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Aug 16 2019
News
Democrat O'Rourke proposes domestic terrorism agencies to combat hate, gun massacres
Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke unveiled a plan on Friday to classify white supremacist violence as an organized crime problem and to create federal domestic terrorism offices, in a bid to combat hate crimes and gun violence in the United States.
O’Rourke hits the campaign trail again after nearly two weeks in his home city of El Paso, Texas, where a white gunman
ReutersNov 19 2019
Opinion
The Impeachment Clock
Time is not on Adam Schiff’s side.
Adam Schiff’s impeachment inquiry is incoherent. Given the impossibility of a senatorial conviction, the only strategy is to taint the president with the brand of impeachment and weaken him in the 2020 election.
Yet Schiff seems to have no sense that the worm has already turned. Far from tormenting Trump and the Republicans by a long-drawn-out
Victor HansonMar 29 2020
News
The news media sounded the alarm on coronavirus for months — but few listened. Why?
Since the COVID-19 outbreak began in Wuhan, China, journalists at the biggest U.S. news organizations have diligently reported on the many dangers posed by its rapid spread.
Yet even as entire states — like California and New York — shut down, many Americans still don’t believe that the coronavirus is as big a deal as the news media has made it out to be. A poll conducted in mid-March
Nieman LabFeb 13 2020
News
China’s Huawei Charged With Racketeering, Stealing Trade Secrets
Huawei Technologies Co. and two of its U.S. subsidiaries were charged with racketeering conspiracy and conspiracy to steal trade secrets in a federal indictment unsealed Thursday, opening another front in the Trump administration’s battle with the Chinese telecommunications firm.
The new charges amp up pressure on Huawei from the U.S., where Trump administration officials are fighting
Wall Street Journal (News)Apr 17 2019
Opinion
OPINION: Washington waits, but Mueller may solve nothing
A feeling of uneasy anticipation hangs over Washington ahead of the release of a redacted version of Robert Mueller's report Thursday.
Many in the White House seem braced for bad news -- which is odd considering President Donald Trump has already claimed complete absolution from the special counsel. But that pessimism is also shared by the President's Democratic enemies.
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Guest Writer - LeftMay 20 2015
News
Secrets of the bin Laden treasure-trove
(CNN)In his final years hiding in a compound in Pakistan, Osama bin Laden was a man who at once showed great love and interest in his own family while he coldly drew up quixotic plans for mass casualty attacks on Americans, according to documents seized by Navy SEALs the night he was killed.
On Wednesday morning, the U.S. Office of t
CNN DigitalOct 28 2019
News
House Will Vote To Formalize Impeachment Procedures In Ongoing Inquiry
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced in a letter to Democrats on Monday that the House will vote to formalize the procedures in the ongoing impeachment inquiry of President Trump.
The resolution will outline the terms for public hearings, the disclosure of deposition transcripts, procedures to transfer evidence to the House Judiciary Committee and due process rights for Trump.
NPR (Online News)Oct 28 2019
News
House to vote on impeachment proceedings Thursday
The House of Representatives will vote to formalize impeachment proceedings against President Trump, Nancy Pelosi announced in a letter Monday.
The inquiry into the president's July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is set for Thursday, senior House Democratic aides told NPR. The GOP has expressed frustration with Democrats for not holding such a vote.
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Washington ExaminerMay 01 2014
News
White House denies memo connected to Benghazi
The White House said Wednesday it withheld an email from Congress and the media regarding Susan Rice’s infamous “talking points” about the terrorist attack in Benghazi because the memo did not deal directly with the attack. “This document was explicitly not about Benghazi, but about the general dynamic in the Muslim world at the time,” said White House press secretary Jay Carney. Washington TimesDec 06 2015
News
Have there been 353 mass shootings this year — or just 4?
The shooting in San Bernardino, California, on Wednesday was the 353rd mass shooting of 2015, according to the crowdsourced Mass Shooting Tracker that Vox uses for our maps documenting mass shootings. Or it was the 29th, if you use data from USA Today. Or it was the fourth, if you use a database maintained by Mother Jones.
How are three news outlets coming up with such different answers
Vox