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Oct 23 2019
News
McConnell to Republicans: Defend Trump on process
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is urging Republicans to focus on Democrats and their tactics in seeking to mount an effective defense of President Trump on impeachment.
One GOP lawmaker, summing up McConnell’s message to Republicans at a private lunch meeting Tuesday, quoted the GOP leader as saying, “This is going to be about process.”
McConnell recognizes that
The HillOct 22 2019
News
Diplomat Bill Taylor testifies two channels were created for Ukraine policy, 'one regular, one irregular'
Bill Taylor, a top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine who has emerged as a key figure of interest in the Trump impeachment inquiry, told Congress on Tuesday that there were "two channels" for Trump administration policymaking on Ukraine — "one regular, one irregular."
Taylor's testimony in a closed-door deposition before several House committees was described to Fox News by sources familiar with
Fox News DigitalApr 05 2015
News
Nevada Republicans Drop Religious-Freedom Bills
Nevada Republicans are dropping two proposed bills that would have added religious-freedom protections to state law that critics have said legalize discrimination against gays and lesbians.
Assemblyman Erv Nelson and Sen. Joe Hardy said they would no longer pursue passage of AB 277 or SB 272 on Friday. The two lawmakers were sponsoring the bills which contained similar language enacting
Wall Street Journal (News)Feb 28 2013
News
Biden weighs in on voting rights case
Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday he couldn't believe he was reliving a civil rights battle, pointing to the Supreme Court's division over a provision in the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
"I never thought we'd have to refight so many fights," Biden said at a reception for Black History Month at the Naval Observatory in Washington.
CNN DigitalJul 11 2013
News
North Carolina GOP Attaches Abortion Restrictions To Motorcycle Safety Bill With No Public Notice
North Carolina House Republicans are pushing legislation that would restrict abortion access, attaching the measure to an unrelated motorcycle safety bill on Wednesday and giving neither the public nor Democratic legislators any advance notice.
On Wednesday morning, state Rep. Joe Sam Queen (D) wrote on Twitter, "New abortion bill being heard in
HuffPostApr 30 2020
News
Amash Considers Presidential Run
“Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan said Wednesday he is seeking the Libertarian nod for president because millions of Americans do not feel well represented by either major political party… Amash [is] a Trump critic who left the Republican Party to become an independent.” (AP News)
Both sides are generally critical of Amash and skeptical that he will have a significant impact on the race.
The Flip SideDec 18 2019
News
Impeachment Divides a Nation, a District and a Dinner Table
Kathryn Whitaker’s support for impeaching President Trump makes sense in this corner of South Carolina: She is a Democrat and a candidate for the State Senate.
“The president really put his personal interests and professional interests over the country’s,” said Ms. Whitaker, 37. “He was caught abusing his power.”
But her position is complicated by the most intimate relationship
New York Times (News)Aug 30 2015
News
Biden makes another surprise political stop
Vice President Joe Biden added another unscheduled political event to his schedule Saturday — but this time, it was more about local politics than presidential politics. At home for the weekend in Wilmington, Del., Biden made a surprise appearance at the Sussex Democratic Jamboree at Cape Henlopen State Park. He worked the crowd for about an hour at an event that’s long been a favorite of his
PoliticoOct 17 2019
News
US picks Trump resort for G-7; critics call choice ‘brazen’
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s suggestion that his Miami golf resort host next year’s Group of Seven summit became a reality Thursday, sparking an outcry from critics who called it the most blatant example yet of him using the power of his office to boost his business empire.
“There are folks who will never get over the fact that it’s a Trump property, but we’re still going
Associated PressFeb 07 2013
Opinion
John Brennan, Obama's counterterrorist
When Vice President Joe Biden and Defense Secretary Robert Gates advised President Barack Obama in late April 2011 that sending a Navy SEAL team into Pakistan to capture or kill Osama bin Laden was not worth the various risks that this operation entailed, John Brennan, the president's top counterterrorism adviser, urged the president to authorize the raid.
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