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Jan 31 2021
Headline Roundup
5 Lawyers Leave Trump Legal Team Ahead of Impeachment Trial
The legal team set to defend former President Donald Trump has reportedly disbanded a little more than one week before Trump's impeachment trial. South Carolina attorneys Butch Bowers, who was to lead the team, and Deborah Barbier reportedly left the legal team on Saturday. Former federal prosecutors Greg Harris, Johnny Gasser and Josh Howard also left the following day, Fox News reported; it
CNN (Online News) The Hill New York Post (News)Feb 02 2024
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FBI Thwarts Major Chinese Cyber Threat on American Infrastructure
The FBI reportedly countered a major cyberattack aimed at American critical infrastructure.
Details: The attack was initiated by a Chinese government-backed hacking group dubbed “Volt Typhoon,”, which covertly hijacked hundreds of American home/office routers. The FBI, with approval from a court order, disabled a botnet - a network of devices infected with malware - that the hackers
Associated Press Newsweek Breitbart NewsMay 17 2013
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Treasury Knew of I.R.S. Inquiry in 2012, Official Says
The Treasury Departments inspector general told senior Treasury officials in June 2012 he was auditing the Internal Revenue Services screening of politically active organizations seeking tax exemptions, disclosing for the first time on Friday that Obama administration officials were aware of the matter during the presidential campaign year.
New York Times (News)May 23 2015
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What Hillary Clinton's e-mails tell us about her management style
For those who have worried that Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign would be a repeat of the chaotic operation she ran eight years ago, her advisers have often pointed to her time in between at the State Department - which by comparison was an archetype of crisp managerial efficiency.
But a trove of newly released e-mails suggests that one of Clinton's tendencies
Washington PostMay 12 2013
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George Will: Nation ‘Systematically Misled’ on Benghazi
Was security lax in Benghazi? Demonstrably. Could forces have been got there to rescue them? Doubtful. Has the nation been systematically misled? Certainly. Now, we need a select committee in congress because the State Departments misnamed accountability review board neglected to interview even the secretary of state.
ABC News (Online)Jan 17 2013
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Obama expected to name McDonough next chief of staff
President Barack Obama is expected to name Deputy National Security Adviser Denis McDonough as the next White House chief of staff, several sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
McDonough would replace Jack Lew, who has been nominated for secretary of the Treasury Department.
CNN (Online News)Oct 28 2019
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Refugees poured into my state. Here’s how it changed me.
Refugees came to rebuild their lives, and rebuilt a town in turn. One Mainer who tracked this former mill town’s yearslong transformation found herself transformed: The native debunked her own biases about the newcomers.
When I was growing up, Lisbon Street in Lewiston was the center of the world. A few times a year, my family drove there from our village 45 miles up the Androscoggin
Christian Science MonitorSep 24 2019
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Trump ordered hold on military aid days before calling Ukrainian president, officials say
President Trump told his acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, to hold back almost $400 million in military aid for Ukraine at least a week before a phone call in which Trump is said to have pressured the Ukrainian president to investigate the son of former vice president Joe Biden, according to three senior administration officials.
Officials at the Office of Management and Budget
Washington PostMay 05 2013
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Benghazi Whistleblowers Identified; Will Testify Wednesday
This Wednesday, three State Department officials will testify before the House Oversight Committee on the subject of the attacks in Benghazi last year. They've been previously referred to as "whistleblowers" and have been intimidated by the Obama Administration. Now, as Fox News reports, their identities have been revealed for the first time.
TownhallMay 14 2015
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No cure for the diseases of American democracy?
The American political system is a mess, but don’t expect that introducing reform and changing how the government is structured will cure all the diseases of American democracy. There is no magic bullet. No simple panacea.
It would be difficult to argue that things are going well in Washington today. Every week, it seems, a new report comes out of Washington that raises questions about
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