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Apr 13 2018
Opinion
OPINION: Of Course Trump Can Fire Mueller. He Shouldn’t.
President Trump this week claimed the power to fire the special counsel, Robert Mueller, “directly.” In response, the Senate Judiciary Committee seems poised to prohibit Mr. Mueller’s removal by the president except “for cause,” which generally requires a crime, violation of the law, or abuse of power. While the Senate has the politics right, Mr. Trump has the Constitution on his side.
New York Times (News)Dec 30 2013
Opinion
The year in misery: 2013
Totalized surveillance, civilian drone deaths, war crimes, racist policing and more. Happy Holidays, America!
SalonApr 08 2016
News
Bill Clinton Gets Into Heated Exchange With Black Lives Matter Protester
In a prolonged exchange Thursday afternoon, former President Bill Clinton forcefully defended his 1994 crime bill to Black Lives Matter protesters in the crowd at a Hillary Clinton campaign event.
NPR (Online News)Jul 22 2020
Fact Check
Were Portland Protesters ‘Kidnapped’ by Federal Officers in Unmarked Vans?
Conner O’Shea told journalists he started running when he saw mysterious, armed people wearing camouflage body armor jump out of an unmarked van as he was walking home from a protest in downtown Portland, Oregon, on July 15, 2020.
But his friend, Mark Pettibone, 29, was unable to escape the group of people in military fatigues that was later identified as a team of federal law
SnopesDec 19 2014
News
Eight Children Found Dead at Home in Cairns, Australia
Eight children were found dead after a stabbing at their Australian home Friday, in what their country's prime minister described as an "unspeakable crime."
NBC News (Online)Mar 02 2019
News
Manafort’s Lawyers, Saying He Learned ‘Harsh Lesson,’ Seek Lenient Sentence
Lawyers for Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman, asked a federal judge in Northern Virginia on Friday to show leniency when he sentences Mr. Manafort next week, casting him as a loyal, compassionate, idealistic man who has learned a “harsh lesson.” They said Mr. Manafort, who has been jailed since June, had already suffered greatly for his crimes. At age 69, plagued by
New York Times (News)Jan 13 2021
News
The House, with some G.O.P. support, impeaches Trump for ‘incitement of insurrection,’ setting up a Senate trial
The House on Wednesday impeached President Trump for inciting a violent insurrection against the United States government, as 10 members of the president’s party joined Democrats to charge him with high crimes and misdemeanors for an unprecedented second time.
Reconvening under the threat of continued violence and the protection of thousands of National Guard troops, the House was
New York Times (News)Jan 13 2021
News
House plans for Trump impeachment vote by mid-afternoon
The House convened Wednesday for what will be the speediest impeachment of a president in history, with a vote planned by mid-afternoon charging the president with inciting insurrection in last week’s attack on Congress.
The first action was to take up rules governing debate over impeachment. The actual impeachment debate won’t begin in earnest until later in the morning.
Washington TimesSep 01 2020
News
What talk of ‘abolishing the suburbs’ is really about
President Trump has made repeated overtures to suburban voters over the past month, mostly in the form of social media posts saying that Joe Biden wants to “abolish the suburbs” and poses a threat to the “Suburban Lifestyle Dream.”
Suburbs are not something that can be formally abolished through legislation, of course. Trump’s attacks are inspired by a Obama-era rule that sought to
Yahoo! The 360Nov 14 2019
News
Why DACA Is Legal
Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear three consolidated cases challenging the Trump administration's decision to rescind DACA, an Obama administration policy suspending deportation of some 800,000 undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children. DACA allows such migrants (often referred to as "dreamers," after the Dream Act, which failed to pass Congress) to stay in the U.S
Reason