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May 07 2020
News
US shelves detailed guide to reopening country
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Trump administration has shelved a document created by the nation’s top disease investigators with step-by-step advice to local authorities on how and when to reopen restaurants and other public places during the still-raging coronavirus outbreak.
The 17-page report by a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention team, titled “Guidance for Implementing the
Associated PressDec 20 2017
News
What's in the GOP's final tax plan
On the heels of the House passing the Republican tax overhaul bill Tuesday afternoon on a party-line vote, the Senate followed suit early Wednesday morning, passing it with Republican votes only.
CNN DigitalMar 19 2018
News
President Trump tweets 'WITCH HUNT' after lawyer Ty Cobb says the president isn't thinking about firing special counsel Robert Mueller
White House lawyer Ty Cobb said on Sunday that President Donald Trump was not considering or discussing firing special counsel Robert Mueller – even after the president directly lashed out at Mueller's probe during the weekend.
CNBCDec 22 2020
News
Why social media hasn’t been able to shut down vaccine misinformation
False claims about the dangers of coronavirus vaccines were running rampant on social media even before Americans began receiving their first shots last week — and now the months-long rollout to the entire population is giving bad information even more room to fester.
It started with baseless rumors that the inoculations would kill or sterilize the recipients, alter people’s DNA or fail
PoliticoSep 25 2019
News
Oregon vows to wake up its campaign finance investigators
Oregon officials have announced efforts to strengthen enforcement of campaign finance laws after reporting from the state's largest newspaper found the supposed election watchdog sleeping on the job.
The Oregonian reported last week on the case of a state House member, Democrat Deborah Boone, allegedly laundering campaign contributions by accepting donations after she announced her
The FulcrumFeb 03 2018
News
'Keep calm and tackle hard': FBI chief Chris Wray rallies bureau after Nunes memo release
Hours after a Republican-led House committee released a document alleging surveillance abuses by the Justice Department and FBI, the bureau's director Christopher Wray sought to rally agents and analysts with a memo of his own.
USA TODAYApr 01 2020
News
Trump says he can’t confirm China’s coronavirus case numbers, warns of 'horrific' days to come
President Trump said Wednesday he could not confirm the veracity of the numbers of coronavirus cases and deaths being reported by China, as he warned Americans to brace for more “horrific” days in dealing with the virus.
While Trump said the numbers being reported by Beijing “seem to be a little on the light side,” the president and National Security Adviser Robert C. O'Brien said they
Fox News DigitalJun 14 2019
Opinion
Good riddance, Sarah Sanders: Washington's worst communicator
What on earth was the point of Sarah Sanders?
For 94 days, the outgoing White House press secretary gave no press briefing in the press room just a few steps from the press office that she nominally ran.
But the press did not stop pressing.
For more than three years, Sanders made no meaningful news on behalf of a boss who considers it his presidential priority to make as
The GuardianApr 01 2020
Analysis
75% of cable news appearances by members of Trump's coronavirus task force have been on Fox News
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread, members of President Donald Trump’s coronavirus task force have overwhelmingly appeared on Fox News to discuss the virus, while largely shunning CNN and MSNBC.
According to Media Matters’ internal database, from the formation of the Trump administration’s coronavirus task force on January 29 through March 27, task force members appeared
Media MattersOct 11 2015
News
Departing Speaker Boehner Could Enjoy New Leeway in Clearing Legislation
The House GOP’s leadership turmoil could help outgoing Speaker John Boehner tackle some of the chamber’s thorniest legislative business.
Mr. Boehner has said he wants to clear what legislation he can through the House to ease the path for his likely successor. That had been Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.), until Mr. McCarthy unexpectedly withdrew from the race on Thursday.
Wall Street Journal (News)