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Feb 16 2021
News
The Defining Battle of Biden’s Presidency Is Already Raging in the Senate
Democrats just secured full control of the federal government for the first time in a decade. When the party lost Congress back in 2010, many of its core constituencies were left holding IOUs. Labor left the Obama era without card check, climate hawks got neither “cap” nor “trade,” immigrant-rights groups never collected on their promised path to citizenship, and advocates for gun control and
New York MagazineMay 05 2021
Opinion
Horowitz: No, the border crisis is not getting better
Every month, a mass of illegal aliens, including some of the world's most dangerous criminals, are pouring over our border in numbers large enough to fill up major cities. Our border is less secure and our country is less sovereign than most third-world countries. Yet you'd never know about it because the media has chosen not to cover it.
Last week, President Joe Biden said in an
The BlazeDec 09 2020
Opinion
Biden can't make bipartisanship great again: Republicans already rejecting peace offer
Right after this year's election, Politico sponsored a 2020 Voters Priority survey that showed just how shockingly divided the country really is. On virtually every issue, Republicans and Democrats are polar opposites, with eight out of 10 respondents claiming to have "lost respect for the other side" and nearly 75% of respondents saying they cannot trust members of the other party. A majority
SalonJan 25 2017
News
Trump vows 'major investigation' into alleged voter fraud
President Trump is vowing an investigation into alleged voter fraud, despite a lack of evidence behind his claim that 3 million to 5 million people voted illegally in last year's election.
USA TODAYFeb 14 2016
News
Donald Trump finally went too far for Republicans
Donald Trump finally made some bold and provocative claims that were largely true, and the Republican Party finally closed ranks to attack him.
Saying Mexican immigrants are rapists didn't do it. Calling for a return of torture didn't do it. Calling for a ban on Muslim immigration didn't do it. Raising questions about Barack Obama's status as an American citizen didn't do it. Pretending
VoxJun 25 2019
News
Emergency Aid for Migrants Badly Divides Democrats
WASHINGTON — Congress is trying to rush $4.5 billion in emergency humanitarian aid to the southwestern border while placing new restrictions on President Trump’s immigration crackdown, spurred on by disturbing images of suffering migrant families and of children living in squalor in overcrowded detention facilities.
But with a House vote on the package planned for Tuesday, some
New York Times (News)Nov 04 2017
News
Why Robert Mueller is making K Street Republicans and Democrats sweat
A special counsel investigation into allegations of collusion between President Trump’s campaign and Russians could end up exposing illegal activity from lobbyists and consultants at some of Washington’s most powerful firms across the political spectrum.
Washington ExaminerAug 04 2021
Analysis
A timely lesson from a tiny town long ago
Recently, a friend gave me the book “A Stronger Kinship” by historian Anna-Lisa Cox. It tells of Covert, Michigan, a small town 30 miles from my friend’s childhood home.
His nearly all-white high school had played them in sports, yet only now was he learning that more than a century ago, Black and white residents of Covert had “lived as equal citizens,” as the book puts it.
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Christian Science MonitorFeb 02 2015
News
Obama to GOP Congress: Don’t Jeopardize Our National Security
President Barack Obama warned Republicans not to put U.S. national security at risk because of their opposition to his immigration actions.
Unveiling his new budget proposal Monday, Obama vowed to defend his unilateral actions taken last year, even as Republicans have said that anything tied to funding them is a nonstarter — including functions of the Department of Homeland Security,
The BlazeMar 24 2021
News
Vice President Harris will oversee effort to resolve problems at U.S.-Mexico border
President Joe Biden, whose administration is grappling with overcrowding at migrant facilities on the southern border, tasked Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday with leading efforts to coordinate with Mexico and the Central American nations of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.
The assignment marks Harris’ first major policy role since she was sworn in in January.
“I can
CNBC