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Oct 30 2017
News
FBI investigating $300M Whitefish contract to rebuild Puerto Rico's power grid: Report
The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) is reportedly looking into a controversial contract between Puerto Rico’s energy authority and a small U.S.-based energy startup.
Fox News DigitalAug 29 2019
News
Milwaukee urges people to stop vaping immediately amid lung disease outbreak
MILWAUKEE – The city of Milwaukee issued a health alert Wednesday urging people to stop vaping immediately amid an outbreak of lung disease doctors suspect is linked to e-cigarettes.
Milwaukee's alert comes as federal officials say there are some 200 potential cases of lung disease linked to e-cigarettes reported by 22 states.
There are 16 confirmed cases in cases in Wisconsin,
USA TODAYNov 18 2019
News
House investigating whether Trump lied to Mueller
Washington (CNN)The House of Representatives is now investigating whether President Donald Trump lied to special counsel Robert Mueller in written answers he provided in the Russia investigation, the House's general counsel said in federal court Monday.
"Did the President lie? Was the President not truthful in his responses to the Mueller investigation?" House general counsel Douglas
CNN DigitalNov 18 2019
News
House Democrats probe whether Trump lied to Mueller: Report
House Democrats are investigating whether President Trump lied to special counsel Robert Mueller, according to CNN.
The House chamber’s general counsel told a federal court Monday they are probing whether Mr. Trump was dishonest to the special counsel in his written answers that were handed over during the investigation into alleged Russian collusion during the 2016 presidential
Washington TimesMay 25 2021
News
Justice Dept. releases part of internal memo on not charging Trump in Russia probe
The Justice Department late Monday night released part of a key internal document used in 2019 to justify not charging President Donald Trump with obstruction, but also signaled it would fight a judge’s effort to make the entire document public.
The filing comes after a federal judge excoriated former U.S. attorney general William P. Barr — and the Justice Department more broadly — for
Washington PostMar 25 2020
Opinion
Trump can’t guide us through the coronavirus pandemic, but conservatism can help
While many state governors are stepping up to meet the continuing challenges of coronavirus in unprecedented ways, our federal government continues to let us down.
At the White House, we know the president took too long to act, dismissed the seriousness of the pandemic in the earliest days, spread misleading information about test availability and drug treatments at press briefings, and
S.E. CuppAug 08 2020
News
The Stolen Land Under Dodger Stadium
On July 24, 1950, the city of Los Angeles sent a letter to the residents of the Palo Verde, La Loma, and Bishop neighborhoods. Their homes would soon be purchased by the city, and their neighborhoods, which would come to be known collectively as Chavez Ravine, would be demolished to make room for a public housing project. This was made possible by the expanded eminent domain powers provided to
ReasonMar 19 2018
News
Judges refuse GOP request to block new Pa. district boundaries
A panel of federal judges in Pennsylvania refused on Monday to block the state Supreme Court's new congressional map from going into effect, dealing a blow to Republicans who had sought to block it.
The HillMay 08 2018
News
Melania Trump Can't Stop Copying the Obamas
Melania Trump’s cyberbullying initiative may not be as new as she claims, with a pamphlet about online safety for children bearing more than a striking resemblance to a 2014 pamphlet by the Federal Trade Commission released under Obama.
NewsweekJul 21 2021
Analysis
How America lost its commitment to the right to vote
The Supreme Court isn’t even pretending that it’s bound by legal texts in its voting rights cases.
The Supreme Court, Justice Elena Kagan lamented in a dissenting opinion earlier this month, “has treated no statute worse” than the Voting Rights Act.
She’s right.
The Voting Rights Act is arguably the most successful civil rights law in American history. Originally signed in
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