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Jan 22 2021
News
Chuck Schumer says Trump impeachment article going to Senate on Monday
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will send a single article of impeachment against Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday, clearing the way for his trial to start next week, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said.
“Make no mistake, a trial will be held in the United States Senate and there will be a vote whether to convict the president,” Schumer (D-NY) said from the chamber floor Friday
New York Post (News)
Oct 04 2021
News
Facebook whistleblower goes public with her allegations of deception
A Facebook whistleblower says the social network puts profits over safety, and has handed thousands of pages of internal company documents to federal law enforcement.
The former Facebook data scientist revealed her identity in a televised interview on Sunday night.
Who is the whistleblower: Frances Haugen is a specialist in how algorithms affect what we see on social media, and
NPR (Online News)
Jun 15 2021
News
America's Top Evangelical Group Is Deciding If They're Further Right Than Trump
Southern Baptists are gathered this week in Nashville, Tenn., for an annual meeting that could prove a turning point as the faithful square off on an array of divisive issues that some fear could drive a wedge into the largest Protestant denomination in the United States.
Tuesday marks the first full day for the event in which the voting members of the Southern Baptist Convention could
NPR (Online News)
Jun 15 2021
News
'Pure insanity': Emails show DOJ response to Trump election fraud claims
Top Justice Department officials derisively dismissed a series of last-ditch efforts by then-President Donald Trump’s aides and emissaries to get DOJ lawyers and the FBI to investigate outlandish election fraud claims in the waning weeks of Trump’s presidency, newly-released emails show.
The emails — made public by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee — detail the Justice
Politico
Feb 06 2020
Analysis
The Senate’s decision to acquit Trump is even less democratic than you think
On the surface, President Donald Trump can claim popular vindication after Wednesday’s impeachment vote. Senators voted 52-48 to acquit him on charges that he abused power, and 53-47 to acquit him on obstruction of Congress charges.
The reality, though, is that the only reason a majority of the Senate voted to keep Trump in office is that the body is configured in a way that
Vox
Nov 24 2021
News
Centrist Dems sink Biden’s nominee for top bank regulator
Five Democratic senators have told the White House they won't support Saule Omarova to head the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, effectively killing her nomination for the powerful bank-regulator position.
Why it matters: The defiant opposition from a broad coalition of senators reflects the real policy concerns they had with Omarova, a Cornell University law professor who's
Axios
Oct 26 2020
News
2020 Polls In Battleground States Nearly Identical To 2016, According To RCP
On Election Day 2016, at precisely 10:41 a.m., wunder pollster Nate Silver posted a story on his website FiveThirtyEight.
“Final Election Update: There’s A Wide Range Of Outcomes, And Most Of Them Come Up Clinton,” read the headline.
Silver said his “forecast has Clinton favored in states and congressional districts totaling 323 electoral votes, including all the states President
The Daily Wire
Aug 12 2021
News
Census data release starts redistricting scramble that could help GOP win House
Let the redistricting scramble begin.
The Census Bureau on Thursday will release the data used to draw voting districts, setting up a scramble of map-drawing and litigation ahead of the 2022 midterm elections that could influence the balance of power in the House.
The release of the detailed once-per-decade data was delayed due in part to the coronavirus pandemic, squeezing the
Washington Examiner
Jul 12 2021
News
Spears' Case Goes Back To Court — Here's What Could Be Next For Her Conservatorship
Wednesday is set to be an important day in court for Britney Spears. Since her searing open testimony describing life under her conservatorship, there've been some big changes to her legal situation. A wealth management company, Bessemer Trust, which had been set to take over as co-conservator for Spears' estate, requested to resign. Her court-appointed attorney Sam Ingham also requested to
NPR (Online News)
Oct 04 2021
News
McConnell reactivates his connection to Biden — with a sharp debt warning
Joe Biden and Mitch McConnell’s two-man emergency hotline had gone silent — until now.
The Senate minority leader on Monday morning prodded the president to talk his party into raising the debt ceiling without the GOP, the first step in what may become a complicated back-and-forth. McConnell has warned for months that he won't supply the votes to raise the nation's borrowing limit even
Politico