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Mar 09 2024
Headline Roundup
Senate Passes Funding Package, Narrowly Avoiding Government Shutdown
On Friday, the Senate passed a $459 billion funding package, narrowly avoiding a partial government shutdown.
The Details: Votes were 75-22 in favor. The package includes six bills funding Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration, the Departments of Justice and Commerce, Energy and Water Development, the Department of Interior, and Transportation and Housing. It now goes to
CBS News (Online) BBC News Fox News (Online News)Jul 31 2014
News
Probe exposes flaws behind HealthCare.gov rollout
Management failures by the Obama administration set the stage for computer woes that paralyzed the president's new health care program last fall, nonpartisan investigators said in a report released Wednesday.
While the administration was publicly assuring consumers that they would soon have seamless online access to health insurance, a chaotic procurement process was about to deliver a
TownhallJan 11 2021
Headline Roundup
US Corporations Pause Political Donations After Capitol Breach
Several U.S. corporations suspended their campaign contributions following Wednesday’s breach of the U.S. Capitol building by pro-Trump extremists. Charles Schwab, Citigroup, Facebook, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Microsoft have halted all political contributions to both Republicans and Democrats. American Express, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Commerce Bank, Dow Chemical, Morgan Stanley and Marriott
Bloomberg Axios Washington ExaminerDec 15 2020
Headline Roundup
Russian Hackers Suspected in Broad Attack on US Government, Businesses
Russian hackers are suspected in a months-long cyberattack on U.S. government institutions. The Treasury and Commerce Departments, the Pentagon, the Department of Homeland Security and the National Institutes of Health all reportedly suffered breaches, as did various businesses and corporations. Hackers maliciously manipulated technology from software provider SolarWinds Inc. to gain access to
Townhall Wall Street Journal (News) Yahoo NewsJul 18 2019
Opinion
OPINION: A ‘Train Wreck’ Was Averted at the Supreme Court, but for How Long?
While the rule of law prevailed in the census case, it still hangs by a thread.
The poison emanating from the White House in recent days has been so overwhelming that it’s hard to remember that something else held the country in thrall just a week ago: the prospect that President Trump would defy the Supreme Court and insist on adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
Guest Writer - LeftJul 08 2019
News
Justice Department changing lawyers on census case
The Justice Department is swapping out the lawyers who had been representing the administration in its legal battle to put a question about citizenship on the 2020 Census, possibly signaling career attorneys’ legal or ethical concerns over the maneuvering ordered by President Trump.
The department announced the move in a statement, which was issued after The Washington Post inquired
Washington PostDec 10 2019
News
U.S. and Chinese Trade Negotiators Planning for Delay of December Tariffs
Officials hint at extending talks, though President Trump hasn’t yet decided.
U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators are laying the groundwork for a delay of a fresh round of tariffs set to kick in on Dec. 15, according to officials on both sides, as they continue to haggle over how to get Beijing to commit to massive purchases of U.S. farm products President Trump is insisting on for a
Wall Street Journal (News)Nov 12 2019
Headline Roundup
Supreme Court Denies Remington's Sandy Hook Appeal
The Supreme Court denied case review to Remington Arms Co., a gun manufacturer being sued by the families of the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting victims for "knowingly" advertising the Bushmaster AR-15 rifle for "military style" civilian use, in a decision Tuesday morning. A 2005 federal law prevents gun makers from being legally culpable for the illegal use of their products, but plaintiffs are
CNBC New York Post (News) CNN (Online News)Jun 25 2019
News
Pain From Trump's China Tariffs Spreads, Reshaping Global Trade
President Donald Trump often cites China’s massive exports to the U.S. as a grave injustice hanging over the world economy. But lately it pays to look at Chinese imports for the pain that his tariff wars are inflicting on global growth.
The world’s biggest trading nation last month saw imports from Japan, South Korea and the U.S. fall sharply from a year earlier, according to official
BloombergMar 12 2024
Headline Roundup
TikTok Ban: Freedom of Speech vs. National Security
Should TikTok be banned if ByteDance refuses to sell the app to an American company?
For Context: The House of Representatives could soon vote on a bill that would give President Joe Biden authority to ban TikTok if ByteDance, the app’s Chinese parent company, does not sell the app to an American company.
First Amendment Concerns? A columnist in the Boston Globe (Left bias)
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