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Mar 26 2015
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Yes, Ted Cruz Could Repeal Common Core
Since his presidential campaign announcement Monday, the White House press corps has been fascinated with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX).
On Wednesday, that Cruz attention turned to the senator's position on Common Core education standards. A reporter asked White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest, "Senator Ted Cruz -- I know you’ve been fielding a lot of questions about him. He recently said
Townhall
May 14 2016
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'Self-Funded' Donald Trump Preparing to Seek Big-donor Money
Donald Trump's plan to fund what could be a $1 billion general-election bid is coming into focus.
The presumptive Republican nominee has hired a finance team and scheduled fund
Newsmax (News)
Mar 25 2015
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‘New Yorker' Describes Hispanic Ted Cruz as 'Uppity'
Apparently it is again okay to use the pejorative “uppity” against Americans who are members of a racial minority group. Ted Cruz is a historic Senator and presidential candidate, the first Cuban-American to join either club, and for that reason (and his unapologetic conservatism) the media is out for blood. The New Yorker went so far as to describe Cruz with the racial pejorative “uppity.”
Breitbart News
Jan 05 2020
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Where Will U.S.-Iran Tensions Play Out? An Interview with Iraq’s President
The U.S. assassination of Qassem Suleimani, the mastermind of Tehran’s foreign military operations, in Baghdad last week, suddenly made Iraq the front line in tensions between the United States and Iran. Barham Salih, a British-educated Kurd who spent years representing his party in Washington, was elected President of Iraq in 2018. Salih has been increasingly concerned about Iraq’s
The New Yorker
Apr 07 2013
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With threat of filibuster, does tougher gun control have a future?
Most Americans favor background checks for all gun sales which would close a major loophole in current law. But 13 Republican senators say theyll filibuster any additional gun restrictions.
Christian Science Monitor
Sep 26 2019
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Trump Team Bets Impeachment Will Backfire on Democrats
WASHINGTON—Faced with the prospect of impeachment, President Trump and his re-election campaign expressed confidence the effort to boot him from office would give an unlikely boost to his bid for a second term.
Mr. Trump’s strategy to convert his latest controversy into a political advantage has been to take the unprecedented step of declassifying—and releasing—a document detailing a
Wall Street Journal (News)
Oct 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 TODAY
Dec 31 2015
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Obama set to unveil curbs on gun sellers
Executive actions expected next week will be part of the president's New Year push to make progress on long-stalled problems before the 2016 presidential election heats up.
Politico
Feb 25 2017
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How broken are Democrats?
What kind of party do Democrats want to have?
Simple: One that stops losing elections.
As the members of the Democratic National Committee gather this weekend in Atlanta to choose a new leader, much as been said about the paths forward for the party.
Fox News Digital
Apr 10 2019
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Bernie Sanders Can Still Set Himself Apart on Medicare for All
On Wednesday, nearly four years after launching his first unlikely presidential campaign, Senator Bernie Sanders unveiled a new version of one of his signature proposals: Medicare for All. The bill, which has 14 co-sponsors, outlines a universal, government-run healthcare program that would cover hospital care and preventative services, as well as dental and vision services. It would end
New York Magazine