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Aug 23 2018
Headline Roundup
Death of Mollie Tibbetts Sparks Debate on Immigration
The death of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts has reignited a national debate on illegal immigration after an undocumented immigrant was arrested for her murder. Many on the Right have said that the crime is an example of the country's failed immigration policy, while some on the Left have criticized the president for politicizing the event and point to multiple studies that claim
HuffPost Fox News Digital ReutersAug 19 2013
Opinion
'Stop and frisk' is not racial profiling
New York is the safest big city in the nation, and our crime reductions have been steeper than any other big city’s. For instance, if New York City had the murder rate of Washington, D.C., 761 more New Yorkers would have been killed last year. If our murder rate had mirrored the District’s over the course of my time as mayor, 21,651 more people would have been killed. That’s more than
Michael BloombergOct 02 2014
News
Death penalty sought in Oklahoma beheading
Prosecutors in the US state of Oklahoma will seek the death penalty against a man accused of beheading a co-worker.
Cleveland County District Attorney Greg Mashburn filed the notice in the case of Alton Nolen, 30, who is charged with first-degree murder.
Prosecutors say Mr Nolen went to a Moore, Oklahoma, food processing plant on 25 September with a knife, then killed a woman and
BBC NewsSep 20 2014
News
White House security breach prompts search due to fears intruder left something on lawn
The Secret Service, under intense scrutiny after a man jumped the White House fence and got through the front doors, on Saturday morning conducted a full sweep of the crime scene, in a search for evidence.
Law enforcement officials conducted a shoulder-to-shoulder sweep of the White House’s north lawn as well as the plaza in front of the iconic building and adjacent Lafayette Park,
Fox News DigitalFeb 20 2020
Opinion
Let Them Live
The Senate is preparing to consider the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, a bill that exposes Democrats’ commitment to the logic of unlimited legal abortion. The legislation would require doctors to provide ordinary medical care to infants who are born alive after an attempted abortion.
Senator Ben Sasse (R., Neb.) reintroduced this legislation in January 2019, after
National Review (News)Jun 25 2020
News
Sen. Scott's Police Reform Bill
This Abridge News topic aggregates four unique arguments on different sides of the debate. Here are the quick facts to get you started:
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On Wednesday, the Senate blocked a Republican police reform bill, in a procedural vote of 55-45. The bill needed 60 votes to proceed.The legislation called for making lynching a federal hate crime, instituting a Abridge NewsFeb 19 2020
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What Trump pardons show about his idea of presidency
Offering pardons is perhaps the closest thing the president has to absolute power, and in using this power Tuesday, President Trump gave glimpses of how he sees himself.
In 2010, Donald Trump fired Rod Blagojevich from “Celebrity Apprentice” because the former Illinois governor didn’t learn enough Harry Potter trivia for a marketing assignment. In 2020, President Trump commuted Mr.
Christian Science MonitorFeb 19 2020
Analysis
Trump's pardon spree deepens crisis gripping American justice
President Donald Trump just appointed himself America's judge and jury, casting even deeper doubts on whether the nation's impartial justice system can withstand his expanding political assault.
"I'm actually, I guess, the chief law enforcement officer of the country," Trump said Tuesday, after setting off alarm bells with a flurry of pardons and commutations.
Though the
CNN (Online News)Apr 30 2019
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GOP sets up firewall for Trump on Mueller
Senate Republicans are beginning to set up a firewall for President Trump against special counsel Robert Mueller’s report, pushing back at a slew of Democratic attacks on the president’s conduct as described in the document.
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) on Monday set the tone for his caucus’s rank and file, signaling the GOP will join the White House in casting Democratic attacks
The HillJan 29 2014
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Holder: Criminal charges still possible in IRS scandal
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said Wednesday that the Justice Department could still bring criminal charges against IRS officials for targeting tea party groups for special scrutiny, contradicting press reports that said investigators have already concluded no crime was committed. “All the options that we have are on the table,” Mr. Holder told the Senate Judiciary Committee, under
Washington Times