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Jun 20 2019
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Republicans fear campaign arm is stumbling in fight for the House
The House GOP campaign arm is under fire from Republicans who are growing increasingly anxious about the party’s plan to win back the chamber in 2020.
Republicans still don’t have an answer to Democrats’ online fundraising behemoth ActBlue. GOP leaders are bickering behind closed doors. The head of recruitment has decided to retire. And some rank-and-file lawmakers are starting to
PoliticoMar 31 2022
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How the Latest Plan to Release Oil from US Reserves Aims to Lower Gas Prices
Millions more oil barrels will soon be released from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve in an effort to curb high energy costs. Will it lower prices at the gas pump?
The White House announced Thursday that the U.S. will release 1 million barrels of oil per day for the next six months, blaming "Putin’s Price Hike" for high costs and calling the plan "unprecedented." Biden accused some
Fox Business CNBC Associated Press Fact CheckOct 10 2013
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Shutdown extension ahead?
The fever is breaking among Republicans, but not likely in the way President Obama had hoped. After weeks of brutal feuding over the best way to attack Obama’s new health-insurance entitlement program, Republicans are rallying around a new strategy: Step back from the debt-limit fight and remain focused on the ongoing battle over funding the federal government. Conservative activists groups
Fox News DigitalJun 18 2019
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Trump Officially Launches 2020 Campaign - Here's What the Polls Show and Why He's Rejecting Them
President Donald Trump officially jumps into the 2020 presidential race today with an event in Orlando, Florida. But if recent polling holds true, he has a lot of ground to make up. Former Vice President Joe Biden not only leads the Democratic field, but he holds a 10-point advantage over the president.
"I believe we can win Texas and Florida if you look at the polling data now," Biden
CBNJun 17 2019
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Supreme Court Orders New Look at Clash Over Gay-Wedding Cake
The U.S. Supreme Court ordered reconsideration of a $135,000 award against an Oregon bakery that refused to make a cake for a same-sex wedding in a case that revived a fractious debate over religious rights and equal treatment.
After more than three months of deliberation, the justices Monday set aside the award and told an Oregon state appeals court to revisit the case in light of a
BloombergJun 17 2019
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Supreme Court upholds new Virginia legislative maps
Virginia’s legislative elections this year will happen under new court-ordered maps, after the Supreme Court ruled Monday that the GOP-led House of Delegates can’t step in and independently appeal a case the state’s attorney general has given up.
The ruling came on procedural grounds, but the effect is to cancel parts of the state House of Delegates maps that have been used for most of
Washington TimesApr 13 2023
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Tech Entrepreneur Arrested in SF Stabbing of Cash App Founder Bob Lee
San Francisco police arrested self-described “IT consultant/entrepreneur” Nima Momeni Thursday morning for allegedly fatally stabbing Cash App founder Bob Lee in San Francisco on April 4.
The Details: Police said Lee and the suspect knew each other, but no additional details were released. “This has nothing to do with San Francisco,” San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott said, instead
San Francisco Chronicle BBC News Fox News DigitalNov 20 2014
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More Than a Battle, Kobani Is a Publicity War
Two months after the United States began bombing militants attacking Kobani in northern Syria, the fate of the obscure border town has become the defining battle of the broader contest with the Islamic State — to solidify, or roll back, its borders and ambitions.
For Washington, Kobani is a crucial public test of President Obama’s strategy of combining American air power with local
New York Times (News)Jan 27 2020
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Kobe Bryant’s helicopter pilot was flying too low before fatal crash
The pilot of Kobe Bryant’s helicopter was warned he was flying dangerously low before he crashed into a California mountainside at around 185 mph, killing all aboard.
Flight tower audio reveals that the pilot of Kobe’s helicopter — tail number N72EX — was told, “Two Echo X-ray, you are still too low for flight following at this time … [then ATC talks to another aircraft] … two Echo X-
New York Post (News)Nov 13 2014
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Pentagon Officials Say Islamic State Fight May Need U.S. Combat Forces
Top Pentagon officials said Thursday that the U.S. military strategy in Iraq and Syria remains an “Iraq-first” approach aimed at stabilizing that country and doesn't include current plans for U.S. combat troops, but that conditions on the ground could change U.S. calculations.
In testimony before the House Armed Services Committee, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Gen. Martin
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