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Jan 21 2022
News
After Democrats’ historic defeat on voting rights, what happens next?
For a little over a year, America has faced a democratic crisis unlike any it has seen in recent history.
As Republicans have spread lies about the 2020 presidential election, confidence in it remains staggeringly low and about 1 in 3 Americans now believe Joe Biden was not legitimately elected. Republicans who claim the election was stolen are trying to grab key election administration
The Guardian
Mar 03 2022
News
Former Top Trump Official Argues Biden’s Russia Sanctions Are ‘Half Measures,’ Contain Loopholes
President Joe Biden’s sanctions against Russia are half measures that don’t go nearly as far as sanctions the U.S. has used in the past against Iran and other adversaries, former Trump administration Treasury official Marshall Billingslea stated Wednesday.
Billingslea served under former President Donald Trump as assistant secretary of the Treasury for terrorist financing, and argued
The Daily Caller
Jul 13 2022
Analysis
How the Fed ended the last great American inflation — and how much it hurt
For decades, the polling company Gallup has been asking Americans to list the most important problem in their country. Many of the answers are vague: 19 percent of Americans in May told Gallup that “the government” or “poor leadership” is the most important problem facing the US. Others reflect recent news (5 percent named abortion, up from 1 percent in April), or evergreen topics of
Vox
Feb 14 2022
News
Key US-Canada bridge reopens after police clear protesters
The busiest US-Canada border bridge that’s been shuttered for days reopened on Sunday night after police cleared protesters who had been demonstrating against COVID-19 restrictions.
By 10 p.m., the Ambassador Bridge – which links Windsor, Ontario and Detroit – was “fully open allowing the free flow of commerce between the Canada and US economies once again,” a spokesperson for Detroit
New York Post (News)
Jan 08 2019
News
Schumer and Pelosi Tap Themselves to Respond to Trump Speech
Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California and Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the minority leader, will jointly deliver a response to President Trump’s prime time address declaring a crisis at
New York Times (News)
Mar 30 2022
News
Mapping Ukraine: Rapid displacement and a flood of global help
Sometimes a big news event is best understood when viewed through multiple lenses. On Ukraine, in addition to our text stories and our recent webinar, we view the conflict here through graphics – to show the scale of human displacement and aid in response.
War in Ukraine has meant massive displacement for the nation’s people. Their need – and Russia’s threat to Ukraine’s territorial
Christian Science Monitor
Feb 09 2019
News
Second Woman Accuses Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of Sexual Assault
A second woman has accused Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of sexual assault, deepening the weeklong crisis embroiling the state’s Democratic leadership and leading to more calls for his resignation.
Wall Street Journal (News)
Mar 07 2022
Opinion
Putin’s Criminal Invasion of Ukraine Highlights Some Ugly Truths About U.S. and NATO
THERE ARE NO excuses or justifications for what Vladimir Putin is doing in Ukraine. His brutal invasion is a bald-faced act of aggression, replete with war crimes, and is rightly being condemned as such by large numbers of people and nations across the globe. The targeting of civilian populations and infrastructure is a heinous act that belongs in the annals of major nation state crimes
The Intercept
Jan 21 2020
News
GOP rep introduces bill to block intelligence sharing with countries using Huawei for 5G
Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) introduced a bill Tuesday aimed at barring the United States from sharing intelligence with any countries that permit Huawei to operate their 5G networks.
“Huawei is a Trojan Horse for the Chinese Communist Party to spy on and infiltrate other nations. Our allies must choose: Adopt Huawei and lose access to U.S. intelligence, or remain our trusted partner,” Banks
The Hill
Jun 04 2021
News
What would a better US immigration system look like? We asked the experts.
Immigration, one of the defining issues of the Donald Trump era, posed an immediate challenge to President Joe Biden on taking office.
His administration struggled to address a sizeable upswing in the number of migrants arriving at the US-Mexico border.
And processing delays have led to what some lawmakers, but notably not the White House, have called a growing "humanitarian
USA TODAY