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May 14 2019
News
U.S. prepares to slap tariffs on remaining Chinese imports, which could add levies on roughly $300 billion in additional goods
The United States and China traded blows on Monday in the latest escalation of their tariff war, unnerving Wall Street and threatening to draw American consumers into the fray for the first time.
Both nations, which just days earlier had anticipated sealing a comprehensive commercial deal, instead took steps to raise new trade barriers. In Beijing, the Chinese government announced plans
Washington PostNov 12 2012
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Boehner says GOP willing to compromise on fiscal cliff
House Speaker John Boehner declined on Friday to give any details on what ground Republicans could give in negotiations with the White House on the fiscal cliff but continued his post-election emphasis that he is willing to compromise. "I don't want to box myself in, and I don't want to box anyone else in," Boehner told reporters on Capitol Hill at his first news conference since Tuesday's
CNN DigitalNov 08 2012
News
Women gain wider access to power
I almost always get asked the same question: How can it possibly be the "end of men" when there are so few female elected officials -- when men still hold the reins of political power? It's an excellent question. Until now, I've answered by pointing to statistical trends and future projections. Always, I ask people to take a leap of faith. But after this election, I feel like I am on so much
CNN DigitalJun 03 2020
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Trump and the Protests
“President Donald Trump’s warning [Monday] that he would deploy the United States military to any state that refuses to take aggressive action against rioting rests on a longstanding presidential power that gives wide latitude to the White House… Legal experts say the president does indeed have the authority under the Insurrection Act of 1807 to dispatch the military in states that are unable
The Flip SideMay 23 2019
News
How Much Political Experience Does It Take to Be Elected President?
You’ve never seen a House member elected president. Neither have your parents — nor, in all likelihood, their parents. The last time it happened, there were 38 states and electricity was a novelty.
The year was 1880, the congressman James Garfield. The 14 decades since are littered with the failed campaigns of House members who thought they could replicate his feat.
But that hasn
New York Times (News)Jan 25 2014
News
Arizona Sheriffs Say Border Not Secure as Immigration Reform Looms
As Congress prepares to take up immigration reform, two high-profile Arizona sheriffs tell Newsmax the federal government's effort to secure the border has been a dismal failure.
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu said bluntly: "The border is not secure."
"I'm telling you that as somebody on the ground, as someone who experiences it every day. This is a lie that is being peddled by
Newsmax (News)Oct 08 2019
News
Trump’s shocking Syria decision and confusing aftermath, explained
The White House announced that US troops were leaving part of northern Syria, allowing Turkey to invade and directly threatening the US’s biggest partner in the fight against ISIS.
The war in Syria is about to enter an uncertain phase after the White House announced late Sunday that it was withdrawing from northeastern Syria in advance of Turkey’s military operations across the border
VoxOct 07 2019
News
With love, Cory Booker. Inside one long-shot bid for the White House.
Senator Booker’s message of love and unity has been dismissed by some as too soft. But it’s an approach he honed over nearly two decades of living and working in Newark’s toughest neighborhoods.
The first time New Hampshire state Sen. Martha Hennessey heard Sen. Cory Booker speak, he reminded her of a Baptist preacher. “He was so ‘love and hope,’” she says. “Frankly, I was almost in
Christian Science MonitorOct 01 2019
Opinion
We Are in Uncharted Territory
Almost everything about President Trump’s conversation with Ukraine’s president violated protocol.
President Trump, his Republican sycophants in Congress, and the right-wing media are working overtime yet again to distract and manipulate the American public. To downplay Mr. Trump’s transgressions, they are drawing a false equivalence between his July phone call with President Zelensky
New York Times (Opinion)Jan 02 2014
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Court delays Obamacare contraception mandate for 2 nonprofits
The Supreme Court has temporarily delayed key requirements of the Affordable Care Act impacting religious-affiliated groups, accelerating another high-stakes legal test for the sweeping law championed by President Barack Obama.
In a surprising twist just hours before the start of the New Year when most major rules of Obamacare were set to take effect, Justice Sonia Sotomayor exempted
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