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Sep 27 2021
News
Germany elections: Centre-left claim narrow win over Merkel's party
Germany's centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) have claimed victory in the federal election, telling the party of outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel it should no longer be in power.
SPD leader Olaf Scholz said he had a clear mandate to form a government, while his conservative rival Armin Laschet remains determined to fight on.
The two parties have governed together for years.
BBC NewsSep 09 2021
News
Can Trump use executive privilege to block Jan. 6 attack probe?
WASHINGTON, Sept 9 (Reuters) - U.S. government agencies have a Thursday deadline to produce documents demanded by a congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, including communications involving some of former President Donald Trump's closest advisers and family.
The Republican Trump wants executive privilege to be used to stop at least some of the
ReutersApr 15 2016
News
Sanders and Clinton Clash over Policies and Judgment
Senator Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton wasted no time at a debate in Brooklyn, attacking each other’s decisions and experience.
New York Times (News)Dec 24 2021
Opinion
The truth is that our citizens are not polarized
There are two problems with the conventional wisdom about polarization in American society. The first is that it mistakes widespread conflict with one master battle between conservatives and liberals. The second is that it overlooks a large percentage of Americans who do not identify with either the Democrats or the Republicans.
The result of these two mistakes is the ongoing,
The FulcrumDec 14 2021
Opinion
NYC Law Giving Non-Citizens Right to Vote Violates Federal and State Constitutions
In the latest Democrat move to undermine the American system of government, a majority of the New York City council is poised to passed Int. No. 1867 which gives non-citizens the right to vote in municipal elections. Under this law, those who lack citizenship may, if they reside in New York City for only thirty days, vote for mayor, city council, borough presidents, comptroller, and public
TownhallOct 30 2020
News
More than 230 election-related federal lawsuits have been filed already. A look at each state.
In Alabama, a Black man with Parkinson's disease and asthma asked a court to allow curbside voting but was turned down by the U.S. Supreme Court. In Florida, 700,000 felons trying to regain their right to vote were hampered by five judges appointed by President Donald Trump. In Arkansas, three judges appointed by Republican presidents told elderly residents worried about COVID-19 exposure they
USA TODAYJul 17 2019
News
Why Pelosi calling Trump’s tweets racist on the House floor turned into chaos
The House of Representatives devolved into chaos Tuesday over whether House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had the right to say that President Donald Trump’s tweets attacking four progressive lawmakers of color were “racist,” as a matter of official record.
The controversy started during a debate over a House resolution condemning Trump’s tweets, in which he said the four lawmakers, three of whom
VoxOct 02 2020
News
House passes revised $2.2 trillion stimulus bill
The House passed Democrats' revised $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief bill 214-207 on Thursday as 11th-hour negotiations between leaders for a bipartisan deal continue.
Why it matters: The legislation, a slimmed down version of the House's initial $3.4 trillion HEROES Act, is Democrats' last ditch effort to strike a stimulus deal with the White House and Senate Republicans before
AxiosNov 04 2020
News
Election updates: Biden takes slight lead over Trump in Michigan as votes are tallied
If vote-counting trends hold, Michigan is offering a vivid illustration of the blue wave.
Shortly after midnight, President Donald Trump had a big lead with 54% of the vote. Shortly after 9 a.m. EST, Democrat Joe Biden took the lead by 12,000 votes.
And there were still hundreds of thousands of ballots to count – most of them absentee, which tend to favor Democrats.
USA TODAYOct 12 2021
News
U.S. sees biggest revenue surge in 44 years despite pandemic
Despite a pandemic, a recession and a slew of tax cuts, federal tax receipts are booming.
Revenues jumped 18 percent in the fiscal year that just ended, analysts say — the biggest one-year increase since 1977.
That translates into $627 billion more than in 2020, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, which estimates that, for the first time, total government
Politico