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"He is deeply, deeply upset by this and believes it undercuts his authority," one former Navy official said, adding that it also undercuts Rear Adm.
It undercuts our civilization's chances of surviving global warming, but it also undercuts our civilization itself, since that civilization rests in large measure on those two forces.
Turkish operation 'undercuts US efforts' A senior State Department official told CNN Friday that the Turkish operation "undercuts" US efforts but did not go so far as to criticize President Donald Trump.
Trump's most recent rant obviously undercuts that more diplomatic message.
First, it undercuts the White House's legal defense against impeachment.
Waiving sanctions on Arak undercuts, rather than reinforces, nonproliferation norms.
The exploitation of trust, in this case, undercuts that purpose.
But in a strange way, it undercuts its own possibilities.
The service markedly undercuts Amazon Prime's $119 annual subscription fee.
This position, however, undercuts rather than supports nonproliferation policymaking globally.
Alas, the game's sheer body count rather undercuts that potential.
But the gimmick that propels the action undercuts the characters.
Carmen undercuts Ana's intelligence and needles her about her weight.
Critics say the quiet approach undercuts pressure from other shareholders.
Critics say the quiet approach undercuts pressure from other shareholders.
That undercuts an assertion of conservative critics of the inquiry.
But the conduct of the President himself often undercuts that message.
The continuing march of income inequality undercuts broad appeals to prosperity.
So often, the language we use to describe women undercuts accomplishments.
Her massive edge among nonwhites undercuts his smaller edge among whites.
It also undercuts Amazon Prime, which currently costs £7.99 a month.
The compulsive resort to tariffs undercuts a rules-based trading order.
The body of the Washington Post story undercuts its shadowy headline.
It undercuts the mobilizing excitement of electing a truly transcendental leader.
Washington charges that Canadian lumber unfairly undercuts prices on U.S. lumber.
Being able to traverse the mountain so easily undercuts its power.
Not only is much of this unnecessary, it undercuts U.S. security.
However, propping up its private labels fundamentally undercuts this value proposition.
Also, I find that salons don't do the undercuts as well.
But this new money from the Upton amendment undercuts that incentive.
Her decision "directly undercuts" Qualcomm's biggest business, the WSJ points out.
This bill undercuts investors' ability to act, and it's simply wrong.
The defensive player undercuts the offensive player, knocking him off balance.
His boss is unstable and publicly undercuts him in delicate moments.
Give me your undercuts, your messenger bags, your androgynous "dapper" clothing.
Fifty percent approve, even as the administration badmouths and undercuts it.
Anticipating defeat undercuts Republican leaders who've demanded that funding on Trump's behalf.
By aiding and abetting Trump, the Supreme Court undercuts its own legitimacy.
It also undercuts and undermines the efficiency of our foreign assistance dollars.
This kind of inartful complexity is what undercuts The Occupation the most.
" On Trump's military parade: "I think it undercuts everything about our power.
From pizza undercuts to Trump portraits, these hairstyles keep short hair interesting.
HIS EAGERNESS TO DO A DEAL SIGNIFICANTLY UNDERCUTS THE U.S. NEGOTIATING POSITION.
It would lead to a system that rations healthcare and undercuts innovation.
First, it undercuts Trump&aposs claim that he "hardly know[s]" Sondland.
SpaceX undercuts rivals in pricing and performance, helping the company gain marketshare.
Ahead, we've compiled the coolest rainbow-hair undercuts we've peeped on Instagram.
If that gets eliminated, it undercuts the rationale for all other deductions.
But Bejar adds an extra word — "forever" — which undercuts the saying's meaning.
Illegal fishing also undercuts the legal fishermen trying to earn a living.
Some of the language of the decision undercuts the rush to impeach.
Governor Holcomb shrugs off critics who claim that Infosys undercuts American workers.
The problem with this rhetorical line is that it implicitly undercuts itself.
But Ms. Barron exaggerates and undercuts those notions, revealing their gray areas.
This tactic undercuts domestic producers and can force them out of business.
The move to shift $3.8 billion to the border "undercuts any argument about the need for resources within the Department of Defense and it also undercuts the congressional process," the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Democratic Rep.
All of this is available at a price that far undercuts its competition.
The way the show undercuts Wenham as a villain is another writing problem.
That time trade-off directly undercuts the administration's ability to solve real issues.
This undercuts the White House's argument that China is paying for the tariffs.
But Allen doesn't just trip — he flops, undercuts and tackles — as compiled here.
But his present-tense story undercuts the constructive changes he pursues in flashback.
Bloom's performance undercuts our cynicism, and plays Blazkowicz as the quiet, shy type.
But it undercuts the conclusion the intelligence community has drawn about Russia's intentions.
Curiously, though, the strength of Lange's photographs at MoMA undercuts the exhibition's concept.
That, in turn, undercuts IAEA findings that Iran is complying with the deal.
He even undercuts Lucca and touts bogus studies to support his conservative beliefs.
February 2018: Amazon launches 'Shipping with Amazon,' which undercuts FedEx's and UPS' rates
This undercuts the U.S. goal of discouraging investment in China, the report said.
In so doing, the proposal undercuts its stated goal of state/tribal primacy.
First Sculptures is fascinating and provocative, but a pervasive dissonance undercuts the exhibition.
So here's what may explain Mattis's longevity: The secretary never undercuts Trump in public.
What they found undercuts a common view about how genetics and skin color works.
The officials said the current lottery system undercuts American workers and pulls down wages.
They also love their undercuts — the "fashy" look, as fascists like to call it.
The service has programming from A-list talent and undercuts its competitors in price.
Bushwick undercuts that message with its many competent, satisfyingly over-the-top action sequences.
The new EON15-S seriously undercuts the rest of Origin's laptop lineup on price.
By neglecting to bring them together into one single story, Clooney undercuts them all.
Just in time for Coachella, we've rounded up 13 of our favorite glitter undercuts.
HONG KONG (Reuters Breakingviews) - Australia's ban on Huawei undercuts the "Made in China" agenda.
Sebastian hates L.A.'s disposable culture, but Gosling undercuts that disgust with palpable vulnerability.
Bad news that perhaps undercuts everything else: Harpys still presumably lurk in the shadows.
But it further undercuts a defense Trump and his allies have tried to make.
The historically unprecedented spread of development undercuts the "Hard Times" of the book's title.
While U.S. hypocrisy does not justify other nations' crimes today, sanctimony undercuts Washington's credibility.
Bold, bright hairstyles are all over aspirational Instagram — from watermelon hair to multicolored undercuts.
David Paterson's administration — undercuts Mr. Cuomo's assertion that he is an anti-tax Democrat.
Private companies like UPS have long claimed the current system unfairly undercuts their business.
The worldwide coronavirus pandemic undercuts the entire system on which modern society is based.
But the pivot into full horror ultimately undercuts everything else Morgan was going for.
Dr. Gottlieb and others say the Juul combination with Altria severely undercuts that promise.
This episode undercuts everything that came before that made Rory's season six journey interesting.
Phys Ed New research undercuts widely held beliefs about strenuous physical training and pregnancy.
Together, the new research undercuts widely held beliefs about strenuous physical training and pregnancy.
At $9.99, it significantly undercuts the comparable Philips Hue bulb which sells for $24.99.
Cannold undercuts that, forcing us to confront our complicity in enjoying them as entertainment.
Its daily drumbeat ratchets up the rhetoric and undercuts our ability to reason together.
This undercuts President Trump's previous comments about the Chinese "rape" of the United States.
It also undercuts any thought by the Consortium to sue DOE for withholding funds.
If the Justice Department says there was no wiretap, it undercuts the president's accusation.
They said the rushed ballot undercuts political negotiations and is unfair to the opposition.
The sense of being narratively cheated and manipulated completely undercuts any scares in a movie.
The biofuel industry has criticized the expansion, saying it undercuts the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard.
But a suspension of criminal referrals for immigrant parents undercuts the effect of that policy.
For that moment to simply be dictated by programming undercuts the entire movie for me.
The desire to have things both ways constantly undercuts The Morning Show's first three episodes.
Aldi undercuts Trader Joe's by 232 cents per pound on the organic variety as well.
Skewing that market with government-backed incentive schemes reduces efficiency, destroys competition, and undercuts quality.
Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and locating embassies elsewhere de-legitimizes and undercuts Israel.
I think he's very sensitive about going there because he thinks it undercuts his legitimacy.
That position undercuts the administration's argument in a lawsuit that could overturn the entire law.
The Trump administration recently removed that analysis, which undercuts its argument, from the Treasury website.
Ohr's extensive testimony also undercuts one argument that House Democrats sought to make last year.
Manchin argued that campaigning against sitting senators undercuts their ability to work together in Washington.
Minimizing California's oil problem undercuts Brown's professed climate goals and puts our communities at risk.
Jesmille Darbouze gives Queen Marie a damp air of helplessness that undercuts her optimistic assertions.
Undercuts got a cool-girl makeover a couple of months ago, which gained some traction.
The longer he lurks in the background, the more he undercuts everyone else's best efforts.
The simplicity of the bikes is appealing to new riders, and the pricing undercuts competitors.
It also undercuts Qualcomm's business model, which is largely based on profits from patent fees.
But Ms. Daniels also undercuts liberal impulses to turn her into an oversimplified feminist hero.
It kind of undercuts the 'electability' argument that's been the most compelling rationale for Biden.
But in any case, adding "and besides, they're stealing our jobs" undercuts the whole pretense.
That evidence, the lawyer said, undercuts the prosecution's claim that Shkreli was defrauding the company.
But over dozens of hours of planet-hopping, Outer Worlds undercuts these neat technocratic solutions.
Voiceover can be a clunky device that slows down action and undercuts the overarching narrative.
He goes through the motions but undercuts his own calls for unity with political jabs.
White millennials, with their undercuts and tiki torches, were the face of hate in Charlottesville.
The macho heroics feel haloed with quotation marks, and an inadvertent heaviness undercuts the mayhem.
It also undercuts the value of cars customers want to trade in for a new vehicle.
And the president says that undercuts Robert Mueller&aposs probe with collusion and obstruction of justice.
The mistake seriously undercuts one of the FBI&aposs central arguments in the ongoing encryption debate .
So to not do it, and stand on opposite sides of the line, undercuts our credibility.
Recently, we've seen rainbow cat undercuts, unicorn horn hairstyles, and even glow in the dark hair.
Think of Dinah Shore Weekend as Spring Break with way less bros and way more undercuts.
It undercuts her claims that Trump is reckless when she can't fathom how reckless she was.
Corruption erodes confidence in human nature itself, and thus undercuts democracy at its deepest metaphysical core.
But Trump's move undercuts the deal's chief supporter in Iran, President Hassan Rouhani, and his backers.
The company's model easily outclasses and undercuts provincial competitors, conscripting local cabbies and enlisting new drivers.
Yet it also undercuts their marketing, which implies that their tests reveal something fundamental about you.
Such a luminous interior undercuts the fundamental message that L'Engle sought to articulate in this section.
This further undercuts explosive information in the dossier compiled by Christopher Steele, the former British spy.
That undercuts a core selling point of the deal: that it would bring safety and stability.
In the workplace, being seen as helpers rather than bosses undercuts women and their perceived competence.
And others have hinted that in some general sense, coronavirus undercuts the cosmopolitan and globalist mindset.
Gordis's failure to grapple seriously with Israel's occupation of the West Bank also undercuts his argument.
That happens too often in "The Photograph," which consistently builds and undercuts its own narrative momentum.
He oversells something, then undercuts it with his own indifference, which is super funny to me.
The inevitable book tour aspect of the Comey interview actually undercuts the importance of its insights.
His deep, resonant voice conveys solemnity, but there's something in it that ironically undercuts his seriousness.
"It feels like baseball lives in the past, and that undercuts player power," one historian said.
What undercuts its power is the silly, distracting background, a trifurcated flat plane of clashing circus colors.
It not only undercuts the film, it suggests the filmmakers fundamentally misunderstand the tropes they're working with.
It creates an oversight board that unnecessarily undercuts the democratic institution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Google's £399 Pixel 3A undercuts the 6T by a nice margin while having a vastly superior camera.
A great-looking chart is Intel, bouncing nicely off support and charts like Micron, who undercuts support.
Bringing up the irrelevant fact that she has been nude in past roles completely undercuts her talent.
Announced in January, Robinhood Crypto vastly undercuts Coinbase's U.S. fees that range from 1.5 to 4 percent.
This undercuts the Trump administration's claim that the terrorist group has largely been eradicated, per the Times.
An overzealous policy to subject certain U.S. citizens to additional scrutiny is demeaning and undercuts American values.
Setting aside the current political climate: the very structure of our government undercuts its true democratic potential.
Groundhog Day treated Phil Connors's infinite rebirths as quirky comedic fodder; Russian Doll immediately undercuts this premise.
Yet even there the law undercuts the ability of first responders other than law enforcement to contribute.
Many have complained that the UberX service undercuts taxis on price by avoiding costly licensing and insurance.
That undercuts the notion that Trump would have also conspired with Russian President Vladimir Putin to win.
Denying the Oversight panel a chance to take a crack at Dorsey undercuts Jordan, his allies believe.
None of those are traits that people would assign to Chloe Price, and it undercuts her character.
The show makes sure that Murphy soundly and satisfyingly wins their argument, but it undercuts the stakes.
To Dr. Radesky, this bombardment of advertising undercuts most of the educational content an app may include.
That undercuts the property values of earlier buyers, who increasingly are taking to the streets to protest.
Wright is more interested in myth-spinning than retreading history, which undercuts Darkest Hour's final inspirational punch.
Danylyuk's contention undercuts a core claim of Trump's impeachment defense: that Ukrainians didn't feel pressure from Trump.
The injection of vitriol undercuts the substantive political critique that is supposed to occur during these segments.
Others argue that the provision goes too far and undercuts the president's authority as commander in chief.
That undercuts his ability to lead average Americans, lawmakers, business executives or foreign leaders toward common goals.
Much of the material they have distributed undercuts the United States, particularly its diplomatic and security operations.
Cheap labor undercuts the economic security of the American working class and is bad for the country.
"There's one thing this thing undercuts is this whole Russia argument, [which] is such subterfuge," he added.
The buried report is especially telling because it undercuts administration officials' public rationale for the rule change.
Hill piles on the dangers, and such an accumulation fails to heighten the tension but, rather, undercuts it.
Here, they all come together in a nice, compact package, which, at $149, undercuts the competition pretty dramatically.
"There's a lot of humor mixed in that undercuts the creepiness," Fink says of Night Vale's particular tone.
Manufacturing's job problem undercuts hopeful forecasts that U.S. companies would bring significant numbers of jobs back from overseas.
Amazon already undercuts everybody, and makes stores like Walmart or Barnes & Noble seem like mom-n-pop shops.
Unlimited political spending also undercuts federalism, opening the door for outside money to dominate state and local elections.
But it also undercuts the very notion of free will that both movies are trying to play with.
But it never dispels tension when a scene needs tension or undercuts gravitas when a scene needs gravitas.
Even with a $20.95 delivery fee, that still undercuts the sides-only kit's $119 price tag by $28.03.
The timeline undercuts the entire narrative that we were fed during the campaign and right after the campaign.
The move further undercuts yellow taxi rates and will see Uber drivers make less money on each ride.
But to an extent, it undercuts a little of Okoye's autonomy when juxtaposed with the other Nakia scene.
Her drawings are surreal, most of them seemingly made from single, continuous lines whose fluidity undercuts their darkness.
It undercuts the identity politics of victimhood that has been the core of liberal campaign philosophy for generations.
The deal undercuts even McDonald's impressive on-again, off-again chicken nuggets deal of 20 nuggets for $5.
Discontent around the NSA also undercuts FBI claims that the use of the proposed GovtOS will be limited.
"The report of President Trump's own administration completely undercuts his statements over the last few weeks," Schumer said.
In essence, Trump declassified a document attacking the Steele dossier that also undercuts his political defenses against it.
However, relying on them to settle our most difficult disagreements undercuts their authority and makes civic engagement difficult.
That evidence undercuts the Trump administration's argument that there was no political motivation behind adding the citizenship question.
Goelman said the move undercuts the FBI's repeated assurances that Strzok would be afforded the normal disciplinary process.
This undercuts the U.S. military's ability to call upon U.S. airlines for support for military and humanitarian missions.
Google Cloud Platform still undercuts many of these prices, though, especially after you apply its sustained use discounts.
The new court decision frees them to vote and undercuts a scurrilous effort to block the ballot box.
Alternately stentorian and maniacal, he demands respect for the presidency even as he undercuts it with juvenile outbursts.
But there is no question that the agreement reached in the Senate undercuts one of his stated goals.
On the SUV side, Volvo's own XC24.5 undercuts the V24.5 Cross Country's $25,300 starting price by nearly $6,000.
