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Oct 13 2012
News
Five things we learned from Thursday's vice presidential debate
Vice President Joe Biden and Republican Paul Ryan, the man who wants his job, exchanged fire over taxes, Medicare, national security and some animated facial expressions in their only debate before Election Day.
CNN DigitalDec 20 2016
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Robert Reich: Like a Tyrant, Trump Is Deploying Seven Techniques to Control the Media
Today marks the 146th day since Donald Trump last held a news conference. As the Electoral College backs Trump, we speak to former Labor Secretary Robert Reich, now a professor at the University of California, Berkeley. "Democracy depends on a free and independent press, which is why all tyrants try to squelch it," Reich recently wrote. "They use seven techniques that, worryingly, President-
Democracy Now!Jun 11 2020
Opinion
Does Trump know he's the president?
For most of his presidency, President Trump's approval rating has seemed very sturdy — since 2018, only a few times has he dipped below 40 percent approval in the FiveThirtyEight poll average. But the ongoing combination of economic collapse, an uncontrolled pandemic that has killed 114,000 people and counting, and now a nationwide outbreak of protest against police brutality has finally
Ryan CooperJan 24 2020
News
The middleman: How Lev Parnas joined Team Trump and became Rudy Giuliani's fixer in Ukraine
Lev Parnas was once so close to Rudy Giuliani, he named Giuliani his son's godfather. Now Parnas is cooperating with the Trump impeachment inquiry.
The state funeral for former President George H.W. Bush in 2018 featured a who's who of U.S. political heavyweights.
The nation's four living former presidents and their wives were in the first row of the National Cathedral in
USA TODAYNov 12 2019
News
White House infighting flares amid impeachment inquiry
A dispute erupts between the Mulvaney and Cipollone camps over how to counter House Democrats’ impeachment push
The White House’s bifurcated and disjointed response to Democrats’ impeachment inquiry has been fueled by a fierce West Wing battle between two of President Trump’s top advisers, and the outcome of the messy skirmish could be on full display this week, according to White House
Washington PostNews Media
Lexington Herald-Leader
The Lexington Herald-Leader is a newspaper owned by The McClatchy Company and based in the U.S. city of Lexington, Kentucky. According to the 1999 Editor & Publisher International Yearbook, the Herald-Leader's paid circulation is the second largest in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Oct 31 2019
News
5 key lawmakers to watch as Congress sets ground rules for Trump impeachment inquiry
The vote Thursday on a House resolution laying out the next phase of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump seems like a foregone conclusion.
At least 218 Democrats already have signaled their support for moving forward with the measure, enough to ensure its passage. The resolution is not an endorsement of whether Trump should be impeached but rather the establishment of
USA TODAYMar 03 2016
News
Power of the Vote: How to Force Parties to Depolarize
It may seem like independents have an overwhelming deck stacked against them in the political arena, both in power and money.
Yet any group has a tool in their arsenal that ultimately forces parties to depolarize the election–the power to get out the vote.
In the Journal of Economics & Politics, researcher Justin Valasek took a novel approach to measuring the impact of get
IVNSep 06 2014
News
Republicans Evolving on ISIS: Rand Paul takes tougher stance on terrorism
If there’s one thing that has distinguished Rand Paul as a likely presidential candidate, it’s his relentless skepticism toward military intervention overseas.
In a Republican Party more often defined by the John McCain wing of military muscularity, Paul has been staking out a more dovish position, hoping to connect with a war-weary public. His critics call that isolationism.
Fox News DigitalSep 06 2014
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The Obamacare train keeps not wrecking
President Barack Obama has not had a good couple of weeks. His foreign policy is going badly, his legislative agenda is stalled, and his party looks likely to lose the Senate. He's entering the traditional lame-duck years of a presidency and further accomplishments appear increasingly remote.
But less than 10 months after major media outlets were hosting debates with headlines like "Is
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