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Oct 17 2015
News
Hillary Clinton Bets on Future With Spending Spree to Build Campaign Infrastructure
Hillary Rodham Clinton has spent more than twice as much as any other presidential candidate on campaign staff, more than three times as much on office space and millions of dollars more on advertising, according to reports filed this week with the Federal Election Commission.
Three months before the first nominating contest, Mrs. Clinton has built a cash-hungry campaign juggernaut that
New York Times (News)
May 01 2019
News
William Barr Explains Finding of No Obstruction on Mueller Probe
Attorney general appears before a Senate panel after letter indicates dispute over characterizing special counsel probe
The special counsel probe into President Trump and Russian 2016 election interference was meant to deliver a verdict on criminality, not to simply report facts to the public, Attorney General William Barr said in explaining why he determined the president’s actions
Wall Street Journal (News)
Aug 03 2012
News
Walter Jones On Mitt Romney's Tax Returns: 'I Don't Think This Will Go Away'
GOP Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.) said Thursday that Mitt Romney's refusal to release more than two years of tax returns could hurt him in the presidential election.
"I don't think this will go away," Jones told The Hill. "And if we're still talking about this in September, he's in deep trouble."
HuffPost
Jan 23 2016
News
Bloomberg, Sensing an Opening, Revisits a Potential White House Run
Michael R. Bloomberg has instructed advisers to draw up plans for a potential independent campaign in this year’s presidential race. His advisers and associates said he was galled by Donald J. Trump’s dominance of the Republican field, and troubled by Hillary Clinton’s stumbles and the rise of Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont on the Democratic side.
Mr. Bloomberg, the billionaire
New York Times (News)
Feb 16 2015
News
California Readies Another Assault On Sugary Drinks
If the soft drink industry thought its fight with health reformers ended in the San Francisco Bay Area last election season, a new bill in the California legislature may be a rude awakening, reviving the movement to cut the state's sugary beverage consumption.
“I don’t think this issue is going to go away -- not given the increasing concern with obesity, especially childhood obesity,”
HuffPost
Apr 29 2019
News
Joe Biden wins some early Congressional support, but former colleagues see challenges ahead
Rep. Richmond makes the case for Biden, but House Majority Whip Clyburn says there’s a lot of race left to run.
House Judiciary Committee member and former Congressional Black Caucus chair Rep. Cedric Richmond made an enthusiastic case for Joe Biden Sunday as the candidate’s rivals addressed concerns some voters have with the former vice president.
After months of speculation,
Vox
Aug 06 2019
News
Texas faces turbulent political moment
For a quarter century, Texas Republicans have run a ruby-red state, building a conservative bastion where government is limited.
Now, the mounting tensions of racially-motivated rhetoric, a polarizing president and Republican infighting have rocked Texas’s political leadership to its core. And the state may soon face a tipping point brought on by shifting coalitions of voters who want
The Hill
Sep 24 2016
News
Germany Can Do Better than Angela Merkel
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National Review (News)
Oct 21 2019
Opinion
Trump Will Win in 2020 Because of Impeachment
A failed impeachment will weaken the Dems, strengthen Trump, and motivate his supporters.
Trump will win reelection in 2020 for three reasons: First, the voters are always reluctant to replace a president in a time of peace and prosperity, regardless of his perceived flaws. Second, a transparently partisan impeachment vote in the House followed by a fair trial and acquittal in the
The American Spectator
Apr 26 2019
News
U.S. Senator Warren offers military housing bill to boost inspections, transparency
Senator Elizabeth Warren and other Democratic lawmakers on Friday proposed a bill that offers new protections for U.S. military families facing unsafe housing, following a series of Reuters reports revealing squalid conditions in privately managed base homes.
The Reuters reports here and later Congressional hearings detailed widespread hazards including lead paint exposure, vermin
Reuters