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Sep 16 2021
Analysis
Joint Chiefs Chairman Milley becomes lightning rod on right
Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has become a lightning rod for the Biden administration, which is facing calls for him to resign over book excerpts underscoring his maneuvering during former President Trump’s final days in office.
Milley was already a target for conservatives before the revelations in “Peril,” the upcoming book by Watergate reporter Bob Woodward
The HillOct 24 2020
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Farmers Stick With Trump, Despite Trade-War Pain
About two months into the Trump presidency, Ron Prestage clutched a shovel and grinned at a photographer on an Iowa cornfield. He had $309 million riding on 160 acres near the town of Eagle Grove, the site of a future pork plant that would help his family’s company, Prestage Farms Inc., tap surging U.S. exports.
Just weeks after bulldozers began rolling, though, President Trump came
Wall Street Journal (News)Mar 08 2018
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Trump plans to announce steel tariffs, but may allow exemptions for U.S allies after all
President Trump is expected as early as Thursday to sign off on his controversial plan to slap stiff tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, but in a surprise reversal the White House opened the door to exemptions for products from Canada, Mexico and other U.S. allies.
Los Angeles TimesJan 11 2022
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Democrats eager to fill power vacuum after Pelosi exit
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) isn’t showing her cards, but the longtime Democratic leader has vowed that this year will be her last at the top of the party, auguring a fast-approaching power vacuum that younger lawmakers have been salivating to fill for more than a decade.
A new generation of ambitious Democrats is looking to push aside the old guard of octogenarians — Pelosi,
The HillJun 25 2021
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Harris Visits The Southern Border After Trying To Keep The Focus Away From It
Vice President Harris visited the U.S.-Mexico border Friday in El Paso, Texas, after weeks of badgering by Republicans and at the urging of some Democrats, and called for an end to the political "finger pointing" over who's to blame for record numbers of people seeking asylum at the southern border.
Harris is in charge of the thorny issue of migration from Central America at a time when
NPR (Online News)Sep 02 2021
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At Least 9 Dead as Ida Swamps New York City Area
The New York area awoke to a flood-ravaged and largely paralyzed landscape on Thursday, after record-shattering rains brought by the remnants of Hurricane Ida left a trail of death and damage across several states, shut down transit and exposed anew the region’s vulnerability to a changed climate.
At least nine people died as waters rose in basements. A tornado in southern New Jersey
New York Times (News)Mar 30 2019
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'We’ve never seen anything like this': As Trump threatens to close border, migrants overwhelm Texas cities
Under a bridge connecting the U.S. with Mexico, dozens of migrant families cram into a makeshift camp set up by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The families are there because permanent processing facilities have run out of room. Seven hundred miles east, busload after busload of weary, bedraggled migrants crowd into the Catholic Charities Humanitarian Respite Center in McAllen, Texas.
USA TODAYAug 23 2020
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Twitter flags Trump tweet about mail drop boxes for violating election rules
Twitter flagged a tweet by President Trump on Sunday that claimed, without evidence, that mail drop boxes are a "voter security disaster" and are "not Covid sanitized."
Driving the news: "We placed a public interest notice on this Tweet for violating our Civic Integrity Policy for making misleading health claims that could potentially dissuade people from participation in voting,"
AxiosFeb 06 2022
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After Backlash, GoFundMe Says It Will Automatically Refund ‘Freedom Convoy’ Donors
Following a backlash from GoFundMe’s decision to shut down the “Freedom Convoy” fundraiser, citing unspecified “evidence” that the protest was no longer peaceful, the fundraising website has backtracked when it comes to refunding donors.
When first announcing it was shutting down the Freedom Convoy, GoFundMe told donors they would need to use a “dedicated refund form” to request their
The Daily WireJan 24 2022
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U.S. Supreme Court rejects House Republicans' challenge to pandemic-era voting rules
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge by Republican lawmakers to pandemic-related proxy voting rules set by Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the Democratic-led House of Representatives that were tailored to limit exposure to COVID-19.
The voting rules, implemented in May 2020, allow members of the 435-seat House to serve as proxies for colleagues in quarantine or
Reuters