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Jun 21 2018
Headline Roundup
Trump Administration Proposes Government Reorganization
The Trump administration on Thursday unveiled a plan to reorganize the federal government, including merging the Departments of Education and Labor. It also stipulates that food stamps be moved to the Department of Health and Human Services, which would be called the Department of Health and Public Welfare and would have the ability to impose uniform work requirements on welfare programs.
New York Times (News) Fox News Digital The HillMay 12 2015
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Obama Complains to UN About America's "Human Rights" Violations
The Obama administration has, once again, complained to the United Nations about alleged American human rights violations–and boasted about liberal policies like Obamacare as the solution.
The State Department report, released Monday as part of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the UN Human Rights Council, reads less like an accounting of human rights issues and more like the
Breitbart NewsMay 11 2015
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Meet the man behind hawkish Hillary Clinton's foreign policy
In late 2010, Tom Nides sat down for lunch with the throwback diplomat Richard Holbrooke on the second floor of Kinkead's, a legendary seafood restaurant near the State Department's headquarters in the Foggy Bottom section of Washington.
Nides had just been nominated to succeed Jack Lew as deputy secretary of state, and Holbrooke, who was serving as the US special representative for
VoxSep 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 PostNov 13 2013
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More Than 106,000 Choose Health Plans Under Affordable Care Act
More than 106,000 Americans selected health plans in the first reporting period of open enrollment for the new health insurance marketplace, according to data released Wednesday by the Department of Health and Human Services.
That number is only "about 20 percent of the government's October target," as NPR's Scott Horsley reports for our Newscast unit.
NPR (Online News)Jun 29 2020
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Supreme Court Strikes Down Louisiana Abortion Restrictions
The Supreme Court on Monday struck down a Louisiana law regulating abortion clinics, reasserting a commitment to abortion rights.
Chief Justice John Roberts joined the four more liberal justices in ruling that the law requiring doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals violates rules set by the Roe v. Wade decision.
CNBC Fox News Digital New York Times (News)Dec 14 2016
Headline Roundup
Mixed Reactions to State Pick
Donald Trump's pick for Secretary of State has drawn criticism and accolades from left and right, not pleasing everyone in his party or upsetting everyone on the left. Certainly the selection of ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson, a man with extensive international experience but none as a government official, breaks with recent tradition.
NPR (Online News) Fox News Digital The HillDec 11 2016
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Tillerson Likely for State
Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson is Donald Trump's likely pick for Secretary of State after many other people have been considered and interviewed.
USA TODAY Democracy Now! The BlazeMay 08 2014
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What Media Is Missing In Its Rush To Tie Hillary Clinton To Kidnapped Nigerian Girls
Following the kidnapping of Nigerian school girls by terrorist group Boko Haram, right-wing media are rushing to smear former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for not designating the group a foreign terrorist organization (FTO), insinuating that the kidnappings might have been prevented had the State Department issued the designation earlier. The baseless attack ignores the facts around FTO
Media MattersMar 02 2015
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Boehner allies downplay GOP rift
House Speaker John Boehner and his top lieutenants are downplaying the rift among Republicans that was exposed during last week's intense wrangling over funding for the Department of Homeland Security.
The House, Boehner said on Sunday, is a "rambunctious place."
"We have 435 members. A lot of members have different ideas about what we should and shouldn't be doing," he said
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