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Mar 16 2018
Headline Roundup
Pedestrian Bridge Collapses in Miami
The death toll rises to 6 in the aftermath of a pedestrian bridge collapse in Miami. Investigations are underway to determine the cause.
NPR (Online News) Washington Times ABC News (Online)Aug 18 2023
Headline Roundup
Unredacted Emails Using Pseudonyms for Joe Biden Requested by House GOP
House Oversight Committee chairman James Comer (R-KY) asked the National Archives for unredacted emails from Joe Biden's time as vice president, some of which appear to refer to Biden with pseudonyms.
The Details: Comer requested messages related to the Ukrainian gas company Burisma, which Hunter Biden sat on the board of at the time. Some of the emails reportedly refer to then-Vice
Washington Examiner Heavy.com The HillJun 02 2015
News
FBI Reveals It's Operating Own Surveillance Air Force Over US Cities
The FBI is operating a small air force with scores of low-flying planes across the country carrying video and, at times, cellphone surveillance technology - all hidden behind fictitious companies that are fronts for the government, The Associated Press has learned.
The planes' surveillance equipment is generally used without a judge's approval, and the FBI said the flights are used for
Newsmax (News)Dec 20 2019
Opinion
The Senate’s Trial
As President Trump’s impeachment leaves the House, the upper chamber needs to be what the Founders expected it to be.
We have spent the last several weeks intensely debating the Founders’ view of impeachment. Now that the House has actually impeached the president, it’s time to pay attention to the Founders’ view of the Senate.
We know that a Senate’s trial of impeachments is
National Review (News)Oct 12 2015
News
Republicans Are Fed Up With Their Party, But Fired Up For 2016
Even before last week's chaos in the House GOP, congressional Republicans had some damage to repair with their rank and file, who largely see their own party as disjointed and ineffective.
In a HuffPost/YouGov survey conducted after current House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) announced his upcoming resignation, but before House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) withdrew from the
HuffPostJun 27 2019
News
Supreme Court Says Constitution Does Not Bar Partisan Gerrymandering
The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against the challengers opposed to partisan gerrymandering, the practice in which the party that controls the state legislature draws voting maps to help elect its candidates.
The vote in two cases was 5 to 4, with the court’s more conservative members in the majority. The court appeared to close the door on such claims.
The drafters of the
New York Times (News)Dec 29 2014
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In Battle to Defang ISIS, U.S. Targets Its Psychology
Maj. Gen. Michael K. Nagata, commander of American Special Operations forces in the Middle East, sought help this summer in solving an urgent problem for the American military: What makes the Islamic State so dangerous?
Trying to decipher this complex enemy — a hybrid terrorist organization and a conventional army — is such a conundrum that General Nagata assembled an unofficial brain
New York Times (News)Dec 19 2019
News
House Votes To Impeach
“President Donald Trump was impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday night.” (AP News)
The left supports impeachment.
House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) writes, “The facts in this matter are not in question. President Donald Trump called the president of Ukraine on July 25 and asked him to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, using critical
The Flip SideSep 02 2019
News
The 2020 electoral map could be the smallest in years. Here’s why.
In a politically divided nation, with attitudes among many voters hardened and resistant to changing, the 2020 general election could be contested on the narrowest electoral terrain in recent memory.
Just four states are likely to determine the outcome in 2020. Each flipped to the Republicans in 2016, but President Trump won each by only a percentage point or less. The four are
Washington PostApr 10 2020
Background
List of courts of the United States
The courts of the United States are closely linked hierarchical systems of courts at the federal and state levels. The federal courts form the judicial branch of the federal government of the United States and operate under the authority of the United States Constitution and federal law. The state and territorial courts of the individual U.S. states and territories operate under the authority
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