Republicans believe the testimony undercuts Democrats' allegation that the White House was trying to cover up the call.
Putting cultural sites on the table as a military target, I think, undercuts what we're trying to do.
Mr. Dorsey's drawn-out delivery, with its melodramatic pauses, undercuts the weight of what he has to say.
Say you're a high-ranking officer and the CEO is a narcissist or sexist who undercuts your authority.
It then undercuts the pricing of over-the-top counters, providing medicines to its customers at discounted rates.
After quickly establishing this philosophical and folksy mood in a joke, a twist inevitably undercuts the self-seriousness.
The administration argues the system undercuts U.S. manufacturers and allows China to flood the market with cheap goods.
And then the other thing I think it undercuts is the whole genesis of this so called collusion narrative.
News that prostitutes are booking apartments online via Airbnb undercuts the gains boasted about by the government, said Jakobsson.
However, withdrawal of our forces in Syria mightily undercuts that effort and puts our allies, the Kurds, at risk.
Broderick undercuts the frenetic energy of the series with a gentler comedic tone that works as an effective contrast.
The toil that the poor fellow suffers in so doing undercuts the very principle he is straining to illustrate.
The longer Trump waits on the emergency, however, the more it undercuts his argument that there actually is one.
What voters are actually saying also undercuts a narrative about the choices Democrats will make in the 2020 primaries.
Critics of disclosing funding arrangements complain it undercuts the attorney-client privilege, where information is shielded from outside view.
" He added: "I cannot do my job here at the department with a constant background commentary that undercuts me.
But it does show us a scene that undercuts Ned Stark's hard-won reputation as a man of honor.
It's essentially a budget brand that undercuts premium audio products and uses loud design to stand out from competitors.
It kind of undercuts Kate's struggle and also her and Toby's lovely conversation about other ways to have kids.
In some ways, Obama's tenure as president reinforces what I've been teaching my kids—but also undercuts my message.
But Trump Jr.'s emails -- which he released right before The New York Times published them -- undercuts that position.
But thinking is dangerous precisely because it undercuts any solid, holy crutch that can be leaned on for support.
At $199, the Sonos One Smart Speaker immediately undercuts Apple's Siri-powered $349 HomePod and Google's $399 Home Max.
Until they post stuff on IG that undercuts their bogus, fabricated claims they made less than 24 hrs earlier.
But the actual setting is supposed to be nearly silent, and the constant noise undercuts the show's potential menace.
One major GOP criticism of the withdrawal is that it undercuts Kurdish allies and could weaken other U.S. alliances.
At the same time, he's hardly a star witness; his decision to walk back his claims undercuts his credibility.
With an economy that is this strong, Republicans are hoping to enjoy a bounce that undercuts the negative news.
An important part of his transformation is a new trade policy that encourages American jobs rather than undercuts them.
" The criticism against her from other women, she claimed, "totally undercuts modern feminism saying that they are for women.
Interestingly, YouTube TV's $35/month price undercuts its biggest competitor, Hulu, which offers a similar service for $40/month.
This new policy poses risks to U.S. national security, weakens U.S. leadership in the world and undercuts American values.
Now, she joins Amber Valletta, Rosario Dawson, and Rosamund Pike on a long list of celebrities with badass undercuts.
This might feel like a minor victory, but it drastically undercuts the far-right fantasy of shutting America's borders.
The theory undercuts Russian involvement in the hack and the U.S. intelligence community assessment about election interference by Moscow.
The obvious artifice undercuts any tension, despite beautiful scenery and a musical score that works overtime to build excitement.
Remaining apolitical in the Trump era not only undercuts core principles of higher learning, it is no longer sustainable.
"High crimes and misdemeanors is misbehavior that really undercuts the system of the Constitution and the government," she said.
" And I loved the way Emily undercuts him — and the playwright herself — by then saying, "Doesn't it sound terrible?
"I cannot do my job here at the department with a constant background commentary that undercuts me." https://t.
I can't defend this strangely chopped together video, which undercuts the scope and mysterious splendor of Ms. Carlson's vision.
The abrupt U.S. exit undercuts the message that Pompeo's own diplomats were pushing as recently as earlier this week.
And you know, I cannot do my job here at the department with a constant background commentary that undercuts me.
And you know…I cannot do my job here at the department with a constant background commentary that undercuts me.
Nike is so big and vast — 25 pairs of shoes per second sold — that the brand undercuts all other considerations.
But the moment before — which shows Pennywise opening his jaw with the aid of some questionable CGI — undercuts the horror.
At its worst, it stumbles on a key aspect of gender identity, so badly that it undercuts its own message.
Monthly installments: For the 1503GB Pixel 3 model, the Google Store undercuts Verizon ever so slightly, costing $33.29 per month.
Unlike McCain, the Khan family is not dependent on Trump to win re-election, which undercuts much of McCain's criticism.
It has not only been plainly dashed off, but also hilariously undercuts the man it is supposed to be elevating.
"The more he cheerleads the more he undercuts his reputation in the legal, judicial and law enforcement communities," Napolitano wrote.
"It completely undercuts a lot of industries and companies," Brian Riedl of the conservative-leaning Manhattan Institute told the Post.
But then, in true Trumpian fashion, he undercuts his own message by endorsing McConnell's proxy in the Alabama Senate race.
This not only undercuts their ability to craft a distinct identity, but also leaves progressive veterans out in the cold.
And that silence badly undercuts the very good work on a very important subject that she is trying to do.
Moreover, leaking methane undercuts the industry's claim that natural gas can be a bridge fuel to a cleaner energy future.
Hunger in the midst of plenty weakens students' sense of belonging and undercuts their social, emotional and physical well-being.
Both services cost $4.99 per month, which undercuts competitors like Disney's streaming platform, Disney+, and Google's cloud gaming service, Stadia.
Ms. Davidson said the industry groups' involvement in mobilizing contractors and workers undercuts the idea of a bottom-up movement.
But we all failed, Mr. Hinton explained, because the puzzle undercuts the natural way we see something like a pyramid.
The key is "loss," and the judge said there was none, and it undercuts the core of the prosecution's case.
In a ruling on Monday, Chief Justice Esther Hayut wrote that Edelstein's reasoning "undercuts the foundations of the democratic process".
This assault saps economic growth, costs Americans jobs, weakens our military capability and undercuts a key American competitive advantage — innovation.
But it also undercuts a central argument against witnesses that has been made -- quite successfully -- by McConnell to his conference.
First, it should openly acknowledge that the triangular axis of terrorism, narcotics, and criminality in Afghanistan directly undercuts American security.
Basing decisions on anything but environmental protection not only abuses EPA's authority but undercuts the credibility of its future actions.
Though the report largely undercuts the president's most inflammatory accusations, Mr. Trump's persistent attacks have nonetheless damaged the bureau's reputation.
But I think that undercuts the human capacity to compartmentalize and see personal experience in a different frame of reference.
The governor's executive order also undercuts the will of the people who last fall elected Ms. Ayala to serve them.
And the blockchains are not decentralized and they're not efficient, so that undercuts the two main points in their favor.
Failing to staff government bureaucracies and refusing to provide them with the resources needed also undercuts their ability to be effective.
The notion that Bloomberg and his social peers on Wall Street are living in terror of a Sanders administration undercuts this.
Trump's caustic response to the inquiry undercuts the idea that keeping him in power is good for the nation's civic health.
Rogen's reaction is pretty well-judged in this respect, as his sarcasm undercuts the more sinister image of his political machinations.
The disclosure undercuts Snap CEO Evan Spiegel's recent contention that Spectacles sales of more than 150,000 had topped the company's expectations.
Recognizing that the score's ambition motif is hiding surreptitiously in this exuberant section undercuts the force of Sebastian and Mia's declaration.
The deal brings the Rift and Touch Controllers to price parity with the PlayStation VR, and undercuts significantly the HTC Vive.
Doctors are also typically reimbursed when patients receive dialysis, a factor government officials have said undercuts earlier treatment of kidney disease.
The anti-EU tone undercuts what Theresa May has said publicly to the EU about wanting the European bloc to survive.
If a president has engaged in behavior that undercuts the Constitution, there's a different remedy for the Congress to look at.
This person is not hot, the movie's world says, which structurally undercuts the psychological journey its protagonist is supposed to complete.
This proposed rule fundamentally undercuts that promise by erecting barriers that interfere with successful treatment for the most at-risk patients.
This undercuts the very stability that was the justification for the quick U.S. support of Hernández after last year's contested elections.
The market also undercuts the idea of an impending recessionThe Treasury yield curve has also garnered a fair bit of coverage.
The kind of reform encouraged by the McGovern-Fraser Commission, and copied by the Republican Party , undercuts both of these functions.
The State Department has been hollowed out, and Trump undercuts his own secretary of state while threatening war with North Korea.
Why it matters: It undercuts White House arguments that the trade war with China is causing U.S. companies to return home.
"I cannot do my job here at the department with a constant background commentary that undercuts me," the attorney general said.
And although Giacometti's early sculptures explore how eroticism playfully undercuts "reality," he would cut ties with the Surrealist Movement by 1935.
Joe Donnelly's campaign says the high-deductible plan undercuts Braun's argument that he has better solutions to rising health insurance costs.
"This decision undercuts all of that and that whole chain of command who did the right thing on Gallagher," he added.
Jones, decided unanimously as well, also undermines the myth of presidential immunity and undercuts the argument in the Justice Department memos.
On the same day Democrats introduce their impeachment articles, a President Zelensky top aide undercuts the Democrats' star witness, Gordon Sondland.
It seems like the true line is, let's put out news that undercuts the idea of mainstream America, and establishment America. Yes.
A practical effect is that officers fail to document each stop, which undercuts the department's quest for accurate measurements, the report noted.
We'll come back to the regulator problem, because I think it ultimately undercuts any effort we could ever make to control speech.
There's something interesting in the abstract, conceptual side of burglary and how it undercuts all of the stuff we trust about architecture.
A teasing tone undercuts moments that might otherwise have been serious, and this tone can at times seem godlike in its detachment.
The controversy undercuts the government's efforts to show that it is making the Netherlands less hospitable to tax avoidance schemes by multinationals.
A rally in benchmark 10-year Treasury notes, usually seen as a safe haven, undercuts the picture of a "risk on" market.
Part of your argument in the book is this idea that democratic politics undercuts social cooperation because it fuels identity-based conflicts.
It also undercuts Republicans' process arguments by outlining investigation and hearing procedures and the rights afforded to the president throughout the proceedings.
The research undercuts a lot of guidelines that tech companies are using to sell their products to consumers concerned about their health.
The biofuel industry, meanwhile, has criticized the expansion of the program under Trump, saying it undercuts the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).
Taxi groups have argued that Uber undercuts their business and should be subject to the same rules and regulations that they are.
"&aposFake news&apos is a phrase that undercuts our profession and the hard-working journalists who practice the craft," the reporter continued.
That mine's availability undercuts the argument that relaxing mine permitting rules is necessary to stimulate rare earths' availability for national security uses.
Romney's position is one that is gaining momentum among party leaders, but directly undercuts the third candidate in the race: Ohio Gov.
Tom Price (R-Ga.) to lead the Department of Health and Human Services undercuts Trump's pledge to not cut social welfare programs.
Simply ceasing to treat JIRA as the primary map and model of project completion undercuts a great deal of its implicit antipatternness.
For me, undercuts are the ultimate form of badassery — and don't try to tell me I'm the only one who thinks this.
"But if you get in your car and fill the gas tank on the way to the rally, it undercuts your argument."
The revelation dramatically undercuts the president's February claim that "nobody that I know of" on his campaign team had contacts with Russia.
It undercuts U.S. resolve to support Ukraine and certainly puts a question into their mind whether they in fact have U.S. support.
If an EU member state undercuts its quota by more than half, the 60,000 euros per person should be withdrawn, it said.
Political values are important in antitrust, but political pressure on government enforcers undercuts their ability to make professional judgments about enforcement policy.
Sony's device — even when bundled with the PlayStation 4 and other elements — also undercuts the price of the Oculus and HTC headsets.
Scenes like these strike an unfortunate comedic note that undercuts the seriousness of Berlinger's point: that devils may come disguised as angels.
When doing that means you're throwing subliminals to what people perceive to be hip-hop, that feels like it undercuts your point.
Yet the work's melodrama, as Mr. Khan staggers, shell shocked, through this hostile space, undercuts its power, particularly in the final scene.
Leaving Mr. Navarro at home, he has told colleagues, undercuts the president's talk of confronting China with a tough message on trade.
They're also way, way too cheap for how good they are, with a regular $100 price tag that seriously undercuts $160 AirPods.
And, you know, I think I cannot do my job here at the department with a constant background commentary that undercuts me.
Critics say it also undercuts the government's effort to portray this summer's Olympic Games in Tokyo as one of the greenest ever.
For him to be seen and to see himself as the leader in the race at its very beginning undercuts his messaging.
They undoubtedly hope for some detail about the whistleblower to emerge that undercuts his report and reveals some deep-seated political bias.
Obstruction of Congress is impeachable under the Constitution because it undercuts the basic structure of democracy that is founded in this country.
Weaving accounts by ordinary colonists into the sweep of events, Taylor undercuts the narrative of noble patriots standing up to monarchical tyranny.
To withdraw resources now, from a time-tested solution that ultimately saves so many lives and so much money, undercuts all parties.
If the experience itself (or the customer service around it) is unpleasant, that undercuts one of the main reasons to do it.
But Germany imports just 9 percent of all of its energy, which undercuts Trump's claim that Germany will somehow be beholden to Moscow.
The pricing, meanwhile, undercuts Western Union fees (which start at 8%): the economy service is free, while the higher tier starts at $3.99.
But Jackman brings across a deep, sullen affection for the old man that undercuts all Logan's gruff fury and refusal to play hero.
In its own way, Late Night is, indeed, a movie about women being empowered, with a narrative that modestly undercuts Hollywood's worst tendencies.
Uber Chap Chap gives it another way to differentiate, though Uber's Nairobi drivers have complained that launching lower-priced services undercuts their earnings.
QuickSight already significantly undercuts the pricing of services like Tableau and others, though we're also talking about a somewhat more limited feature set.
Now the White House report undercuts the notion that the tax penalties at issue in the case are central to the health law.
This undercuts the argument from Republican members, the Treasury Department and Trump's lawyers that the current request for the President's returns is unprecedented.
The President accidentally undercuts the "Deep State" claim by admitting a leak about the FBI's investigation before the election would have been fatal.
Gender imbalance undercuts virtual reality's utopian promise Whatever the reasons that VR and AR initially attracted men, designing for them perpetuates the gap.
Cohen facilitated the payments through an outside consulting company, and not the campaign, a fact that undercuts Trump's argument they were not illegal.
And of course, last quarter's 4.2 percent GDP growth undercuts any notion that the "new normal" constrains us to tepid 2 percent growth.
Where are the GOP leaders in Congress willing to question their president when he bullies, stirs discord, and undercuts the rule of law?
It also undercuts the idea that his unpredictable instincts are reined in by more experienced administration officials, such as Defense Secretary James Mattis.
If undercuts and rainbow hair had a baby, it would be the cat-inspired 'do we saw yesterday on Russian Instagram user Katichka.
But in spite of these things, the playful, top 40-friendly vibe of the song undercuts the actual message that homophobia is wrong.
It undercuts services like E*Trade and Scottrade that charge around $7 to $10 per trade to fund their marketing and physical branches.
Though dozens of GOP lawmakers have voiced concerns about Trump's executive order, none has specifically said they would support legislation that undercuts it.
Mr. Trump's temperament stands out as potentially his most damaging vulnerability, as his penchant for insults and provocations often undercuts his political message.
The revelation undercuts her claim that she was a purely independent actor as she shared information she believed would be damaging to Democrats.
The damaging impact of air pollution undercuts the overall progress that the world has made in raising life expectancy in the past decades.
Barr, the attorney general, lashed out at Trump — for "a constant background commentary that undercuts" the Justice Department — because Barr is legitimately upset.
The rising number of injuries undercuts Mr. Trump's initial statements hours after the strike, in which he said that no Americans were hurt.
That account undercuts a key element of the White House impeachment defense — that the aid holdup was separate from his requests for inquiries.
Loan sharks proliferate, as do predatory business practices built on easily exploited and barely regulated labor, the abundance of which undercuts local workers.
None of that undercuts Mr. Macron's formidable political skills or that of his party, La République en Marche (The Republic on the Move).
As with so much in our conversations about technology, security, and democracy, encryption debates can be emotional in a way that undercuts nuance.
Ultimately, however, Begley undercuts herself with the sort of sweeping, overgeneralized assertions that seem to be endemic among popular science books these days.
The reductive public image of the nun as existing to serve the priest and to pray quietly also undercuts those who speak up.
