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Dec 07 2020
News
What 'safe harbor day' is and why it's bad news for Trump
States that haven't yet certified their votes for president or that face legal challenges are rushing to resolve any remaining disputes by Tuesday, known as safe harbor day.
Under federal law, Congress must count the electoral votes from states that act by Dec. 8 to choose their presidential electors — the people who meet next week in each state to cast the actual votes for president —
NBC News Digital
Jul 14 2020
News
As Trump and Biden battle, election officials are running out of time, money for November
Heading into Georgia’s June 9 primary, McDuffie County Elections Director Phyllis Brooks had no choice but to assemble a last-minute crew to count votes.
Two of her three staffers were out with COVID-19. She had more than 2,500 absentee ballots to tally by hand
So Brooks brought in a handful of county employees and hired local teenagers to do the counting. Now, there’s no money
USA TODAY
Sep 03 2021
News
U.S. Jobs Post Smallest Gain in Seven Months Amid Delta Spread
U.S. hiring downshifted abruptly in August with the smallest jobs gain in seven months, complicating a potential decision by the Federal Reserve to begin scaling back monetary support in the coming months.
Nonfarm payrolls increased 235,000 last month after an upwardly revised 1.05 million gain in July, a Labor Department report showed Friday. The unemployment rate fell to 5.2%.
Bloomberg
Jul 19 2019
News
WH projects $1 trillion deficit for 2019
The White House projects that the federal deficit will surpass $1 trillion this year, the only time in the nation's history the deficit has exceeded that level, excluding the four-year period following the Great Recession.
"The 2019 deficit has been revised to a projected $1.0 trillion," the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) wrote in its midyear review.
As a
The Hill
Feb 05 2021
News
Senate passes $1.9 trillion COVID relief resolution after all-night "vote-a-rama"
The Senate passed a budget resolution very early Friday morning, a key step for the Democratic-controlled Congress to pass President Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief proposal without any Republican votes. The 51-50 vote, with Vice President Kamala Harris breaking the tie, came after an all-night marathon "vote-a-arama."
The "vote-a-rama" included 41 votes with dozens of amendments
CBS News (Online)
Jul 21 2021
Opinion
What Type of Speech Will Biden Ask Facebook to Suppress Next?
"They're killing people."
That was the simple declarative sentence President Joe Biden uttered in response to a question a reporter asked him as he left the White House on Friday.
"On COVID misinformation, what's your message to platforms like Facebook?" the reporter had shouted as the president was walking toward Marine One.
Biden turned and walked directly toward the
CNSNews.com
Jan 22 2020
News
'Caught Lying Again': Report Calls Out Schiff For Mischaracterizing Parnas Evidence
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) appears to have “mischaracterized” a piece of evidence used in the Democrats’ impeachment investigation, Politico reports.
The problematic evidence stems from a letter the House Intelligence chairman sent to House Judiciary Committee Jerry Nadler (D-NY) last week.
“In one section of the letter, Schiff claims that Parnas ‘continued to try to arrange a
Townhall
Nov 21 2019
Opinion
Our bird populations are dying off. Here's how we can save them.
The report “Decline of North American avifauna” published in the journal Science highlighted serious, ongoing concerns about the sustainability of bird populations in North America. As members of the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission, we work with each other, as well as leaders of state and federal agencies, to conserve critical habitat for waterfowl and other wildlife across North
USA TODAY
Mar 13 2020
News
Trump Shakes Everyone’s Hands at Coronavirus Press Conference—Ignoring CDC Guidelines
Moments after President Donald Trump declared a national emergency in response to the coronavirus pandemic, he violated one major rule his public health officials have advised against—by shaking several people’s hands.
Trump, who spent the weekend with at least one person who has since tested positive for the novel coronavirus, also manhandled the microphone as he explained the need to
Daily Beast
Aug 04 2020
Top Argument
Is Cell Phone Radiation Safe?
The radiation emitted by cell phones, known as radiofrequency (RF) radiation, is regulated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Hundreds of millions of Americans use cell phones and many of them wonder if there are any health risks.
People who say cell phones are safe reference statements by the FCC and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and point to peer-reviewed studies
ProCon.org