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Sep 27 2015
News
Bill Clinton: Republicans waging ‘full-scale frontal assault’ on Hillary
Former President Bill Clinton said Sunday that Republicans are spotlighting Hillary Rodham Clinton’s email scandal because they fear her presidential candidacy.
Mr. Clinton told Fareed Zakaria on CNN’s “GPS” that Republicans want his wife’s campaign “as mangled up as possible” because the Democratic primary race is about issues and substance while the Republican contest has turned into
Washington TimesOct 06 2014
News
Harry Reid hits a new high in the eyes of Americans — in unpopularity
The leaders on Capitol Hill have long been unpopular with voters nationwide, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s favorability rating has taken a steep plunge this election year, showed a new poll released Monday.
The Gallup poll found that the favorability score for Mr. Reid, Nevada Democrat, dropped from 27 percent in April to 21 percent today.
“Reid’s image has consistently
Washington TimesApr 18 2019
News
White House and Justice Dept. Officials Discussed Mueller Report Before Release
Not all of Robert S. Mueller III’s findings will be news to President Trump when they are released Thursday.
Justice Department officials have had numerous conversations with White House lawyers about the conclusions made by Mr. Mueller, the special counsel, in recent days, according to people with knowledge of the discussions. The talks have aided the president’s legal team as it
New York Times (News)May 10 2014
News
Arianna Criticizes Republicans Over Benghazi On 'Real Time With Bill Maher'
In an appearance on HBO's Real Time With Bill Maher, Arianna skewered Republicans for their continued efforts to turn Benghazi into a scandal.
Earlier this week, the House voted to create a new committee to investigate the 2012 attack in Libya. Both Senate and House Republicans have been using the tragedy as a way to appeal to potential donors to their 2014 election campaigns.
HuffPostDec 30 2015
News
Giving the two parties even more money will not solve polarization
Last December, as part of the must-pass "CRomnibus" bill, Congress changed the law so that political parties could raise considerably more money. Under the new rules, a single donor can now give $1.5 million to the parties during a two-year election cycle.
Good government groups were predictably upset. But another group of observers had a different view: In their view, political parties
VoxOct 04 2014
News
Exclusive: Hillary Clinton plans midterm blitz
Hillary Clinton has mapped out much of her political schedule through Election Day, an itinerary that focuses on helping Senate candidates and includes trips to a half-dozen states, including Kentucky and presidential early states Iowa and New Hampshire, according to details obtained by POLITICO. The plan, which could see adjustments and additions as races hit critical points in the coming
PoliticoAug 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 - LeftMay 05 2014
News
GOP establishment looks nervously at North Carolina Senate primary
For a Republican establishment still spooked by the ghosts of Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock -- grassroots-backed conservatives who threw away winnable Senate races in recent elections with tone-deaf remarks about abortion -- Tuesday can't come soon enough. In North Carolina, Republicans are watching closely to see if Thom Tillis, the state House speaker and maybe the party's best bet to
CNN (Online News)Oct 18 2020
Analysis
Ultimatum signals modest US goal in Iraq: Avoid defeat
The threat by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo seemed extreme. The United States would shutter its own embassy in Baghdad if Iraq didn’t rein in Shiite militia attacks on American targets.
The ultimatum late last month – which came with the promise of a “strong and violent” response if the attacks did not stop – was a stunning admission of weakness, analysts say. And it revealed the scale
Christian Science MonitorSep 30 2014
News
What to Watch in the Third-Quarter Senate Fundraising Race
Tuesday marks the end of the third fundraising quarter—the last round of campaign-finance filings that candidate committees are required to file before their pre-election disclosures—and candidates and party committees have been furiously fundraising in recent days in an effort to give their numbers a last-minute boost.
While committees aren’t required to submit their disclosures until
Wall Street Journal (News)