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Oct 21 2020
News
Coronavirus Stimulus Talks Make Progress Despite Resistance
White House and Democratic negotiators said they would press ahead with efforts to reach a sweeping coronavirus relief deal after making progress Tuesday, even as the prospect of a roughly $2 trillion package sparked opposition from Senate Republicans.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) had indicated that she hoped to pin the White House down on enough issues by the end of the day
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Jul 07 2022
Analysis
Could the U.S. get Brittney Griner in exchange for the Russian arms dealer known as the 'Merchant of Death'?
In the 2005 Nicolas Cage movie “Lord of War,” the character loosely based on Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout evades his American law enforcement pursuers, apparently saved by the CIA.
But in real life, the U.S. government set up an elaborate operation in 2008 to capture and prosecute Bout, dubbed “the Merchant of Death,” because he was said to be one of the world’s largest illicit arms
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Dec 22 2020
News
U.S. Congress agrees to expand payroll assistance to local news outlets
Congressional leaders said on Sunday that lawmakers agreed to expand forgivable government loans to additional struggling local news outlets as part of a $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill.
House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said the measure would expand eligibility “for nonprofits and local newspapers, TV and radio broadcasters.”
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May 18 2021
News
McCarthy won't support January 6 commission and sides with Republicans downplaying the insurrection
House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy announced Tuesday he opposed a bipartisan agreement for an independent commission to investigate the January 6 attack on the Capitol, siding with Republicans who have tried in recent days to downplay and move on from efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
McCarthy's opposition comes ahead of a House vote this week to create the panel modeled after
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Sep 21 2020
News
Trump fires back after Dems indicate impeachment could be used to block court nominee: ‘If they do that, we win’
President Trump on Monday claimed he would win the presidential election if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi actually attempted to use impeachment as an option to block his eventual Supreme Court nominee from being confirmed to the seat vacated by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Over the weekend, after it was announced that Ginsburg had passed away on Friday, Senate Majority Leader
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Jul 15 2022
News
U.K. Declares First-Ever Warning For Unprecedented Extreme Heat
The United Kingdom on Friday issued its first-ever “red warning” about exceptional heat as the typically mild country braces for triple-digit temperatures.
Officials announced the red warning, which constitutes a national emergency and means even healthy people are at risk of death, in anticipation of severely high temperatures Monday and Tuesday across central, northern, eastern and
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Jan 28 2015
News
How Democrats killed Obama’s college savings plan
Nancy Pelosi and Chris Van Hollen were key opponents of a tax on 529 plans.
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Dec 22 2022
Perspectives Blog
'Twitter Files' Show Platform's Relationship with Government, Raise Censorship Questions
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Troves of apparent communications between Twitter and government agencies about misinformation, foreign influence campaigns, moderating content, and banning accounts have been made public as part of Elon Musk's "Twitter Files."
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Dec 02 2017
News
Another Democrat Faces Calls To Resign Because Of Sexual Harassment Allegations
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has called for a fellow Democrat to resign after allegations surfaced that the freshman lawmaker sexually harassed a staffer during his campaign.
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Jun 03 2021
News
Biden won't create presidential commission on January 6 attack
President Joe Biden has no plans to create a presidential commission to investigate the January 6 attack on the Capitol, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement Thursday.
"As the President has said, the events of January 6th were an unprecedented assault on our democracy -- and he believes they deserve a full, and independent, investigation to determine what transpired
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