted the highest number of refugees nationwide and likely emboldened eight other states to consider turning away refugees. Gov.
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The expectation for China and Germany to mount an informal alliance to take up the leadership role comes amid accusations by some countries that the U.S. under the Trump administration has abdicated its world leadership role.
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If the Senate votes to pass the FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act this week, Congress will have abdicated its responsibility to exercise real, robust oversight of the powerful electronic surveillance tools our government has as its disposal.
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Particularly if you seized the opportunity to read some of the fresh explainer articles written for the occasion on why the Duke of Edinburgh isn't the king, or what would happen if the Queen abdicated her throne.
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The little royal is all smiles as he holds hands with his father, King Jigme (right), and His Majesty the Fourth King, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, who abdicated the throne in favor of his eldest son in 2006.
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Earlier this week, a devastating report was published examining how YouTube executives seem to have continuously abdicated their responsibility to deal with toxic videos spreading on the platform while chasing the magic dragon of increased viewer engagement.
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In his tweet Tuesday, Schiff also chastised Republicans on the panel who he said "abdicated" their responsibility to provide oversight of the Trump administration by shutting down their probe of Russia's meddling efforts in the 2016 election.
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ARTS Because of an editing error, an article on Wednesday about films currently available on streaming services misspelled the given name of the woman for whom King Edward VIII abdicated the British throne in order to marry.
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Qatar's Sheikh Tamim took power in 2013 after his father Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani abdicated, taking the rare step for a Gulf Arab ruler of voluntarily ceding power to try to ensure a smooth succession.
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Marina Hyde, a columnist at the Guardian, drew a parallel between Prince Harry and King Edward VIII, who abdicated the throne in 1936 rather than give up his dream of marrying a divorced American woman, Wallis Simpson.
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And the year before that, the family of four released their first Christmas card with two images in 2014 in celebration of Felipe and Letizia becoming the head of the Spanish monarchy after King Juan Carlos was abdicated.
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King Albert II, who abdicated from Belgium's throne six years ago, is facing a hefty fine for each day he refuses to take a paternity test to settle a claim that he fathered a child in the 1960s.
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Her grandmother was on the throne for nearly 60 years, since the age of 10, when her father died (but not officially until her 18th birthday, in 1898.) She abdicated in 1948, and lived for another 14 years.
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Hurwitz's reassignment Monday comes amid mounting evidence that guards at the chronically understaffed Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York abdicated their responsibility to keep Epstein fromdying by suicidewhile he awaited trial on charges of sexually abusing teenage girls.
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He rebuked the city for its mismanagement of the agency, and said the federal government had abdicated its legal responsibility to overhaul the nation's largest stock of public housing that is home to about 400,000 vulnerable New Yorkers.
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And in a metaphorical sense, there is the premature boom of Oklahoma City's relatively new N.B.A. team, the Thunder, which traded the rising star James Harden away in 2012, and seemingly abdicated a rare chance for precocious supremacy.
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Juan Carlos and Sofía (she now uses the Spanish spelling of her name) became king and queen of Spain in 1975, after the death of the dictator Francisco Franco, and ruled until he abdicated the throne in 2014.
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The old men, many of them veterans of the blood bath that was World War I, often lapsed into "what ifs" — what if the czar had not abdicated, what if the Guards had arrived on time, what if.
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Mr. Nadjari, who wrote the screenplay with Geoffroy Grison, may have been intending a minimalist character study, but even so, he has abdicated his responsibility: Too much of this family drama is left to the audience to fill in.
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When the FCC rolled back its net neutrality rules, it also abdicated its authority to investigate and punish carriers over privacy violations involving data (as opposed to phone calls) by revoking its Title II classification under the Communications Act.
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Tsar Nicholas is a hero to conservatives and ultra-conservatives, although some deplore the fact that he abdicated in March 1917, allowing democracy to seep into a land whose natural form of governance, in their view, is sacred autocracy.
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While you are no doubt correct in stating (in Wednesday&aposs report) 'that Congress has largely advocated its Congressional duties' (since all they seem to do is talk, Talk, TALK!), you surely meant that they 'have largely ABDICATED' them.
