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Oct 06 2021
News
Manchin's 'red line' on abortion splits Democrats
Democrats are clashing over whether to include in their sweeping spending plan a decades-old amendment that blocks Medicaid and other federal health programs from being used to cover abortions.
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), already a key stumbling block to Democratic unity on the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill, has drawn a line in the sand around the issue, but others in the party are
The HillFeb 10 2020
News
President Donald Trump's budget reflects campaign priorities such as immigration, defense spending
The budget President Donald Trump will deliver to Congress on Monday reads more like a 2020 campaign document than a spending plan that has any realistic chance of becoming law.
Trump’s proposal spells out his spending wish list for the coming fiscal year while at the same time reinforcing campaign priorities as he asks voters to return him to office for another four years. But with
USA TODAYOct 28 2020
Analysis
The battle for Texas
Some pundits and a whole lot of excited Democrats project the once fiery-red Lone Star State to be on the verge of going blue — or at least turning a shade of purple. Such a flip would upend national politics and threaten to put Republicans out of reach of the White House for a generation; Texas’s 38 electoral votes put it just behind California, which has 55, for the most. But the battle for
Washington ExaminerAug 29 2021
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Lockdowns show enemies ‘how to bring the United States to its knees,’ Atlas says
The U.S. pandemic response has provided international bad actors with a blueprint on how to “bring the United States to its knees,” according to a former member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force.
Dr. Scott Atlas, former chief of neuroradiology at Stanford University Medical Center, warned that the “draconian shutdowns” and other restrictions enacted in some cases by unelected
Washington TimesMar 23 2020
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Coronavirus stimulus talks roll into Monday as negotiators fail to clinch deal
Negotiations over a mammoth stimulus package to address the coronavirus crisis spilled over into Monday as top members of leadership and administration officials tried to revive hopes of a bipartisan deal.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin left the Capitol around midnight, still unable to clinch
The HillMay 11 2021
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Democrats’ election overhaul is expected to clear a major Senate hurdle, but the road ahead is unclear.
A key Senate committee is expected to vote as soon as Tuesday to advance Democrats’ sweeping elections overhaul, stamping its approval on a landmark voting rights expansion as Washington tries to blunt ballot restrictions by Republican-controlled statehouses.
The debate and anticipated vote in the Senate Rules Committee are a significant milestone for liberals who have made the bill, H.
New York Times (News)Feb 28 2020
News
Shouting and sniping as Pompeo defends Trump’s Iran and Iraq policy
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s first public appearance of the year before Congress was his most heated and combative yet, with House Democrats frequently raising their voice to sharply rebuke the secretary, who categorically rejected all of their criticisms on the administration’s Iran policy and on its handling of the growing worldwide coronavirus outbreak.
The House Foreign Affairs
Roll CallMay 19 2021
Opinion
Associated Press, Hamas Propagandists
As more than 1,500 Hamas rockets were flying toward Israeli cities with the express purpose of murdering civilians, CNN could spare only around four minutes — in total — to cover the topic during an entire week of prime time. Typically, it’s only when the Jewish state begins defending itself that the story gets any real traction.
And, needless to say, the focus got intense after Israel
David HarsanyiJan 12 2021
News
Should Trump be removed from office?
President Trump’s role in inciting a mob of his supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol and disrupt the certification of Joe Biden’s election victory has led to numerous calls for Trump to be removed from office before his term ends Jan. 20.
The top Democrats in Congress — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer — have urged Vice President Mike Pence to invoke
Yahoo! The 360Jan 28 2021
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Los Angeles Times mocked for glowing coverage of Kamala Harris: Kim Jong Un would be 'jealous'
The Los Angeles Times took heat on social media for what critics saw as excessively glowing coverage of Vice President Kamala Harris.
“It'd be nice if the media gave Biden and Harris a few weeks to settle into power before beating them up this way. Sheesh,” joked journalist Glenn Greenwald on Twitter. “I mean, I'm as in favor of an adversarial press as the next person, but there are
Washington Examiner