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Mar 18 2020
News
DNC chair urges states to continue with primaries as scheduled despite social distancing guidance
Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez is encouraging states to avoid postponing their scheduled presidential primaries despite federal social distancing guidance suggesting Americans avoid gathering in close proximity amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Florida, Illinois, and Arizona all held their elections on Tuesday as scheduled, while Ohio, Georgia, Kentucky and Louisiana
The BlazeAug 20 2020
Opinion
The Post Office Conspiracy Is First Class Stupidity
If you believe the mainstream media, Donald Trump is involved in a nefarious scheme to somehow make the USPS into something inefficient and incompetent, which comes close on the heels of his plot to make the sun start setting in the West. If that’s his plan, he already pulled it off decades before he first hit the cover of the New York Post. We conservatives think the president has done a lot
TownhallJan 21 2016
Opinion
Illegal immigrants who overstay visas rarely investigated
The federal government doesn't investigate 99 percent of illegal immigrants who entered the country legally but overstayed their visas, Homeland Security officials told the Senate on Wednesday, exposing what critics said was a giant loophole in immigration enforcement and national security.
Washington TimesMar 17 2020
News
What happens when two Texas counties forget to put a race on the ballot
At a time when confidence in elections is sagging, a particularly odd snafu in Texas this month won't help.
A virtually tied election for a spot on a regional appeals court will have to be conducted again — because officials in two counties under the court's jurisdiction did not put the contest on the ballot.
The election administrators in Cochran and Collingsworth counties, in
The FulcrumMar 09 2019
News
House passes Democrats' historic election bill
The House on Friday approved the most sweeping reforms to campaign and elections law in generations, with Democrats powering the bill through over GOP objections and making quick work of their top legislative agenda for the year. The measure would create a national standard for voting, ordering states to adopt automatic and expansive voter registration, allow for easy early voting, block some
Washington TimesDec 09 2016
News
5 things to know about Trump's Labor pick
Trump will nominate Andy Puzder, the vocal CEO of the fast-food company CKE Restaurants, that owns burger chains Carl's Jr. and Hardee's, as his secretary of labor. Puzder has been a strong proponent of rolling back regulations within the restaurant industry, has argued against the Affordable Care Act and raising the federal minimum wage.
USA TODAYJun 09 2016
News
British firm aims to open immigration detention center near US-Mexico border
The British security firm Serco has moved a step closer to entering the controversial but lucrative immigration detention market in the US, as the company successfully lobbied public officials in a small Texas county near the Mexico border to propose that the federal government open a family detention centre in the jurisdiction.
The GuardianMay 03 2020
Opinion
MSNBC, Biden and the ‘home team’ interview
There was some sneering going down at CNN on Friday, following the much-anticipated interview over at MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” with presidential candidate Joe Biden regarding Tara Reade’s allegations. Pressed over and over again by co-host Mika Brzezinski, Biden flatly denied ever having sexually assaulted the former aide on his Senate staff.
“The interview was very direct, but it was a
Erik WempleJun 03 2014
News
How Obama's team sold the EPA rule
The EPA’s proposed carbon emissions standards rule released Monday is one of the most significant actions the federal government’s ever taken on climate change.
PoliticoMay 01 2024
Headline Roundup
Arizona Lawmakers Vote to Repeal 1864 Near-Total Abortion Ban
Arizona lawmakers voted to repeal a near-total ban on abortion.
For Context: The ban was passed in 1864. The Roe v. Wade ruling from the Supreme Court in 1973 overruled the law. The overturning of Roe in the summer of 2022 put this law back in the spotlight. In April, the Arizona Supreme Court upheld the ban while allowing time for challenges. This law bans abortion at conception unless
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