The Democrats' rebuttal to the Nunes memo, meanwhile, is interesting for the way it undercuts Republicans' claims of FBI and Justice Department impropriety.
Industry groups in the United States, New Zealand, Australia and Europe say it unfairly undercuts their exports and violates World Trade Organization competition rules.
When the surveillance began, Page had already left Trump's campaign, which undercuts some of Barr's assertion that "spying did occur" on the campaign itself.
I tried gold, shaved sides, undercuts, growing the top bit longer... Then I realized I had tried everything and I was still not satisfied.
In a statement, she says data used in the EPA and NHTSA's own proposed rule undercuts the argument about lighter cars being more dangerous.
This is one of those subtle statements that undercuts the fact that many women — moms, grandmothers, and otherwise — are actually really proficient at tech.
When Democrats back a shutdown, as happened this time, it undercuts their claim to be the non-crazy party of governance and regular order.
The style updates we're considering run the gamut from baby bangs to sneaky undercuts (both are trendy styles this season according to the pros).
Odebrecht is exiting the pipeline and another three Peru projects as a corruption probe in its home country, Brazil, undercuts its access to credit.
Moreover, the offer completely undercuts any effort to argue in this and future proceedings that he is too busy to sit for a deposition.
"It undercuts U.S. resolve to support Ukraine and certainly puts a question into their mind whether they in fact have U.S. support," he said.
"It undercuts U.S. resolve to support Ukraine and certainly puts a question into their mind whether they in fact have U.S. support," Vindman said.
That Jamie experiencing sexual desire unencumbered by memories of Randall and with an anonymous woman in a brothel happens offscreen completely undercuts the drama.
Despite plenty of economy-cabin fare sales on SAS, Norwegian usually undercuts the airline on price when they both fly from the same regions.
His testimony also undercuts the testimony of the US ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland and may open Sondland up to a perjury charge.
But the courts will likely strike down another California law that undercuts the feds by forcing employers to tip off workers about immigration raids.
Unfortunately, like Aztec, the game ultimately doesn't convert this historical understanding into a sense of real cultural understanding, it undercuts its own political stance.
He's a small guy, on the cusp of puberty, with wide blue eyes and a smile that undercuts his determined efforts to seem tough.
Their presence undercuts a Thai sense of nationhood that is girded by a triumvirate of institutions: the military, the monarchy and the Buddhist monastery.
The findings also show that grunting is beneficial for upping power, he says, which undercuts the argument that it is a kind of cheating.
However, Suwage's use of humor through the inclusion of masks injects an element of levity in his works that undercuts the actions of fanaticism.
But the project, the Yemen Comprehensive Humanitarian Operations, is seen by aid groups as an ineffective effort that undercuts the United Nations' own program.
Refusing to tell people the truth will cost lives because it undercuts our efforts to flatten the epidemic curve with practices like social distancing.
Russia deterrence: Withholding American military aid to Ukraine weakens its national defense and undercuts a shared goal of the U.S. and its Western allies.
And that in turn leads to more partisanship and more hatred for fellow citizens, and this undercuts the connections that support a functioning democracy.
Meanwhile in the US, Bluetooth tracking company Tile recently complained in a congressional antitrust hearing that Apple unfairly undercuts potential competitors on its platform.
For all of this, Google is offering its top-of-the-line smartphone at a price that undercuts Apple's and Samsung's most expensive phones.
Republicans say the partisan tone of the launch of the House impeachment effort undercuts the argument for a prolonged deliberative process in the Senate.
" "Imagine if I had said in front of everyone, 'Don't go' or 'Go,' and his decision was a different decision; it undercuts that relationship.
The book's final chapter daringly undercuts Topics' structural conceit, which is that every story possesses inherent, equal value and is deserving of receptive attention.
Giuliani maintained that he was acting on behalf of his client and has insisted he will ultimately produce information that undercuts claims against Trump.
A recent change to the bill completely undercuts the AHCA's (until recently) chief mechanism for potentially revolutionizing the health care and health insurance industries.
Irony has its place in the frequently too portentous superhero subgenre, but here it undercuts the tension and terror without providing much compensatory value.
Mueller's indictment, while likely not his last, nonetheless undercuts both ends of the logic chain that many Trump opponents hoped would lead to impeachment.
Taken as a whole, his debate performance was more polished — but that, in itself, implies artifice that undercuts his brand as a principled outsider.
Fantin-Latour undercuts the theory of his earlier work with an unexpected series of fuzzy paintings of fairies — something from outside the observable world.
It aims to put the United States at a military disadvantage, and it undercuts the chances of moving our bilateral relationship into a better direction.
We know that Trump continues to treat Russia unusually gently — palling around with Vladimir Putin even as he undercuts NATO and weakens the Western alliance.
"I don't want to learn the hard way," agreed Shabnam, a 34-year-old Persian woman from Minnesota who has started swiping left on undercuts.
The rout of the PT undercuts its claim that Ms Rousseff was the victim of a "coup" and that Mr Temer's presidency is therefore illegitimate.
The deal directly undercuts the NCAA and could provide a rubric for who goes to market with the licensing rights for athletes in major sports.
WatchTV will also be made available standalone for $15 per month, which undercuts Dish's Sling TV ($20/month) as the cheapest option on the market.
Tweaking skin tones or lazily superimposing computer-made swatches over a model's arm undercuts the admirable efforts brands are making in product and shade development.
TREASURY RAPS COHEN RECORD LEAKER, UNDERCUTS RATIONALE FOR BREACH The official told The New Yorker he did it out of concern over allegedly missing files.
But the title, which seems to promise solid facts, then undercuts that promise by calling such supposed sureties "fabrications," is another of DeSiano's aesthetic feints.
But Asus is famous for its breakthrough pricing, and so its most affordable ZenBook 3 model undercuts Apple's MacBook nicely with a $999 starting price.
This persistent gap between test results and what can be achieved in practice undercuts limits imposed by governments to curtail greenhouse gases and air pollution.
The projection from the Joint Committee on Taxation — the official congressional scorekeeper — undercuts the White House argument that tax reductions will effectively pay for themselves.
"So taking more time to roll it out, it undercuts the idea that this is a crisis, and they have to do something right away."
The price undercuts Disney, which earlier this year announced its own streaming service that will feature its iconic children's content and cost $6.99 per month.
But hanging over all the efforts is Mr. Trump's heated language, which undercuts Mr. Tillerson's diplomacy on Venezuela and much of the United States agenda.
Trump often undercuts his criticism of hate with statements that run counter to the point he seems to be making, and with political talking points.
The leaked unemployment report, if confirmed, undercuts a basic premise of Mr. Modi's 2014 campaign: creating jobs for the country's enormous and young work force.
As Mabel presents a sanitized version of Emily, Olnek undercuts her account with scenes of Emily and Susan in love, in bed and in correspondence.
The idea has drawn ire from both foreign leaders and business executives, who say it undercuts the surety that trade agreements are meant to create.
A robust euro also undercuts the bank's efforts to jolt inflation back to the official target of 2 percent, a level considered healthy for growth.
The ghost's role undercuts the novel's seriousness, and Lu's attempt to fit it into an explanation for certain developments is not just tortured but unnecessary.
Warren sort of undercuts this — she's much more personable, politically astute, with a stronger public presence than when she first emerged on the political scene.
That undercuts the Bloomberg rationale that the New Yorker would be the only one who could stop Sanders and then beat Trump in the fall.
The GAO's ultimate conclusion undercuts much of Trump's defense in the ongoing Senate impeachment trial that no crime was committed in his conduct regarding Ukraine.
DNA analysis from a study published Wednesday in the journal PLOS One undercuts that hypothesis, and may help archaeologists get closer to solving the riddle.
NYT Reporters' essay about a supposed second Yale incident omitted their own book reporting that completely undercuts it: alleged victim denies any memory of it.
On the one hand, losing face in a verbal exchange with North Korea's dictator undercuts the United States' credibility with both our allies and adversaries.
Initially, the subject matter here undercuts any argument that military commissions will more efficiently and effectively serve justice on terrorism suspects than Article III courts.
Under other circumstances that might be commendable, but here it undercuts Ms. Breslin, who is already having enough trouble making Baby something other than bland.
The report undercuts an oft-stated defense of Trump's decision to hold the aid back: that it was a lawful exercise of the president's authority.
" A release issued by the governor said the White House's new plan "encourages the use of coal – and undercuts the nation's commitment to clean energy.
The best protection against terrorism is strong intelligence (agencies Trump constantly undercuts) and opportunities for immigrants who do settle here to succeed in our society.
Alex Azar's nomination to Health and Human Services undercuts the administration's message on lowering drug prices, and Senate should not confirm Azar to the role.
But more importantly, it undercuts the story, preserving a more vague spirituality at the expense of any particulars in a tale that's all about particularity.
A new study from the RAND Corporation, though, undercuts that idea—in fact, it suggests that the benefits of later start far outweigh the costs.
In season two, he's just desperately trying to figure out if that belief is founded on anything real, and it undercuts any authority he had before.
The Buenos Aires protest underscores frustration among the city's taxi drivers, who charge that Uber undercuts them on price, helping steal away consumers with competitive fares.
But overemphasizing the challenge Iran poses only further undercuts U.S. credibility and makes it easier for other nations, such as China, to actively oppose U.S. policy.
It was once a show that thrived in the gray areas, where heartache undercuts triumph and anything resembling a classical hero was dispatched with merciless efficiency.
China also continues to claim that an anti-missile defence system recently installed by America in South Korea, THAAD, undercuts China's ability to deter external threats.
Details: HUD's inspector general Rae Oliver Davis reportedly complained to HUD Secretary Ben Carson in a memo on Monday that the delay undercuts his oversight assignment.
Others concerned about antitrust claim Amazon undercuts those merchants in order to boost its own profits by driving business to its wholesale inventory and proprietary products.
His criticism undercuts the influence of President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who are considered moderates by the standards of the Iranian regime.
As horrible as the Sand women's fate is, the looming presence of the Mountain undercuts it: At least we didn't have to watch something much worse.
While the price undercuts other offerings like the Nest Hello ($229), this doorbell has multiple sensors and a layer of intelligent software to keep it competitive.
The company's recent MateBook tablet hybrid undercuts the Surface Pro 4 by $200, but it runs Windows 10, not a mobile OS like iOS or Android.
Putting kids behind bars does little for public safety, disrupts their education, undercuts the necessary support children need, and exposes kids to more trauma and violence.
If the vaccine canisters imply that all of humanity is at stake, how the game plays moment to moment undercuts any sense of actually being human.
It's sadly ironic: Sucker Punch undercuts its own themes because it doesn't spend enough time giving a voice to the women it claims to speak for.
Behind the curtain: The widely held view in Republican circles, according to Axios' Jonathan Swan, is that Trump's aggressiveness undercuts the notion that there are tapes.
This $15 per month price point undercuts newcomer Philo, which in November had introduced the cheapest over-the-top TV service at just $16 per month.
Congress has never overturned a national emergency declaration, and voting to do so now actually undercuts the claims of the defectors to be acting on principle.
That compares pretty well with the $6.99 per month (or $69.99 yearly) asking price in the U.S., and undercuts the Netflix pricing in those markets, too.
The U.S. aviation industry has argued for years that Qatar's subsidies to state-owned Qatar Airways undercuts the international Open Skies Agreement and creates unfair competition.
Effectiveness aside, Cramer said the current state of the American economy undercuts Trump's pleas — the latest piece of criticism the president has levied against the Fed.
Public Citizen, a public interest group that sued Trump over his two-for-one regulatory order, said the report undercuts the justification for Trump's deregulatory agenda.
Exacerbating our incompetence in this matter is a long tradition of racist and lazy reporting on Jackson, which undercuts the media's basic authority on the subject.
Additionally, the law's requirement that abortion providers have admitting privileges near their clinic undercuts the state's argument that the law serves to screen out bad doctors.
Such illusory reliance undercuts the foundational premise for judicial deference to administrative action: that the decision resulted from an exercise of specialized expertise that courts lack.
With impressive subtlety, the translations recreate the playful irony that undercuts the incessant anguish in each story, an anguish that can become predictable and therefore tiresome.
If your big data analysis of traffic supports or undercuts a proposed policy of limiting transportation options in such and such a way, that's one thing.
Such a move undercuts messaging by the administration about U.S. intentions to defend its security, interests, and allies, in the face of growing Iran-backed aggression.
What undercuts or complicates this is that many of the site's more objectionable articles were written by people from the demographic most likely to take offense.
It undercuts the celebration of British Empire by showcasing some of the people who paid for its wealth with their freedom, their labor, and their lives.
EPI found that the ability of U.S. employers to exploit unauthorized workers undercuts the bargaining power of U.S. workers who work side by side with them.
A second risk is that Mr. Trump, in taking a shot at Mr. Assad, undercuts his own main goal in the region: defeating the Islamic State.
The development undercuts the latest false narrative by the anti-Trump chorus in Washington, which had begun to cast doubts on whether the summit was real.
But when someone tries to big-foot you or just unintentionally undercuts your efforts, it's hard to focus on "one for all, all for one" teamwork.
"The Gallagher decision undercuts the chain of command in Naval Special Warfare who were really trying hard to do the right thing," said retired Marine Col.
The finding is one of several by Mr. Horowitz that undercuts conservatives' claims that the F.B.I. acted improperly in investigating several Trump associates starting in 2016.
According to ProPublica, the video undercuts the government's version of events about Carlos' death and provides a view of conditions for sick migrant children in custody.
"The Trump Administration's new policy places a heartless burden on the service of LGBTQ diplomats and undercuts our American values of equality and acceptance," Schneider said.
"The United States is a nation of second chances, but the experience of solitary confinement too often undercuts that second chance," Obama wrote in the Washington Post.
Hands down one of the better collections of work on skateboarding, it neither oversells the sport side nor undercuts the camaraderie that makes the sport so appealing.
Because nothing undercuts a screaming match about naps between two grown women more than the true story of a Russian orphan narrowly escaping a life of prostitution.
This undercuts the time required to calm the anxious ticklish patient and the painstakingly slow movements that one has to use if you don't use this technique.
The episode is based on a real case from New York state, but it deviates from the real facts in a way that undercuts the message somewhat.
At $79 per month, the price significantly undercuts the MTA's prices for someone riding the subway twice daily, though its hours and coverage area are more limited.
But the talk of eventually confirming Garland has agitated GOP leaders because it undercuts their argument that the vacancy should only be filled by the next president.
While that appeals to a president who built a reality television career around the words "you're fired," it undercuts the predictability corporations need for long-term planning.
A transcript of his first phone call with Zelensky, in April, shortly after Zelensky won the election, undercuts this point because Trump made no mention of corruption.
But President Donald Trump often undercuts them by tweeting out juvenile challenges to North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un or dismissing the prospect that diplomacy might work.
These men boldly went where many hadn't gone before, eschewing the world of buzz cuts and combovers, fades and undercuts, in favor of something far more freeform.
So I reached out to her to find out what she has learned and how it undercuts a lot of our conventional ideas about sexuality and gender.
In some ways, the Russian outreach to Ms. Hicks undercuts the idea that the Russian government had established deep ties to the Trump campaign before the election.
Analysts say Beijing tries both to suppress speech in Australia that undercuts its priorities — such as the diplomatic isolation of Taiwan — and to promote its own agenda.
Perhaps what especially undercuts Bloomberg's spending on his candidacy is that his riches are one of the prime reasons he and his supporters argued he could win.
The young artist Shani Peters collages Black Lives Matter demonstrations into earlier protests but undercuts her political gaze by outfitting the gallery with incense and meditation cushions.
There's a frivolity to Trump that undercuts his dangerousness, but his ascendance is a sign of how close we are to tipping over into something truly dark.
It undercuts the contention by House Democrats that President Trump committed an impeachable offense by insisting on a court order before sending possibly privileged material to Congress.
It also undercuts one of the central ideas of Trump's entire political project: his claim that only he had the skills to fix the mess in Washington.
The U.S. aviation industry has for years argued that Qatar's subsidies to the state-owned Qatar Airways undercuts the international Open Skies Agreement and creates unfair competition.
"Every day that the Committee is without the redacted information undercuts the Committee's ability to determine whether to impeach the President," House general counsel Douglas Letter wrote.
The recording was seized during an F.B.I. raid on Mr. Cohen's office, and undercuts previous Trump administration claims that the president didn't know anything about the payment.
If the court scales back on abortion rights and undercuts Obama-era steps on other key issues, those cultural issues could move to the forefront of the election.
Daesh may technically just be the Arabic acronym for ISIL, but it is a name that actively undercuts the power these militants wish to convey to native speakers.
A gloomy outlook on the final two issued by Standard & Poor's undercuts the assumption that fallout from currency crises last year in both countries was already priced in.
