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Oct 05 2019
News
From the archives: How the Watergate crisis eroded public support for Richard Nixon
Forty years ago today, Richard Nixon announced his resignation from the nation’s highest office, making that decision in the face of almost certain impeachment by the House and plummeting public support, as a majority of Americans called for his removal from office. But it happened in stages.
Nixon had won reelection in 1972 by a landslide and began his second term with a lofty 68%
Pew Research CenterApr 30 2021
News
Congress Looks to Judicial Overrides to Strengthen Consumer Protections
IN A UNANIMOUS decision last Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling that would limit the ability of the Federal Trade Commission to seek monetary relief for borrowers who have been defrauded by corporate lenders. Under the new ruling, the FTC would only be allowed to pursue restitution in the form of injunctions, not cash payments, for customers who have fallen victim to deceptive
The InterceptOct 15 2021
Fact Check
Partisan Claims About Flight Cancellations Lack Evidence
Southwest Airlines’ flight cancellations fueled partisan claims over the weekend that transportation workers were protesting COVID-19 vaccine requirements and causing the cancellations. But there’s no evidence that workers staged protests. The Federal Aviation Administration, the airline and labor unions have all cited other reasons.
Southwest Airlines cancelled more than 2,500 flights
FactCheck.orgApr 17 2020
News
Trump says US farmers will receive $19 billion for coronavirus mitigation
President Donald Trump on Friday announced a $19 billion relief program to help farmers cope with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic through a package that will include direct payment and mass purchases of produce, meat and other products.
“These are great people, great Americans, never complain, never complain - they just do what they have to do,” Trump said while announcing the
CNBCDec 23 2017
News
Trump doesn't have authority to issue a travel ban, appeals court rules
A federal appeals court in San Francisco ruled Friday night that the latest iteration of President Trump's travel ban violates federal law, and its issuance by the president via executive order exceeds executive branch authority as delegated by the Constitution.
The Week - NewsAug 31 2021
News
‘Democracy will be in shambles’: Democrats in last-ditch effort to protect voting rights
Democrats are pushing what may be their last chance to hold off voter suppression efforts by Republicans, and say that their control of both the House and Senate is at risk if they do not pass their new legislation to protect elections.
Their bill, which cleared the US House on a party-line vote last week, has now been taken up by a bitterly divided Senate. It would ensure that states
The GuardianMay 15 2016
News
Ryan praises Trump, says teams are meeting next week
House Speaker Paul Ryan on Saturday offered praise -- but still no endorsement -- for presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump and said congressional GOP staffers will meet with aides to the billionaire next week to discuss policy.
The speaker's comments come as the Republican Party tries to unify following a divisive primary fight and fears among conservatives that Trump doesn't
CNN DigitalOct 14 2021
Analysis
Huntington Beach Has Reopened, But the Aftermath of the Oil Spill Is Far From Over
Surf’s up at Huntington Beach, 10 days after a major oil spill spoiled the waters off California’s southern coast. The popular surf spot reopened Monday after city officials and California State Parks announced in a statement that “water quality testing results showed non-detectable amounts of oil associated toxins in our ocean water.”
As my colleague Piper McDaniel reported last week,
Mother JonesAug 13 2020
Background
What Should Be the Future of the Death Penalty?
Thirty years after the Supreme Court decision Gregg v. Georgia effectively reinstated capital punishment in the United States, the national debate of whether to abolish, reform, maintain, or expand use of the death penalty continues to divide justices and judges, legislators and citizens. Kansas v. Marsh, the recent, bitterly divided, 5-4 Supreme Court decision upholding Kansas’ death penalty
Brookings InstitutionJan 23 2020
Opinion
Impeachment Doesn’t Require a Crime
Senate Republicans, by and large, have reached an unspoken consensus about President Trump and Ukraine. He should not have put a temporary freeze on congressionally authorized aid to Ukraine, should not have dabbled with using the aid to get Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden or a nutty theory about Ukrainian hacking during the 2016 election, and should not have kept defending his “perfect call
National Review (News)