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Aug 06 2020
News
Trump issues executive order against TikTok parent, effective in 45 days
President Donald Trump issued an executive order against the parent company of video app TikTok after a week of escalating threats to ban the app in the U.S.
The order takes effect in 45 days and prohibits any U.S. company or person from transacting with ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese parent company.
Trump has called out TikTok as a national security threat as tensions worsen
Washington PostJun 13 2021
News
G-7 Leaders Set To Call For Fresh Probe Of Covid Origins
The leaders of seven of the world’s most powerful countries convening in England for the G-7 summit are set to call for an “expert-led” study into the origins of the coronavirus amid questions over whether it leaked from a Chinese lab, according to a communique obtained by Reuters and Bloomberg.
ForbesNov 26 2019
Opinion
If Democrats don’t go bold with social reform right now, then when?
“Too radical, impractical, too costly, impossible, can’t pass the Senate.”
Those are the terms centrist Democrats use to describe the bold reform ideas put forth by Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren in the Democratic presidential primaries.
“Venezuela, socialist, communist tripe, crazy” are the jibes preferred by President Donald Trump and Republicans.
Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.Nov 08 2022
News
Early bellwethers: Key races to watch once polls close on election night
The 2022 midterms are shaping up to culminate in an unpredictable election night, with recent surveys showing close fights in a host of key races that will determine which party controls Congress.
A few points in either direction, within the margin of error in many polls, could be the difference between Democrats overperforming to hold at least one chamber for the next two years — or
NBC News (Online)Aug 02 2022
News
What Arizona’s primaries will tell us about the GOP divide
The proxy battle between President Trump and establishment Republican figures will come to a head in Tuesday’s Arizona primaries, providing an indication of the direction the GOP might take going forward.
The two wings of the Republican Party have provided contrasting messages in the lead-up to Arizona’s primaries, with Trump and his endorsed candidates zeroing in on his unfounded claim
The HillAug 18 2022
News
Dems mount $10M ad campaign to sell landmark law — and skirt a November wipeout
Democrats passed their landmark legislation in time for the midterms. Now they need to sell it to voters — and the first phase of that effort is taking shape.
In plans shared first with POLITICO, a trio of Democratic groups — Climate Power, the League of Conservation Voters and Future Forward USA Action, a nonprofit backed by several major Democratic donors — is dropping $10 million on
PoliticoAug 25 2022
Analysis
Biden's student loan plan opens a fresh midterm front
President Joe Biden's plan to slash some student loan debt could help millions of borrowers but a decision he spent months wrestling over could also have profound and unpredictable electoral consequences.
The cacophony that followed the administration's Wednesday announcement reflects the high-stakes issue's possible impact on the November midterm elections while also helping to explain
CNN (Online News)Nov 07 2022
Analysis
How midterm elections could shift balance of power in state legislatures
With all eyes on marquee races for Congress and governorships, Democratic and Republican groups have poured millions of dollars into under-the-radar battles for the control of state legislatures.
The stakes this year are unusually high. A Supreme Court decision in June handed the question of abortion to state legislatures for the first time in decades, fallout from the 2020 election has
Washington ExaminerSep 19 2022
News
In Wisconsin, Election Skeptics Deploy as Poll Watchers for Midterms
Republicans here are recruiting a fresh batch of poll watchers to monitor voting in November as part of a revamped response to allegations of election fraud that roiled the latest presidential contest.
Poll watching, a normally mundane duty where volunteers sit for hours watching for any possible rule violations at voting sites, is emerging as a flashpoint in the fight over U.S.
Wall Street Journal (News)Nov 25 2022
Opinion
Sarah Palin lost the battle, but won the war
The results are in: Democrat Mary Peltola has defeated former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin in their House race, a loss that could mark the end of Palin’s political career. The fact that a Democrat won in Alaska, a state that has gone Republican in every presidential election since President Lyndon Johnson’s landslide 1964 defeat against Sen. Barry Goldwater won’t sit well with GOP
CNN (Opinion)