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Jan 20 2016
News
Of Course Sarah Palin Endorsed Donald Trump
Former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin endorsed Donald Trump for president while in Iowa on Tuesday.
HuffPostMay 28 2021
News
GOP hands Democrats first filibuster, blocking bill to create Jan. 6 riot commission
Senate Republicans on Friday thwarted an effort to create an independent bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, blocking legislation they believed would ultimately be used as a political weapon against them by Democrats.
Most Republicans refused to back the measure, depriving the Democrats of the 60-vote threshold needed to begin debate on the bill.
Washington ExaminerFeb 24 2021
News
Illinois Abolishes Cash Bail in Sweeping Criminal Justice Overhaul
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a sweeping criminal justice and police reform measure into law on Feb. 22 that includes making the state the first in the nation to completely abolish cash bail.
Pritzker, a Democrat, said in a statement after signing the bill that “this legislation marks a substantial step toward dismantling the systemic racism that plagues our communities, our state
The Epoch TimesSep 30 2021
News
New COVID cases fall by 25%
New coronavirus infections in the U.S. fell by 25% over the past two weeks — another hopeful sign that the worst of the Delta wave may be behind us.
By the numbers: The U.S. is now averaging roughly 114,000 new cases per day. That's still a lot, but it's a significant improvement from this summer, when the Delta variant unleashed a new wave of infections, hospitalizations and death.
AxiosMar 19 2021
Opinion
In First Big China Test, Team Biden Got Rolled...And It's Painful to Watch
Team Biden had their first big foreign policy test with China—and they failed. There’s no way to spin it. Even the liberal media is saying the whole meeting in Alaska devolved into anarchy. This meeting is supposedly the one that will determine if President Depends is going to meet with Xi Jinping. By how things turned out, I don’t think we should even consider it. Why embarrass the United
TownhallOct 19 2021
News
In 2008, some Republicans claimed Obama was a Muslim. Colin Powell pushed back
The American statesman Colin Powell died on Monday due to complications from COVID-19. He was 84 years old.
While many remember the four-star Army general for his history-making tenure as the nation's first Black secretary of state and his controversial and misleading justification for the U.S. war in Iraq, the longtime Republican's legacy also includes a notable break from his party to
NPR (Online News)Dec 18 2020
Analysis
Obamacare Funnels Taxpayer Money To Cover Elective Abortions
A new report found that even in states where taxpayer-funded abortions through health care exchange plans are illegal, taxpayers are paying for elective abortions covered under Obamacare in other states, a direct violation of the Hyde Amendment.
According to researchers at the Family Research Council (FRC), Charlotte Lozier Institute (CLI), and Heritage Foundation, 69 percent of
The FederalistMar 24 2021
News
Senate confirms first openly transgender official, approving Levine for HHS
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Rachel Levine to be assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services, making her the first openly transgender official ever approved by the upper chamber.
Levine, previously physician general and secretary of health in Pennsylvania, was confirmed 52-48 in a mostly party-line vote, with GOP Sens. Susan Collins (Maine) and
The HillMar 19 2021
News
Sparks fly in the 1st direct, high-level U.S.-China talks of the Biden era
The top diplomats from the U.S. and China opened a new chapter in bilateral ties on Thursday in what proved to be one of the most undiplomatic episodes in recent memory. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan hosted their counterparts, top diplomat Yang Jiechi and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, in Anchorage, Alaska for the first official, face-to-face
CBS News (Online)Oct 30 2014
News
In tight elections, groups try shame as turnout tactic
In the frantic race to turn out voters on Election Day, interest groups are relying on new forms of public shaming to get you to the polls.
In Alaska and Colorado, for instance, conservative groups have sent out mailers that compare your voting record to your neighbors' voting histories. The Alaska mailer, funded by a super PAC with a Texas address, goes further and threatens to send an
USA TODAY