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"I was born in the first year of the Heisei era," said Chijiwa's daughter, Natsuki, referring to the imperial era that began in 1989, when Naruhito's father Akihito inherited the throne and ended when he abdicated on April 30.
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But in Iraq he headed for the exits way too soon, acquiesced in former Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's Shia sectarian-centric policies and abdicated the field both militarily and politically, leaving Iraq to its own dysfunctional politics.
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While the move was met with criticism from the White House and Trump, who decried it as a "hoax," Nadler defended his committee's actions and argued that Republicans abdicated their oversight responsibilities during Trump's first two years in office.
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For months, Chopra has railed against the party-line settlement by the FTC, claiming that his Republican colleagues abdicated their responsibility to use the full force of their regulatory authority against Facebook, the largest social network in the world.
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For months, Chopra has railed against the party-line settlement by the FTC, claiming that his Republican colleagues abdicated their responsibility to use the full force of their regulatory authority against Facebook, the largest social network in the world.
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Davidson abdicated his role as an advocate and fiduciary of his client Ms. Clifford and instead elected to be a puppet for Mr. Cohen and Mr. Trump in order to advance their interests at the expense of Ms. Clifford.
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"Australia is silent because America, the self-styled leader of the 'free world' after World War II, has abdicated that role under Trump," said Feng Zhang, a fellow at the Department of International Relations at the Australian National University.
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The Republican Party has largely abdicated its responsibilities in favor of the whims of a president guided solely by personal and political interests, even in executing the most sacred and solemn duty of the office — to keep America safe.
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"Especially at a time when the federal government has abdicated its responsibility to protect our environment and public health, states like New York are on the front lines protecting our clean water and the public health," said Democratic New York Gov.
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"I think we've abdicated our duty to decide whether we should still be at war or not," said Paul, who has long opposed U.S. interventions in foreign conflicts and has worked with Democrats over the years on war powers issues.
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"Congress has completely abdicated their responsibility," White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters, speaking of its inaction on the Obama administration's request for nearly $2 billion to take extensive preventative measures, such as developing vaccines and widespread mosquito control.
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Since the Federal Communications Commission abdicated its role in enforcing consumer privacy at these ISPs when it and Congress allowed the Broadband Privacy Rule to be overturned, others have taken up the torch, notably California and even individual cities like Seattle.
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Of course, no one is holding his or her breath for Congress to do its job, as it has largely abdicated its responsibility when it comes to the authorization of wars -- but wouldn't it be nice to be pleasantly surprised?
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Other options include the Duke of Clarence and Avondale, the Duke of Connaught and the Duke of Windsor — but considering that the last Duke of Windsor (Edward VIII) abdicated the throne to marry his divorced American wife, that seems unlikely.
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By that time I was quite experienced, and I always used the metaphor—I photographed your Duke of Windsor after he abdicated the throne, so I photographed the former king of England, I don't have to worry about anything anymore.
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A fiscal control board with the ability to make short-term spending, tax and regulatory decisions for a government that long ago abdicated its responsibilities along these lines is a necessary first step toward the federal government assisting the island.
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The federal government has abdicated its responsibility to keep our citizens safe, but we will not be deterred from working to ensure Pennsylvania safety laws are followed and our residents are protected from these dangerous weapons getting in the wrong hands.
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Always the black sheep of her family, subject to more gossip than any member since King Edward VIII abdicated in 1936 to marry an American who was divorced, the princess never remarried and died in 2002 after a series of strokes.
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Her eldest brother, Edward, abdicated the throne in 1936, leaving it to his younger brother, Albert, who would become King George VI, father to Queen Elizabeth II. With an upheaval like that, it is easy to fade into the background.
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"Mulvaney has really abdicated the most important duty of any White House chief of staff, and that's to tell the president hard truths," Chris Whipple, author of "The Gatekeepers," a book about past White House chiefs of staff, told the Post.
