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Jun 14 2019
News
The Latest: NBC announces 1st 2020 Democratic debate lineups
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Democrats’ first 2020 presidential debates later this month (all times local):
12:45 p.m.
NBC has announced how it will divvy up the 20 Democratic candidates for the first debate of the 2020 election campaign, which will be held over two nights in Miami later this month.
The lineup for the first two-hour session on June 26 features
Associated PressApr 02 2019
News
Media Must Drop the Political Shenanigans and Get Back to Scrutinizing the Powerful
Covering stories is too important to abandon for brazen partisan pandering—or wishful thinking.
Looking for evidence that ink- and pixel-stained wretches are their own worst enemies when it comes to destroying public trust in the media? Consider the continuing turmoil of a week which closed with an MSNBC news editor pressuring a freelance writer on behalf of the Democratic Party just
ReasonAug 25 2016
News
Chelsea Clinton Plans to Stay on Board of Family Foundation
The Clinton Foundation is considering exceptions to its plan to stop accepting corporate and foreign donations and reduce family involvement as a way to insulate Hillary Clinton from potential conflicts of interest if elected president.
Wall Street Journal (News)Dec 12 2019
Opinion
Why RCV beats approval voting
Electoral reform is hot these days. Ranked-choice voting is getting most of the attention. But approval voting advocates are generating some buzz, too.
So what's the difference between the two, and which deserves your vote? The answer is easy: ranked-choice voting.
Both improve on our existing system of first-past-the-post plurality elections. But ranked-choice voting, or RCV, is
The FulcrumMar 25 2019
News
Mueller Doesn’t Find Trump Campaign Conspired With Russia
Special counsel report leaves open questions about obstruction of justice, according to William Barr’s summary.
Special counsel Robert Mueller concluded that President Trump and his campaign didn’t conspire or coordinate with Russia to interfere in the 2016 election, according to a letter Attorney General William Barr sent to Congress on Sunday that summarized the final report on Mr.
Wall Street Journal (News)Jan 14 2021
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: The Capitol Breach's Vast Repercussions
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The violence in Washington D.C. last week, which left five people dead and the U.S. Capitol building vandalized, had other wide-ranging consequences.
It led directly to President Donald Trump being impeached by the House of Representatives by a 232-197 vote Wednesday, in which ten Republicans joined all
AllSides StaffSep 20 2015
News
Party Rules to Streamline Race May Backfire for G.O.P.
When gloomy Republican Party leaders regrouped after President Obama’s 2012 re-election, they were intent on enhancing the party’s chances of winning back the White House. The result: new rules to head off a prolonged and divisive nomination fight, and to make certain the Republican standard-bearer is not pulled too far to the right before Election Day.
But as the sprawling class of
New York Times (News)Feb 20 2020
News
Bloomberg's Campaign Strategy
This Abridge News topic aggregates four unique arguments on different sides of the debate. Here are the quick facts to get you started:
THE QUICK FACTS
Recent national polls from NPR and NBC have shown former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg at 19% and 14%, respectively, among Democrats and Democrat-leaning independents.These strong numbers earned him a spot on the Abridge NewsDec 11 2016
News
John McCain goes on offensive against Donald Trump's likely secretary of state nominee
Sen. John McCain blasted the likely secretary of state nominee of President-elect Donald Trump Saturday, saying he's concerned about Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson's close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The BlazeJun 17 2020
News
U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passes major conservation bill
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed a major conservation bill that would permanently direct $900 million a year to a long-standing federal program aimed at acquiring and protecting public lands.
The 73-25 vote in the Republican-led chamber was a rare bipartisan effort led by Republican Senators Cory Gardner of Colorado and Steve Daines of Montana, as well as Democrat Joe Manchin of West
Reuters