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Oct 21 2021
Perspectives Blog
How Much Would Dems' Budget Reconciliation Bill Really Cost?
With the debt ceiling deadline pushed back to December, Democrats now have more time to iron out their differences on a large spending package that could include universal pre-K, two years of free community college, Medicare and Medicaid expansions, prescription drug reform, a child tax credit, paid family leave, affordable housing, climate change investments, and more. The bill was previously
Joseph Ratliff
Jun 03 2020
News
Rosenstein testifies he would not have signed FISA warrant for Trump aide if he knew of problems
Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein testified Wednesday that he would not have signed a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant renewal for former Trump campaign aide Carter Page had he known about the since-revealed misconduct surrounding those warrants -- while faulting the FBI for its handling of the documents.
Rosenstein confirmed that he signed a FISA warrant
Fox News (Online News)
Jun 07 2017
News
Accused NSA leaker Reality Winner's motives a 'mystery' -- At least to ABC, NBC and CBS
Not long after top-secret documents from the National Security Agency made their way onto the Internet news site The Intercept on Monday, the Justice Department arrested NSA contractor Reality Winner.
Fox News (Online News)
Jun 06 2017
News
Intelligence Contractor Is Charged in First Leak Case Under Trump
An intelligence contractor was charged with sending a classified report about Russia’s interference in the 2016 election to the news media, the Justice Department announced Monday, the first criminal leak case under President Trump.
New York Times (News)
May 30 2019
News
Robert Mueller Reiterates Investigation Didn’t Exonerate Trump, Points To Impeachment
Robert Mueller on Wednesday encouraged Americans to read his special counsel report on Russian interference in the 2016 election and reiterated his office’s position that, while President Donald Trump could not be charged with a crime while in office, that doesn’t amount to an exoneration.
“If we had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said that
HuffPost
Dec 04 2020
Analysis
Pandemic Data Are Stalling Out
As expected, our picture of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States in the past week is muddied by incomplete and delayed data, the result of the Thanksgiving holiday and long weekend. Although cases, tests, and deaths appear to have declined, we believe this is largely an artifact of data reporting and not reflective of the true toll the coronavirus is taking on the nation right now. The
The Atlantic
Feb 02 2018
News
Trump attacks the leaders he picked at DOJ, FBI ahead of memo release
President Donald Trump positioned himself squarely against the leadership of the FBI and Department of Justice on Friday ahead of the possible release of a highly controversial Republican memo alleging the FBI abused its surveillance tools, claiming the government agencies "politicized the sacred investigative process in favor of Democrats and against Republicans."
CNN (Online News)
Dec 13 2016
News
Trump Picks Rick Perry As Energy Secretary
President-elect Donald Trump will pick former Texas Gov. Rick Perry to head the Department of Energy (DOE), according to two transition team sources.
The Daily Caller
Jun 02 2020
News
George Floyd death: Trump threatens to send in army to end unrest
President Donald Trump has threatened to send in the military to quell growing civil unrest in the US over the death of a black man in police custody.
He said if cities and states failed to control the protests and "defend their residents" he would deploy the army and "quickly solve the problem for them".
Protests over the death of George Floyd have escalated over the past week
BBC News
Nov 05 2019
Opinion
Impeachment bombshells highlight Trump's power grabs
President Donald Trump seems to sense a chance to leverage expansive, uncheckable power everywhere he looks.
A common thread is emerging from the impeachment bombshells, court fights and multiple scandals all coming to head this week inside the one-year mark to the next general election. It's a picture of a President and his men who subscribe to a staggeringly broad interpretation of
CNN (Opinion)