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Sep 17 2019
News
Saudi Oil Facilities Attacked
On Monday, The Wall Street Journal reported that “U.S. intelligence indicates Iran was the staging ground for a debilitating attack on Saudi Arabia’s oil industry… U.S. officials shared with Saudi Arabia the intelligence reports and their assessment that Iran launched more than 20 drones and at least a dozen missiles at the Saudi oil facilities on Saturday… But Saudi officials said the U.S.
The Flip SideApr 19 2016
News
Donald Trump Courts Wary Jewish Voters
On paper, Donald J. Trump is the last candidate one would expect to raise eyebrows within the Jewish community.
He is from the city with the country’s largest Jewish population, and he made his fortune working among the Jewish machers in New York’s real estate industry. His Palm Beach club, Mar-a-Lago, was effectively marketed as a Jewish alternative to the town’s private clubs that had
New York Times (News)Sep 13 2019
Opinion
Moderates stood out in the third debate. Too bad it won’t make much of a difference.
The good news was that we finally got all top contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination on the stage at the same time, for a single debate. The bad news was that it was three hours long and that 10 participants vying for attention still make for a sometimes rancorous event. ABC moderators replowed familiar ground on health care but managed to conduct the most substantive debate so
Jennifer RubinDec 30 2014
News
Boehner Stands By Steve Scalise After Revelations
House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) on Tuesday said he supports House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R., La.), following revelations that the Louisianian addressed a white nationalist group in 2002.
“More than a decade ago, Representative Scalise made an error in judgment, and he was right to acknowledge it was wrong and inappropriate,” Mr. Boehner said. “Like many of my colleagues on
Wall Street Journal (News)Feb 19 2020
News
Trump Announces Pardons & Commutations
This Abridge News topic aggregates four unique arguments on different sides of the debate. Here are the quick facts to get you started:
THE QUICK FACTS
On Tuesday, President Trump issued seven pardons and commuted the sentences of four individuals. While some were released from prison, others had served their sentences years ago, but had their remaining fines Abridge NewsDec 05 2019
News
NATO Summit
“NATO leaders set aside public insults ranging from ‘delinquent’ to ‘brain dead’ and ‘two-faced’ on Wednesday, declaring at a 70th anniversary summit they would stand together against a common threat from Russia and prepare for China’s rise. Officials insisted the summit was a success: most notably, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan backed off from a threat to block plans to defend northern and
The Flip SideJan 04 2021
Headline Roundup
Trump, Biden and Pence Visit Georgia Ahead of the State's Senate Runoff Elections
President Donald Trump and President-elect Joe Biden each visited Georgia Monday ahead of Tuesday's U.S. Senate runoff races, while Vice President Mike Pence delivered remarks from a Georgia church. The race is key in determining which party will control the Senate during Biden's upcoming term. Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff are running for the seats of Republican incumbents Kelly
Fox News (Online News) Atlanta Journal-Constitution NPR (Online News)Aug 26 2019
Opinion
How the 1619 Project Rehabilitates the ‘King Cotton’ Thesis
The New York Times’ series on slavery relies on bad scholarship to make an argument with an inauspicious history.
‘I say that cotton is king, and that he waves his scepter not only over these 33 states, but over the island of Great Britain and over continental Europe!” So thundered Senator Louis T. Wigfall of Texas in December 1860, as an intended warning to those who doubted the
Guest Writer - RightDec 17 2012
News
Here We Go: Diane Feinstein to Introduce Legislation to Ban Semi-Automatic Weapons
When Congress is back in session in January, California Democrat Diane Feinstein plans to introduce legislation to ban the import, export, manufacturing, sale and transfer of what she calls "assault weapons." Feinstein didn't get into specific detail about what weapons would be affected, after all the term "assault" is a political one and the proper name for the guns Feinstein is trying to ban
TownhallApr 16 2019
News
Money doesn't matter in modern presidential races
Having lots of money at the beginning of a presidential race — or even at the end — matters much less than it did in the past.
Be smart: President Trump probably could have won in 2016 with no money. You can’t put a price tag on free Twitter coverage, free cable coverage and all the stories flowing from both.
The big picture: Huge out-of-the-gate dollar advantages for Hillary
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