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Feb 01 2021
News
Oregon law to decriminalize all drugs goes into effect, offering addicts rehab instead of prison
For Janie Gullickson, rock bottom came both slowly and all at once.
A long time drug and alcohol addict, Gullickson pushes back on the idea that one terrible day on the street leads to an epiphany and a climb back to normalcy. That’s what happens in movies, not real life.
“I lived in the bottom for years,” says Gullickson, now 52. “For me and people like me, I laid there and
USA TODAYOct 28 2014
News
Christie Calls Obama Administration’s Ebola Guidelines ‘Incredibly Confusing’
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie called the Obama administration’s new guidelines for isolating those exposed to Ebola “incredibly confusing,” and defended the state’s stricter policy requiring quarantines for health-care workers exposed to the virus.
“We aren’t moving an inch,” Mr. Christie said during an interview on the “Today” show Tuesday morning. “Our policy hasn’t changed and it
Wall Street Journal (News)Mar 10 2015
News
Obama Grants New ‘Rights’ for College Borrowers
Citing mounting debt as a problem for students pursuing a college degree, President Barack Obama signed an executive memorandum Tuesday calling for a “Student Aid Bill of Rights.”
The action establishes a complaint system for student borrowers with the Department of Education to be set up by July 2016; takes steps to help students pay back their loans and analyzes student debt trends to
The BlazeFeb 20 2017
News
Trump supporters see a successful president — and are frustrated with critics who don’t
Many of President Trump’s most dedicated supporters — the sort who waited for hours in the Florida sun this weekend for his first post-inauguration campaign rally — say their lives changed on election night. Suddenly they felt like their views were actually respected and in the majority.
Washington PostDec 27 2013
News
A white mayor for 'the chocolate city'?
Shifting demographics and the changing face of Washington could lead to the city's first white mayor.
CNN (Online News)Aug 09 2019
News
Walmart pulls violent video game displays from its stores, but it will still sell guns
New York (CNN Business)Walmart is taking down displays of violent video games in its stores in the wake of recent shootings. But the company plans to still sell the controversial video games -- and guns.
The change in policy does not apply to the sale or display of actual firearms. As the nation's largest retailer, Walmart is also one of the largest sellers of guns and ammunition in the
CNN (Online News)Nov 24 2020
News
Biden Choses Alejandro Mayorkas As His Secretary Of Homeland Security
President-elect Joe Biden will nominate Alejandro Mayorkas to head the Department of Homeland Security, tapping the Cuban American to reverse President Trump's hard-line immigration policies.
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If confirmed, Alejandro Mayorkas would be the first Latino and the first immigrant to become secretary of Homeland Security. The Biden transition team announced his
NPR (Online News)Nov 24 2020
News
Trump transition order follows chorus of GOP criticism
President Trump's decision to tell his administration to start the transition came as GOP criticism of his efforts to overturn the results of President-elect Joe Biden's win reached a crescendo on Monday.
In the hours leading up to Trump’s announcement, more Republicans came out with statements saying the election was over, Biden was likely the next president and it was important to
The HillNov 24 2020
Opinion
The Coming Anti-COVID Restriction Backlash
Many Americans have lost patience with a new normal that has, at times, been arbitrary and poorly thought through.
The backlash is coming.
It already seems clear that the first major political and cultural eruption of the Biden years will be a roiling populist backlash against the next round of COVID restrictions.
We saw this sentiment play out in sporadic anti-lockdown
Rich LowryJun 24 2020
Fact Check
Trump spreads new lies about foreign-backed voter fraud, stoking fears of a 'rigged election' this November
Reeling after a weekend campaign rally with lower-than-expected turnout, President Donald Trump changed the subject Monday morning with a series of widely debunked lies about alleged voter fraud in US elections, stoking fears of a "rigged election" this November.
Trump tweeted an article highlighting Attorney General William Barr's recent comment that expanding mail-in voting "
CNN (Online News)