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In the US, President Donald Trump has abdicated the country's global leadership role on the climate crisis, pulling out of the Paris accords that would have at least made marginal efforts to reduce emissions and slow the rate of destruction.
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And as the Justice Department has declined to crack down on discriminatory police departments, reversed course as protector of voting rights and abdicated its role in the defense of the Affordable Care Act, morale in its ranks has taken a hit.
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Felipe, who became monarch after his father, Juan Carlos, abdicated in 2014, also cut the royal family's public ties with Cristina as part of his broader pledge to help fight corruption, as well as make the monarchy more transparent and improve its image.
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"At a time when the federal government has abdicated its leadership on climate change," the decision "ensures our progress will not be blocked or rolled back by fossil fuel interests and others seeking to maintain the status quo," Cuomo said in a statement.
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"ADHD Nation" should be required reading for those who seek to understand how a field that once aimed to ameliorate the behavioral problems of children in a broad therapeutic context abdicated its mission to the stockholders of corporations like Shire and Lilly.
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Hugh Hurwitz's reassignment Monday comes amid mounting evidence that guards at the chronically understaffed Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York abdicated their responsibility to keep the 66-year-old Epstein fromdying by suicidewhile he awaited trial on charges of sexually abusing teenage girls.
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In a decision on Monday, U.S. District Judge Patti Saris rejected the bank's argument that named plaintiff Ashby Henderson lacks an understanding of her claims and has abdicated total control of the case to one of her lawyers, Brian McTigue of McTigue Law.
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On February 9, 1796, Qianlong, the sixth emperor of the Qing dynasty and the leader of China at its pre-modern peak of power, size, and prestige, abdicated in the 61st year of his reign in favor of his 35-year-old son.
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He abdicated the press's role to ask the most important questions even when they aren't the most controversial ones, and to challenge candidates when they lie to the American people or offer policy proposals that would put the country in terrible danger.
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What made them more newsworthy than, say, the memo revealing that the Trump administration has basically abdicated the job of prosecuting white-collar criminals, or Senate Democrats' continuing efforts to pass a bill that would address the asylum crisis in a humane way?
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Additionally, Harry has not turned his back on his royal position completely — just the HRH title — in contrast with Edward VIII, who abdicated to marry American divorcée Wallis Simpson in 1936, thus losing HRH and becoming the Duke of Windsor after his marriage.
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Elijah Cummings (Md.) and John Conyers Jr. (Mich.), the top Democrats on the House Oversight and Judiciary committees, respectively, wrote in an op-ed in The Baltimore Sun on Friday that their Republican colleagues had all but abdicated their congressional oversight duties.
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Opening the door for Russia On the international stage, the report said that the administration has abdicated the US's traditional role as a "leading champion of democracy" and opened the door for repressive nations like China and Russia to extend their global influence.
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"Dean Khurana has clearly abdicated any position of principle with respect to freedom of association," said Aaron Slipper, a senior who is part of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals, which is affiliated with the Hasty Pudding Club and puts on an annual drag show.
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In response to the incident, the FCC was widely criticized for having voted to repeal the 2015 Open Internet Order, a decision that essentially abdicated the commission's authority to restrict Verizon and other internet service providers (ISPs) from throttling other first responders in the future.
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No Japanese emperor has abdicated since 1817 and the Imperial Household Law governing the royal family system would have to be revised to allow this, a process requiring parliamentary debate that could take years and might spill over into other areas, such as female succession.
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King Bhumibol was an accidental king, placed on the throne of what used to be Siam at age 18 after a tumultuous period in which his uncle abdicated and his older brother, the next king, was found dead with a bullet through his head.
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" In 2014, Franklin Graham — the politically influential evangelist and vocal Trump supporter — defended Mr. Putin for his efforts "to protect his nation's children from the damaging effects of any gay and lesbian agenda," even as he lamented that Americans have "abdicated our moral leadership.
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In particular, socialist politicians should push to reassert Congress's long-abdicated role in declaring war, encourage more active oversight of the military and create bodies that make national security information available to the public so that Americans know exactly what their country is doing abroad.
