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Sep 20 2012
News
Tone, not frequency of ads irk swing state voters
If you live in a battleground state, chances are you've seen your share of political ads this election season. They come on during prime-time network TV, pop up while you're cheering on the Buckeyes or the Broncos and they even get you when you're cruising to your favorite station on the way to work.
The reason for such a concentrated air war is that voters in swing states like Colorado
CNN (Online News)
Apr 25 2024
Headline Roundup
Supreme Court Appears Skeptical of Trump's Immunity Argument
On Thursday, the Supreme Court heard arguments regarding whether 2024 candidate and former President Donald Trump is immune to criminal prosecution for his actions while in office.
For Context: In response to the federal indictment against Trump regarding his actions during and in the aftermath of the 2020 election, Trump’s legal team is arguing that a former president cannot be
Associated Press
The Hill 
Washington Examiner 
Mar 23 2015
News
Obama promised to curb the influence of lobbyists. Has he succeeded?
In the three months since Marty Paone Took on the job as President Obama's Chief Liaison to the US Senate, he HAS Helped plot strategy on the Confirmations of top Administration Appointees, a Partisan Showdown over funding the Department of Homeland Security and the President's request for the authorization for use of military force.
What he did not more Pointedly Work on WAS the very
Washington Post
Mar 21 2015
News
Obama: Congress endangers national security with Lynch delay
President Obama is accusing Congress of playing politics with law enforcement and national security by holding hostage attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch in exchange for leverage on legislation.
Mr. Obama blasted Republicans for preventing the female federal prosecutor from New York from succeeding Attorney General Eric Holder during his weekly address to the country to Sunday.
Washington Times
Aug 21 2019
News
Bernie Sanders’s call to ban facial recognition tech for policing, explained
He’s taken a tougher stance on it than Elizabeth Warren.
Sen. Bernie Sanders is the first presidential candidate to call for a total ban on the use of facial recognition software for policing. He’s also calling for a moratorium on the use of algorithmic risk assessment tools that aim to predict which criminals will reoffend.
His pledge to institute these changes if elected is
Vox
Nov 09 2014
News
Heated Republicans return fire at Obama
Two days after voters angry with Washington's dysfunction swept Republicans into control of the Senate and expanded their advantage in the House, Speaker John Boehner used his first post-midterm news conference to issue a "burn" notice to the commander-in-chief. "When you play with matches, you take the risk of burning yourself and he's going to burn himself if he continues to go down that
CNN (Online News)
Nov 19 2019
Headline Roundup
Buttigieg Surges In Iowa, Fizzles in Other States
2020 Presidential candidate mayor Pete Buttigieg (D - South Bend, IN) has surged recently in primary polls in Iowa and New Hampshire, among the first states where primary votes are cast. Buttigieg has now opened up a ten-point lead in New Hampshire over senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT). However, in South Carolina, another early primary state, he's polling
Mediaite
The Hill
Fox News Digital 
Jul 17 2012
News
Both parties wield health care law to their advantage
Far from ending the debate over President Obamas health care law, last months Supreme Court ruling has only stoked the partisan battle over the issue, with both parties taking to the airwaves and the Internet to try to frame the landmark decision ahead of Novembers elections.
Washington Times
Oct 03 2019
News
Warren Rising in the Polls
“Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) leads the Democratic primary field by 4 points in the latest Economist/YouGov weekly tracking survey, leapfrogging former Vice President Joe Biden.” (The Hill)
The left supports Warren’s policies, and believes she has a solid chance of winning the nomination.
“Working together, Sanders and Warren have been incredibly effective not just in making
The Flip Side
Mar 15 2022
Headline Roundup
Should We Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent?
The biannual shift between standard time and Daylight Saving Time in the U.S. is seen as a nuisance by many. Should we make longer days permanent?
The Senate unanimously approved a measure Tuesday to make Daylight Saving Time permanent. If the bill, titled the Sunshine Protection Act, becomes law, Americans would never again be told to set their clocks back an hour in the fall and
National Review (News)
CNN (Opinion)
Washington Post