In Buenos Aires, taxi drivers have blocked streets during protests against the company, saying that it undercuts them by paying its drivers less than what unionized drivers earn.
The decision will make it easier for millions of women seeking a medication abortion to get one, and undercuts legislation supported by anti-abortion lawmakers across the country.
Glitter tears and undercuts, unicorn hair, rainbow makeup, and sparkling derrières are all sure to make appearances, but the nail art trends that will emerge are anyone's guess.
After intensifying the pressure, the administration should explore how it can use that leverage to come to an arrangement with Russia that further undercuts Iran's position in Syria.
"The United States is a nation of second chances, but the experience of solitary confinement too often undercuts that second chance," Obama wrote in the Post op-ed.
Like zooming in on a leaf under a microscope, Lamar unveils a lattice of overlapping narratives, complemented by sly production that informs and undercuts his songs' troubled protagonists.
Twitter is abuzz with speculation — like this tweet from David French — that this fact undercuts the memo's thesis that the Russia investigation sprung mostly from the Steele dossier.
Americans recognize that corporate consolidation doesn't just undercut freedom in the marketplace—it undercuts the economic equality and free flow of information on which our political system depends.
The Amazon Echo Studio is the best Echo you can buy, the best Echo to date and, at $199, it undercuts similarly performing speakers from Apple and Sonos.
Diplomatic engagement also undercuts Iranian hard-liners' pervasive hostility to the United States, lowering the odds that a fiercely anti-American government assumes power following Iran's 2021 elections.
Vindman's testimony opens a key Trump official up to a perjury chargeVindman's revelation is noteworthy because it directly undercuts parts of Sondland's testimony to Congress earlier this month.
"Every time we resurrect from the rubble one of these monuments, it undercuts the message of fear and ignorance that these people are trying to spread," he said.
Hank is the dad that Scott never wants to be, and that dynamic unlocks a deeper, messier emotional layer that undercuts the zip and pop of the film.
That entry point undercuts rival 1Password, whose 1Password Teams pricing starts at $3.99/user/month, but is more inline with LastPass Enterprise, which starts at $24/user/year.
This revelation from Vindman undercuts one of Trump's key claims — that there couldn't have been a quid pro quo because the Ukrainians didn't know aid was being withheld.
Creating uncertainty in funding for such programs undercuts all the hard work put in by these programs trying to attract young talented medical professionals to medically underserved areas.
The film's manic motion-capture action sequences seem to exist solely to pad out the story, and the alienness of the computer effects undercuts Carrey's sweetly soulful work.
Critics say the move undercuts Congress and fear that it is another attempt by the administration to cancel aid programs that advocates see as vital to US interests.
That families constitute so great a proportion of illegal border crossers undercuts Mr. Trump's contention that he is cracking down on immigration to keep out rapists and criminals.
"I cannot do my job here at the department with a constant background commentary that undercuts me," Barr told ABC News in a stunning rebuke of his boss.
After The New York Times reported Bolton&aposs upcoming book undercuts one of Trump&aposs central defenses against impeachment, there have been increasing calls for him to testify.
Even more significant than Trump's tweeting, the Justice Department recently filed a document in the Supreme Court that also undercuts the administration's arguments in a very similar way.
Zola undercuts his authority and refuses to play along, but she's still stuck in Florida, toeing the line between earning X's grudging respect and avoiding his violent wrath.
The president's noted penchant for exaggeration, as well as his unrestrained tweeting that undercuts statements he previously made, may be playing a role in his legal team's thinking.
Chrises are highly competent and also a little bit sweetly dorky, occasionally even dim in a puppyish way, but their dimness never undercuts their heroism, their aspirational masculinity.
This is the kind of norm erosion that's undeniably scary, one that undercuts some of the rules of the road that democracies genuinely do need to function properly.
If those who might be witnesses against Trump think that a pardon might be coming if they refuse to cooperate, that undercuts prosecutors' ability to make these cases.
This undercuts the hard work to date on carbon utilization and breeds suspicion that, given the oil industry's history of dishonest engagement around carbon emissions, is entirely reasonable.
Several stories were published this week about departments charging thousands of dollars to meet requests, something the American Civil Liberties Union argues undercuts the intent of the law.
His call for witnesses also undercuts a Republican defense that the Democratic case against Trump is incomplete and based on hearsay -- since he is asking for key witnesses.
The expert also undercuts enthusiasm for transferring to Mexico a version of Uruguay's decision to become the first country in the world to fully legalize marijuana in 2013.
The crisp attenuation of the melodic elements undercuts the atmospheric qualities, repeatedly jolting Carti awake while achieving a cognitive dissonance that renders the album both addictive and inscrutable.
Instead, by just focusing on the light show and the powers (which really aren't all that visually impressive), Dark Phoenix undercuts the biggest emotional moment of the story.
Roku's lower starting price point for its top-of-the-line streaming box undercuts the new Apple TV, which also offers 103K support and HDR but starts at $179.
That's the message of a new analysis by S&P Global, which acknowledges that the Affordable Care Act marketplaces are "fragile" but undercuts the narrative that they're falling apart.
All these disparate pieces of different games don't add up to a cohesive whole, which undercuts the effective storytelling and courtroom dramas that occupy the rest of the game.
But the second point—along with Mr Trump's rather extraordinary claim on July 23rd that Article II lets him do "whatever I want as president"—clearly undercuts the first.
Here's what's at stake: If Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is connected, this undercuts the image he has been trying to build of himself as a modernizing reformer.
The decision undercuts a key argument by President Trump and his allies that the investigation is not legitimate because lawmakers have not yet taken a vote on the process.
In the slides ahead, you'll find curly shags, choppy bangs, short crops, on-trend undercuts, and more, all cleverly designed to be easily air-dried and take minimal styling.
Already in production is its ES8 electric SUV, which has a starting price of about $68,000 and undercuts the Model X.  The EP9 is Nio's sleek electric sports car.
But critics say it undercuts Israel&aposs democratic values and sidelines the country&aposs non-Jewish population, namely the Arab community that makes up 20 percent of the country.
"It undercuts the DFS operators' contention that they're offering purely an entertainment product and not a gambling product," said Daniel Wallach, a sports and gaming attorney at Becker & Poliakoff.
Business owners requested the rules in 2007 to prevent strikes by unions representing some 700,000 workers in an industry that has grown rapidly, partly because it undercuts China's factories.
For all its efforts, the operation in Madagascar missed its mark at first, plagued by a startling incompetence and corruption that undercuts Russia's image as a master political manipulator.
Roku's lower starting price point for its top-of-the-line streaming box undercuts the new Apple TV, which also offers 4K support and HDR but starts at $179.
But pressure from smaller players like SpaceX, which drastically undercuts Boeing on the cost of rocket launches, has meant the legacy operators need to rethink how they do business.
His supporters understood exactly what he's been saying this whole time, and nothing about marrying a white model who worked here illegally for a bit undercuts his real message.
The plan has faced bipartisan criticism, including from national Democratic leaders who say it undercuts criticism of what they call Republican power grabs in states including Wisconsin and Michigan.
But his own insistence that Democrats agree to finance a border wall — in exchange for ending family separation — undercuts that position, as The Washington Post's Jennifer Rubin points out.
Dallas (CNN)Attorney General William Barr said Wednesday he has seen nothing so far that "undercuts" the New York City medical examiner's finding that Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide.
The New York City medical examiner ruled that he died by suicide, and US Attorney General William Barr said last week he had seen nothing that "undercuts" that finding.
The lock step Republican support and enthusiasm for President Trump's shameful, proposed tax plan — a plan that undercuts every single class except the 1 percent and corporations — are incomprehensible.
That argument also undercuts former Vice President Joe Biden, who is marketing himself as the most capable among the candidates to win with Republicans and independents disenchanted with Trump.
"I cannot do my job here at the department with a constant background commentary that undercuts me," Mr. Barr said during a televised interview on Thursday with ABC News.
The spectacle of de Nieves's work at once delights in and undercuts the decadence, pageantry, beauty and symbolism of the Catholic Church, royal courts — and perhaps the museum itself.
Many analysts expect core consumer inflation to hover around 1 percent in the coming months and slow down after a scheduled sales tax hike in October 2019 undercuts consumption.
The goal is to turn a phrase like "Western civilization" into code for "white culture" and to cement a narrative about history that glorifies patriarchy and undercuts cultural progressivism.
The victory for Clinton also undercuts the comeback Sanders and his team are counting on as the pair head into a series of primaries and caucuses in Western states.
The Palestinians believe the U.S. move undercuts their claim to Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem as the capital of a future state, and Abbas has since frozen ties with the Americans.
The good thing about the ANC1003BT is their price, which, at $2100 / €2300, undercuts both the Sony and Bose category leaders and gives you plenty of reason to be intrigued.
All three of his chiefs have tried different governing styles, but the result is nearly always the same: the President ultimately makes the decisions, and eventually undercuts his top deputy.
Ilan Goldenberg, a Middle East expert with the Center for New American Security, told me that Trump's decision significantly undercuts the US's credibility as a neutral party in the conflict.
The letter then undercuts its own logic by acknowledging that the terror-related investigations involve "individuals from countries around the world", not only from the six banned Muslim-majority countries.
"It totally undercuts the argument that we've been transparent and because there was no criminal wrongdoing that's why we encouraged everyone to cooperate," said one former senior White House official.
But the wide and immediate availability of a pirated version of his film certainly undercuts the potential for CK to profit off a theme of sexual misconduct in the future.
Westworld speculates on the thin line between human and artificial life, then undercuts itself by asking viewers to question which humans are robots, rather than what makes robots like humans.
Mongillo's voice has a waver to it, a subtle lilt that undercuts Shinji's attempts at manliness, even as you can feel the creep of puberty infect even their lightest deliveries.
The day before Senate Republicans voted to pass their tax bill, they were faced with an expert analysis of their proposal that undercuts all of the major GOP selling points.
"The big issue for the Liberal Party of Canada is that this undercuts their top asset - the prime minister's brand," said Darrell Bricker, head of polling company Ipsos Public Affairs.
And framing the new draft as "watered down" undercuts his administration's legal argument that the changes are substantive enough to square the policy with the law and earlier court decision.
That's wrong because it's wrong, but it also undercuts a workplace's general ability to function, and a company's interest in having the best people for the job, regardless of color.
While it helps domestic uranium producers by targeting importers, it undercuts the administration's efforts to give a boost to U.S. nuclear power operators, who would see their fuel costs increase.
His inability to repeat that feat against a more popular opponent, Mr. Biden, further undercuts his argument that only a candidate who trumpets far-reaching change can energize voters there.
Even some national Democratic leaders have criticized the plan, fearing that it undercuts Democratic efforts to attack what they term Republican strong-arm tactics in state capitals across the country.
The 103th Circuit is the highest court to rule on climate change accounting so far, and its opinion undercuts President Donald Trump's efforts to resuscitate the dying US coal industry.
But her brashly colored photographs, as well as films on numerous screens here, play up the outlandish and uncultivated to such an extreme that she undercuts her own strongest insights.
The result is an engrossing drama that skillfully avoids preaching or propagandizing — although a melodramatic twist that comes at the very end of the evening somewhat undercuts the play's credibility.
The session comes a day after Mr. Trump's lawyers finished with an appeal to disregard an account by John Bolton, the former national security adviser, that undercuts the president's defense.
When Wendy Whelan, who has been called "America's greatest contemporary ballerina," says it in the documentary "Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan," she undercuts the sentiment, acknowledging how ridiculous she might sound.
There are growing calls for Bolton to testify, including from some Republicans, particularly after reports suggested that he directly undercuts Trump&aposs main defense against impeachment in an upcoming book.
The GOP's plan to repeal protections put in place by the ACA fundamentally undercuts the goal of expanding access to healthcare—a goal every elected official and representative should share.
Schiff argues it undercuts the basis of the FBI's investigation into Russia's active measures by discrediting the dossier and thereby any further intelligence the FBI may have derived from it.
The impulsive, widely criticized move and the scramble to clean it up also undercuts arguments from Trump that that his unorthodox telephone diplomacy is as consistently "perfect" as he maintains.
And the allegations that the prime minister pressured a respected female indigenous minister, then appeared to demote her, undercuts the image of his "values-based government," as Goldfeder called it.
After all, if the Supreme Court undercuts the centerpiece of the U.S.'s promise to tackle climate change, then U.S. allies have little incentive to follow through with their own pledges.
It also undercuts a widespread belief that an agreement between the Justice Department and the companies is "imminent," as Sprint attorney Steven Sunshine said in Manhattan federal court on Friday morning.
A model with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of storage will cost just 699 yuan (~$105), while the 3GB/32GB variant slightly undercuts the equivalent Realme 3 at 799 yuan (~$119).
We admit that we were not expecting this from some of the most visible, respected women in journalism — it undercuts the goals of the #MeToo movement in a very real way.
To be sure, if on Monday Iowa is seen as voting for a candidate that undercuts the ability to defeat Trump in the fall, the caucus' prime status may be threatened.
Usually, a statement would be signed by the press secretary or another staffer; not putting a name to one eliminates an individual's responsibility for its truthfulness and often undercuts its significance.
"While we expect a re-escalation would be temporary, as market weakness would help bring both sides back together, any escalation inherently augments uncertainty and further undercuts risk markets," Zezas said.
It undercuts the tactical victory, and is particularly sad given that Eric spent so much time trying to convince Aaron to not get involved with the larger fight two seasons ago.
This undercuts Denholm's authority — making her look dependent on Musk, and weakening Tesla and Musk's hand in any kind of SEC settlement action should one emerge from the Model 3 probe.
Here's the group's summary of the financial impact on workers: Misclassifying employees also undercuts competition, hurting other businesses who play by the rules, according to Catherine Ruckelshaus, an attorney for NELP.
In this case, the final cut of The Last Jedi essentially turns the story Phasma and Captain Phasma had been running toward into a dead end, and it undercuts both stories.
I turn down roles that I don't feel any connection to or that I feel undercuts the message that I'm trying to give as an African American person in the world.
Brazilian officials welcomed the U.S. probe as support to the South America country's claim that Canada's support for Bombardier's CSeries undercuts the market for commercial jets made by Brazilian rival Embraer.
We can only hope that this is the peak of sparkle trends everywhere, because one can only take so many glitter undercuts, glitter roots, glitter butts, glittery armpits, lips, and cheeks.
The American "virtuous circle" of production and consumption, part and parcel of the postwar celebration of the factory, undercuts any plausible response to the global climate crisis, polluted oceans and more.
It lays out the terms for "open and transparent" impeachment hearings conducted by relevant House committees — and significantly undercuts many of the Republican criticisms of how the inquiry has been conducted.
The directors are hobbled by the fact that shares of Viacom have risen since Dauman was removed from NAI's board, Myers said, which undercuts any corporate governance argument they could make.
Before Christmas, Trump said he would be "proud" to shut down the government over border security, a remark that undercuts the version of events he laid in his Oval Office address.
Although Mr. Mnuchin has earned Mr. Trump's trust, the president has shown an inclination to abruptly change course in the final stretch of a deal — even if it undercuts his negotiators.
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The judge's order "undercuts the President's efforts to keep the American people safe and enforce minimum security standards for entry into the United States," the White House said in a statement.
A procedure as simple as swallowing a couple of pills undercuts the notion that abortion is a dramatic, cruel, and gruesome undertaking — and that puts abortion opponents in a tough spot.
Unlike many of DC Entertainment's superheroes (think: Wonder Woman) and supervillains (think: Phoenix's Joker), there's an edge of camp and crassness to Quinn— oftentimes cartoonish humor undercuts her violence and horror.
Hunters' casual ultraviolence, its far-fetched spy shenanigans, and its rambling villain speeches get paired with Holocaust flashbacks and contemporaneous genocide, and the tonal whiplash perpetually undercuts an already weak plot.
" As recently as last Thursday, Carter criticized Trump's plan for Middle East peace, saying in a statement: "The new US plan undercuts prospects for a just peace between Israelis and Palestinians.
For Ms. Jones, the construction undercuts language in Congress's 2019 spending bill that said land within the Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge adjacent to her property would be exempt from the wall.
What's more, Airbnb property owners pay their cleaners informally, something that big-city hotels can't do, and a practice that undercuts one Florida goal: creating higher-paying jobs for service employees.
Keough said that most investors don't typically need more than 100 trades a year, but if they exceed that amount, they'll be charged $2.95 per trade, which still undercuts most rivals.
The exposition leads to a plodding pace out of the gate, and it also undercuts any kind of emotional impact that Geralt's loneliness, or Ciri's destiny, or Yennefer's upheaval might yield.
But both the casting of an internationally renowned figure like Cumberbatch and the portrayal of Cummings as some sort of political genius undercuts the very serious harm the actual man's work orchestrated.
