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Jul 17 2020
News
Trump stares down a ticking economic time bomb
Government aid propping up the economy could soon disappear, schools are scrambling their plans and new shutdowns are slamming businesses — just before a key stretch of the general election.
It’s crunch time for the key issue President Donald Trump’s aides and advisers believe will determine his fate this November.
A stretch of critical decisions from mid-July until Labor Day
PoliticoApr 30 2014
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Americans Want to Pull Back From World Stage, Poll Finds
Americans in large numbers want the U.S. to reduce its role in world affairs even as a showdown with Russia over Ukraine preoccupies Washington, a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds. In a marked change from past decades, nearly half of those surveyed want the U.S. to be less active on the global stage, with fewer than one-fifth calling for more active engagement—an anti-interventionist Wall Street Journal (News)Apr 30 2014
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Americans agree with Barbara Bush
Barbara Bush made national headlines last year when she said on NBC that her son Jeb shouldn't run for president in 2016 because "there are a lot of great families. It's not just four families, or whatever. There are other people out there that are very qualified. We've had enough Bushes." And in an interview earlier this year on C-SPAN, the former first lady added that CNN DigitalApr 17 2020
Fact Check
The White House Coronavirus Briefings
FactCheck.org Managing Editor Lori Robertson spoke with WHYY radio in Philadelphia about fact-checking the White House’s daily coronavirus task force briefings.
She was a guest on WHYY’s “Radio Times” on April 15 for a discussion on fact-checking and the challenge for the media in covering these briefings live, along with Mark Lukasiewicz, a former senior executive at NBC News and ABC
FactCheck.orgJul 20 2020
Perspectives Blog
Colorado Ban on Panic Defense Goes Uncovered by Major News Media
Given how chaotic the news seems to be everyday, it can be easy to miss stories that are crucial and consequential to certain communities. On July 14, Colorado became just the 11th U.S. state to outlaw the use of the ‘trans panic’ and ‘gay panic’ criminal defense.
The ‘trans panic’ defense is a legal strategy used as mitigating evidence for a defendant accused of assaulting or even
Hirsh JoshiJul 15 2020
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Hospitals told to send coronavirus data to Washington, not CDC
"The new faster and complete data system is what our nation needs to defeat the coronavirus," Department of Health and Human Services official says.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will "no longer control" the coronavirus data collection system from hospitals across the nation, a spokesman for U.S. Health and Human Services confirmed Tuesday night.
The New York
NBC News DigitalJan 10 2016
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Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders Even in Early Races, Poll Finds
Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are deadlocked in both Iowa and New Hampshire three weeks before voting begins in the 2016 presidential race, while the Republican primary contest remains tight in Iowa, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News/Marist poll finds.
Mrs. Clinton holds a slim, 48%-to-45% lead over the Vermont senator among likely Democratic caucusgoers in Iowa, the
Wall Street Journal (News)Jan 09 2016
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Martin O’Malley in Danger of Being Cut from Next Democratic Debate
The next Democratic debate may be a two-candidate affair.
Criteria released by NBC News and YouTube ahead of the Jan. 17 debate will make it difficult for former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley to qualify for the stage, a severe blow to his campaign. If Mr. O’Malley is cut, only front-runner Hillary Clinton and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders would participate in the debate in South Carolina
Wall Street Journal (News)Sep 07 2014
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Obama to Present Case for Broader U.S. Mission Against Militants
President Obama will use a speech to the nation on Wednesday to make his case for launching a United States-led offensive against Sunni militants gaining ground in the Middle East, seeking to rally support for a broad military mission while reassuring the public he is not plunging American forces into another Iraq war.
“I’m preparing the country to make sure that we deal with a threat
New York Times (News)Dec 27 2015
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Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders declares truce with Democratic National Committee
After a brief yet bitter battle with the Democratic National Committee over access to voter data files, Vermont Sen. Bernard Sanders said Sunday he is looking to move past the “differences” he has with the party organization and instead focus on income inequality and other important issues facing the country.
Mr. Sanders, a 2016 presidential candidate, told NBC’s “Meet the Press” that
Washington Times