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"It brings me great sadness that it has come to this," Harry said of the agreement, which codifies one of the most dramatic ruptures within the British royal family since King Edward VIII abdicated the throne in 1936 to marry an American, Wallis Simpson.
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Mr. Giuliani defended his firm's work for Qatar — which he said included training the Qatari police and analyzing the security of a desalinization plant — because, he said, it was done under the previous emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, who abdicated in 2013.
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But former commanders and military scholars said that in sending troops before having a strategy, Mr. Trump has put the cart before the horse, eroded the tradition of civilian control over the military, and abdicated the president's duty to announce and defend troop deployments.
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Misconduct related to the handling of Hurricane Maria is, however, especially noteworthy because it stands at the intersection of all the major themes of his administration — incompetence, disregard for legal niceties, racial animus, and a Republican Party that's completely abdicated its obligations of constitutional oversight.
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The plot that sees the return of Elizabeth's uncle, the Duke of Windsor (formerly King Edward VIII), is overdone; there are sepia-toned flashbacks of him waltzing with Wallis Simpson and we are reminded ad nauseam that he abdicated the throne for love, for "something greater still".
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Read more: Malaysian King Sultan Muhammad V has abdicated after just two years on the throne"I will never forget the romantic evening when my future husband confessed that he felt [sic] in love with me from the moment he saw me," she wrote on Instagram.
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It is possible because a lot of Americans feel the incumbent in the White House has undersold the United States, diminished its distinctive and exceptional nature, talked down its power, and so diluted its greatness and abdicated its responsibility for the well-being of the free world.
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During the nazi events there, law enforcement and police abdicated their responsibility and stood down while white supremacists armed with shields, bats, helmets, guns, and fiery torches brought terror and intimidation to a town and attacked people of color and nonviolent faith leaders such as myself.
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But it's worth, at this moment, also remembering how alien stay-at-home fathers first seemed in the 1970s, when they were viewed as unmanly and as having abdicated their breadwinning responsibilities, said Michael Lamb, a psychology professor at Cambridge University and a pioneering fatherhood scholar.
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He had been in exile in Switzerland with Lenin during the war, returned with him by train across German territory after the czar had abdicated, and fled with him again into hiding in August 21917 when the Provisional Government accused them of organizing a coup d'état.
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"To the extent that the FCC has abdicated its broadband oversight role to the FTC, that agency can't do its job protecting consumers from unfair and deceptive trade practices if nobody can figure out whether the broadband providers are telling the truth or not about their speeds," she argued.
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit wrote Thursday that the U.S. Forest Service "abdicated its responsibility to preserve national forest resources" by approving a permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, which would have crossed the George Washington and Monongahela National Forests, according to The Associated Press.
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That was the case until 2017, when the United States Court of Appeals denounced the agency, charging that it had "effectively abdicated" its responsibility in reviewing a clearing house plan to share excess fees collected with stock exchanges instead of giving them back to the members who paid extra.
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Members of the royal family also return to London for King George VI's funeral, including the king's brother, the Duke of Windsor, who abdicated as King Edward VIII in 1936 in order to be able to marry Wallis Warfield Simpson, whose two previous marriages had ended in divorce.
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In the end, the technical completion of the game's narrative turned out to be less important to the students than what came next: In light of the contentious rift between Ana Mead and Jesse, the rest of the society (and the design team) had explicitly abdicated control to the freshmen.
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DANNY DANON Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Israel to the U.N. New York To the Editor: For decades the United States has abdicated its responsibility to use the leverage it has, as Israel's largest backer, to put pressure on its government to end its unsustainable and unconscionable treatment of Palestinians.
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"If we aren't in the room advocating for global health as a top priority, if we aren't there standing up for our belief in diversity and inclusion, or if we fail to speak out when the situation demands it, then we have abdicated our Credo responsibility," he said in a statement.
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And in any case it is likely to be meaningless, because there is zero chance that he would reaffirm President Barack Obama's commitment to make meaningful reductions in America's greenhouse gas emissions, or seek to re-establish the leadership role that Mr. Obama occupied and that Mr. Trump has now abdicated.