That undercuts a chief argument the Trump administration has used recently — that there could not have been any quid pro quo because the Ukrainians did not know the assistance had been blocked.
The beauty here is that Amazon doesn't care if a seller undercuts Amazon's price — Amazon takes a 12-15 percent commission on the sale regardless, and then collects FBA fees to boot.
The attack on Medina specifically undercuts the royal Saudi family's claim to be the "protectors of the two holy places," Bergen said, a reference to the holy sites of Mecca and Medina.
OSLO (Reuters) - Oslo airport is importing renewable jet fuel made from waste cooking oil in California, stirring criticism that shipping and trucking it more than 113,000 kilometers (10,000 miles) undercuts environmental benefits.
Among their complaints: Uber undercuts them on fares, drivers don't have to pay for licences, they gouge customers with surge pricing, have inadequate insurance, and don't do proper background checks on drivers.
VRE is already screwing up wholesale markets, even at relatively low penetrations, because the incremental cost of another MW of wind when the wind is blowing is $210, which undercuts all competitors.
Its $5123 starting price also undercuts competitors like the Dell XPS 2512 and 2520-inch MacBook Air by a couple of hundred bucks while offering more power and a higher-resolution touchscreen.
France, facing a presidential election next year, has threatened to stop obeying EU rules on workers posted from one member state to another, which it says undercuts the jobs of native employees.
"When you combine the President's announcement (Thursday) with his budget proposal, it undercuts the innovation agenda that is actually the real issue in terms of jobs in the United States," he said.
The company saw that phones with narrow bezels, face recognition, and better dual cameras were the latest trends and it's delivering them with the usual price that undercuts the established market leaders.
The CBO also undercuts what had been one of the few arguments in favor of the Senate's bill, which is that it would do more to help people below the poverty line.
This isn't realistic and undercuts the case that billionaires should pay a lot more taxes — and a wealth tax, if it ever were feasible, should be debated in the next few years.
"The Administration's decision to allow Norwegian Air International to operate in the U.S. is disappointing and undercuts key protections in place for working men and women," said AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka.
While Trump wants to encourage business with the Cuban people, eliminating individual people-to-people travel undercuts that goal, Risa Grais-Targow, Latin America director at Eurasia Group, told CNBC on Friday.
But the elimination of this powerful federal funding model – which to date has received bipartisan support and a long record of successes – undercuts shared investments between communities, government, and the private sector.
And it undercuts Trump's complaint that national security might have been endangered by the "close proximity to highly classified information" that a "very sick guy" like Weiner had through conversations with Abedin.
Pilot unions, which are suing the Obama administration over the permit approval, are pressing Trump to overturn the decision, which they say undercuts U.S. competition and violates the international Open Skies agreement.
A party that purports to represent the real diverse lives of a changing America undercuts its own credibility when it continues to speak of economic security and reproductive rights as completely disconnected.
WARSAW (Reuters) - The Polish parliament adopted rules on Friday to expedite the naming of a new Supreme Court chief under a judicial overhaul by the ruling party that critics say undercuts democracy.
The recording, from early September 2016, undercuts previous statements from Mr. Trump's representatives that he did not know about the agreement between A.M.I. and the woman, the former Playboy model Karen McDougal.
Letter To the Editor: Re "Trump Undercuts Leader of Britain After NATO Clash" (front page, July 13): So far President Trump's European travels have shown him to be a human wrecking ball.
Westad's new book The Cold War: A World History undercuts the conventional narrative that the Cold War began shortly after World War II and ended in 1991, when the Soviet Union collapsed.
Apple Inc rose 2.60%, boosting all three major indexes by the most, as it also rolled out a streaming TV service at a price that undercuts Walt Disney Co and Netflix Inc.
But by turning to naturalism, he undercuts his original, still-present concept of a California history pageant à la Brecht — especially because the Brechtian set design, by David Gropman, is nearly unchanged.
Kelly Magsamen, a former diplomat and deputy assistant secretary of defense for Asian and Pacific affairs during the Obama administration, added that "a posture of competition" undercuts efforts to contain the virus.
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Occasionally, the effort to commit fully to the conceit feels strained or shows its limitations, as when a grainy camera recording from a distance undercuts the intensity of a particularly dramatic confrontation.
Apple Inc rose 2.60%, boosting all three major indexes by the most, as it also rolled out a streaming TV service at a price that undercuts Walt Disney Co and Netflix Inc.
The complaint, as I understand it, is that there's an inherent inequality baked into the pre–civil rights era of liberalism you praise in your essay, and ignoring that undercuts your argument.
The book directly undercuts the defense's argument that there are no firsthand witnesses who can say Trump himself confirmed a quid pro quo with Ukraine: military aid in exchange for political favors.
Representation is one of the biggest cultural conversations happening right now, and inserting the Babadook into such a conversation simultaneously undercuts the tone of that conversation and highlights the necessity for it.
Right when Nick has realized he can use this unicorn that nobody but him can see to cheat at cards, the series undercuts that idea with another gag or two or three.
It opposes Gazprom's plan to double the size of the Nord Stream pipeline into Germany, which threatens Poland's importance as a transit site and potentially undercuts its influence in future gas supply talks.
What I uncovered was everything from a stylist making art out of undercuts, an Atkin-trained braid guru, and the mastermind behind some of the most creatively styled locs in the business today.
That would suggest a long-lasting drag on growth as opposed to a temporary bump, which is only set to worsen as an unpredictable presidential campaign undercuts any prospect of long-term planning.
The $70 Fire TV with 4K and HDR support makes the new 4K Apple TV look massively overpriced at $179, and the new $99 Echo undercuts Google's $130 price for its Home product.
Aside from its low price that undercuts much of the Android flagship competition, its standout features include a refined design with a teardrop notch, fast-performing specs, and an in-display fingerprint sensor.
If erosion undercuts the 251,20063-foot-long concrete lip running along the top of the emergency spillway, a 22006-foot wall of water could come crashing down on the residents of nearby towns.
As a result, the report is "so broad, so inclusive and so non-discriminatory" that it undercuts the purpose of the bill, argues Daniel Fried, the State Department's former co-ordinator for sanctions.
While politicians of all stripes have been "playing to the crowds" for centuries, Trump's willingness to manicure his message undercuts his promise to eschew "political correctness" and speak his mind, come what may.
They scream with pain when they're hurt, which really undercuts the video game fantasy of a zombie movie, of living in a world where you can kill anything around you without moral consequence.
Dexterity with bots allows Amazon not only to see what its rivals are doing, but increasingly to keep them in the dark when it undercuts them on price or is quietly charging more.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Sony Corp announced on Tuesday that its virtual reality headset for PlayStation will launch globally in October for $399, a move that undercuts its biggest competitor by hundreds of dollars.
The new phone, which can be purchased direct from OnePlus starting today, has a laundry list of high-end specifications combined with a price that undercuts other comparable phones by hundreds of dollars.
Although the Netherlands benefits from the exodus of firms quitting London for cities like Amsterdam and Rotterdam, its leaders fret about the competitive threat of an offshore Britain that undercuts European regulatory standards.
The formula unveiled by the agency last month would require refineries to add ethanol based on projections rather than the actual number of gallons exempted, something farmbelt states argued undercuts the ethanol program.
Fan undercuts the function of the barbell as an object used in weightlifting by making the sculpture out of a material that's too light and limp to provide adequate resistance for building muscle.
He also said an aging population could pose structural challenges for central banks, as it undercuts their economies' growth potential and require them to use more monetary firepower than before to reflate growth.
Trump does not "mind NATO per se," he just believes that it may be necessary to "subtract" some members—a notion that undercuts NATO's deterrent credibility by suggesting that some members are expendable.
Hardcore message undercuts Republicans in tight House battles The President's incessant, incendiary focus on immigration is frustrating some of his fellow Republicans, who have the fate of the House, especially, in mind. Rep.
The fact that the player can easily manipulate the survey into giving him or her the ending he or she wants to receive undercuts the whole narrative, but strangely not the confessionals themselves.
While there is still high demand for housing in the borough, New York's most populous, a rising vacancy rate for the most expensive units undercuts the tremendous growth seen over the past decade.
White House officials said that inquiry was aimed squarely at China, which they accused of dumping excess steel in other countries that finds its way into the United States, and undercuts domestic producers.
Bolton's reported account undercuts a key portion of the defense's argument — namely that Trump did not tie the military assistance to investigations into 2016 election interference and the Bidens, as Democrats have argued.
BBEU, which costs 0.09 percent, carries the cheapest price tag for a European equities ETF and undercuts the segment's heavyweight, the $16.8 billion Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (VGK), by 343% in expense ratio.
While Perry has made fans primarily of black women and churchgoers, his persistent reliance on downtrodden female protagonists to point out issues of misogyny and infidelity undercuts the audience he aims to celebrate.
"I think some of them are concerned that buyers in the U.S. are already trying to suppress the buying price of the products and so that really undercuts their profit margins," Young said.
That undercuts a central argument of Trump's Republican defenders: that many of the witnesses at the inquiry were relaying second- or third-hand information and did not have direct knowledge of Trump's intentions.
Living near vacant or abandoned properties, in homes contaminated by lead or mold, or in neighborhoods without parks and access to safe, clean water undercuts the health and life expectancy of entire communities.
When Marco (Luke Kirby) and Carla (Katie Holmes), poets with the condition also known as manic depression, meet at a group-therapy session in a mental hospital, their emotional combustion undercuts any available treatment.
And so this undercuts the narrative of China being the global hegemon, the U.S. in terminal decline, that the Chinese will rule east Asia, all of that goes out the window in one summit.
Photo: Andrew Liszewski (Gizmodo)It's not often a company creates a product that undercuts a more expensive option it's still selling, but that's what 28BitDo has done with its new DIY controller upgrade kits.
But that's not a notion that appeals to Zuckerberg's approach to advertising, and it undercuts Facebook's desire to be an addictive click-machine that always stimulates you into spending more time on the platform.
On "A Morning Song," rumbling power chords accentuate the chime of a higher, shinier riff with a countryish feel, but Lilitri's blunt, quavery voice undercuts the song's momentum, as if he's stumbling over himself.
"Buying the cookies through Amazon is giving people access to cookies without access to Girl Scouts, which undercuts the programmatic element," a spokesperson for the Girl Scouts of the USA told New York Magazine.
However, the Mueller report undercuts some of Prince's assertions, and shows the degree to which the meeting was planned and was focused (at least in part) on making Russian connections with the incoming administration.
Earlier this month, Gett announced a new fee structure for its drivers in New York City, prominently advertising a 10 percent take from fares — a commission that undercuts Uber by at least 10 percent.
TRUMP UNDERCUTS COMEY NARRATIVE: President Trump also undercut statements from his own White House about why he chose to fire Comey, saying he made the decision before a recommendation from the deputy attorney general.
Earlier this month, Gett announced a new fee structure for its drivers in New York City, prominently advertising a 10 percent take from fares — a commission that undercuts Uber by at least 10 percent.
He told "Power Lunch " Trump's move "undercuts every American president" since President Harry Truman, who all understood that the U.S. is the most likely mediator in a peace deal between the Israelis and Palestinians.
Giuliani's involvement in the Ukraine scandal undercuts the central premise of the president's defense: that his conversation with Zelensky related strictly to government business and to Trump's interest in rooting out corruption in Ukraine.
That record undercuts Biden's defense of working with segregationists—that he did it to pass civil rights legislation—and makes it clear that he was actively part of propping up the opposition to integration.
His testimony also undercuts that of Gordon Sondland, the US ambassador to the European Union, who Vindman said made "inappropriate" statements underscoring the importance of Ukraine giving Trump politically motivated investigations the president wanted.
In doing so, he undercuts the seriousness of the situation, and would seem to indicate he plans to make choices based on what would look best politically rather than what would improve health outcomes.
Her catalog of hairstyles, including Afros and undercuts along with more classically Western fades, lines and partings, was designed for a generation of expressive Britons who refuse to be groomed in a binary fashion.
DirecTV Now's $35 price point undercuts the early industry norms for live-streaming TV. The market leader Sling TV charges $20 for "25+" channels, and its highest package has about 50 channels for $40.
Sara Haq has made dozens of delicate reeds sprout through the wooden floor, in an act of ecological disruption that also has delicate beauty (though its groan-inducing title, "Trans-plant," undercuts its poetry).
Jerry Nadler accused them on the Senate floor of engaging in a "cover up" to protect the president, seizing on his remarks Wednesday as a significant misstep that they say undercuts Democrats' impeachment case.
That undercuts their employment possibilities and their earnings potential since higher-ranked schools generally have better track records for placing their graduates in full-time, long-term jobs requiring a law degree, they concluded.
"Today's dangerously flawed district court order undercuts the President's efforts to keep the American people safe and enforce minimum security standards for entry into the United States," the White House said in a statement.
Artemenko knew the proposal would be controversial as it undercuts both the US and Ukrainian diplomatic corps, and he says he knows it angered Kiev, who will have seen it as a pro-Russian proposal.
Now it's positioned to do the same with smart lights, motion sensors, dimmers, and switches, as a start — Ikea easily undercuts the very popular Philips Hue lineup on price, while still matching them on specs.
The testimony also undercuts White House assertions that there was no "quid pro quo" tying security assistance with the opening of an investigation, as Taylor says he was told repeatedly that the two were linked.
This month alone, Sessions said the Justice Department no longer considers transgender people shielded from workplace discrimination under federal law, and he issued sweeping guidance on protecting religious freedom that undercuts protections for LGBT people.
That's fascinating, but not nearly as fascinating to me as the problem that undercuts these countless hours of HD footage that we'll one day want to reflect upon: how will we navigate all of it?
The United States filed the case at the World Trade Organization (WTO) arguing that artificially cheap bank loans and low-priced inputs for Chinese aluminum contribute to excess capacity that undercuts American workers and businesses.
Vision 25, the Saudi Crown Prince's signature economic program designed to lessen the kingdom's reliance on oil, also undercuts the need for U.S. expansion, said Andrew Lipow, president of refining consulting firm Lipow Oil Associates.
Vision 22022, the Saudi Crown Prince's signature economic program designed to lessen the kingdom's reliance on oil, also undercuts the need for U.S. expansion, said Andrew Lipow, president of refining consulting firm Lipow Oil Associates.
If so, it also undercuts Sessions's boasts that his harsher federal policies have produced a national reduction in crime, as well as his predictions that he can keep it lower in the years to come.
Of course, the new PSVR from Sony undercuts both of those dramatically, at $499 for a bundle that includes two Move controllers, so there's still plenty of price differentiation in this developing field of technology.
Giuliani's involvement in the Ukraine scandal also undercuts the central premise of the president's defense: that his conversation with Zelensky related strictly to government business and to Trump's interest in rooting out corruption in Ukraine.
Trump's call undercuts the United Nations' prohibition against conquering and annexing another country's sovereign territory, and comes about two weeks before Israelis head to the polls to determine which party will head the next government.
Automakers could also take a hit if instability in financial markets undercuts the confidence of consumers in the United States and other major markets at a time when growth in U.S. auto sales has stalled.
All together, the testimony is a big blow for the Trump administration, as it offers new evidence of Trump's personal involvement in the efforts to pressure Ukraine and undercuts two Republican defenses of the president.
In newly published remarks, Rubio undercuts the true impact of the corporate tax cut, the central part of the Republican tax reform package, and seemingly questions his Republican colleagues' dedication to helping the working class.
"The continued refusal to allow for a full vote in the Knesset for the election of a permanent Knesset speaker undercuts the foundations of the democratic process," Chief Justice Esther Hayut wrote in the ruling.
The outcome also undercuts the case for the candidacy of billionaire Mike Bloomberg, who has spent $500 million since entering the race late in November on the theory that the former vice president would implode.
He told ABC News that Trump made it "impossible" to do his job: "I cannot do my job here at the department with a constant background commentary that undercuts me," Barr said of Trump's tweets.
The book draft says Trump told Bolton to keep withholding military aid to Ukraine until officials there agreed to investigate his political rivals, a statement that undercuts a key element of the Trump's legal defense.
Bolton&aposs reported revelation directly undercuts the defense&aposs argument that there are no firsthand witnesses who can say Trump himself confirmed a quid pro quo with Ukraine: military aid in exchange for political favors.
Sondland's testimony undercuts that assertion; he recalled that he "mentioned" to Pence in Warsaw that he "had concerns that the delay in aid had become tied to the issue of investigations" into Trump's domestic opponents.
This softening undercuts some of Mr. Affleck's big moments, as when Joe faces down a Ku Klux Klan grand wizard, a scene that ends up feeling more about affirming Joe's superiority than advancing the story.
" He asked the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States to review the transaction because it "as it undercuts U.S. national security interests related to Central and Eastern Europe, as well as to China.
