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Sep 06 2018
News
Civil war looms for Democrats after left-wing upsets: 'This is just the beginning'
Ayanna Pressley cruised to victory in Massachusetts in a stunning primary victory Tuesday, ousting a 10-term House incumbent while promising voters she would abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement, create government-run health care and enact free college tuition.
Washington TimesJun 03 2020
News
Steve King goes down, and other top takeaways from Tuesday's primaries
Iowa Republicans drove Steve King out of office on a primary day marked by civil unrest.
King's defeat was the top headline in Tuesday's primaries. The nine-term congressman with a history of racist and anti-immigrant remarks was ousted after the GOP establishment offered his opponent both material and symbolic assistance.
In other races, Democrats' top recruit for the Iowa
PoliticoAug 14 2020
News
Homeland Security officials were wrongly appointed, watchdog says
WASHINGTON — The top two officials in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security were improperly appointed to the posts under federal law by the Trump administration, a nonpartisan congressional watchdog said Friday.
The Government Accountability Office says acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf and his acting deputy, Ken Cuccinelli, are ineligible to run the agency under a federal law known as
PBS NewsHourFeb 15 2016
News
FACT CHECK: Republicans debaters on high court, economy
The Republican presidential debaters misfired in assertions about Supreme Court nominees, Syria, immigration and more.
CBS News (Online)Nov 06 2022
Perspectives Blog
Misinformation Watch: Do Big Companies Pay Their Fair Share of Taxes?
Corporate taxation, the details of which were once relegated to the back rooms of congressional offices and boardrooms, has become an increasingly popular talking point on both sides of the aisle.
One claim that we hear often is that big companies with massive profits pay little to no taxes. But is that accurate?
Some Say That… Big companies pay nothing in taxes Ethan HorowitzApr 02 2021
News
Border Crisis
“The Biden administration for the first time Tuesday allowed journalists inside its main border detention facility for migrant children, revealing a severely overcrowded tent structure where more than 4,000 people, including children and families, were crammed into a space intended for 250…
“The Biden administration has continued expelling adults who try to cross the border under a
The Flip SideJan 31 2018
News
In State of the Union, Trump Vows Optimism as More Fights Loom
President Donald Trump, in his first State of the Union address, called for major, bipartisan deals on infrastructure and immigration, while reversing his predecessor’s vow to close the Guantanamo Bay prison facility for suspected terrorists.
Wall Street Journal (News)May 29 2020
Opinion
The Return of the Tea Party
Being told what to do by epidemiologists and officials wielding SCIENCE as their authority has been enough to bring Tea Party–era liberty back in vogue.
It’s 2009 again, or feels like it.
That was when spontaneous, grassroots protests against overweening government sprang up and were widely derided in the media as dangerous and wrong-headed.
The protesters then were
Rich LowryAug 22 2021
News
President Trump Takes The Stage At ‘Save America Rally’ In Ala.
The 45th president took the stage at his latest “Save America Rally” in Alabama on Saturday. Speaking to thousands, Donald Trump was quick to criticize Joe Biden, saying he predicted the “disastrous” results of his presidency.
He also discussed the crisis in Afghanistan, saying not only did his predictions come true with Biden’s botched exit, but the situation has become worse than
One America News Network (OAN)Dec 14 2020
News
Legalization Advocates Hope to End Mexico’s Drug War
A determined political movement to end the war on drugs has taken shape across Europe and North America. Harm reduction advocates say lives can be saved and resources spared, if only the state would move away from punishing drug users. Perhaps, some predict, the state could even get into the business of regulating the production and sale of once-illegal substances.
Just last month,
Foreign Policy