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Jan 08 2019
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Kevin Hart apologizes one last time, says he likely won't host Oscars
Kevin Hart apologized again Monday for past homophobic tweets and jokes, which prompted him to step down as host of the Oscars, and said it would be the last time he addressed the controversy.
On his SirusXM podcast, "Straight from the Hart," the comedian also implied that he's not interested in hosting the awards show. Last week, he told Ellen DeGeneres, who faced backlash for
NBC News DigitalNov 03 2020
Analysis
Where Biden and Trump stand in the final presidential election polls
Biden is the favorite. But Trump’s path to victory has not been entirely ruled out.
With polling of the 2020 race just about concluded, former Vice President Joe Biden is in an interesting position.
Biden’s national lead is large, and he has consistently led polls in states that would be sufficient to deliver him 270 electoral votes and therefore the presidency — most notably,
VoxApr 23 2021
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Why Is Trump Going to War Here?
The crowd crammed into an indoor-outdoor bar at a sprawling mall in this teeming suburb south of Cleveland. The head of the local Republican club took to the mic on a small stage—and pledged vengeance.
“Sign the petition to ask Congressman Anthony Gonzalez to resign,” Shannon Burns said to a burst of cheers. “If you’re looking at your neighbor right now and saying, ‘What’s he talking
PoliticoNov 06 2020
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Native Americans, Hit Hard by COVID-19, Faced Major Barriers to Vote
Leatrice Hendricks had 90 minutes to turn in absentee ballots from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s reservation to the clerk’s office in Corson County, South Dakota.
She had stopped by 25 homes where fellow tribal members were quarantined with COVID-19, driving for hours to get the ballots to them. Hendricks waited outside as voters filled them out.
“I think I filled up my gas
Center for Public IntegrityNov 26 2012
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Trying to Turn Obama Voters Into Tax Allies
When Tea Party activists swamped town hall-style meetings about health care in the summer of 2009, President Obamas army of campaign volunteers largely stayed away, seemingly less interested in fighting for legislation than they had been in electing the nations first African-American president.
New York Times (News)Apr 24 2020
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Trump suggests 'injection' of disinfectant to beat coronavirus and 'clean' the lungs
President Donald Trump suggested the possibility of an "injection" of disinfectant into a person infected with the coronavirus as a deterrent to the virus during his daily briefing Thursday.
Trump made the remark after Bill Bryan, who leads the Department of Homeland Security's science and technology division, gave a presentation on research his team has conducted that shows that the
NBC News DigitalSep 10 2020
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How a pandemic exposed – and may help fix – inequalities in education
Education faces existential change as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. But the tumult may open the door for innovation, helping schools reduce inequality – through everything from microschools to joy-based learning.
In the early 2010s, Jon Valant, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Brown Center on Education Policy, began researching Americans’ perception of the “achievement
Christian Science MonitorFeb 28 2020
Analysis
Do Women And Men Have A Confidence Gap?
During a job interview, we are frequently asked, “what are your strengths?”
How you answer may depend on your gender.
That’s the conclusion of new research, which suggests that men are far more comfortable with self-promotion than are women. According to Christine L. Exley, who teaches at the Harvard Business School and Judd B. Kessler, who teaches at Wharton, “the gender gap
ForbesJul 07 2020
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Anti-police demonstrations may have sparked new coronavirus cases, some cities now acknowledge
Several big-city mayors and top officials are acknowledging that weeks of anti-police protests and riots may have contributed to surging coronavirus rates, weeks after Democrats and even some epidemiologists openly encouraged Black Lives Matter allies to demonstrate in the streets.
In public statements and interviews with Fox News this weekend, officials in Los Angeles, Seattle and
Fox News DigitalNov 05 2020
Analysis
Democrats’ increasingly narrow path for winning back the Senate, explained
Democrats came into the 2020 Senate elections as slight favorites. But Republicans have had a strong showing.
Democrats entered Election Day with high hopes of retaking the Senate and winning full control of Washington if former Vice President Joe Biden beats President Donald Trump in the race for the presidency.
But by Wednesday, the election results made clear those hopes were
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