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As for the views of Donald Trump, who told Fox News "this is war" and that he would seek a declaration of war from Congress, here's a news flash: The Obama administration has repeatedly asked Congress to pass a resolution authorizing the wars in Syria and Iraq, but Congress has abdicated this responsibility.
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First, given the way the Yankees, however transiently, launched themselves at a wild card spot after Sanchez started hitting, would the season have had a different arc had Hal Steinbrenner abdicated his decision-making, er, that is, started looking at social media earlier and brought up the kids/deaccessioned Alex Rodriguez faster?
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"It's incumbent on local and state authorities to step in and make sure their young people are protected in light of the fact that the F.D.A. has totally abdicated its responsibility and let this product come to market without doing the premarket review that they were mandated to do," Mr. Herrera said.
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To distract you while they smother net neutrality, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai and acting Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Maureen Ohlhausen have offered confident assurances that the FTC can step into the role abdicated by the FCC and protect net neutrality with its antitrust and consumer protection enforcement authority.
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If anyone needed any example that Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee abdicated their responsibility to conduct a fulsome, bipartisan inquiry of the Russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 election—and inquiries into any efforts by associates of the Trump campaign to aid and abet in that endeavor—Friday was telling.
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Op-Ed Contributor Since BuzzFeed News published a 35-page dossier of unverified allegations about ties between President Donald J. Trump and Russia, I've heard a chorus of criticism from journalists who say we abdicated our role as gatekeeper, and a chorus of thanks from readers who want to be trusted to judge dubious documents.
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Instead, his group advocates constitutional monarchies, in which a king or queen is head of state and the real power rests with an elected Parliament — much like those in Belgium, Britain, Denmark, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway and Spain (although demonstrators in 2014 demanded a referendum on the Spanish royal family after King Juan Carlos abdicated).
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While social media giants have received the brunt of the attention for providing a platform to hate groups, firms that enable more basic kinds of services to these deeply controversial groups appear to have largely abdicated that responsibility—or rejected the notion that refusing to do business with certain groups is the right thing to do.
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In this week's issue, PEOPLE explores the story of royal women from the Queen — who unexpectedly found herself immediately in line for the throne when her uncle Edward VIII abdicated his duty on the throne in favor of marrying a twice-divorced American, Wallis Simpson — to the late Princess Diana and how she changed the monarchy.
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Adding yet another wrinkle to the situation is a lawsuit moving through the courts against all three levels of Canadian government by the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA), which argues that Waterfront Toronto didn't have the authority to enter into an agreement with Sidewalk Labs and that government essentially abdicated its responsibilities to the public to a corporation.
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Recent revelations about Erik Prince, Roger StoneRoger Jason Stone85033 real problems Republicans need to address to win in 2020 Judge rejects Stone's request to dismiss charges Judge dismisses DNC lawsuit against Trump campaign, Russia over election interference MORE and Cambridge Analytica illustrate how GOP decision to shut down their investigation abdicated their oversight responsibilities to country.
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US FOREST SERVICE BLOCKS ATLANTIC COAST PIPELINE: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit wrote Thursday that the U.S. Forest Service "abdicated its responsibility to preserve national forest resources" by approving a permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, which would have crossed the George Washington and Monongahela National Forests, according to The Associated Press.
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The smartphone pioneer, which abdicated the top spot in handsets to Apple and Android-based devices, said it had signed a five-year, multimillion-dollar deal to run emergency notifications for the U.S. Senate and expanded a deal with the U.S. Coast Guard to cover staff in Washington, D.C. BlackBerry did not disclose further financial details.
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He currently holds the title of president emeritus at the foundation and is running for the Alabama seat abdicated by Attorney General Jeff SessionsJefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsDOJ should take action against China's Twitter propaganda Lewandowski says he's 'happy' to testify before House panel The Hill's Morning Report — Trump and the new Israel-'squad' controversy MORE when he joined the Trump administration.
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