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Mar 24 2020
News
Should Congress Pass Corporate Bailouts?
This Abridge News topic aggregates four unique arguments on different sides of the debate. Here are the quick facts to get you started:
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On Sunday and again on Monday, a Republican-backed $1.8 trillion economic stimulus bill was delayed the Senate, largely due to opposition from Democrats. The bill includes, among other things, $58 billion in Abridge NewsJan 15 2020
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As Democrats grow more secular, N.H. clergy press candidates on values
In one of the nation’s least religious states, a group of faith leaders is trying to focus the political dialogue around our common humanity – and get a clearer sense of what’s in candidates’ hearts.
The Rev. Jonathan Hopkins wishes every candidate for president would grapple with a troubling truth about this city: Many working people aren’t making ends meet. Some are still in their
Christian Science MonitorSep 19 2019
Opinion
Trump’s Total Culture War
The real source of Trump derangement syndrome is his desire to wage a multi-front pushback against an elite, postmodern progressive world. Donald Trump is waging a nonstop, all-encompassing war against progressive culture, in magnitude analogous to what 19th-century Germans once called a Kulturkampf.
As a result, not even former president George W. Bush has incurred the degree of
Victor HansonNov 21 2013
Opinion
Make no mistake, America: Sanctions didn't force Iran into nuclear talks
As the third round of talks on Irans nuclear program begins in Geneva the US must realize it was the election of Hassan Rouhani not sanctions alone that brought Iran to the negotiating table. Continuing sanctions will undermine the new governments efforts for a peace deal.
Christian Science MonitorSep 08 2015
News
Hillary Clinton: We Should Have a 25 Percent National Tax on All Gun Sales
As we continue to focus on Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server to send and receive top secret, classified information, it's important to remain focused on the rest of her record as well.
Gun control will no doubt be a topic of debate as the 2016 presidential election inches closer and anti-Second Amendment Clinton has a lot of explaining to do.
TownhallJun 10 2020
Perspectives Blog
Battle of the Hashtags: #BlackLivesMatter or #DefundThePolice?
What a difference a hashtag makes.
When Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser had the phrase “Black Lives Matter” painted in immense letters on a city street directly adjacent to White House last week, she drew a stark line between President Trump and the protestors who had populated that space in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death. Bowser’s action capitalized on public opinion polls
Dan SchnurNov 13 2023
Headline Roundup
Republican Tim Scott Suspends Presidential Campaign
GOP hopeful and South Carolina Senator Tim Scott announced he is suspending his presidential campaign.
The Details: Scott made the announcement in a TV interview on Fox News (Right bias) with host and longtime friend Trey Gowdy. The announcement reportedly came as a shock to his campaign team and close allies. Scott confirmed a statement he made earlier in the race, that he is not
Politico BBC News New York Post (News)Sep 03 2016
News
Why Not Vote Third Party? We Asked California Voters.
In an election year in which the two mainstream candidates are disliked at never-before-seen levels, might there be an opportunity for third party candidates?
Green Party candidate Jill Stein and Darrell Castle of the Constitution Party are seeing more interest in their parties' nominees than ever before, and Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson is polling close to double-digits,
ReasonNov 15 2019
News
Trump Administration Releases Transparency Rule in Hospital Pricing
Plans to propose similar requirement for insurers; legal challenges are likely
The Trump administration Friday released a far-reaching plan that would for the first time force hospitals and insurers to disclose their secret negotiated rates.
Administration officials said the final rule will compel hospitals in 2021 to publicize the rates they negotiate with individual insurers
Wall Street Journal (News)Jan 03 2020
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More than 200 members of Congress urge US supreme court to reconsider Roe v Wade
More than two hundred members of Congress have urged the US supreme court to reconsider the landmark 1973 Roe v Wade ruling which legalized abortion nationwide.
The appeal came in an amicus brief in a Louisiana case, and was signed by 205 Republicans and two Democrats, and calls on the high court to revisit the ruling, which affirmed that access to safe abortion is a constitutional
The Guardian