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Jul 01 2016
News
The Coming Political Realignment
Donald Trump has done something politically smart and substantively revolutionary. He is a Republican presidential candidate running against free trade and, effectively, free markets. By putting trade at the top of the conversation he elevates the issue on which Hillary Clinton is the most squirrelly, where her position reinforces the message that she will say anything to get power.
New York Times (News)Oct 04 2018
Perspectives Blog
U.S. and Canada Reach New Trade Pact to Supersede NAFTA
The U.S. and Canada on Sunday reached a new trilateral trade deal with Mexico which will supersede the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Supporters of the revised pact, known as the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), have characterized it as a win for free trade, while detractors have said it will merely fix problems that President Trump created prior to the contentious John Gable, AllSides Co-founderMay 09 2019
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U.S. Yield Curve Inverts for the First Time Since March
A part of the U.S. Treasury yield curve has inverted again, possibly foreshadowing an economic recession.
The yield on 10-year Treasury notes fell below the 3-month bill yield for the first time since March. Normally the spread is positive to compensate investors for inflation risk, so when it turns negative, it may herald an economic slump. This so-called yield curve inversion occurred
BloombergMay 09 2019
News
North Korea launches second projectile in less than a week
For the second time in less than a week, North Korea launched suspected short-range missiles, according to South Korea's military.
The projectiles were fired Thursday from near a military base about 50 miles from North Korea's capital Pyongyang. There were few other details immediately available.
State media in North Korea said that on Saturday the nation held a short-range
USA TODAYOct 02 2016
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VP candidates Mike Pence, Tim Kaine to take turn in debate spotlight
Tim Kaine describes himself as "boring." Mike Pence calls himself a “B-list Republican celebrity.”
No one expects Tuesday's debate between the two vice presidential nominees — Kaine, a Democratic senator from Virginia, and Pence, the Republican governor of Indiana — to draw the record-breaking 84 million people who watched the first faceoff between presidential candidates Hillary
USA TODAYFeb 04 2017
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HealthCare.gov signups fall short of last year, at 9.2M
The Trump administration said Friday that 9.2 million people signed up for health coverage this year on the main Obamacare website, a drop-off of about 400,000 customers from last year’s effort. Activity on HealthCare.gov had been running ahead of 2016 signups in the final weeks of President Obama’s tenure, despite rampant GOP talk of repeal, yet that enthusiasm appeared to wane ahead of the
Washington TimesJun 25 2017
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LORETTA LYNCH IS GETTING DRAGGED INTO HILLARY’S E-MAIL NIGHTMARE
It’s not just Donald Trump who is under scrutiny by Congress. On Friday, reports emerged that bipartisan group of lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee are also looking into former Attorney General Loretta Lynch’s handling of the F.B.I.’s investigation into Hillary Clinton’s e-mail server, which became highly politicized in the months leading up to the 2016 election. According to ABC
Vanity FairDec 24 2019
News
Massachusetts has a blueprint for what's next in criminal justice reform
"I think that we are in a moment now where there is bipartisan support for criminal justice reform, where policymakers really understand that mass incarceration has not increased public safety," one expert said.
During the 1988 presidential race, George H. W. Bush's campaign released an infamous advertisement featuring convicted Massachusetts murderer Willie Horton, who committed
NBC News DigitalDec 26 2016
News
A letter to historians of the future — the 2016 election really was dominated by a controversy over emails
To Whom It May Concern:
Sitting at my desk in the winter of 2016-2017, I have no way of knowing what the future holds for the United States under the administration of Donald Trump. I hope it will all turn out for the best. But I fear that it will not. The election of a man temperamentally unfit to the presidency and lacking in the basic qualifications to perform the job, backed up by
VoxFeb 25 2020
Analysis
The Great Socialism Gap
For the past month, the centrist Democrats running against Sen. Bernie Sanders have begged Democratic voters not to nominate him. Former Vice President Joe Biden, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar have argued that putting a socialist atop the ticket would help President Donald Trump and hurt Democratic candidates down the ballot. These warnings are well-
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