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Jun 30 2016
News
In ‘Astonishing’ Move, Democrat FEC Commissioners Voted to Punish Fox News
In a move he described as an “astonishing,” Republican FEC Commissioner Lee Goodman revealed his Democratic colleagues voted recently to punish Fox News over criteria changes made to the first GOP primary debate.
The BlazeAug 12 2020
Opinion
U.S. Postal Service remains committed to fulfilling our role in the electoral process
The U.S. Postal Service is well prepared and has ample capacity to deliver America’s election mail for the upcoming general election in November.
On any given day, the Postal Service delivers more than 425 million pieces of mail, and our best estimates are that election mail will account for less than 2% of all mail volume from mid-September until Election Day. Given our available
USA TODAYDec 21 2020
News
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam: Robert E. Lee statue removed from U.S. Capitol
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on Monday said the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee has been removed from the U.S. Capitol.
The monument is set to be moved to the Virginia Museum of History and Culture in Richmond after residing for 111 years in Washington.
The governor established the Commission for Historical Statues in the U.S. Capitol earlier this year to look into the
Washington TimesJun 29 2016
News
Trump vows to cancel Asia trade deal as president — and puts NAFTA on notice
Donald Trump vowed Tuesday that if elected president he would cancel a pending trade deal with Pacific Rim countries and demand Mexico and Canada accept sweeping changes to NAFTA — or else he will nix that one, too.
Washington TimesJun 12 2019
News
Centrist Democrats are back. But these are not your father’s Blue Dogs.
When Mikie Sherrill first ran into the congressional Blue Dog coalition in 2018, she wasn’t sure it would be the place for her.
She knew the caucus focused on fiscal and national defense issues, which she – a Democrat then running for a GOP-held seat in northern New Jersey – cared deeply about. But she also knew it had been founded by a group of white Democratic congressmen, most from
Christian Science MonitorMay 16 2016
Opinion
OPINION: Why Trump is a shocking GOP choice
Sometimes political change comes from unexpected people and at unexpected moments. One of the biggest surprises of 2016 is that Donald Trump is poised to win the nomination of the Republican Party while defying key elements of GOP orthodoxy.
Julian ZelizerFeb 13 2020
News
In aftermath of New Hampshire results, a scramble for black votes
MANCHESTER, N.H. — What’s one thing Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar all have in common, other than the fact they each had a good showing in Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary? They all come from mostly white states and have little history of electoral success with black voters. They now have only a few weeks to try to change that.
With the continued decline of Joe Biden’s
Los Angeles TimesJul 31 2014
News
What happens if Republicans win the Senate in 2014?
The Washington Post's Monkey Cage gives Republicans an 82 percent chance of taking the Senate. The New York Times' Upshot gives them a 54 percent chance. Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight is also projecting that Republicans will win the Senate.
Republicans are likely to take the Senate in 2014. The question is: what happens next? Republicans already control the House. And Vox forecasts that
VoxApr 05 2021
Analysis
Be Warned: Biden Aims to Outshine Obama as a Progressive Reformer
As a likely one-term POTUS, he is aiming for ‘greatness’ — fast. And the country may pay the price.
In looking at the nearly $5 trillion in proposed spending in the Biden budget, people are wondering, “What happened to the Joe Biden who ran for president by citing his 36-year record as a moderate dealmaker in the Senate?”
The answer is that, at age 78, he has bought into the
John FundFeb 12 2020
News
Which student loan programs would vanish if Trump's proposed budget goes through?
In Donald Trump's latest budget, aid for lower-income students and programs that offer relief to workers in public service are on the chopping block.
The $4.89 trillion plan, presented to Congress on Monday, would cut the Education Department's budget by $5.6 billion, eking out savings by ending some grants, freezing the maximum amount of others and shifting some payments from the
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