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Aug 05 2013
Opinion
DEA Covering Up Spying Used To Investigated Americans
A secretive U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration unit is funneling information from intelligence intercepts wiretaps informants and a massive database of telephone records to authorities across the nation to help them launch criminal investigations of Americans.
HuffPostApr 21 2021
News
The U.S. And China Inch Toward Cooperation On Climate — Thrilling Other Countries
One month after U.S. and Chinese officials publicly attacked each other at their first summit of the Biden administration, the two governments issued a rare joint statement on April 17 saying they share a major goal: tackling “the climate crisis… with the seriousness and urgency that it demands.”
The commitment offered a big reason for optimism about the global fight against climate
HuffPostFeb 15 2022
News
How updating a 135-year-old law could help save US democracy
One of America’s last-ditch defenses against attempts to subvert presidential elections is a rickety 135-year-old antique.
This ancient structure – an 1887 law called the Electoral Count Act – governs the official counting of Electoral College votes and the naming of the new president-elect. But it’s poorly written and vague in important spots. Then-President Donald Trump tested its
Christian Science MonitorMar 24 2021
News
Senate Minority Leader McConnell says he has not been invited to White House
Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell said he hasn't been invited to the White House or spoken to President Biden on the phone since the Democrat took office on Jan. 20.
McConnell, R-Ky., told Fox News' "America's Newsroom" on Wednesday that the White House hasn't shown interest in uniting with Republicans, despite Biden's rhetoric of unity during his inaugural address.
"I haven't
Fox News DigitalMay 19 2021
Analysis
COVID’s End Is Nigh. We Need an Audit
Before there is another pandemic, we’re going to need to learn a bit more about the failures in this one.
‘When your country asked you to get vaccinated, you did,” Joe Biden said when the CDC revised its guidance on masks last week. “The American people stepped up.” For a second there, it almost sounded like a declaration of victory. And believe me, Biden wants this pandemic to end.
Michael Brendan DoughertyFeb 04 2021
Analysis
After a ‘post truth’ presidency, can America make facts real again?
Acommon theme in U.S. inaugural addresses is for the newly sworn-in president to identify what he sees as the country’s biggest problem. For Ronald Reagan, it was government overreach. For Barack Obama, it was “our collective failure to make hard choices.” For Franklin Roosevelt, it was fear itself.
For Joe Biden, it was a breakdown of national cohesion, common purpose, and reality’s
Christian Science MonitorNov 19 2019
News
Poll: Americans Overwhelmingly Say Impeachment Hearings Won't Change Their Minds
The country is witnessing one of only a handful of times in its history that Congress has gone through with public hearings on whether to impeach a president. And yet, the overwhelming majority of Americans across parties say nothing they hear in the inquiry will change their minds on impeachment, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll.
Half of Americans said they approve of
NPR (Online News)Apr 14 2022
News
Criminal justice reform faces political buzzsaw as GOP hones its midterm message
The Senate delivered former President Donald Trump a bipartisan criminal justice reform deal shortly after the last midterm election. Staging a sequel for President Joe Biden this year won’t be so easy.
Dick Durbin and Chuck Grassley, the top Democrat and Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, are still in talks over finalizing a package that would serve as a more narrow follow-
PoliticoMar 24 2021
News
Duckworth, Hirono back off ultimatum on nominees over AAPI representation
Two Democratic senators have backed off their threats to block President Biden’s non-minority nominees after getting reassurances from the White House that Asian American and Pacific Islander voices will be prominently heard in the administration.
The White House indicated late Tuesday it will add a senior level AAPI liaison.
A spokesman for Sen. Tammy Duckworth, Illinois
Washington TimesAug 26 2021
News
More Than 100,000 People Are Hospitalized With COVID-19, The Most Since January
More than 100,000 people in the country are hospitalized for the coronavirus, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services. It's the highest number of hospitalizations seen since January, before the vaccine was widely available to the public.
The data also shows that 30% of intensive care unit beds in hospitals in the country are holding COVID-19 patients.
NPR (Online News)