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Oct 07 2014
News
U.S. will augment Ebola screenings for airline passengers in U.S. and Africa
President Obama said Monday the U.S. government would increase passenger screenings in the United States and Africa to detect the Ebola virus, even as he resisted calls to impose a ban on those traveling from the three countries most affected by the outbreak.
Washington PostApr 07 2021
News
Pence, eyeing 2024 presidential bid, launches group to defend Trump-era policies from "liberal attacks and media distortions"
Former Vice President Mike Pence is beginning to reemerge after the end of the Trump administration with the launch of a new group to counter the policies of the Biden administration and the Democratic-controlled Congress.
The former vice president has mostly kept out of public view since Inauguration Day, focusing mostly on some early work with conservative organizations and the
CBS News (Online)Mar 13 2020
News
Coronavirus poses new challenge to Trump's re-election bid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump faced one of the gravest threats of his political career as the coronavirus pandemic spread, leaving fellow Republicans to worry that the White House’s response and the hit to the economy would harm his re-election prospects.
U.S. stock market indexes that Trump has touted throughout his term as evidence of his success plunged into bear
ReutersNov 14 2019
News
The Straight Dope on CBD
In June 2018 the FDA approved the drug Epidiolex, the first pharmaceutical drug made from cannabidiol (CBD) and intended to treat two very severe forms of epilepsy. The announcement seemed to add to the growing prominence of CBD—although it remains a Schedule I controlled substance in the U.S. In many health food stores and head shops, you can find CBD in everything from body lotion and bath
Scientific AmericanJun 06 2019
News
Pence and Pompeo Met With Mexico About Stopping Illegal Immigration. Here's How It Went.
Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with a government delegation from Mexico at the White House Wednesday afternoon about the country's failure to stop the flow of illegal immigration from Central America to the United States. Mexico faces tariffs on Monday if it can't work out a deal with the Trump administration on the issue, with concrete promises to stem the
TownhallMar 11 2020
News
National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien: China’s Coronavirus Cover-Up Cost the World Two Months
China’s “cover-up” of the coronavirus cost the world community two months of time to respond, Trump National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien said Wednesday during a think-tank event.
“Unfortunately, rather than using best practices, this outbreak in Wuhan was covered up,” he said at the Heritage Foundation in response to a question about China’s handling of the virus.
He noted
Breitbart NewsApr 05 2021
News
Time back home with voters only emboldens Republicans to oppose Biden’s agenda
A lifelong railroad aficionado, 74-year-old retiree Tony Benz has volunteered for nearly two decades helping passengers at the Amtrak station in the St. Louis suburb of Kirkwood, Mo.
He believes the federal government has a role in funding infrastructure, and outside the station last week, Benz listed reasons the government should subsidize train travel.
That, however, doesn’t
Washington PostMay 12 2014
News
In Town of Missing Girls, Sorrow, but Little Progress
The women surged forward, anguish creasing their faces. Many were crying. A collective wail went up, but the officials traveling with the visiting local dignitary pushed them back, shushing them so he could speak.
New York Times (News)Jun 14 2021
Opinion
Scoreboard: Ilhan Omar 2, Nancy Pelosi 0
Another headache-inducing controversy featuring Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) appears to be winding down, with paralyzed Democratic leadership handing Omar yet another victory. Last time the House caucus was gripped with recriminations over an Omar outburst -- in that case, it involved anti-Semitism -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi's plan to rebuke the Squad member unraveled when the hard left loudly
TownhallJan 21 2021
News
Biden seeks to immediately turn page from Trump era
President Biden sought to turn the page on the Trump era immediately upon taking office, calling on the nation to move past the political warfare that defined the last four years and signing a slew of executive actions reversing the last president’s most controversial policies.
Biden halted the construction of both the southern border wall and the Keystone XL pipeline hours after taking
The Hill