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Nov 28 2014
News
The coming wave of anti-abortion laws
The big Republican gains in the November elections strengthened and enlarged the anti-abortion forces in the House and the Senate. But it’s the GOP victories in the statehouses and governor’s mansions that are priming the ground for another round of legal restrictions on abortion. Arkansas, for instance, already has strict anti-abortion laws. But with a Republican governor succeeding a
PoliticoMay 27 2022
Headline Roundup
Was Beto O'Rourke's Interruption of Greg Abbott's Uvalde Press Conference Right or Wrong?
A press conference following the Texas elementary school shooting this week briefly became the stage for the state's 2022 gubernatorial race.
Candidate Beto O'Rourke (D) confronted Gov. Greg Abbott (R) Wednesday at a conference on the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas. O'Rourke approached the table where Abbott was speaking, saying "You're offering us nothing" and calling the shooting "
Washington Examiner VogueNov 01 2012
News
Polls show Obama edge in Iowa, New Hampshire and Wisconsin
With less than a week before Election Day, polls released Thursday indicated a narrow edge for President Barack Obama in Iowa, New Hampshire and Wisconsin, three states that are being fiercely contested in the final stretch of the campaign.
In Iowa, Obama was at 50% among likely voters, and Romney at 44%, according to the NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll. That's slightly tighter
CNN (Online News)Dec 19 2023
Headline Roundup
Colorado Supreme Court Rules Trump Ineligible to Hold Office Again
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled former President Donald Trump is ineligible to hold office again and ordered his name be excluded from the state’s Republican primary ballot.
For Context: Groups in a number of states recently brought cases arguing that Trump should be disqualified from holding public office due to alleged violations of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the U.S.
Fox News (Online News) Newsweek New York Times (News)Nov 12 2014
News
Gallup: GOP Congress More Popular Than Obama
Not soon after his media-enabled reelection, when President Obama's poll numbers almost immediately began to crater, the media narrative shifted to the steady drumbeat of, "But the approval rating for Congress is much lower." That spin was obviously directed at Republicans, who controlled Congress. Although "congress" can mean both the Democrat-controlled Senate and the House, this was a nifty
Breitbart NewsOct 16 2012
Opinion
Koch: Obama Doesn't Deserve Credit for Pulling Troops Out of Iraq
Ed Koch’s Perspective: In a full-page editorial this past Sunday, The New York Times publicly revealed its new position on our remaining troops in Afghanistan until December 2014 as proposed by the Obama administration.
The opening paragraph of the editorial states that "it is time for United States forces to leave Afghanistan." The editorial urges that the U.S. begin the immediate
Newsmax (News)Nov 03 2014
News
Millennial Voters Skewing Republican in Midterm Poll
The midterm-election polls are looking good for Republicans, and among millennials the numbers are, you might say, reddening, too. But there’s little in the picture that’s rosy, and even less that comes across as enthused. A national poll released Wednesday morning by the Institute of Politics at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, based on interviews with 2,029 Americans between
BloombergJun 24 2022
Headline Roundup
Is Biden's Gas Tax Holiday a Good Idea?
President Joe Biden called on Congress to pass a federal gas tax holiday. Would it make much of an impact?
Energy analysts estimate that pausing the 18.4-cent federal tax per gallon of gasoline for a 3-month period would save drivers between 9 cents and 15 cents per gallon. It would cost the government roughly $10 billion, which would likely come from the Highway Trust Fund. Some
The Hill The Guardian Wall Street Journal (Opinion)Oct 30 2014
News
GOP Heavyweights Test New Attack Against Hillary Clinton
Prominent Republicans barnstorming the country ahead of next week's midterm elections are testing a new line of attack against Hillary Clinton, slamming the former secretary of state for her comment that businesses don’t create jobs.
Clinton quickly corrected herself on Monday, arguing that the "economy grows when businesses and entrepreneurs create good-paying jobs here in an America
HuffPostJan 23 2024
Headline Roundup
What to Watch For in Tuesday's New Hampshire Primary
Ahead of the 2024 New Hampshire presidential primary, sources across the political spectrum covered the last full days of campaigning.
Key Details: Former Ambassador Nikki Haley is projecting confidence after Gov. Ron DeSantis dropped out of the race, while former President Donald Trump attacks Haley for accepting money from Democrats. Meanwhile, Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) is
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