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May 14 2020
Fact Check
McConnell’s claim that Obama left behind no ‘game plan’ for the coronavirus outbreak
“They claim pandemics only happen once every hundred years but what if that’s no longer true? We want to be early, ready for the next one, because clearly the Obama administration did not leave to this administration any kind of game plan for something like this.”
— Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), in an online discussion hosted by the Trump campaign, May 11, 2020
Washington PostOct 18 2019
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Louisiana could become the first state without abortion access as soon as next year
Louisiana could become the first state not to have legal abortion access since the procedure was legalized in 1973. Depending on the outcome of an upcoming Supreme Court case next spring, the state could see abortion access effectively eliminated, even though Roe v. Wade — the case that legalized the procedure — would stay intact.
Louisiana's "Unsafe Abortion Protection Act" is at the
CBS News (Online)Aug 16 2013
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NSA reportedly broke privacy rules thousands of times
The NSA has overstepped its authority and broken privacy rules thousands of times every year since being given new surveillance powers by Congress in 2008, The Washington Post reported, citing an internal audit and other secret documents.
Fox News (Online News)Aug 14 2013
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Manning apologizes, says he ‘hurt the United States’
Bradley Manning told a military judge during his sentencing hearing Wednesday that he is sorry he hurt the United States by leaking hundreds of thousands of sensitive military and diplomatic documents to the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks and he asked for leniency.
Washington PostOct 10 2012
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U.S. official sought more security for Benghazi post
The State Department's top security official in Libya asked for extra security for the consulate in Benghazi in the months before the diplomatic post was overrun in a deadly attack but received no response from superiors, according to documents obtained by CNN.
CNN (Online News)Apr 12 2019
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Rod Rosenstein Calls Out 'Bizarre' Reactions to AG Barr
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein called the pushback to Attorney General William Barr's actions surrounding the Russia report "bizarre," saying in a new interview that Barr is doing all he can to follow the law and make as much of the report public as possible.
"He's being as forthcoming as he can, and so this notion that he's trying to mislead people, I think is just completely
Newsmax (News)May 12 2019
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Subpoenas issued for six years of Donald Trump tax returns
The chairman of a US Congressional committee has issued subpoenas for President Donald Trump's tax returns. Richard Neal said in a statement he did not "take this step lightly", but believed it gave the committee "the best opportunity" to get the documents. The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have until 17:00 (21:00 GMT) on 17 May to hand over six years of records.
BBC NewsJan 27 2014
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NSA and GCHQ target 'leaky' phone apps like Angry Birds to scoop user data
The National Security Agency and its UK counterpart GCHQ have been developing capabilities to take advantage of "leaky" smartphone apps, such as the wildly popular Angry Birds game, that transmit users' private information across the internet, according to top secret documents.
The GuardianAug 01 2013
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Senate Panel Presses N.S.A. on Phone Logs
Senators of both parties on Wednesday sharply challenged the National Security Agency’s collection of records of all domestic phone calls, even as the latest leaked N.S.A. document provided new details on the way the agency monitors Web browsing around the world.
New York Times (News)Jan 08 2020
Analysis
Democrats Are Mobilizing Their Plan to Lose the Impeachment Trial
The strategy to beat Mitch McConnell starts with letting him win.
On Tuesday, Senate Republicans moved closer to handing President Donald Trump an impeachment trial without witnesses, evidence, or documents. Such a trial will likely result in the acquittal or the dismissal of charges that the president desperately craves. After passing charges of abuse of power and obstruction of
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