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Jun 28 2021
News
Manchin Endorses Tax Hikes to Pay for Democrats' 'Human' Infrastructure Bill
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), a pivotal vote in the evenly divided Senate, on Sunday described himself as a "fiscally responsible and socially compassionate" man who wants to find middle ground with both sides.
He's plugging both a bipartisan physical infrastructure deal announced last week (track one); and a Democrats-only plan to pass a much bigger "human" infrastructure bill through
CNSNews.com
Jul 17 2018
News
Forced To Choose Between Putin And His Own Government, Trump Picks Putin
Trump says that both countries are equally to blame for the tensions, rather than Russia’s invasion of Crimea or interference in the 2016 U.S. election.
HuffPost
May 29 2019
News
Mueller says he could not charge Trump as Congress weighs impeachment
U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller said on Wednesday his probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election was never going to end with criminal charges against President Donald Trump but he did not clear him and indicated it was up to Congress to decide whether he should be impeached.
Reuters
Feb 18 2017
News
Scott Pruitt sworn in as EPA administrator
Former Oklahoma attorney general Scott Pruitt was sworn in as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Friday night, hours after the Senate confirmed his nomination.
Washington Times
Dec 01 2018
News
California’s late votes broke big for Democrats. Here’s why GOP was surprised
California Democrats took advantage of seemingly minor changes in a 2016 law to score their stunningly successful midterm election results, providing a target for GOP unhappiness that is tinged with a bit of admiration.
San Francisco Chronicle
Apr 13 2020
Background
Politics of the United States
The United States is a federal republic in which the president, Congress and federal courts share powers reserved to the national government, according to its Constitution, which was created by the Founding Fathers in 1787. The federal government shares sovereignty with the state governments.
The executive branch is headed by the president and is formally independent of both the
Wikipedia
Jul 13 2021
Analysis
3 rules for when schools should keep masks
The CDC says some schools can drop mask mandates — but not all of them.
As the US quickly returns to a pre-pandemic normal, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now working to ensure that schools do the same — releasing new guidelines last week outlining, in part, when schools should still consider mandating masks.
The guidelines put the CDC at the center of yet
Vox
Dec 29 2020
News
Gavin Newsom recall effort just got a major boost
The California governor’s days could be limited thanks to a growing effort to invoke a statewide referendum.
A campaign to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom is picking up steam after individual donors offered tens of thousands of dollars each and they scored $500,000 from an Irvine-based consulting firm.
Prov 3:9 LLC contributed $500,000, and Sequoia Capital's Douglas Leone and his wife
Fox News Digital
Jun 13 2017
News
6 questions for Attorney General Jeff Sessions
The Senate intelligence committee will grill Attorney General Jeff Sessions Tuesday afternoon, just as a slew of new questions about him have bubbled to the top of the Russia probes.
CNN Digital
Oct 27 2020
Analysis
Why Joe Biden will win rich places but not rich people
In next month’s presidential election, America’s richest and poorest places will likely vote for the same candidate. That fact, peculiar enough on its own, is all the stranger when you consider that rich and poor Americans won’t be voting for the same person. To understand contemporary US politics, you have to understand this apparent contradiction—and the divisions that create it.
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Quartz