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Trump removes strategist from security council role

April 6, 2017 07:24:15 AM

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday removed Chief Political Strategist Steve Bannon from the National Security Council (NSC). Bannon was a controversial pick for the council, and according to the administration, was only placed on...

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Republic of Ireland Act enters force

On April 18, 1949, the Republic of Ireland Act went into force, creating a republic in the state of Ireland. The Act repealed the Executive Authority Act, which had given governing authority in Ireland to the King of England.

Treason charges against poet Ezra Pound dropped

On April 18, 1958, treason charges against American poet Ezra Pound, first laid in 1943 in connection with his wartime broadcasts for the Italian Fascist government of Benito Mussolini, were dropped.

Read Jonas Doberman, The Treason Debate: Ezra Pound and his Rome Radio Broadcasts[PDF].

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