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Jan 23 2023
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House Democratic Whip's Daughter Arrested After Allegedly Assaulting Cop
The daughter of House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass.), Riley Dowell, was arrested Sunday night after allegedly assaulting a police officer and vandalizing a public monument at an anti-police protest.
For Context: Dowell, 23, identifies as non-binary. A police release, using Dowell’s former name, said Dowell had spray painted “NO COP CITY” and “ACAB” (All Cops Are Bastards) on
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The Hill 
Jul 24 2023
Headline Roundup
DOJ Sues Texas Over Floating Border Barriers Placed in Rio Grande
The Department of Justice is taking legal action against Texas in an effort to remove floating barriers placed on the Rio Grande River to deter unauthorized migrants from crossing the southern border.
Key Quotes: The DOJ sent Texas Governor Greg Abbott a letter last week ordering the barrier be removed, stating, “The State of Texas’s actions violate federal law, raise humanitarian
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Jun 16 2022
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Will the Government’s Anti-Inflation Efforts Spark a Recession?
The Federal Reserve raised interest rates on Wednesday in an attempt to slow down the economy and bring inflation closer to its 2% target. Will these efforts backfire and push the U.S. into a recession?
Along with bond purchases, the Fed’s influence over interest rates is the federal government’s main tool for controlling inflation. However, raising interest rates makes borrowing money
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Forbes
Cato Institute
May 02 2019
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Facebook Bans Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos, Paul Joseph Watson and Others It Calls "Dangerous Individuals"
On Thursday, Facebook announced it was banning several prominent political and media figures it considers "dangerous," including InfoWars host Alex Jones, UK editor Paul Joseph Watson, commentator Milo Yiannopoulos, and activist Laura Loomer. The ban also applies to Instagram, which Facebook owns. The move reignited debate about whether or not social media companies ought to uphold free speech
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CNN Digital
Jun 23 2023
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Missing Titanic Sub Believed to Have Imploded, All Passengers Presumed Dead
All five passengers onboard the OceanGate Titan submersible that went missing on Sunday are believed to be dead, according to OceanGate and the United States Coast Guard.
Key Quotes: A statement from OceanGate read, “We now believe that our CEO Stockton Rush, Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman Dawood, Hamish Harding, and Paul-Henri Nargeolet, have sadly been lost.” Thursday afternoon
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Wall Street Journal (News)
Oct 11 2022
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University of Florida Students Protest Sen. Ben Sasse's Appointment as President
Key Facts: During and after Sen. Ben Sasse's speech to students at the University of Florida regarding his nomination to become the school's next president, hundreds of students gathered to protest his politics.
Key Quotes: A petition against Sasse's nomination says that his politics "are discriminatory and non-representative of our student population." Sasse said that "Obviously, I
The Blaze
The Hill
HuffPost
Nov 30 2022
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House Passes Legislation to Avert Rail Strike, Address Some Worker Demands
The House of Representatives voted 290-137 on Wednesday to approve a tentative rail agreement and avoid a potential railroad workers’ strike.
For Context: In a separate 221-207 vote, all House Democrats and three Republicans approved a measure to grant rail workers seven days of sick leave — a key demand that held up prior negotiations. The specter of an economically-damaging rail
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CNBC
Fox Business
Aug 12 2022
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Man Attempts to Breach Cincinnati FBI Office, Dies in Police Standoff
A man attempted to breach an FBI office in Cincinnati before fleeing and dying in a police standoff hours later.
According to police and FBI Cincinnati, a subject armed with an AR-15-style rifle tried to breach the building's visitor screening facility and fired a nail gun at personnel Thursday morning. The breach triggered an alarm, and the person fled onto the interstate. He was later
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NewsNation
Washington Examiner
Nov 29 2022
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Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Biden Admin's Deportation Policies
The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in challenges brought by Texas and Louisiana against the Biden Administration's deportation policies.
For Context: After two hours of oral arguments, it wasn't clear how the court might rule on the case, with the six conservatives justices appearing indecisive. In September 2021, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it would
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Reuters
The Daily Caller
Jan 20 2023
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Google Lays Off 12,000 Workers As Tech Sector Shrink Continues
Google announced Friday that it is laying off 12,000 workers. This marks another entry in a pattern of downsizing seen across the technology sector over the past year.
Key Quote: In a company memo announcing the layoffs, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that “over the past two years we’ve seen periods of dramatic growth. To match and fuel that growth, we hired for a different economic
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CNBC
Associated Press