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Aug 19 2014
News
Sen. McCaskill: Media Not Reporting Key Facts, Shooting of Citizens
Most of the residents of Ferguson, Missouri, are law-abiding citizens, but "instigators" have infiltrated the people protesting the death of unarmed teenager Michael Brown, said Sen. Claire McCaskill.
"The protesters have now been invaded. And embedded among them are a group of instigators — some coming from other states — that want a confrontation with the police," the senator from
Newsmax (News)Aug 23 2019
Opinion
A plan to end gun violence from students who survived it
AFTER LAST year’s mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, it quickly became clear that students who had survived the horror weren’t willing to let their murdered classmates and teachers become just another statistic in America’s unending carnage of gun violence. They demanded change and ignited a grass-roots movement that has given youthful new vigor to the fight for gun safety
Guest Writer - LeftJul 02 2015
Opinion
Why government should get out of the marriage business
"Perhaps the time has come to examine," Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) wrote in an essay for Time, "whether or not governmental recognition of marriage is a good idea, for either party."
Paul, of course, is running for president. And in any election cycle prior to last week's Supreme Court's ruling that made same-sex marriage a 14th Amendment right, Paul's position would have marked the far end
Edward MorrisseyApr 12 2019
News
Rod Rosenstein Defends Justice Department Handling of Mueller Report
Deputy attorney general rebuts Democrats’ suggestions that William Barr is trying to mislead
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein defended the Justice Department’s handling of the special counsel’s still-secret report, saying Attorney General William Barr is “being as forthcoming as he can” about his process for redacting and releasing the roughly 400-page document.
In his
Wall Street Journal (News)Apr 12 2019
News
Former Obama White House counsel Gregory Craig charged with false statements, concealing information
Gregory Craig, who served as White House counsel to President Barack Obama, was charged with lying and concealing information from federal authorities in the first case against a prominent Democrat stemming from Russia special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.
The charges center on work Craig performed in 2012 on behalf of a pro-Russian political faction in Ukraine, part of an
USA TODAYMar 14 2024
Headline Roundup
Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin Plans to Buy TikTok
Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told CNBC on Thursday that he was planning on compiling investors to buy TikTok, following legislation that could force the company to be sold or banned in the U.S.
Key Details: Both Democratic and Republican politicians support U.S. removal of China's TikTok control. Mnuchin, who served as former President Donald Trump’s treasury secretary
NPR (Online News) Washington Examiner CNBCNov 12 2016
Opinion
I’m a Muslim, a woman and an immigrant. I voted for Trump.
A lot is being said now about the “silent secret Trump supporters.”
This is my confession — and explanation: I — a 51-year-old, a Muslim, an immigrant woman “of color” — am one of those silent voters for Donald Trump. And I’m not a “bigot,” “racist,” “chauvinist” or “white supremacist,” as Trump voters are being called, nor part of some “whitelash.”
In the winter of 2008, as a
Washington PostApr 11 2019
News
The new Brexit deadline is October 31
The EU and British Prime Minister Theresa May agreed on a Halloween Brexit, avoiding a no-deal exit on Friday.
Brexit is delayed, again.
European Union leaders agreed in the early morning hours on Thursday to extend the Brexit deadline until October 31, 2019, postponing the UK’s departure about six months from the scheduled April 12 departure date.
The EU’s decision to
VoxApr 11 2019
News
Assange Charged in U.S. With Hack Conspiracy Tied to Manning
The U.S. accused WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange of taking part in a computer-hacking conspiracy related to the disclosure of diplomatic cables extracted by former U.S. Army analyst Chelsea Manning.
In a March 2018 indictment unsealed on Thursday just hours after Assange’s arrest in London, the U.S. accused Assange of assisted Manning in “hacking a password stored on United States
BloombergApr 02 2015
News
Poll: Ted Cruz's Support Surges After Campaign Launch
Being the first Republican to officially declare his campaign for president has given Ted Cruz a boost, according to a new poll.
The Texas senator came in third place among nine presidential contenders with 16 percent support, according to a survey from Public Policy Polling (D). In a similar poll near the end of February, Cruz was near the bottom with just 5 percent support.
The
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