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Mar 11 2013
News
How Gun Control Ends: Not With A Bang, But A Whimper
Heres a hard truth: all the emotion and outrage and sadness that followed the Dec. 14 shooting of 20 children and 6 adults at Sandy Hook elementary school may make almost no difference in federal gun control laws. How little is the Hill going to do on gun control? As things stand, Congress may not even pass two gun control measures that even some elements of the powerful gun lobby have
Time MagazineMar 25 2024
Headline Roundup
Trump's Hush Money Trial Will Start April 15, Judge Rules
Former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial is scheduled to start on April 15, a New York judge decided on Monday.
For Context: In April 2023, a New York grand jury voted to indict Trump on 34 felony counts of business fraud related to alleged hush money payments made shortly before the 2016 election. Trump pleaded not guilty to the charges of “falsifying business records in the
Associated Press The Hill Washington ExaminerAug 16 2016
News
Charles Koch's network launches new fight to keep donors secret
A group tied to billionaire Charles Koch has unleashed an aggressive campaign to kill a ballot measure in South Dakota that would require Koch-affiliated groups and others like them to reveal their donors’ identities — part of a sustained effort by his powerful network to keep government agencies and the public from learning more about its financial backers.
Americans for Prosperity,
USA TODAYDec 14 2019
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: Horowitz Testifies on Probe of FBI's Trump Investigation
Justice Department watchdog Inspector General (IG) Michael Horowitz testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday on his findings in investigating the origins of the FBI probe into President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign.
Horowitz's report concluded that no one was vindicated; he found that the FBI investigation was not necessarily biased, but also featured significant
Henry A. BrechterFeb 21 2024
Headline Roundup
AT&T Customers Reporting Cellular Outages Nationwide
AT&T customers reported widespread cellular outages starting early Thursday morning.
Details: Roughly 75,000 outages were reported around 9:15 a.m. EST. By 4:30 PM EST, outlets reported that service was restored. The outages appeared to be most frequent in the south and southeast United States, with metro areas especially impacted including Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, New Orleans,
Associated Press Wall Street Journal (News) Fox BusinessSep 03 2020
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: Candidates Visit Kenosha in Wake of Violence
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Kenosha, Wisconsin became the newest site of anti-police brutality protests and violent rioting after Jacob Blake was shot by police on Aug. 23. In the days following Blake's shooting, 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse was arrested as a suspect in a shooting that killed two and wounded one. President Donald Trump
Micaela RicaforteApr 14 2015
News
Heald College Fined For Misleading Students About Job Prospects
Heald College, the jewel of a once-thriving chain of for-profit colleges owned by Corinthian Colleges Inc., misled students and accreditation agencies about graduates’ employment rates and showed a “blatant disregard” for the federal student loan program, the U.S. Department of Education alleged Tuesday.
The Education Department said it had found 947 false job placement rates dating
HuffPostMar 22 2018
Headline Roundup
US to Apply Tariffs on Chinese Imports
President Donald Trump will announce today a series of trade enforcement actions designed to punish China for years of widespread violations of U.S. intellectual property rights.
Washington Times New York Times (News) Chicago TribuneMar 04 2024
Headline Roundup
Migrant Backlog to Reach 8 Million by October
According to government data, the population of migrants living in the United States will reach 8 million by October.
Key Details: The backlog includes migrants who don't have final decisions from U.S. officials on their asylum, or are facing deportation, but aren't being held in the limited detention spaces. The estimate would represent a 167% increase over the last five years.
New York Post (News) The Hill Axios