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Jul 18 2017
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McConnell Backup Plan To Repeal Affordable Care Act Falters
Hours after a replacement for the Affordable Care Act was all but scuttled by a clutch of Senate Republicans, three lawmakers appear to have doomed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's Plan B: Repeal the Affordable Care Act without replacing it.
NPR (Online News)Aug 15 2021
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Schumer calls for federal crackdown on fake vaccine cards
The Senate’s top Democrat says federal law enforcement officials need to crack down on fake COVID-19 vaccination cards being sold online.
Sen. Chuck Schumer’s announcement Sunday comes after The Associated Press reported how people are cheating the system and buying counterfeit COVID-19 vaccination cards online, worrying officials at colleges and universities across the country that are
ABC News (Online)Oct 20 2021
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Jan. 6 panel votes to hold Steve Bannon in contempt
A House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection voted unanimously to hold former White House aide Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress after the longtime ally of former President Donald Trump defied a subpoena for documents and testimony.
Still defending his supporters who broke into the Capitol that day, Trump has aggressively tried to block the committee’s work by
Associated Press Fact CheckJan 17 2021
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Biden will wait for recommendation on sharing secrets with Trump
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will wait for a recommendation from his intelligence advisers on whether to share classified information with President Donald Trump after the Republican leaves office, Biden’s top aide said on Sunday.
Ron Klain, the incoming White House chief of staff, made the comment after former principal deputy director of national intelligence, Sue Gordon, wrote an
ReutersNov 20 2020
Analysis
Biden Wins Georgia … Again.
The state of Georgia recounted, by hand, the nearly 5 million votes cast on November 3 and, unsurprisingly, came to the same conclusion: President-Elect Joe Biden got more votes than President Donald Trump and won the state’s 16 electoral votes. The Trump campaign demanded the recount of the Georgia tally and, facing enormous, often unsavory pressure from national Republicans, Republican
SlateMay 20 2019
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Buttigieg Looks to Expand His Reach Through Fox News Town Hall
Pete Buttigieg sought to extend the reach of his Democratic presidential campaign by making his argument for generational change in Washington to the audience of President Donald Trump’s favored television network.
The 37-year-old South Bend, Indiana, mayor broke with some of his rivals for the party’s presidential nomination by taking part in a Fox News town hall Sunday night. He took
BloombergDec 29 2020
Analysis
COVID Lockdowns: A Looking Glass Into Our ‘Science-Driven’ Future
In March, President Trump tweeted in reference to the coronavirus lockdowns, “WE CANNOT LET THE CURE BE WORSE THAN THE PROBLEM ITSELF.” As usual, Trump’s plain-spoken, blunt messaging, despite its lack of nuance, was prophetic in more ways than one.
I write from Los Angeles County, California, where coronavirus restrictions are among the most stringent in the country. For all intents
The American ConservativeDec 24 2019
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How House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Steered A Split Democratic Caucus To Unity
It wasn't that long ago that House Democrats didn't know who would lead them.
They were warring over the speaker's post just days after the 2018 mid-term elections handed them back the majority.
But Nancy Pelosi was certain of her fate.
"I intend to win the speakership with Democratic votes," Pelosi told reporters soon after the November elections. "I happen to think at
NPR (Online News)Sep 02 2021
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'We did not want him anywhere near us': Gold Star families vent fury with Biden
Meeting the president of the United States has been both an honor and a sense of comfort throughout history for military families grappling with losing loved ones to the horrors of war.
That tradition seemingly came screeching to a halt in the past week as nearly half of the Gold Star parents who lost their loved ones in the Kabul suicide blast have publicly excoriated President Joe
Washington Examiner