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Dec 04 2012
News
Boehner, House GOP leaders offer ‘fiscal cliff’ counterproposal
House GOP leaders endorsed a debt-reduction plan Monday that would raise tax collections by $800 billion over the next decade, but they refused to budge on higher tax rates for the wealthy, the central issue dividing Republicans and Democrats.
Washington Post
Apr 20 2019
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Trump Lashes Out as Mueller Report Reverberates Around Washington
President Trump declared parts of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report “total bullshit” Friday as House Democrats demanded an unredacted version of a document whose findings reverberated through the capital.
Mr. Trump in recent weeks had hailed the report as having exonerated him, after Attorney General William Barrin a letter to Congress said the special counsel hadn’t established
Wall Street Journal (News)
Jan 16 2020
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Ukraine Opens Investigation Into Claims U.S. Ambassador Yovanovitch Was Monitored
Ukraine's national police are investigating allegations that U.S. Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch was under surveillance in Kyiv last spring — an allegation made in WhatsApp messages between a U.S. politician and Lev Parnas.
"Ukraine cannot ignore such illegal activities on the territory of its own state," the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine said in a statement Thursday. The
NPR (Online News)
Apr 02 2016
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Bernie Sanders responds to Hillary Clinton’s ‘lying’ comment: She has taken fossil fuel money
Sen. Bernard Sanders said Friday that Democratic presidential rival Hillary Clinton has taken money from the fossil fuel industry, a day after a clip of Mrs. Clinton telling an activist she’s “sick of the Sanders campaign lying” about her surfaced online.
“Well, I’m not crazy about people disrupting meetings, but the fact of the matter is Secretary Clinton has taken significant sums of
Washington Times
Sep 13 2013
News
Greens, lobbyists and partisans helping Ron Binz, Obama's FERC pick, move through Senate
President Obama's nominee to head the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is coordinating his campaign with two lobbyists for energy companies, a Democratic strategy firm, and several other green-technology strategists, according to emails that show an unprecedented effort to gain a position on the obscure board.
Washington Times
Feb 15 2013
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Senate Republicans Block Hagel Confirmation....For Now
Senate Republicans have at least temporarily blocked the confirmation of former Sen. Chuck Hagel as the next Secretary of Defense. Democrats' cloture motion to proceed to an up-or-down vote failed 58-40, with one Senator voting "present."
Townhall
May 08 2014
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Hillary fought to keep Boko Haram off terror list
Hillary Clinton’s public outrage at the abduction of hundreds of schoolgirls by a Islamist Nigerian rebel group ignores the role the 2016 Democratic frontrunner had in preventing the group from being designated as a terrorist organization. From The Daily Beast: “The State Department under Hillary Clinton fought hard against
Fox News Digital
Jun 04 2019
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Trump admin imposes new travel restrictions on Cuba, banning cruise ships
(CNN)The US announced major new restrictions on US citizens traveling to Cuba on Tuesday, blocking the most common way Americans are able to visit the island -- through organized tour groups that license US citizens to travel automatically -- and banning US cruise ships from stopping in the country.
American tourism is not explicitly permitted in Cuba. However, Americans can travel to
CNN Digital
Nov 15 2014
News
U.S. Cities Brace For Protests Off Ferguson Decision
From Boston to Los Angeles, police departments are bracing for large demonstrations when a grand jury decides whether to indict a white police officer who killed an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri.
The St. Louis County grand jury, which has been meeting since Aug. 20, is expected to decide this month whether Officer Darren Wilson is charged with a crime for killing Michael
HuffPost
Nov 25 2019
News
Forgiving Student Debt Would Boost Economy, Economists Say
Presidential hopefuls Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders want to tear up your student loans and set you financially free. That's popular among voters – especially those struggling to pay off this debt.
Other Democratic candidates have more modest plans. But economists say the dramatic proposals from Sanders and Warren to free millions of Americans from the burden of student debt could
NPR (Online News)