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Jul 08 2020
Analysis
Democrats see victory in Trump culture war
Democrats are taking aggressive steps to highlight President Trump’s focus on the hot-button cultural topics of race and heritage, betting it will play to their party’s advantage in November.
Democrats have embraced the Black Lives Matter campaign, and are now moving swiftly to carve out a clear distinction between the parties when it comes to issues of racial injustice.
The
The HillSep 22 2021
News
U.S. Set To Admit Lowest Number Of Refugees Ever
Despite President Joe Biden’s pledge to overhaul immigration and welcome refugees to the U.S., 2021 is on pace for a record low in refugee admissions.
According to the latest State Department numbers, the U.S. has accepted just 7,637 refugees this year as of Aug. 31 ― putting it on pace for a historic low, as the fiscal year ends Oct. 1. The refugee cap, a number set by the president
HuffPostNov 16 2021
News
Biden exits three-hour Xi summit with no White House mention of China’s growing nuke arsenal
President Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met via video teleconference for more than three hours on Monday night, discussing a wide slate of issues at a moment of growing international concern over Cold War prospects between the U.S. and the world’s biggest communist power.
While China‘s military muscle-flexing and advancements — including its rapidly expanding nuclear arsenal and a
Washington TimesJun 22 2020
Analysis
Teddy Roosevelt saw this mob coming
So now they have come for Teddy Roosevelt. The large bronze statue of TR on horseback, flanked by a black man and an American Indian, will be removed from the spot it has graced since 1940 in front of New York’s Museum of Natural History. Why? According to Warren Wilhelm Jr — known to some as Bill de Blasio — the statue is being moved (to where no one yet knows) ‘because it explicitly depicts
The Spectator WorldFeb 11 2021
News
China Bans BBC World Service, Following U.K. Ban Of Chinese Network
China's broadcasting regulator has banned the BBC World Service from airing there, according to a report in Chinese state media. The news follows a move by Britain's communications regulator last week to strip the state-run China global television network of its broadcast license in the U.K.
According to the state news agency Xinhua, China's National Radio and Television Administration
NPR (Online News)May 18 2021
News
House sends anti-Asian hate bill to Biden's desk
In a big bipartisan vote, House lawmakers on Tuesday passed legislation aimed at combating the sharp rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans that have occurred since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
The bill now goes to President Biden, who is expected to sign it into law as soon as Thursday, in the middle of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month. The bill passed in a
The HillDec 08 2019
News
Nikki Haley: Dylann Roof hijacked meaning of Confederate flag
Former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley said that shooter Dylann Roof hijacked the meaning of the Confederate flag when, in 2017, he attacked a historically black church in Charleston, S.C., in an interview with The Blaze.
What she's saying: "People saw [the Confederate flag] as service, and sacrifice and heritage," Haley said, adding, "the national media came in droves — they
AxiosMay 14 2021
Opinion
The GOP’s Special Trump-Loyalty Test
During the debate over Representative Liz Cheney’s role in leadership, there were plenty of arguments offered as to why her ouster wasn’t really about her refusal to accept the stolen-election narrative. But Elise Stefanik’s defeat of Chip Roy in the race to replace Cheney as conference chair removed any doubt that there is currently a very special Trump-loyalty test within the Republican
Guest Writer - RightJan 29 2013
News
President Obama's Four Part Plan for Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Today, President Obama spoke from Las Vegas about creating a fair and effective immigration system that lives up to our heritage as a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants.
Whitehouse.govFeb 13 2015
News
As the U.S. mission winds down, Afghan insurgency grows more complex
The Taliban in this northern province allows girls to attend school. It doesn’t execute soldiers or police. Its fighters are not Pashtun, the main ethnic group that bred and fueled the insurgency. Some members are even former mujahideen, or freedom fighters, who once despised the Taliban and fought against its uprising.
Washington Post