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Jun 26 2018
News
Schumer on Waters: Calling for harassment 'not American'
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer sharply criticized fellow Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters of California on Monday for calling on opponents of President Donald Trump to protest his policies by harassing members of his administration.
CNN Digital
Jun 08 2020
News
Why was George Floyd’s death the breaking point?
Throughout America’s long history of racial violence, certain names have stood out as markers of the struggles of a particular period in time. Emmett Till’s lynching in 1955 drew attention to the brutality of the pre-civil rights era in the South. The beating of Rodney King and acquittal of the officers involved sparked the Los Angeles riots in 1992. The police killings of Eric Garner and
Yahoo! The 360
Oct 21 2020
Fact Check
Did the Trump Administration Eliminate Funding for Community Policing?
Last Thursday night Joe Biden participated in a town hall in Philadelphia, where he answered questions from an audience and ABC’s George Stephanopoulos.
At one point, Stephanopoulos asked Biden about the 1994 crime bill, or the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, a bill primarily co-sponsored by Biden during his time as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee that
The Dispatch
Sep 10 2019
News
Congress Considers Gun Control Bills But Asks, 'What Does Trump Want?'
A House committee will take up legislation on Tuesday aimed at preventing mass shootings, as lawmakers and the White House move to respond to a recent spate of attacks across the country.
The bills being considered by the House Judiciary committee include measures that would limit access to high capacity gun magazines and block any person convicted of a hate crime from obtaining a
NPR (Online News)
Feb 13 2015
Opinion
OPINION: Democrats: Do not help Republicans carry out their sneaky anti-Social Security agenda
The Republican plot to slash Social Security has moved to the Senate. After House Republicans changed the rules to ensure that the disability side of the program (SSDI) will run out of cash in late 2016, it was the Senate GOP's turn to bash the program in a Budget Committee hearing.
The Week - News
Jul 21 2018
News
Democratic socialism surging in the age of Trump
Last Friday, Maine Democrat Zak Ringelstein wasn’t ready to consider himself a formal member of the Democratic Socialists of America, even if he appreciated the organization’s values and endorsement in his bid to become a United States senator.
Associated Press
Sep 03 2020
News
The scramble to prepare for a coronavirus vaccine
All of a sudden, it feels like we're hurtling toward a coronavirus vaccine — with the first doses potentially being administered before the 2020 election.
Why it matters: The question of whether politics influence the Trump administration's actions looms larger than ever. Just as important is the question of whether we'll be ready for this complicated effort in less than two months.
Axios
May 11 2020
News
The bizarro tale of a phantom super PAC — and our sleuthing to find it
A new super PAC made a splashy entrance onto the Senate battleground scene last week, reporting millions in spending backing Democrats in key races. There’s just one problem: The ads don't exist.
The group, Americans for Progressive Action USA, filed campaign finance reports showing more than $2.5 million in advertising and associated costs across a half-dozen Senate races last week.
Politico
Jun 29 2019
News
Rubio calls for legislation to keep Huawei restrictions in place
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) vowed legislative action on Saturday after President Trump said that he would lift a ban on U.S. companies doing business with Chinese tech giant Huawei. Rubio predicted in a tweet that a veto-proof majority in the Senate would act to reinstate the ban and other restrictions on Huawei if Trump was serious about lifting them.
The Hill
Jan 18 2021
News
Biden labor secretary pick directed more than $1M to girlfriend's employer as mayor, filings show
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, President-elect Joe Biden's pick to serve as secretary of labor, gave millions of dollars to girlfriend Lorrie Higgins's employer, campaign filings showed.
Walsh's mayoral campaign funneled close to $1.2 million to LB Strategies, where Higgins is employed as a fundraising consultant, according to the filings. The transactions were originally reported in March
Washington Examiner