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Mar 19 2015
News
Mandatory Voting? Obama Says It Would Be 'Transformative'
Obama floated the idea of mandatory voting in the U.S. while speaking to a civic group in Cleveland on Wednesday. Asked about the corrosive influence of money in U.S. elections, Obama digressed into the related topic of voting rights and said the U.S. should be making it easier — not harder— for people to vote.
ABC News (Online)
Aug 07 2016
News
Gary Johnson picks up his first congressional backer
Republican Rep. Scott Rigell is voting for Libertarian Gary Johnson for president over his party's nominee, Donald Trump.
Rigell, who has announced he will not run for re-election this year in his Virginia district, is the second Republican member of Congress to announce that he'll vote for someone other than Trump. Retiring New York Rep. Richard Hanna wro
CNN Digital
Jan 11 2017
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ACLU & NAACP LDF: Jeff Sessions Unfit to Defend Civil Rights & Enforce Discrimination Laws as AG
The first of a two-day confirmation hearing for President-elect Donald Trump’s controversial attorney general nominee begins today. Republican Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama faces questions from his colleagues on the Judiciary Committee, where he serves as chair of the immigration subcommittee. Trump’s pick has drawn widespread outrage because of Sessions’s opposition to the Voting Rights
Democracy Now!
May 19 2014
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McConnell Faces Challenge From The Right In Tuesday Midterms
This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Lynn Neary. Primary races are picking up ahead of the midterm elections this fall. On Tuesday, voters in six states will go to the polls, making it one of the most important primary election days of the year.
Among the races to watch is a Tea Party challenge to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. To give us a lay of the land is NPR
NPR (Online News)
Nov 20 2016
News
Don’t let Donald Trump’s antics distract you from what’s really important
Here are a few news stories that broke between the time I left work a little early on Friday afternoon and the time my toddler went down for his midday nap on Saturday:
Foreign diplomats are booking rooms at Donald Trump’s hotel in Washington, DC because they believe that directly putting money in the pocket of the President-elect of the United States will serve as a bribe that helps
Vox
Oct 10 2019
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Ukraine's president says 'no blackmail' in Trump call
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said there was "no blackmail" in a phone call with Donald Trump that is at the heart of a possible attempt to remove the US president from office.
"This is not corruption, it was just a call," Mr Zelensky said on Thursday.
The call prompted a whistleblower complaint and Democratic impeachment inquiry of the Republican president.
BBC News
Aug 20 2013
News
Rand Paul, Chris Christie doing 'disservice to the party,' Wis. Gov. Scott Walker says
High-profile Republicans already engaged in presidential politics more than three years before the 2016 election are hurting the party and the nation, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said Tuesday.
Washington Times
Feb 04 2020
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Trump poised to make case for reelection in State of the Union
President Trump will deliver his third State of the Union address Tuesday night, when he is likely to use the national platform as a launching pad for his reelection bid.
The speech before a joint session of Congress will be bookended by two key events shaping Trump’s 2020 campaign: the beginning of the Democratic presidential primary contest in Iowa on Monday, and his expected
The Hill
Feb 04 2020
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Lisa Murkowski dashes Democrats' hopes: 'I cannot vote to convict'
Sen. Lisa Murkowski announced Monday she will vote to acquit President Trump on both articles of impeachment this week, dashing hopes of Democrats who had thought the moderate Republican might join them in their uphill bid to oust the president before the 2020 election.
The Alaska senator scolded Mr. Trump for his behavior but also said the House bungled the case against him, and it
Washington Times
Oct 15 2014
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Republicans Hold Advantage as Midterms Near
Republicans remain in a favorable position heading into the midterm election, but the outlook is unsettled amid unusually low voter interest, high dissatisfaction with leaders in Washington and a reordering of issues on voters’ minds, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds.
Wall Street Journal (News)