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Sep 18 2018
Opinion
What The Wall Street Journal gets dead wrong about Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh
In an unsigned editorial Tuesday morning, The Wall Street Journal editorial board wrote this about the planned Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on sexual assault allegations made by California professor Christine Blasey Ford against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh:
"This is simply too distant and uncorroborated a story to warrant a new hearing or to delay a vote. We've heard
CNN (Opinion)Sep 16 2013
News
U.S. releases illegal immigrants who are sex offenders
The news last week that federal authorities had to release 2,837 convicted sex offenders back onto the streets has renewed focus on a Supreme Court case that requires the government to release immigrants whose home countries wont take them back.
Washington TimesJan 26 2024
Headline Roundup
ICJ Orders Israel to Limit Gaza Deaths, Stops Short of Calling for Ceasefire
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday ordered Israel to prevent possible acts of genocide by its forces in Gaza but declined to call for a ceasefire.
The Ruling: Finding some of the genocide claims against Israel to be “plausible,” the ICJ ordered Israel to “ensure with immediate effect that its military does not commit any acts” that could violate the United Nations’
Reuters Time Magazine CBNFeb 21 2021
Opinion
Joe Biden Offers Bold Talk, Timid Action on Immigration
During the final presidential debate last fall, Donald Trump touted what he considered his biggest immigration accomplishment. "We got rid of catch and release," he boasted. Joe Biden could have easily let the wonky phrase slide past him, focusing on poll-tested attacks of Trump's policy of punitively separating immigrant families at the border. But in a move that undoubtedly stunned the
ReasonMar 25 2024
Headline Roundup
Trump's Hush Money Trial Will Start April 15, Judge Rules
Former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial is scheduled to start on April 15, a New York judge decided on Monday.
For Context: In April 2023, a New York grand jury voted to indict Trump on 34 felony counts of business fraud related to alleged hush money payments made shortly before the 2016 election. Trump pleaded not guilty to the charges of “falsifying business records in the
Associated Press The Hill Washington ExaminerAug 19 2019
News
There could have been three more mass shootings if these men weren't stopped, authorities say
Authorities this weekend announced they had foiled three potential mass shootings after arresting three men in different states who expressed interest in or threatened to carry them out.
All three cases were brought to authorities' attention thanks to tips from the public.
Here's what we know about them.
Police say he had the motivation and the ammunition
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CNN DigitalOct 10 2019
News
Nine U.S. Democratic presidential hopefuls to tackle LGBTQ issues at televised forum
Nine U.S. Democratic presidential candidates will appear at a televised town hall on Thursday focused on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights, though top contender Bernie Sanders will miss the event as he recovers from a heart attack.
The Los Angeles event is the second major presidential forum dedicated to LGBTQ issues during the Democratic nominating campaign, following an
ReutersApr 03 2019
News
Trump doubles down on border closure threat
President Trump doubled down Wednesday on his ultimatum that he will “close” the border unless Congress acts, brushing aside advice from his own team at the White House, from business groups and from members of Congress that it would be an economic catastrophe.
“Congress must get together and immediately eliminate the loopholes at the Border!” the president said on Twitter. “If no
Washington TimesJul 04 2012
News
Romney, in Shift, Says Health Care Mandate Is a Tax
Mitt Romney said on Wednesday that the individual mandate in President Obamas health care law was “a tax, just days after his campaign said the candidate had rejected that characterization.
In an interview with Jan Crawford of CBS News, Mr. Romney said: “While I agreed with the dissent, thats taken over by the fact that the majority of the court said its a tax, and therefore it is a
New York Times (News)Jun 26 2013
News
Proposition 8 Decision, DOMA Ruling Prompt Reactions From Politicians
The Supreme Court ruled on two major gay marriage cases Wednesday, deciding the fate of California's Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act.
Politicians reacted to the news with a flood of tweets, statements and Facebook posts.
Below, a slideshow of politicians' reactions to the rulings:
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