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Jul 16 2016
News
Why the attempted coup in Turkey matters to the U.S.
Political instability in Turkey, a NATO member and critical U.S. partner in the fight against terrorism, could pose a setback for the U.S.-led campaign against the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.
A coup attempt in Turkey was crushed and the "government is in control," President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday. About 200 people were killed and hundreds more arrested
USA TODAYDec 22 2015
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Virginia to Drop Long Held Concealed Carry Reciprocity Agreements With Two Dozen States
According to a report in the Washington Post this morning, Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring, a Democrat, will unilaterally end the state's long held concealed carry reciprocity agreements with 25 states. The move comes shortly before anti-gun zealot and Michael Bloomberg backed Governor Terry McAuliffe leaves office. The agreements are reportedly being severed with states deemed to have
TownhallNov 07 2013
News
Virginia triggers GOP circular firing squad
The politics of the matter seem virtually beyond dispute: a GOP candidate with more mainstream appeal than Ken Cuccinelli would have beaten Democrat Terry McAuliffe and given Republicans control of the Virginia governorship.
PoliticoNov 05 2013
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Obama's new pledge: It'll be 'easy' for Republicans to back immigration reform
President Obama met with top U.S. business leaders on Tuesday in an effort to drum up more support for an immigration reform bill that’s already cleared the Senate but faces an uncertain future in the Republican-controlled House.
Washington TimesMay 24 2020
Opinion
China’s economic power cannot come at the expense of freedom
On this Memorial Day weekend, as we reflect on the brave actions of those who died in battle so that we might live free, it’s also fitting for us to consider the moral causes of our time. One such cause is playing out across the Pacific in the metropolis called Hong Kong.
If that island city seems like a distant land worthy only of someone else’s concern, that might be because it is
The Dallas Morning NewsMay 24 2020
News
US dependence on Chinese imports posing potential threat on national security, think tank says
A new report by a British think tank shows that the U.S. is strategically dependent on China for 414 categories of imports, of which 114 service its critical national infrastructure -- and in some cases, these could pose a national security risk.
China has steadily increased its share of many markets over the years under the increasingly authoritarian leadership of President Xi Jinping
Fox News DigitalApr 17 2020
News
China economy shrinks for first time as Wuhan Covid-19 death toll is increased by 1,300
China’s economy shrank 6.8% in the three months of 2020, the country’s first such contraction on record and a stark sign of the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
The news came as Chinese authorities revised the death toll in Wuhan, the hardest hit city and where the virus first emerged, up by 50%, to 3,869 from 2,579.
Citing the number of patients who had died at home
The GuardianJan 22 2020
News
Massachusetts debating the vote in local races for 16-year-olds
Legislators in Massachusetts are considering two measures Wednesday that would permit municipalities to lower the voting age in local elections.
Enacting the legislation would push the state to the forefront of the growing national movement to extend the franchise to teenagers in the name of boosting civic engagement. Opponents say young people do not merit so much responsibility.
The FulcrumOct 06 2019
News
Clinton’s impeachment barely dented his public support, and it turned off many Americans
The U.S. House’s impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump’s interactions with the president of Ukraine comes more than two decades after the last presidential impeachment crisis – the one that engulfed President Bill Clinton in 1998 and early 1999. The circumstances – factual, political and societal – were very different back then, and so was U.S. public opinion about the push for
Pew Research CenterSep 15 2020
News
How could nursing homes have done better?
Nursing home residents constitute a disproportionately large percentage of pandemic deaths. Here we take a look inside to see what might be improved.
As Melinda Haschak responded to the Code Blue that blared through the intercom, she was missing a crucial piece of information.
The resident she was rushing to save had tested positive for the coronavirus.
Ms. Haschak knew
Christian Science Monitor