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Nov 21 2015
News
Texas troopers to ask drivers their race following investigation
Texas state troopers have begun asking motorists their race and ethnicity after it was discovered that drivers — mostly Hispanics — were often misidentified during traffic stops because of flaws in an automated system meant to guard against racial profiling.
Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw told a state House committee that the change took effect Wednesday in an attempt
USA TODAY
Oct 22 2012
News
In final debate, Obama and Romney to offer differing views of America’s role in the world
It sounded weeks ago like a mismatch.
The final presidential debate would focus on foreign policy  a sitting president whod overseen the death of Osama bin Laden pitted against a one-term governor, so new to diplomatic thinking that hed managed to offend a good chunk of Britain during a brief trip this summer.
Washington Post
Feb 01 2024
Headline Roundup
House Passes Expanded Child Tax Credit Bill
On Wednesday, the US House of Representatives passed a $78 billion expanded child tax credit bill.
Key Details: The bill passed with bipartisan support by a vote of 357-70. It now goes to the US Senate, where it will need 60 votes to pass. The legislation, entitled the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act, was crafted by House Ways Means Committee Chair Jason Smith (R-MO)
Washington Examiner
NBC News Digital
The Hill 
Apr 26 2024
Headline Roundup
NYT Issues Statement on Biden's 'Troubling' Avoidance of Journalists
The New York Times (Lean Left bias) issued a statement Thursday criticizing President Joe Biden for avoiding the press.
The Statement: "For anyone who understands the role of the free press in a democracy, it should be troubling that President Biden has so actively and effectively avoided questions from independent journalists during his term," the statement reads. "Systematically
Politico
New York Times (News)
Fox News Digital 
Jun 24 2019
News
Misinformation is everywhere. These scientists can teach you to fight BS.
The world, according to University of Washington professors Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West, is awash in BS.
So begins their popular course, “Calling Bullshit,” which trains college students to identify and call out misinformation. BS warps voter choices. It can damage businesses. BS oozed from a crudely edited video that falsely suggested House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was
Washington Post
Dec 22 2023
Headline Roundup
Biden Emailed Son's Business Partner Repeatedly While Serving as VP
President Joe Biden emailed his son Hunter's business partner dozens of times leading up to and after Hunter's appointment to the board of Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company, in 2014.
The Details: House Republicans released a document showing hundreds of emails sent between 2010 and 2019 from Joe Biden to Eric Schwerin, founding partner of Hunter’s now-defunct Rosemont Seneca Partners
National Review (News)
The Daily Caller
NBC News Digital
Apr 24 2024
Headline Roundup
Supreme Court Appears Split During Arguments Over Idaho's Abortion Ban
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard arguments regarding Idaho’s abortion ban potentially conflicting with federal emergency medicine statutes.
For Context: Idaho law only allows for abortion in the case of rape, incest, or to prevent the death of the mother. The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, or EMTALA, is a federal policy mandating federally-funded hospitals provide “
Daily Beast
Washington Examiner
The Hill
May 06 2013
News
NRA 'out of touch' on gun-control measures, Conn. Sen. Richard Blumenthal says
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut Democrat, said Monday that the National Rifle Associations push back against expanded background checks for gun purchasers shows that the group is “out of touch with the overwhelming majority of Americans and most of the groups gun-toting members. Mr. Blumenthal said in an interview on MSNBC that 90 percent of all Americans and 74 percent of NRA members
Washington Times
May 01 2015
News
Letter: Equality for all will soon be the law
Recently on the local TV news, I saw Utah Eagle Forum leader Gayle Ruzicka condemning the 14th Amendment (Section 1) to the Constitution. She was voicing her opinion against the "Equality" clause by trying to make a group of people less equal because of her personal and religious beliefs.
Ruzicka said that she is sure that the U.S. Supreme Court will shoot down the equality part of the
Jan 23 2013
News
House Passes GOP's Debt-Ceiling Plan; Senate Democrats Offer Their Support
By a vote of 285-144, the House just passed a Republican plan that postpones for three months the federal government's next bump up against the so-called debt ceiling.
As we said earlier, the measure would head off another big battle over raising the government's borrowing authority — such as the one in 2011 that almost led to a government shutdown.
NPR (Online News)