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Oct 25 2021
News
Federal Judges Would Face Tougher Stock-Trading Rules Under Bipartisan Bill
Federal judges would be required to report stock trades over $1,000 within 45 days and post their financial-disclosure forms online under legislation proposed by a bipartisan group of lawmakers in the Senate and House of Representatives.
The two bills, to be introduced as soon as today, have been drafted by both Democrats and Republicans in response to a Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal (News)Feb 08 2022
Opinion
Guzman our pick for AG on GOP ticket
In any year, against any slate of attorney general candidates, former Texas Supreme Court Justice Eva Guzman would stand out for her exceptionalism.
She has an incredible personal story, growing up in Houston’s East End, a child of immigrant parents. As a teenager, she worked in a drapery factory to help her family. Her legal career has taken her to the Texas Supreme Court, where she
San Antonio Express-NewsJan 18 2022
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias Alert: Incidental COVID-19 Hospitalizations Spark Confusion Across The Political Spectrum
From the CenterHospitals in states such as New York and Massachusetts recently began distinguishing between patients they admitted primarily for COVID-19 and patients who were being treated for something else before incidentally testing positive for the virus.
This is the first time that states have counted and reported these numbers as separate groups, resulting in criticism and
Antonio FermeSep 08 2015
Opinion
The Anti-Party Men: Trump, Carson, Sanders and Corbyn
Political parties are civic institutions. They are broad coalitions built for the purpose of creating a governing majority that can be used to win elections and pass agendas. This summer three American politicians have risen to the fore, and they all sit outside or at the margin of the party they are trying to lead.
Donald Trump didn’t even swear allegiance to his party’s eventual
David BrooksJun 22 2021
News
The pandemic changed how we vote. These states are making the changes permanent.
The Covid-19 pandemic is receding in America. But some of the changes it prompted in American elections are here to stay.
A handful of states are locking in voting-rights expansions that they piloted in 2020, extending early voting and absentee balloting programs even as other states add restrictions to voting.
Two states that switched during the pandemic to universal mail voting
PoliticoDec 30 2020
News
McConnell Blocks Vote on $2,000 Checks Despite G.O.P. Pressure
Senator Mitch McConnell instead provided vague assurances that the Senate would “begin the process” of discussing the checks and two other issues that the president demanded lawmakers address.
Senator Mitch McConnell blocked an attempt by Democrats on Tuesday to hold an immediate vote on increasing stimulus checks to $2,000 from $600, leaving the fate of the measure unclear as President
New York Times (News)Aug 01 2022
News
Economist slams Facebook for 'absolutely Orwellian' fact-check upholding Biden's recession denial
Social media giant Facebook is taking heat for its censorship policies yet again, this time after a senior research fellow with the American Institute of Economic Research was flagged for setting the record straight on what constitutes a recession.
"It's absolutely Orwellian," economist Phillip Magness told "Fox & Friends First" of the censorship attempt on Monday.
Magness
Fox News DigitalAug 01 2022
Opinion
Pelosi Stands Up to the Bully in Beijing
As of this writing, it appears House speaker Nancy Pelosi will travel to Taiwan, based on statements from unnamed U.S. and Taiwanese officials, but it is not confirmed.
Conservatives rarely applaud Pelosi, but her willingness to visit Taiwan — and to tell the Chinese government in Beijing to go pound sand if they don’t like her making the trip — is one of those rare times when they do
Jim GeraghtyOct 02 2019
Opinion
How President Pence Would Blow Up 2020
If the Senate were to remove President Donald Trump from office—which could happen only on a bipartisan vote—the 2016 election results wouldn’t be overturned. Democrats wouldn’t control the White House. America’s reward for convicting Trump would be President Michael Richard Pence.
Nine out of every 10 Republican respondents said in a Quinnipiac poll released Monday that Trump should
PoliticoMay 12 2022
News
United States passes one million Covid deaths
The US has passed more than one million Covid-related deaths, says the White House.
President Joe Biden said the country was marking "a tragic milestone" and each death was "an irreplaceable loss".
It's the highest official total in the world - although the World Health Organization believes the true death toll may be much higher elsewhere.
The US has also recorded more
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