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May 16 2019
News
U.S. Targets Huawei as It Seeks to Revive China Trade Talks
Trump administration restricts telecom giant, says it wants to resume trade negotiations
President Trump signed an executive order that would let the U.S. ban telecommunications gear from “foreign adversaries,” underscoring tensions with China even as the U.S. said it would likely resume trade talks soon in Beijing after reaching an impasse last week.
The developments came amid
Wall Street Journal (News)May 16 2019
News
With The Equality Act, Congressional Democrats Want To Redefine 'Sex' To Include Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation
Here's why that's a bad idea—and it has nothing to do with God's wrath, women's rights rollbacks, or locker-room predators.
Dire warnings are circulating about the Equality Act—a piece of culture-war legislation scheduled for a vote this week in the U.S. House of Representatives. Its stated purpose, in brief, is "to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and
ReasonMay 31 2015
News
What Joe Biden Has Said About Dealing With Personal Tragedy And Grief
Perhaps no one in American politics has dealt with more personal tragedy than Vice President Joe Biden. Beau Biden, who died Saturday of brain cancer at the age of 46, is the second child of Biden to precede their father in death.
The vice president lost his 1-year-old daughter, Naomi, and his first wife, Neilia, the mother of Beau Biden, in a 1972 car crash. Biden has reflected on the
HuffPostApr 30 2014
News
Another poll shows support for Obamacare languishing
A new NBC News / Wall Street Journal poll Largely Confirms the findings of a Washington Post / ABC poll Released Earlier this Week , finding Perceptions of Obamacare Have not Measurably Improved despite Some good News. The NBC / WSJ poll Shows 36 percent of Americans say President Obama's signature Health-Care law WAS a good idea, while 46 percent say it WAS a bad idea That's Slightly Washington PostFeb 01 2015
News
Chile's president pushes to ease ban on all abortions
President Michelle Bachelet sent legislation to Congress on Saturday proposing to allow some abortions in Chile, a socially conservative South American nation that is among the few countries in the world that ban abortion in all circumstances.
The bill would decriminalize abortions in three types of cases: malformation of a fetus, a pregnancy posing a threat to the life of a woman
TownhallApr 11 2019
Perspectives Blog
Students Meet Their Political "Other" Using Mismatch by AllSides
Our current, polarized political landscape is reverberating through our classrooms. Today's students are tomorrow's leaders, and we are counting on them to forge a more positive path that is less divisive and less dysfunctional. How can teachers prepare students with the skills and knowledge they need to navigate modern politics, media, social networks, and — perhaps most importantly —
Clara NevinsMay 15 2019
News
Alabama Senate passes near-total abortion ban
Alabama sent the most restrictive abortion bill in the country to the governor's desk Tuesday night, with the state's Senate passing legislation that could punish doctors who perform abortions with life in prison.
The state's Republican backers have pushed the legislation, which amounts to a near-total ban on abortion in the state, forward with the express goal of overturning Roe v.
CNN DigitalJun 04 2012
News
Politics and more at play in painful job numbers
Just when the American economy was looking like a global bright spot, a spate of bad news last week showed that the U.S. also has succumbed to a major slowdown  sending President Obama and his team scrambling to explain Fridays disappointing unemployment numbers. “Nobody is happy with the rate of job creation today, Steven Rattner, Mr. Obamas former car czar, said on “Fox News Sunday
Washington TimesJul 19 2017
Opinion
President Trump is violating my constitutional rights by blocking me on Twitter
"When Trump blocks people for disagreeing with him, he isn’t just deciding not to hear our voices; he’s cutting us off from receiving these official statements. He has closed the door of the virtual town hall meeting to everyone except people who agree with or say nice things about him. When the president uses social media to communicate about government policy with millions of people and
Guest Writer - LeftSep 28 2012
News
The Medicare Program: A Brief Overview FACT SHEET
9 Medicare provides older Americans and people with disabilities with health security. 9 Medicare provides its enrollees with essential coverage for hospital and medical care, and prescription drugs as well as preventive and other health services. 9 Medicare spending growth is expected to slow over the next decade and extend the life of the Medicare Trust Fund.
AARP