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Nov 24 2020
News
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma pleads guilty to criminal charges for role in opioid crisis
Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, pleaded guilty to criminal charges that the company helped drive the opioid crisis that has killed more than 450,000 people.
In a virtual hearing before U.S. District Judge Madeline Cox Arleo in New Jersey, the pharmaceutical company pleaded guilty to bribing healthcare providers to entice them to keep prescribing the opioid regardless of medical
Washington ExaminerSep 24 2021
News
Jan. 6 committee subpoenas 4 from Trump's inner circle
The select panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection is issuing subpoenas to four current and former top aides to President Donald Trump, including his most recent chief of staff Mark Meadows.
The committee issued its first subpoenas on Thursday to Meadows; former Pentagon official and longtime House Intelligence Committee aide Kash Patel; former top White House adviser Steve Bannon;
PoliticoMay 28 2021
Perspectives Blog
When Joe Biden Stops Talking
For most of his career in Washington, Joe Biden was known as… voluble. In other words, he talked a lot. A LOT. During his years in the Senate, he was renowned for his long-windedness, and during his time as Vice President frequently veered from the Obama Administration’s prescribed messaging during his verbal meanderings. So by the time he announced his campaign for president in 2019, it was
Dan SchnurJul 30 2021
Perspectives Blog
When Differences Between Parties Don’t Seem as Important
From the CenterThis view is from an author rated as Center.
When we talk about including “all sides of the conversation”, we usually mean that different people from different ideologies are able to have their voices heard. When we talk about “building bridges”, we’re usually referring to finding bipartisan opportunities between Republicans and Democrats.
But thanks to the
Dan SchnurJan 22 2014
Opinion
Court affirms bloggers have same rights as traditional media
A Jan. 17 ruling by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reaffirmed that the First Amendment's guarantee of press freedom applies to bloggers on the Internet and not just professional journalists employed by the institutional media. In the case of Obsidian Finance Group v. Cox, the court ruled that a financial services firm suing a blogger had to meet the same
Washington ExaminerMay 21 2021
Perspectives Blog
When the Supreme Court Hands Abortion Over to Congress
From the Center: This viewpoint is from a writer rated Center.
No less of a pro-choice advocate than the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg was consistently critical of the Supreme Court’s seminal Roe vs Wade decision which protected a pregnant woman’s ability to have a legal abortion. Ginsburg supported the legal protection for a woman’s right to choose, of course, but she also suggested that the
Dan SchnurMar 09 2020
News
Twitter slapped its first 'manipulated media' label on an edited video of Joe Biden retweeted by Trump
Twitter has applied its first "manipulated media" label to a video retweeted by President Donald Trump, as first reported by The Washington Post.
The tweet was originally shared by the White House's head of social media, Dan Scavino, and it contains a video that appears to show the Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden stumble during a speech and accidentally endorse President
Business InsiderJun 28 2021
Fact Check
Are Missouri Republicans Trying to Outlaw Birth Control?
On Wednesday, former Sen. Claire McCaskill claimed that Missouri Republicans were attempting to “outlaw birth control.”
The Missouri state legislature met for a special session starting Wednesday to discuss Medicaid funding. The central issue the legislators are debating is the renewal of the Federal Reimbursement Allowance, a tax that helps fund Medicaid in Missouri. Some Republicans
The DispatchJan 08 2020
News
Trump's address on Iran strikes a chord with Rust Belt voters
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio | A hush fell over the crowd at the lunch counter Wednesday at Pee Dee’s Brunch and Bar as President Trump filled the overhead TV screen and responded to Iran’s missile strikes on U.S. bases in Iraq.
As Mr. Trump delivered the verdict that Iran “appeared to be standing down” and offered the Islamic republic a shot at negotiation and peace, there was a collective sigh
Washington TimesApr 19 2019
Opinion
OPINION: Don McGahn may have single-handedly saved Donald Trump's presidency
On Friday morning, Donald Trump took to Twitter to attack the Mueller report -- and, not-so-subtly -- his former White House counsel Don McGahn.
"Statements are made about me by certain people in the Crazy Mueller Report, in itself written by 18 Angry Democrat Trump Haters, which are fabricated & totally untrue," Trump tweeted. "Watch out for people that take so-called 'notes,' when
Guest Writer - Left