And Trump gets a big boost from the nation's longest economic expansion, which also undercuts Sanders' call for an economic "revolution" and Warren's insistence that only "bold, structural change" can save us from predatory capitalism.
Perhaps nothing undercuts the CNP's supposed power more than the swift and virtually complete takeover of the Republican Party and the conservative movement by Donald Trump, surely one of the least biblically minded people alive.
When President Trump undercuts and insults US government officials, he signals that they're not empowered to operate on his behalf, sending a message to their foreign counterparts that engaging with them may not be worthwhile.
This account undercuts the argument from the President and his allies that the Ukrainians did not feel pressure to conduct investigations into Trump's political opponents, including 2020 presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden.
Moreover, the tax law seriously undercuts the Affordable Care Act – a law that's been a major assist to many middle- and lower-income citizens – by ending the mandate that uninsured individuals obtain health insurance coverage.
The F.B.I. has already overhauled its FISA procedures to ensure that all mitigating evidence that undercuts the bureau's belief that a surveillance target is probably an agent of a foreign power reaches the FISA court.
For instance, it's the right call for the show to have Serena Joy slowly awaken to her complicity in all this, but it undercuts some of what was so gutting about the show early on.
It undercuts our ability to talk about whether it's good for the U.S. and Israel, in the long term, to undermine prospects for a two-state solution and for Israel to annex the West Bank.
His task will be exacerbated by the fact that he appears on track to lose the popular vote to Clinton, even though he won the electoral college -- a factor that undercuts any claims of a mandate.
" That undercuts a weekend statement by Cincinnati Zoo Director Thane Maynard that the death of the 17-year-old young silverback, who had been too young to breed, was "not the end of his gene pool.
Where, if another company comes along and undercuts them by twenty percent in price; the customer doesn't really care because they like the relationship they have, and they want to keep buying from that one brand.
"It undercuts our efforts to defeat ISIS by drawing these SDF forces away from the battle in the south and frankly forcing our troops to focus on the military aspects of the invasion," the official said.
But she also undercuts the idea of plot (or at least its inevitability) by rendering Saul as self-absorbed and newly brittle, as if he had emerged from his accident in an alternate frame of mind.
As an elder statesman of the city's stand-up scene, Mr. Quinn has acquired some authority, but he also undercuts it repeatedly, presenting himself as a peddler of hogwash who does the bare minimum of research.
His approach to flexibility is, in some ways, highly regimented, and in stark contrast to the approach Moen prefers, which is based on the assumption that strict oversight of actual hours undercuts a results-based philosophy.
Every minute spent on internal competition for influence, having to manage a vicious Trump meeting, or handling the press after the president publicly undercuts you is a minute not being spent working on actual policy issues.
E-hail company Gett announced a new fee structure for its drivers in New York City this week, prominently advertising a 10 percent take from fares — a commission that undercuts Uber by at least 10 percent.
"This proposal undercuts the very principle of Universal Services and would deny eligible households of the benefit of affordable modern communications service," the National Consumer Law Center said in a statement, referring to Scott's budget amendment.
Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) on Sunday called Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's trustworthiness into question, saying that his career as a judge undercuts the credibility of his denial of sexual misconduct allegations made against him.
Without further explanation or transparency, removing certain classes of tweets for specific users undercuts Twitter's attempt to provide a wide platform for speech — while doing little to help the people who are most vulnerable to abuse.
The formal looseness that makes Louis C.K.'s stand-up and his FX series so pleasingly unpredictable undercuts the gravitas of this show's subject matter, which jumps from stories of suicide to abuse, racism and cancer.
As Alissa Wilkinson wrote in her review of A Wrinkle of Time for Vox: It undercuts the story, preserving a more vague spirituality at the expense of any particulars in a tale that's all about particularity.
"The president's seeming lack of interest in helping achieve these reforms have affected business confidence, which, in turn, undercuts economic growth," says Jana Nelson, a Latin America expert at the Wilson Center think tank in Washington.
The intensifying bombing campaign undercuts the Trump administration's intended pivot to confront threats from great powers like China and Russia, and away from long counterinsurgency and counterterrorism campaigns that have been the Pentagon's focus since 20163.
As engineered by the Duke, who no sooner leaves Vienna than he returns in disguise to watch his plan unfold, the second half of the play undercuts with its silliness the seriousness of what came before.
That effectively undercuts the E.P.A.'s previous determinations, based on years of scientific study, that the proposed mine on state land would be a risk to the long-term health of the fishery and wider ecosystem.
President Trump was briefed on the whistleblower complaint against him weeks before he decided to release military aid to Ukraine, the New York Times reported Tuesday, news that undercuts one of the Republicans' central impeachment defenses.
All of which undercuts his previous claims that the Pentagon was underfunded and needed a huge budget increase in 2019, to $716 billion, which is already earmarked to give troops a raise and buy new weapons.
There are references to Earth-like amusement parks and radiation poisoning, hints of a full world with history and conflict — but the offhanded way in which everything is handled undercuts any attempt to inspire audience curiosity.
But Giuliani&aposs letter directly undercuts that because it specified he was acting as Trump&aposs private attorney; in other words, he was representing the president&aposs personal political interests and not the country&aposs interests.
"The most hazardous duty in Washington these days is that of Trump surrogate because the president constantly undercuts the statements of his own people," said David Axelrod, a communications and messaging adviser to President Barack Obama.
That memo reportedly includes additional information that Democrats say undercuts the conclusions reached by their Republican colleagues, including that the Justice Department disclosed to the court that the dossier's funding source was political in nature. Rep.
Mitchell's very public campaign to discredit Ford undercuts the efforts of law enforcement agencies across the country to let sex crimes victims know that, if they do come forward, they will be heard, respected and protected.
Bitcoin has the ability to help terrorists, criminals, tax evaders and start-up companies looking to commit fraud, he said, adding that bitcoin undercuts the U.S. dollar as a source of the Fed's $50 billion revenue.
Republicans have seized on the July story from The Associated Press that highlighted Donnelly's investment in the business, asserting that it undercuts the senator's stated commitment to protecting U.S. workers from losing their jobs to outsourcing.
This stretching of our national security capacity undercuts the "total force" concept that relies on the active duty, National Guard and reserve units to play important roles to help the U.S. fight and win complex wars.
In terms of album artwork and band image, do you put any consideration into whether something is too humorous or arrogant and if it undercuts any the legit rage or despair and seriousness of the music?
While we expect a re-escalation would be temporary, as market weakness would help bring both sides back together, any escalation inherently augments uncertainty and further undercuts risk markets, where a Goldilocks outcome was already priced in.
Campaign groups said the release undercuts Barack Obama's efforts to slow the rate of global warming to avoid a tipping point and live up to U.S. commitments to a historic climate accord agreed in Paris last month.
Vox Media has an unlimited vacation policy, so this isn't a punishment, but it still undercuts, in a key way, what a strike is: a refusal to work that's meant to raise visibility by seriously inconveniencing institutions.
Why it matters: The data undercuts Trump's campaign claim that his personal fortune places him above the influence of donor cash — and shows how campaign contributions can help secure jobs for people with relatively weak diplomatic backgrounds.
This revelation undercuts the narrative that the files' absence should have set off alarm bells -- a claim that had already been initially greeted by skepticism from some experts, who noted that banks keep records of transactions anyway.
The government says the bill merely enshrines the country&aposs existing character, but critics say it undercuts Israel&aposs democratic values and marginalizes the country&aposs Arab minority, which makes up about 20 percent of the population.
Still, several Republican senators justified their decision to vote against the impeachment articles by pointing to Pelosi's decision to delay sending them to the Senate — arguing that it undercuts Democrats' stated urgency to remove Trump from office.
Amazon has offered a "rent-a-monk" system, where families can order monks online to be delivered to offer funeral rites, while another company, Softbank, offers "Pepper" a robot Buddhist monk that undercuts human-led funeral services.
The cooker itself is somewhat typical of Xiaomi's approach, combining a sleek and simple design (not dissimilar to rice cookers built by Japanese firm Muji), a handful of connected smarts, and a price that undercuts the competition.
Still, the idea of a military man being undone by his ego hardly represents a newsflash, and the fictionalized nature of the story undercuts whatever fly-on-the-wall allure this peek into the war room provides.
At $20153 per month, the service undercuts the existing low-cost leader Philo by a dollar, but offers a different lineup (Fomopop has a nice channel-by-channel comparison between the two, if you're in the market).
It's his biggest look to date, and he doesn't disappoint—Jaegen has a knack for blending sad and sweet elements, and here he expertly undercuts the drums' hip-swiveling thrust with soft pads and contemplative filter sweeps.
By train, I was speeding toward another, still greater catastrophe spawned by the same total system —not Soviet "totalitarianism" but a pernicious handling of nature that undercuts life and prevails both in capitalist and socialist economic systems.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The two top Democrats in Congress said on Thursday that Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report undercuts claims by Attorney General William Barr that President Donald Trump did not obstruct justice in the federal Russia probe.
Under the legislation, any government minister can mandate a correction notice in response to any statement online that the minister decides is false and that undercuts confidence in the government's policies or is contrary to Singapore's policies.
Perhaps the best example of his typical content is, for my money, this video from February on Steve Bannon, which effortlessly undercuts the former Trump adviser's entire shtick and features a cover of a song from Hadestown.
On a packed Saturday night, the mix of hairstyles bobbing above the varied crowd told the story: precise cornrows, bleached pixies, towers of dreadlocks, sharp undercuts, voluminous Afros and thick-braided ponytails on both men and women.
But there's an inherent problem that undercuts "Color" — and nearly every other film adaptation of Lovecraft, in whose 1927 short story the color exists only through analogy, and is meant to be conjured by the reader's imagination.
And in a move that's probably even more exasperating than the original list would have been, he ultimately undercuts an insightful meditation on what we keep and why in favor of a gotcha and fairly guessable surprise.
But then he used language that could inflame and offend his opponents, in an example of the bulldozing political method that undercuts his calls for national unity and likely makes compromise on the most difficult issues unlikely.
"In social media posts, our journalists must not express partisan opinions, promote political views, endorse candidates, make offensive comments or do anything else that undercuts The Times's journalistic reputation," reads the memo from executive editor Dean Baquet.
"Humanity continues to face two simultaneous existential dangers—nuclear war and climate change—that are compounded by a threat multiplier, cyber-enabled information warfare, that undercuts society's ability to respond," the board members wrote in a statement.
While Citigroup is among the last of the biggest six U.S. banks to launch a robo-advisor — JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Morgan Stanley have all released one — Citigroup undercuts its rivals on price.
According to Axios, Trump is angry at the French president for a bevy of things, but the "brain death" comment stung the most as it undercuts what Trump believes is a major win on the world stage.
The testimony undercuts a conspiracy theory that has been pushed by Rudy Giuliani, the president's personal lawyer, as he sought to upend the intelligence community's conclusion that Russia sought to help Trump defeat Hillary Clinton in 2016.
"It feels like baseball lives in the past, and that undercuts player power," noted Adrian Burgos, a history professor at the University of Illinois and editor of La Vida Baseball, which studies the Latino influence on baseball.
Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda has said an aging population could pose "serious challenges" for central banks, as it undercuts economies' growth potential and requires them to use more monetary firepower than before to boost growth.
Grassley said that he would continue to give deference to the blue slip system, since it encouraged the White House to consult with senators, but Thursday's announcement drastically undercuts any leverage that Democrats have with the White House.
On October 17th, the White House offered a similarly scathing response to Judge Watson's ruling: the freeze "undercuts the president's efforts to keep the American people safe and enforce minimum security standards for entry into the United States".
And I just reject pretty vehemently the premise of the question, which is that paying attention to Hillary Clinton's most significant question marks somehow undercuts the journalistic attention that has been paid to all of Trump's question marks.
The case is seen as an inflection point after five years of disputes between Uber and European taxi associations, which have argued that the startup undercuts their business and that it should be subject to the same regulations.
The manufacturers said in court papers that in their industry, terms of sale are negotiated between buyers and sellers, resulting in widely varying prices and contracts, which other courts have held undercuts the presumption of class-wide harm.
Find your presidential match with CNN's 2016 Candidate Matchmaker The poll undercuts the argument that Rubio could win if he faced Trump head-to-head: The real estate mogul leads a one-on-one race, 47% to 45%.
But pulling resources away from legitimate defense priorities — at a time when electricity is abundant, the military is struggling to rebuild, and near-term threats are growing — ignores strategic realities and undercuts the real purpose of the DPA.
Within hours of the announcement, though, the charter school advocacy group Families for Excellent Schools sent out an email highlighting the increase in weapons recovered as evidence that undercuts Mr. Bratton's claim that public schools were getting safer.
As the U.S. military focuses on countering the aggressive behavior of Russia and China, the government simultaneously undercuts that effort by supporting the military industrial complexes of both countries while putting its own space activities at increasing risk.
Limiting its update to the "dehumanization" of religious groups, he said, undercuts the company's efforts to address the abundance of other hateful content directed at users for a variety of reasons, such as the color of their skin.
At the same time, it undercuts the season four cliffhanger, which was full of existential dread, and picks up a short while later, when most of that dread has dissipated in the face of day-to-day life.
Detroit's approach to storytelling suffers from rounded representations and political context, which not only undercuts the humanity of Detroit's black citizens, it threatens to stifle a worthwhile conversation about how far American race relations haven't come since 1967.
In a world of stuffy guards and mean Howlers and terrible food, you took over a museum and turned it into this rad coven so you could practice spells, drink tea from chandeliers, and give each other undercuts.
Yet the New York State Board of Regents' recent decision to permit students with disabilities to graduate, even though they do not pass the same five Regents examinations as nondisabled students, perpetuates and undercuts the fundamental equality principle.
Threaded throughout the document were testimonials from people closest to Mr. Cohen — drawn from some three dozen letters that were also submitted — depicting an image of generosity that undercuts the public perceptions of him since his guilty plea.
It broadly undercuts the idea of government as a protector of all parts of society—including the weak, the infirm, the elderly—and in particular challenges the idea of collective action to minimize the threat of Covid-19.
Bolton's reported account undercuts a key prong of Trump's defense in the Senate impeachment trial — namely that he did not condition nearly $400 million in security assistance to Ukraine on Kyiv launching investigations that could benefit him politically.
And his team's decision to decline the House impeachment investigators' invitation to participate in the hearings undercuts his side's argument that the process was rigged against them, especially since the rules were almost identical to Bill Clinton's impeachment.
Jojo's time in a Hitler Youth camp is like watching "Moonrise Kingdom" with Nazis, but Waititi undercuts the absurdity by detailing the boy's relationship with a Jewish girl his mother (Scarlett Johansson) has hidden behind his bedroom walls.
The study undercuts some widespread assumptions about the psychological effects of intense exercise and also indicates that short, hard workouts could be a practical alternative to other forms of exercise in part because we do not hate them.
But by prosecuting a couple and medical workers for a procedure that is done hundreds of times every day in the country, critics argue that the government undercuts its own claims and exposes its determination to silence dissent.
Now, the decision by the two judges to block even that narrower ban raises new questions about the administration's legal acumen and undercuts its political strategy of seeking to move quickly to make good on the president's promises.
No White House likes it when intelligence agencies — such as the National Security Agency, the Central Intelligence Agency or the Defense Intelligence Agency — deliver bad news, or when that information undercuts the executive's preferred policies or political positions.
For nearly two years now, the intelligence community has kept secret evidence in the Russia collusion case that directly undercuts the portrayal of retired Army general and former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn as a Russian stooge.
There are many, many worse takes on Oz out there, but Emerald City only underlines why the seemingly natural impulse to make a dark, gritty Oz reboot only undercuts what allowed the story to endure in the first place.
Because it undercuts others on price but has built a reputation for reliability, it occupies a somewhat unique niche between the low-cost no-name brands out of China and the more expensive stuff from the big established brands.
Being overpoliced for the small stuff, and underpoliced for the important stuff, alienates the community, undercuts cooperation and fuels private violence: which itself often then drives even more intrusive policing, more alienation, lower clearance rates, and still more violence.
Credit...CreditGary He/Reuters With a few short paragraphs tucked into 463 pages of legislation last year, Boeing scored one of its biggest lobbying wins: a law that undercuts the government's role in approving the design of new airplanes.
Tyrell has been through a real journey since last season, and now we finally get a sense of how his devotion to Joanna and their newborn son both drives and undercuts his commitment to the broader anti-capitalist crusade.
In an order that undercuts protections for LGBTQ people and women, Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a sweeping directive to agencies Friday to do as much as possible to accommodate those who claim their religious freedoms are being violated.
Omg." One official told the outlet that the letter "undercuts the president's assertion that Susan Rice's unmasking activity was inappropriate" and argued that "anybody who committed a violation as she did would not be given access to classified information.
