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Nov 25 2019
News
White House review turns up emails showing extensive effort to justify Trump’s decision to block Ukraine military aid
A confidential White House review of President Trump’s decision to place a hold on military aid to Ukraine has turned up hundreds of documents that reveal extensive efforts to generate an after-the-fact justification for the decision and a debate over whether the delay was legal, according to three people familiar with the records.
The research by the White House Counsel’s Office, which
New York Times (News)Oct 01 2015
Opinion
Point: Is Political Polarization Really So Bad?
Political polarization is a serious problem for the United States because it impedes steps necessary to solve mounting national problems. These problems include rising levels of government debt, illegal immigration, spending on entitlement programs, the deterioration of America’s roads, bridges, railways and airports, the impending failure of employee pension systems, and lackluster economic
Manhattan InstituteJan 15 2020
News
Flynn Asks To Withdraw Guilty Plea In Case Stemming From Mueller Probe
Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, who admitted to lying to the FBI about contacts with Russia's ambassador to the U.S., wants to withdraw his two-year-old guilty plea, saying federal prosecutors reneged on a promise not to ask for jail time at his upcoming sentencing.
Flynn, who held the post of national security adviser for less than a month, is the only Trump
NPR (Online News)Feb 07 2015
News
White House threat assessment: Climate change as dangerous as terrororism
President Obama’s new national-security strategy ranks combating climate change as a priority alongside more traditional threats such as terrorism, biological emergencies and nuclear weapons in the hands of rogue states.
The White House released an outline Friday of Mr. Obama’s updated national-security strategy, the administration’s first revision in five years. Along with confronting
Washington TimesSep 28 2013
News
House Republicans gather for showdown over shutdown
With a possible government shutdown looming, House Republicans gathered Saturday to try to work out a spending plan acceptable to tea party conservatives who demand that it must hurt Obamacare in some fashion. Speaker John Boehner convened the rare weekend caucus meeting to forge a counteroffer to the Senate version sent over on Friday. In a strict party line vote, Senate Democrats restored
CNN DigitalOct 04 2022
Headline Roundup
Hurricane Ian Death Toll Hits 100 Amid Criticism of Florida's Evacuation Plans
As the death toll from Hurricane Ian passes 100, Florida officials are facing criticism over their evacuation plans and a purported lack of preventative measures that may have saved lives.
In Lee County, where Ian hit as a Category 4 hurricane last Wednesday, over 50 people have been confirmed dead. The county didn't order evacuations until the day before, unlike several other nearby
Forbes Fox News Digital NBC News DigitalApr 27 2020
Opinion
The Pandemic Overcomes Politics
We will be better off if we put politics in their proper place once and for all.
‘Surreal” is a word people have been using a lot in the past month or so under the new coronavirus realities. It can be used to touch on the terrifying and the life-endangering as well as the merely inconvenient. For many of us, life is not what it once was. Routines might be out of whack, a family might
National Review (News)Jan 13 2020
News
Iran denies shooting at crowds protesting after plane was shot down
Iran's government has denied reports that security forces fired live ammunition at protesters in Tehran, and accused President Trump of shedding "crocodile tears" with his message of support for the demonstrators. Videos purportedly show blood on the ground after claims that protesters were hit with live rounds in Tehran two days after Mr. Trump warned the Islamic Republic's leaders not to "
CBS News (Online)Jan 02 2013
News
Bipartisan Outrage As Vote On Superstorm Sandy Aid Is Postponed
Democratic and Republican members of Congress found something to agree about late Tuesday when they were told the House would not be voting this week on legislation to send tens of billions of dollars in aid to New York, New Jersey and other states slammed by October's Superstorm Sandy.
"I am stunned, stunned," Rep. Rob Andrews, D-N.J., told Politico. "I assume there is as tactical
NPR (Online News)May 04 2023
Headline Roundup
What Happens if the US Defaults on its Debt?
What happens if the United States defaults on its debt? Are there economic ramifications just for coming close to defaulting? Amid polarized Washington negotiations to raise the debt ceiling, outlets across the spectrum are seeking to answer these questions.
Entitlement Programs: A CNN analysis noted that 66 million people receive monthly Social Security benefits that could be delayed
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