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Nov 25 2012
News
More congressional Republicans break tax pledge for sake of looming fiscal crisis
The decades-old pledge from the Americans for Tax Reform group has been signed by 238 House members and 41 senators in this Congress and has essentially become inescapable for any Republican seeking statewide or national office over recent election cycles, especially in the Republican-controlled lower chamber.
Fox News Digital
Nov 27 2019
News
The Science of Polarization and Insights for Bridge-building
Many PACE members and partners are all-too familiar with the challenges posed by polarization today. Looking at it through a scientific lens, however, can help. Science reveals valuable insights about the nature and impact of modern-day polarization. It can also illuminate effective tools for bridge-building.
The Problem of Toxic Polarization
Why is polarization in the U.S.
PACE
Feb 07 2020
News
How quickly should courts change the law? Florida tests the limit.
Respect for precedent has been a cornerstone of the American legal system. But what happens if, to “fix mistakes” in the law, courts favor rapid change that the public could not have anticipated?
When the Florida Supreme Court ruled late last month that a unanimous jury is not required for the state to hand down a death sentence, the decision reverberated in the state prisons that house
Christian Science Monitor
Oct 14 2020
Analysis
Amy Coney Barrett: Scalia protege in outlook, not temperament
Jennifer Brady, a centrist Democrat and former English professor at Rhodes College, can’t reconcile two things: her strong admiration for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett – one of the top two students she had in 36 years of teaching – and her deep concern about Senate Republicans pushing through her nomination so late in an election year.
“Had the Republicans not cynically
Christian Science Monitor
Apr 12 2024
Headline Roundup
Major US TV Networks Reportedly Urging Biden and Trump to Debate
The five major TV networks have prepared a joint letter urging President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump to participate in televised debates, per the New York Times (Lean Left bias).
The Details: The letter, endorsed by ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC, and Fox News, is reportedly not yet final as the networks seek further endorsements from other national news networks.
For Context
New York Times (News)
Deadline
Daily Mail
Jan 03 2016
News
Trump Brushes Off Appearance In Jihadist Video
Donald Trump won't be dissuaded from saying what he thinks simply because Islamic extremists use his words to recruit Muslims to their cause. The Republican presidential contender brushed off the appearance of an African militant group's video to recruit Americans that shows him calling for Muslims to be banned from coming to the U.S. On Sunday news shows, Trumpsaid it's no surprise America's
HuffPost
Apr 25 2015
News
In tearful ceremony, Holder bids farewell to Justice Department
Hundreds of Justice Department staff and lawyers gathered in the Great Hall of the Robert F. Kennedy Building Friday to give the nation's first African-American attorney general a send-off.
It was a more tightly-scripted version of the thunderous welcome he received in 2009 when Holder entered the building. The goodbye ceremony included a nine-minute video lauding the attorney general
CNN Digital
Apr 25 2015
News
Elizabeth Warren: Let people see trade deal ‘before we have to grease the skids’
Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts is calling on President Obama to make a proposed trade deal with Pacific Rim nations public before Congress decides whether to press forward on it.
Ms. Warren said members of Congress can read the deal but “aren’t allowed to talk about it.”
“So now it’s the case that the president says that he wants the American people to judge this deal
Washington Times
Jun 02 2014
News
Can Hillary duck Taliban deal on campaign trail?
President Obama skirted the law and broke precedent to swap a captured American soldier for five “high risk” Islamist militants in U.S. custody. The deal with enemy forces in Afghanistan is a continuation of Obama’s effort to get all U.S. forces out of Afghanistan within two years. This is part of a new, more limited foreign policy approach that Team Obama refers to as “Don’t do stupid sh*t.”
Fox News Digital
Apr 17 2019
News
Trump vetoes congressional resolution to end U.S. involvement in Yemen war
President Donald Trump has vetoed a congressional resolution that sought to end U.S. involvement in the Saudi-led war in Yemen, the White House said on Tuesday.
“This resolution is an unnecessary, dangerous attempt to weaken my constitutional authorities, endangering the lives of American citizens and brave service members, both today and in the future,” Trump said in the veto message
Reuters