"We will never play the same controlling type of soccer that Spain or Germany or Brazil play when you're playing against them," he says in the book, failing to appreciate how this undercuts the entire point of his hiring.
"The challenged regulation facilitates such financial 'routing,' blatantly undercuts the congressional goal of fully disclosing the sources of money flowing into federal political campaigns, and thereby suppresses the benefits intended to accrue from disclosure," Howell wrote in her opinion.
It features Gideon as a traffic cop (who is later killed by furry alien and '80s TV star Alf), Tyrell as a unfortunate prisoner trapped in the Alderson's trunk and an obnoxious laugh track that undercuts every dramatic moment.
It undercuts the belief held by a large, bipartisan majority of Americans who agree that we should overturn the Citizens United decision, which empowered corporate special interests and opened the floodgates for unlimited and undisclosed money in our elections.
OSLO, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Allowing ship-to-ship transfers in Norwegian waters from Yamal in Arctic Russia, one of the world's largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals, undercuts Europe's energy diversification efforts, the U.S. State Department said on Friday.
He said Schwartz's claim that Trump had not known about the nondisclosure agreement when Michael Cohen signed it undercuts the claim that the agreement was valid and can be enforced as a result of legal action filed by Trump.
"The manner in which they have been pursuing the legal case undercuts the argument for the urgency of the executive order," said Anthony Romero, the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, which sued over the travel bans.
The report undercuts a central defense of the White House — that Trump never explicitly made security aid contingent on investigations — and has only increased pressure on Republican senators to agree to hear new testimony from Bolton and other witnesses.
His small margin of victory undercuts a major premise of his campaign: that he would expand the electorate by turning out working-class voters and young people — groups that are typically less likely to show up on Election Day.
"The most hazardous duty in Washington these days is that of Trump surrogate because the president constantly undercuts the statements of his own people," Axelrod, who served as a senior adviser to President Obama, told The New York Times.
The result, they contend, is a blurring of lines that undercuts the assertion that the confessions extracted after torture could be legally separated from those given by Mr. Mohammed and his four alleged accomplices to the F.B.I. at Guantánamo.
The result, they contend, is a blurring of lines that undercuts the assertion that the confessions extracted after torture could be legally separated from those given by Mr. Mohammed and his four alleged accomplices to the F.B.I. at Guantánamo.
As "This Bridge" keeps taking unexpected turns, Mr. Gutierrez both amplifies and undercuts stereotypes of Latin American identity, those that play out in soap operas and — though the references are less direct — in the rhetoric of our national leaders.
The idea that Offred has to work so hard for such small wins is really resonant, but that final shot of the Handmaids power-walking down the street inflates the victory — which, ironically, undercuts what's most interesting about it.
Yana Rodgers, a labor studies professor at Rutgers University, was among those who said a central pillar of the Trump administration's foreign policy dramatically undercuts a woman's ability to improve her economic situation and with it, her ability to engage politically.
Some investors and analysts believe Samsung will see its profit fall for the second time in three years in 2016, as slack demand for gadgets undercuts prices of memory chips and displays that helped to offset declining mobile profits last year.
For one thing it undercuts Apple Music and Spotify on pricing — they are at $9.99 a month —  but also SoundCloud has struggled to convert its popular service, which counts some 175 million users, into subscriptions and, in turn, much-needed revenue.
Marijuana legalization undercuts that purpose: As big businesses and corporations begin to grow, sell, and market pot, marijuana is losing its status as a counterculture symbol — and that, Humphreys speculated, could bring the end of the traditional, countercultural 0003/2000.
Dubbed "Azimo Business," it lets SMEs across the U.K. and Europe send payments to an impressive 189 countries — including many emerging markets, which is Azimo's traditional focus — and at a price the company claims undercuts banks by 50 percent or more.
With a suggested price tag of around 599 euros ($703), the Nokia 8 undercuts Apple, which typically offers a stripped down version of its latest phones for a similar price but charges hundreds of euros more for memory and key features.
It's one of the rare TV projects about the military that neither undercuts nor sanitizes the sacrifices and experiences of those fighting, perhaps because it was produced by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, fresh off the success of Saving Private Ryan.
Critics have focused primarily on the President's proposal to close the Internet loophole and the infamous "gun show loophole," which lets sales at these temporary clearinghouses escape all federal background check requirements and thereby undercuts the entire web of federal regulations.
Straddling classicism and collage, this pictorial fragmentation, fused as it is with the paper's fragmentation, turns the work into a collision of Cubism, Surrealism, and Chicago Imagism, but with a humanity that undercuts the cerebration and irony permeating those styles.
His decision to withdraw from the TPP will not be a one-off, but will have ongoing negative consequences for the U.S.  For starters, this decision undercuts key allies, such as Japan, and emerging regional partnerships with nations like Vietnam.
" They also criticized Trump's controversial call for a temporary ban on Muslim entry into the U.S. "His hateful, anti-Muslim rhetoric undercuts the seriousness of combating Islamic radicalism by alienating partners in the Islamic world making significant contributions to the effort.
But that wised-up sensibility never undercuts Stone's loveliness, and that's especially true of her portrayal of Mia, who has suffered through years of bad auditions but has held onto the notion that, eventually, she's going to break through to stardom.
The requirement that Congress provide specific legislative authorization for the introduction of American troops in Niger severely undercuts any claim by the Trump administration that the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force, or AUMF, constitutes the requisite authority.
On August 220006, union leaders celebrated as Missourians overwhelming voted to overturn a Republican-backed state law to institute "right-to-work," a misleadingly-named policy that undercuts union fundraising by letting workers avoid paying fees for union-provided workplace benefits.
Looking like a scaled-down version of the automaker's XC90 crossover, the 2018 Volvo XC60 will arrive in dealers early this fall with a starting price that significantly undercuts its dated predecessor when they're optioned up to the same level.
The last-minute alteration undercuts the central argument from Trump and his GOP allies on Capitol Hill, who have insisted throughout the impeachment inquiry that the president had never threatened to withhold the aid as leverage to secure political favors.
All of the books do, however, acknowledge a fact that undercuts their attempts to valorize women's anger: one of the angriest demographics in America before the 2016 Presidential election was white women, and the majority of them voted for Donald Trump.
And with the political conventions now over, and the brawl between Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump for the White House in full swing, Friday's data at least partly undercuts the Democrats' argument that the nation's economic health is improving.
John Allen, who served as special presidential envoy for The Global Coalition to Counter ISIL from 2014 to 2015, and Michael O'Hanlon, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, also argued that Trump's order undercuts Abadi's power, hurting the ISIS fight.
One of the many assumptions your book undercuts is this idea that large groups of voters can deliberate reasonably — that if you give people the appropriate information and allow them to exercise judgment, they will do so more or less intelligently.
BOSTON (Reuters) - Climate activists found companies more receptive to steps like cutting emissions or buying clean power this year, a new tally of shareholder resolutions shows, a trend proponents said undercuts the case for proxy rule changes sought by business groups.
Prosecutors rarely ask for leniency after a trial because it undercuts their ability to negotiate guilty pleas with other defendants, according to Douglas A. Berman, a professor at Ohio State University's Moritz College of Law who specializes in sentencing issues.
For years, critics have challenged that mandate, arguing that it undercuts the ability to weigh a species' value or to consider the economic impact of its preservation — for instance, the cost of prohibiting logging in a valuable tract of forest.
"Natural gas is a viable exit ramp off of fossil fuels only if it cleans up its methane pollution, which now seriously undercuts its claimed climate advantages," said Fred Krupp, president of the Environmental Defense Fund, an American environmental group.
"It may be intended as a good-cop, bad-cop strategy, but the tweet is so over the top that it undercuts Tillerson," said Sue Mi Terry, a former Korea analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency and National Security Council.
The Times's report undercuts a central defense of the White House — that Trump never explicitly made security aid contingent on investigations — and has only increased pressure on Republican senators to agree to hear new testimony from Bolton and other witnesses.
"Humanity continues to face two simultaneous existential dangers—nuclear war and climate change—that are compounded by a threat multiplier, cyber-enabled information warfare, that undercuts society's ability to respond," the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists said in a statement.
It also undercuts US foreign policy in too many ways to count, including with Iran, where the Trump administration has escalated tensions dramatically while making gestures of support for the Iranian people -- people the President won't let into this country.
These are all conjured up by the annoyingly ubiquitous Drosselmeyer (Thomas Whitehead, good cloak flourishing), which in effect undercuts the stateliness and mystery of the grand pas de deux, the one bit of Ivanov choreography that survives in Mr. Wright's ballet.
Reality nevertheless undercuts such observations: All these likely caucusgoers rendered their opinions at events for Biden and Pete Buttigieg, the two moderates who have consistently outpolled Klobuchar in Iowa and will have more opportunities to sway last-minute deciders in person.
It also requires us to reinvest in diplomacy and other tools of national power — because funding a muscular military without robust diplomacy, economic statecraft, support for civil society, and development assistance only hamstrings American national power and undercuts any military gains.
The Federal Trade Commission has also privately interviewed Amazon sellers to learn about their dependence on Amazon and held discussions with Amazon competitors about topics including whether the Prime bundle of services unfairly undercuts competitors on price, as Recode previously reported.
As one of many current retrospectives about postwar American women artists, this exhibition rounds out the art historical record even as it undercuts the artists' long-professed desire to be recognized for their art rather than for their status as women.
Amazon is launching a new tier of its music service today, dubbed Amazon Music HD. It offers lossless versions of audio files for streaming or downloading at a price that aggressively undercuts Tidal, the main competition for this kind of audio.
Wesley Clark, a former NATO commander, told Business Insider&aposs David Choi that Trump&aposs comments were "a very rough way to play" with the alliance&aposs principles and that "it undercuts deterrence, encourages potential adversaries, and erodes NATO itself."
The opacity with which the Ritz Carlton operation was undertaken also undercuts investor confidence in the ability of the Saudi government to act responsibly with respect to the economy and raises questions as to the security and stability of foreign investment.
Some of those pipeline firms are offering prices as low as 25 percent of federally regulated rates, creating a secondary market that undercuts shippers with long-term contracts, according to four sources at companies that regularly ship on the pipelines.
Marvel has perfected the art of the afterthought joke — the moment when a character of status, usually a powerful superhero or villain, delivers a grandiose speech that's met with silence, before an acidic quip from someone else undercuts the whole thing.
That puts it miles ahead of Homecoming, where both the villain and Peter's love interest get stuck in a story twist that works in the moment but undercuts much of the movie's third act, which then slowly deflates (another Marvel problem!).
And while a lot of the story's creepy weirdness is still preserved, the nature of IT — for my money, the most frightening part of the book — is depicted in one scene but then largely ignored, which undercuts the whole enterprise.
Ambient bands would foreground such noise at the expense of tune and tempo; instead, Emma Baker's drumming keeps the pace jumpy, producing a gawky propulsion that undercuts the soothing, underlying guitar whoosh, which in turn softens and alleviates its aggression.
Saul, whose work will receive its first New York museum survey at the New Museum in February, never makes it easy: his paintings are equal opportunity offenders, with a finely honed sense of irony that undercuts virtually every predetermined notion of a topic.
BOSTON, July 11 (Reuters) - Climate activists found companies more receptive to steps like cutting emissions or buying clean power this year, a new tally of shareholder resolutions shows, a trend proponents said undercuts the case for proxy rule changes sought by business groups.
Conservative groups immediately praised Sessions for promising to protect deeply held religious convictions, though critics of the Trump administration have repeatedly voiced concerns that the attorney general&aposs stance undercuts LGBT rights and favors the rights of Christians over those of other faiths.
A high price tag could hurt Amazon itself if it undercuts a locality's ability to fund good public schools, hospitals and infrastructure, the building blocks of both a successful business environment, and the high quality of life that attracts and keeps solid employees.
" The claim by a Ukrainian investigator "that he has evidence of a wire transfer to a U.S. bank account of Mr. Manafort," said Maloni, "completely undercuts [the] long-time charge that the Party of Regions ledger detailed 'illegal cash payments' to Mr. Manafort.
Puerto Rican Governor Ricardo Rosselló ordered a recount Monday of every death on the island since Hurricane Maria made landfall on September 20, as evidence continues to show that the official death toll grossly undercuts the true number, reports the New York Times.
" Why it matters: While a spokeswoman for the Foreign Office told the BBC that "this type of outreach is normal diplomatic business," the BBC notes that the meeting "undercuts the White House's recent assertion that Papadopoulos was a campaign volunteer of little importance.
" The shifting rhetoric, Tribe added, also undercuts a key Republican argument — that Trump's actions don't rise to the level of impeachment — by borrowing language directly from the Constitution's description of what merits a president's removal: "treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.
"The government's position that it can hold an American citizen for more than two months without access to a court and to a lawyer undercuts the most fundamental rights enshrined in the Constitution," Jonathan Hafetz, an attorney with the ACLU, told CNN.
The streaming service is lowering the cost for its entry-level, ad-supported plan from $7.99 per month to $5.99 per month – a price that undercuts rivals' Netflix and Amazon Prime Video's lowest monthly plans, at $7.99 and $8.99 per month, respectively.
That drunken confession undercuts the central thrust of the Nunes memo because the FBI was alarmed about Trump's possible ties to Russia long before it started surveilling Carter Page, the former Trump adviser Nunes claims was surveilled by the FBI under false pretenses.
But Buick still offers an absurd amount of equipment that, when teamed with an adaptive suspension and a noise cancelling system, do a great job of making the Enclave Avenir feel like a true luxury car at a price that undercuts its rivals.
The move — which undercuts one of President Barack Obama's signature efforts to fight climate change — would also propel the Trump administration toward a courtroom clash with California, which has vowed to stick with the stricter rules even if Washington rolls back federal standards.
But Giuliani&aposs newly revealed letter directly undercuts that, as it specifies that he was acting in his capacity as Trump&aposs private attorney; in other words, he was representing the president&aposs personal political interests and not the country&aposs interests.
And crucially, multiple witnesses have testified to one key fact that directly undercuts Trump's claim that he demanded an investigation into Burisma to root out corruption: the president was primarily investigated in a public announcement of the investigation, rather than the probe itself. 
The focus issue seriously undercuts shooting video, which is a bummer because, otherwise, Samsung has an easy claim to make as the best video camera on an Android phone — and it might even be able to take on the iPhone for quality.
They include a biofuels policy that corn and ethanol producers said undercuts demand for their products to the benefit of oil refiners, and a trade agenda that led China and other countries to slap retaliatory tariffs on a range of U.S. agricultural goods.
There is the possibility that Disney will offer some sort of free trial for all new Disney+ members, but we haven't seen any sort of confirmation of this, and besides, the big detail here is that Disney+ undercuts a basic Netflix subscription.
But even as he celebrates the ascension of President-elect Donald J. Trump as a steadfast ally, Mr. Netanyahu may find that it complicates management of his own conservative coalition and undercuts the very diplomatic outreach that has been his central priority.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New orders for U.S.-made goods fell more than expected in January and could drop further as a worldwide coronavirus outbreak strains supply chains and undercuts the manufacturing sector, which had recently shown signs of stabilizing after a prolonged slump.
Key points: First-hand knowledge: If the second person has first-hand knowledge that supports the claims of the initial whistleblower, and was on the July 25 call between Trump and the Ukrainian president, it undercuts a main attack line that's been used by Republicans.
Here's the problem: you can't recognize the rights for marginalized people to publicly identify themselves in a way that feels true and mock those very same people for asking others to self-examine the language they've been using because it undercuts that very identity.
If the European Court of Justice determines that Uber is a transport company, it will be subject to stricter regulations across the 28-nation EU. Uber has been embattled along these lines before, with regular taxi drivers arguing that Uber unfairly undercuts their trade.
Usually, the star inhabits a role that contrasts with or undercuts their existing star narrative: the pretty girl is cast as an ugly one (Charlize Theron); the comedian is cast as a villain (Robin Williams); the hunk is cast as a perv (Jake Gyllenhaal).
Finally, because past research alleges that education should encourage good citizenship by emphasizing the importance of participatory behaviors and the value of reasoned debate, we tested to see whether a college education, for example, undercuts the negative effect of social intolerance on support for democracy.
Some investors and analysts believe Samsung will see its profit fall for the second time in three years in 2016, as slack demand for gadgets undercuts prices of memory chips and displays that Samsung leaned on to cope with its mobile profit decline last year.
His secretary of State and other Cabinet officials have consistently talked about wanting to use all diplomatic means possible to resolve the issues plaguing the region, but the president repeatedly undercuts these efforts on Twitter and elsewhere in public with his own bellicose rhetoric.
However, removing Tillerson at the tail-end of his first major official trip to Africa undercuts whatever promises he made or good will he may have won with African leaders, and would seem to be another manifestation of the administration's disregard for the continent.
