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Jun 09 2019
News
For Trump, Threats Become Part of Diplomatic Playbook
President Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on Mexico was met with alarm from business leaders and many in his own party, who responded with corresponding relief when the threat was withdrawn Friday. No one, however, should have been surprised. Using threats of punitive action even against allies to force negotiation has become a staple of Mr. Trump’s diplomatic playbook, from dangling the
Wall Street Journal (News)
Jul 30 2019
News
Trump backpedals on China threats as trade deal shows signs of slipping away
President Trump said Tuesday that a new trade deal with China might not come until after the 2020 elections, a significant departure from more than a year of trying to exert pressure on the world’s second-largest economy.
His comments were the latest in rapidly evolving, and sometimes contradictory, strategic shifts. Less than two months ago, he announced that a huge crackdown against
Washington Post
May 10 2019
News
US sends missile system and ship to Middle East as Iran tensions escalate
The US is sending a Patriot air defence missile system and a warship to the Middle East amid escalating tensions with Iran.
The USS Arlington, which transports amphibious vehicles and aircraft, will join the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group in the Gulf, officials say.
US B-52 bombers have also arrived at a base in Qatar, the Pentagon said.
It said the moves were a response
BBC News
Mar 17 2015
News
Obama: If Enough States Decriminalize Marijuana, Congress May Change Federal Law
President Barack Obama said if enough states reform their marijuana laws, Congress may change federal law that continues to make the drug illegal.
Obama, during an interview with Vice Media co-founder Shane Smith released in full on Monday, said he's encouraged that liberal Democrats and conservative Republicans seem to agree that current U.S. marijuana laws don't make sense.
"We
HuffPost
Jul 20 2020
Perspectives Blog
Union: A Democrat, A Republican, and a Search for Common Ground
In the year before Donald Trump was elected president, Jordan Blashek, a Republican Marine, and Chris Haugh, a Democrat and son of a single mother from Berkeley, formed an unlikely friendship. Over the months, Jordan and Chris’s friendship blossomed not in spite of but because of their political differences. So they decided to hit the road in search of reasons to strengthen their bond in an
AllSides Staff
Oct 03 2019
News
Trump’s impeachment defiance spooks key voting blocs
Many voters critical to Trump are breaking from the president on impeachment, posing a risk to his congressional firewall.
President Donald Trump was in trouble with women voters long before House Democrats launched a formal impeachment inquiry against him last week. Since then, his standing has grown only worse.
Nearly a half-dozen polls conducted since last Tuesday, when House
Politico
Feb 10 2017
News
US travel ban hits major setback as judges uphold temporary restraining order
Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban suffered a major setback on Thursday after a panel of three judges upheld an injunction against the president’s order banning arrivals from seven Muslim-majority countries.
The Guardian
Jun 16 2020
News
Members of Congress took small-business loans — and the full extent is unknown
At least four members of Congress have reaped benefits in some way from the half-trillion-dollar small-business loan program they helped create.
And no one knows how many more there could be.
It’s a bipartisan group of lawmakers who have acknowledged close ties to companies that have received loans from the program — businesses that are either run by their families or employ
Politico
Aug 17 2020
News
Widespread Fears About Unfair Election As Democrats Prepare To Nominate Joe Biden
With less than 80 days to go before the U.S. presidential election, it looks like Joe Biden’s race to lose.
Yet, as Democrats nationwide gather online this week to nominate him as their party’s choice to challenge President Donald Trump on Nov. 3, many fear Biden may just do that - for factors almost entirely out of his control.
The former vice president and his allies have every
HuffPost
Aug 17 2020
News
Dueling polls split on size of Biden’s lead ahead of Dem convention
A new pair of nationwide polls paint divergent pictures of the 2020 White House race — with former Vice President Joe Biden ahead by double digits in one survey and President Donald Trump significantly narrowing the presumptive Democratic nominee’s lead in the other.
An ABC News/Washington Post poll released Monday morning reports that more than half of registered voters, 53 percent,
Politico