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Aug 11 2021
Headline Roundup
Taliban Victories Raise Fears of Complete Afghanistan Takeover
Recent Taliban victories in Afghanistan have displaced thousands and raised fears of a complete Taliban takeover. An E.U. official said Tuesday that the Taliban had taken 65% of the country, and U.S. intelligence officials reportedly believe that Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, could fall to the Taliban within 90 days. The warnings came as the Taliban took control of six provincial capital
Wall Street Journal (News) New York Times (News) Fox News DigitalMar 07 2019
News
Paul Manafort to be sentenced Thursday; faces 25 years in prison
)A federal judge will sentence Paul Manafort on Thursday for defrauding banks and the government and failing to pay taxes on millions of dollars in income he earned from Ukrainian political consulting -- charges that stemmed from special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
The penalty may be steep enough to keep the
CNN DigitalJun 17 2021
Perspectives Blog
Do you have what it takes to ‘Walk A Mile In My News’?
From the CenterThis viewpoint is from a writer rated Center.
Wynette Sills had done several workshops through the Braver Angels Sacramento Alliance when she realized two things. First: She wanted to go deeper. And second: it was time to tackle the biggest force she saw jamming understanding between liberals and conservatives.
The media.
And that’s how a
AllSidesJan 17 2020
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: Impeachment Moves to the Senate
A team of House representatives chosen as "impeachment managers" present the articles against President Donald Trump to the Senate Thursday afternoon, setting in motion the third presidential impeachment trial in U.S. history.
Opening arguments begin next Tuesday, when 100 Senators become jurors and prepare to hear each side make its case. A Senate decision on dismissing the articles or
Henry A. BrechterJul 13 2012
News
Obama’s Losing the Youth Vote
In 2008, capturing the youth vote was key component of President Obamas win. He claimed two of every three ballots cast by voters 30 and under, who most certainly drank the Hope n Change Kool-Aid. Well now, if the president wants to secure that same voting sector, hes going to have to do a lot more to fire up the youth than be Mr. “Cool, push campaign swag, visit colleges in swing states, and
TownhallJul 29 2019
News
Nadler: Trump Has Committed Many Obvious Crimes, But We Still Need More Evidence, or Something
Imagine being Jerry Nadler. Imagine holding the type of press conference he did last week. Imagine having presided over a highly-anticipated, politically-disastrous hearing featuring Robert Mueller on Wednesday -- and somehow believing that this sort of rhetoric might be persuasive or effective with the American public. This statement makes little logical sense, but as I'll explain below, I'
TownhallSep 14 2013
News
KERRY: U.S., RUSSIA REACH AGREEMENT ON SYRIA CHEMICAL WEAPONS PLAN
After days of intense negotiations, the United States and Russia reached agreement Saturday on a framework to secure and destroy Syria’s chemical weapons by the mid-2014 and impose U.N. penalties if the Assad government fails to comply.
The deal, announced by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Geneva, includes what Kerry called “a shared
The BlazeMay 10 2024
Headline Roundup
Appeals Court Upholds Bannon’s Contempt Conviction
A federal appeals court on Friday rejected former Trump adviser Steve Bannon’s attempt to overturn his 2022 contempt of Congress conviction.
For Context: Bannon was convicted of refusing a subpoena to testify and turn over documents to the House January 6th committee. While he was sentenced to four months in prison, he has remained out on bond while appealing his conviction.
Washington Examiner Washington Post The HillOct 01 2019
News
Trump Is Now Enlisting Foreign Leaders to Discredit Russian Election Meddling on His Behalf
It’s now abundantly clear that President Trump is actively deploying the resources of the U.S. government explicitly to bolster his chances of reelection in 2020. The recent whistleblower complaint revealed one part of the two-pronged strategy: leverage U.S. military aid to Ukraine to compel the Ukrainian government to dredge up old allegations on political rival Joe Biden. The second aspect
SlateApr 23 2019
Opinion
Next Time, Use Congress to Investigate the President
If the system by which we investigate presidents relies upon those presidents “doing the right thing,” then that system needs to change.
If recent history is to serve as our guide, we should expect the next investigation-and-impeachment drive to arrive in about two decades’ time. Since the 1970s, Americans have enjoyed a good presidential scandal every 20 years or so. Beware, aspirants
Guest Writer - Right