"That opens the way for Russia's corruption and other Russian influences in these countries that are harmful to the countries, harmful to good business practices, undercut the European Union as well, and really it undercuts the whole trans-Atlantic security we're setting up," he said.
The letter, however, undercuts his image as a Nazi resister and hints at some of the uncomfortable revelations that could emerge from a new research project, which will explore in greater detail than ever before the involvement of German central bankers with the Hitler regime.
His consistent inability to do what video games have led us all to believe men can and should do finely undercuts the typical power fantasy narrative—a hard talking, ultra-violent, muscle bound man on the outside, Max, in practice, is a tragic incompetent.
When the first cars came out there was a law in the books that you had to have somebody walk in front of your car with a red flag so that you wouldn't startle the horses, which somewhat undercuts, again, the value of the car.
The plan is attracting some surprising critics — including the state's Democratic governor; Eric H. Holder Jr., the attorney general under President Barack Obama; and some national Democrats, who say it undercuts their case against like-minded power grabs by Republicans in Michigan and Wisconsin.
Israeli lawmakers passed a bill on Tuesday that makes it harder for the government to hand over parts of Jerusalem to Palestinians, a move critics say undercuts the chances of a two-state solution and highlights the impact of President Trump's support of Israel.
The allegation from Mr. Durov is significant because it undercuts the importance that Apple's chief executive, Timothy D. Cook, has placed on privacy and encrypted communication, and adds to criticism that the company too easily acquiesces to the demands of governments in important foreign markets.
It undercuts the Reno Ace by 300 yuan ($43) for the entry-level model with 6GB of RAM and 64GB of storage, with the equivalent 8GB/128GB version still coming in at 100 yuan ($14) cheaper for a phone that you might well prefer.
But the shift undercuts a core argument of Warren's campaign: that she would hold herself to a higher standard on campaign finance issues and not be beholden to big donors — and it's unclear whether the financial support and air cover could come at a cost.
The decision by U.S. District Judge Philip Brimmer essentially undercuts a Colorado Supreme Court ruling last week that booted the incumbent GOP lawmaker from the ballot after it was determined that out-of-state workers had helped him qualify for the district's Republican primary.
Timeline undercuts Trump's defense First the timeline: We now know that White House budget office took its first official action to withhold $250 million in aid to Ukraine on the evening of July 25, according to a House Budget Committee summary of the office's documents.
In a recent session in the Oval Office, a frustrated Mr. Pottinger watched as Mr. Bannon and Mr. Kushner complained to Mr. Trump that China was deliberately depressing its currency, which undercuts American goods (in fact, China has recently been trying to do the opposite).
The car's starting price of 320,000 rupees ($4,800) undercuts similar vehicles by rivals such as Maruti Suzuki India and Hyundai Motor and is equipped with features such as an touchscreen infotainment system and rear parking sensors in an effort to revive sluggish domestic sales.
"By gambling with warfighting funds, the bill risks the safety of our men and women fighting to keep America safe, undercuts stable planning and efficient use of taxpayer dollars, dispirits troops and their families, baffles our allies, and emboldens our enemies," the statement says.
"By gambling with warfighting funds, the bill risks the safety of our men and women fighting to keep America safe, undercuts stable planning and efficient use of taxpayer dollars, dispirits troops and their families, baffles our allies, and emboldens our enemies," the statement said.
Rubio further seems to be suggesting that anti-Muslim bigotry is a non-problem on par with sports rivalries; and that challenging this bigotry somehow undercuts the effort to address "the bigger issue," which is "radical Islam," and that this is the real threat.
Why it matters: In a rare show of defiance against Trump, a majority of Republican senators supported the measure, which undercuts the president's justification for withdrawing troops from Syria and possibly Afghanistan by declaring that the Islamic State, or ISIS, remains a serious threat in both countries.
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At times you're put up against too many bad guys—the body count in later missions undercuts the game's opening stages, where just one enemy can spell your demise—but generally Manhunt is proof that Rockstar, contrary to reputation, does its best work on linear experiences.
Behnam Ben Taleblu, a research fellow focused on Iran at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a hawkish Washington research center, said the Trump decision to leave Syria "undercuts the administration's own conceptual argument" on how to counter Iran by removing an effort to apply military pressure.
While there's nothing wrong with anticipating the next big thing in Marvel's gigantic cinematic universe, to wrap Endgame with a teaser for a bigger, bolder, more epic movie slightly undercuts the power of this movie that we've all been waiting for for the past 11 years.
The resolution of their feud is twisty enough, I suppose, but the buildup to it (especially the scenes where Arya and Sansa are arguing with each other to keep up a charade solely for the audience) fatally undercuts everything else the show is trying to do.
A new study further undercuts a major claim by critics of the Affordable Care Act, who contended that the law would encourage companies to slash full-time workers' hours and shift them into part-time work in order to avoid having to offer them health insurance.
A rising forecast for shale oil prediction is "exactly the type of thing that undercuts these OPEC, non-OPEC efforts, this verbal intervention," said John Kilduff, partner at energy hedge fund Again Capital, referring to the common tactic of attempting to boost oil prices with policy pronouncements.
That's 164 feet, which tops (or undercuts, rather) NASA's own 12 meter buoyancy lab, and it'll help prepare paid private astronauts for the rigors of spaceflight, along with other features of the facility, including hypobaric and hyperbaric champers, and a centrifuge for simulating high-G flight.
Some legal experts believe Barr took steps that undermine the Justice Department's political neutrality, a condition they argue now undercuts his efforts to assert independence from Trump after Barr's name became linked with Ukraine and the president's zeal to see a political rival investigated (The Hill).
"I read with pleasure the poems of Bertolt Brecht, although I am repelled by his Stalinism—but here, not so simply, it is a matter of seeing how his subtlety of mind breaks past, complicates, and sometimes undercuts his ideological stance," Howe wrote in his 1972 essay.
The state education board's recommendation undercuts a series of strident remarks made by Republican Rauner in January and February, asserting at one point the school system faced a "financial disaster" that would prevent it from remaining solvent through the end of its fiscal year in June.
More subtle — and important — by avoiding the press corps that covers him daily, Mr. Obama undercuts the traditional journalism that he says he holds dear, which is already fighting for its survival against the wave of new media that the president is riding with such agility.
"The availability and affordability of these tools undercuts law enforcement's continual assertions that they need smartphone vendors to be forced to build 'exceptional access' capabilities into their devices," Riana Pfefferkorn, cryptography fellow at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, told Motherboard in a Twitter message.
It also undercuts the message that the Trump Administration has tried to send at time, that the US was serious about getting Iran to the table to hash out a new deal, and it does so while undercutting major foreign policy objectives that go back several administrations.
Most critically for the prime minister, the vote undercuts her pitch to the European Union that if it offers concessions on the Brexit deal — specifically, renegotiating the so-called "Irish backstop" — she'll finally be able to rally enough support in Parliament to get a Brexit agreement passed.
And the existence of a face-to-face meeting between Goldman's chief executive and the man accused of being at the center of a sprawling fraud undercuts an argument the bank has made: that its problems stem from the actions of a small number of rogue employees.
The memo actually undercuts the argument that a dubious warrant involving Mr. Page was the beginning of the Russia investigation, as it points out that the investigation began in July 2016 because of information about contacts between Russian intermediaries and another Trump campaign adviser, George Papadopoulos.
The coordination between the Trump Tower visitor and the Russian prosecutor general undercuts Ms. Veselnitskaya's account that she was a purely independent actor when she sat down with Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law, and Paul J. Manafort, then the Trump campaign chairman.
"By gambling with warfighting funds, the bill risks the safety of our men and women fighting to keep America safe, undercuts stable planning and efficient use of taxpayer dollars, dispirits troops and their families, baffles our allies, and emboldens our enemies," the White House said in a statement.
The breakdown in civility comes after what has otherwise been a comparatively polite campaign season for Democrats, but the frustration exposes a rift in the party and undercuts the notion that Clinton will be able to march into the Democratic convention this summer with a party unified behind her.
Weighed down by some 750 billion euros ($927.08 billion)worth of existing bad loans, euro zone banks are struggling to overcome the legacy of the region's debt crisis, a drag on new lending that undercuts the stimulus the ECB is trying to provide through rock-bottom borrowing costs.
"If there's inconsistency in messaging at the very top — as there has been — that undercuts anything that the rest of the administration is trying to do to deter this kind of behavior," warned Chris Painter, who was the Obama administration's top cybersecurity diplomat during Russia's 2016 foreign interference operations.
More to the point, the film undercuts the one quality of contemporary art that allows it to behave as a critical medium, despite its own exclusivity — its maintenance of an aesthetic sensibility which promises that good, moving, challenging art can be made from any material, no matter its value.
"Today's executive order directly contradicts EPA's core mission of protecting public health and the environment, and undercuts the Agency's ability to achieve the promise of the Clean Air Act — ensuring that all Americans are able to breathe clean, healthy air," said Harold Wimmer, president of the American Lung Association.
The loss of its Iraqi capital as well of much of its territory in Iraq and Syria dramatically undercuts ISIS' claim that it is the caliphate because the caliphate has historically been both a substantial geographic entity such, as the Ottoman Empire, as well as a theological construct.
No more thoughtful than he was as a TV game show host and no more reliable than when he was a salesman practicing "truthful hyperbole," Trump makes much of the world cringe as he fails to achieve his agenda at home and undercuts his own secretary of state abroad.
The paper, by Jessika E. Trancik, a professor of energy studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and colleagues, noted that the cars with the lowest emissions also tended to be the cheapest, which undercuts the notion many people have that living a greener life is necessarily more expensive.
"Even if they try to thread the needle here on how they implement whatever Trump has decided, his message alone seriously undercuts the efforts put in to try and persuade our allies to join us," said Laura Rosenberger, a senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund, a think tank.
The end of the Walmart partnerships, which has not been previously reported and was confirmed by Walmart and Uber, undercuts a vision the ride-hailing companies laid out: a service that can efficiently deliver anything on-demand, including people and cargo, at the touch of a smartphone app.
"If the president undercuts what he is trying to achieve diplomatically, convinces people that whatever you agree to with the secretary of state will be overturned by the president ... then he is basically neutered," said Richard Boucher, a former top U.S. diplomat who now teaches at Brown University.
Partially because of the First Amendment, partially because the Trump administration is never going to do anything that undercuts their ... It's pretty clear that one of their 2020 strategies is to build a huge amount of cultural dislocation among their supporters based upon saying that internet companies are suppressing them. Right.
Sprint's unlimited plan starts at $50 per line — cheaper than AT&T, Verizon, or T-Mobile — but offering half off even the most expensive of those plans (AT&T, at $90 a month for a single line) still undercuts Sprint's own plan, which can't be a viable long-term strategy.
I bought a pink hat online, and brought it to Washington D.C. where I spent part of inauguration day at a tequila bar in a panic when I overheard the word "cuck" coming from the table of Caucasian men with undercuts next to me, my limbs paralyzed, and my tongue frozen.
The film follows Allen avatar Bobby Dorfman, played for the second time (after To Rome With Love) by Jesse Eisenberg, who is particularly skilled at playing Allen's surrogate; he has a peevishness that quietly undercuts his characters' indulgence, a wink that he knows this guy's kind of full of it.
While many experts believe it is regrettable TPP does not include lengthier protections for pharmaceutical companies to recoup their investments in expensive biologics, the final TPP draft undercuts Secretary Clinton's argument that the agreement provides too much protection for pharmaceuticals – it provides less than when she was effusively praising the agreement.
The DTEK2617 is both a show of faith to the company's continued commitment to Android and an attempt at wider-scale accessibility with a starting price that undercuts last year's model by a full $23 — a smart move, given that the Priv's $216 price tag was among many reviewers' chief complaints.
"We are extremely disappointed that the House Republican Leadership has refused to allow a debate and vote on a bipartisan amendment to strike a discriminatory, harmful provision that undercuts protections for LGBT employees of federal contractors and grantees," David Stacy, the group's government affairs director, said in a written statement.
Both sides are claiming a piece of post-theatrical victory, but make no mistake, even Republicans on Capitol Hill acknowledge the President seemingly walking right into saying -- and outright embracing -- the blame for a shutdown was a strategic error that undercuts what his Congressional allies have been saying for days.
Maybe this is deliberate amateurism, a nod to B-movie sci-fi, but it undercuts some of the more affecting moments in "Black Friday"— as when the camera pulls back to show the small silhouette of a woman in a black abaya who has collapsed on a vast marble floor.
Yet it feels like it's all about G-U-N-S guns even when it isn't, as in "Mind Ya Bidness," which packs nothing but blunts, and the lead "Spray and Pray," which undercuts its "We load up, lift, and shoot" refrain with a "turn in they AKs for 401Ks" dissent.
It Really Was Easy to Make My Old SNES Controller WirelessIt's not often a company creates a product that undercuts a more expensive option it's still…Read more ReadAs first spotted and shared on the Resetera forums, Nintendo recently filed for an FCC product ID for a new wireless Bluetooth gamepad.
His argument was that photographs are not just another art form deserving of attention, which is what the museum would assert, but that the very nature of photography, which makes possible an indefinite number of legitimate copies of the unique original, dramatically undercuts the foundational premise of the art museum.
Speaking on Sunday on CBS's "Face the Nation" during a visit to Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates, Mr. Pompeo discounted the argument that Mr. Trump's decision to withdraw 2,000 American troops from Syria in the coming months undercuts Washington's ability to achieve its other goals in the region.
Xiaomi undercuts Talking of budget wearables, Chinese upstart Xiaomi got into the space in mid 22015 with a $82015 waterproof fitness band, which tracks steps, activity, sleep and more, and has a month-long battery life so is designed to be worn daily, continuing the company's philosophy of disrupting the competition on price.
Here's a quick look at the price walk for the 2290 Volvo XC22017: The XC60 T5's base price undercuts its all-wheel drive competition, like the $43,045 BMW X3 xDrive28i, the $2903,475 Audi Q5, and the $43,060 Jaguar F-Pace—but it comes in slightly above the $42,075 Mercedes-Benz GLC300 4Matic.
Trump rants on and on for a while about how good his presence in politics is for the media business (this is true, though of course it undercuts his argument that the media is trying to undermine him), while the Caller flails around trying to get him to talk about something important.
By preventing covered workers from joining forces to take legal action over workplace issues, the decision undercuts employees' leverage and empowers employers to "require their employees to waive their right to class actions," wrote Jeffrey Hirsch, a professor at the University of North Carolina School of Law, on the Workplace Prof Blog.
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The administration undercuts its credibility when one of its chief allies in its campaign against Iran is Saudi Arabia, whose de facto ruler is believed to have ordered the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi and has directed a war in Yemen that Congress has denounced for its toll in innocent lives.
While the results might seem self-evident — larger bullet holes mean more damage to a human body — the Post points out that the research undercuts gun advocates' common refrain against regulation, "guns don't kill people, people kill people": This view is widespread among experts who take a permissive attitude toward gun regulation.
The new tunnel will be a 10.3-mile route that undercuts a state-owned operation of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway in Maryland, and could eventually become the anchor point for a network that would span Washington to New York, with stops in-between at urban centers in Baltimore and Philadelphia, according to the LA Times.
Four east European countries voted against the measure, saying it undercuts their workers' ability to compete for jobs in the EU. To the relief of expatriates in the country, China lifted a ban on imports of mould-ripened cheese, which had been imposed because the bacteria used in making them had not been approved.
Denny HeckDennis (Denny) Lynn HeckExclusive: Guccifer 2.0 hacked memos expand on Pennsylvania House races Heck enjoys second political wind Incoming lawmaker feeling a bit overwhelmed MORE (D-Wash.), who opposed the bipartisan measure from Waters and McHenry, argued Friday that banning innocuous sales to China through Ex-Im undercuts U.S. industry with shortsighted foreign policy.
A growing chorus of big-city officials in red states like Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and Missouri are now urging their governors to establish uniform statewide rules, arguing that refusing to do so undercuts their local initiatives by increasing the risk the disease will cluster in neighboring areas -- from which it can easily reinfect their populations.
The 419-3 vote brings President Trump one step closer to a choice he has strained to avoid: whether to sign legislation embraced by Republicans in both the House and the Senate that undercuts his attempts to ratchet down tensions with Moscow, or to veto the bill even as Russia-related scandal consumes his administration.
Not knowing who Jean really is undercuts her transformation in Dark Phoenix because the movie misses an opportunity to make a statement about how all it took was a small push of power to turn a hero into a villain, or to urge viewers to feel the loss of someone genuinely good and heroic.
Recalling a bizarre post-Pride encounter with a self-identified mostly straight girl covered head to toe in rainbow TD Bank gear a couple years ago, I figured the crowd at Tease would be similar: "love is love" cisgays here to air out their undercuts, dance to "Sorry," then go home and enthusiastically vote for Hillary.

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