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Feb 19 2020
Background
Tom Steyer is running for president. Here is everything we know about the candidate — and how he stacks up against the competition.
Who is Tom Steyer?
Current job: Billionaire environmental activist and political megadonor.
Age: 62
Family: Steyer is married to Kathryn Taylor; together they have four grown children.
Hometown: New York City; he lives in San Francisco.
Business InsiderAug 15 2021
Analysis
Youngkin offers little proof critical race theory is in 'all' Virginia schools
Republican gubernatorial nominee Glenn Youngkin says critical race theory has become pervasive in Virginia schools and must be expunged.
"We actually have this critical race theory moved into all of our schools in Virginia," he said during a July 9 campaign speech in rural Wytheville.
"We’re actually watching this critical race theory move its way into all schools across
PolitiFactAug 02 2018
News
Trump to Freeze Obama's Auto Mileage Rules, Rescind California's Emissions Authority
The Trump administration, taking aim at one of former President Barack Obama’s signature environmental achievements, is proposing to freeze vehicle fuel economy requirements at the 2020 level and unwind California’s authority to limit tailpipe emissions in the state.
Newsmax (News)Jul 21 2021
News
Tokyo Games boast equal gender participation for first time
Grace Luczak had left competitive rowing and taken a job in the private sector when a move toward gender equity at the Tokyo Games lured her back into a boat.
A women’s rowing event was added to create a more inclusive Olympics, which meant four additional seats on the U.S. team and a spot for Luczak.
“It’s really hard to make the decision to come back, to plan financially to be
Associated PressDec 24 2021
News
The five Senate seats most likely to change parties in 2022
With President Joe Biden’s job approval ratings stuck near 45% and the generic ballot swinging against the Democrats this past fall, not to mention historical trends that portend trouble for the party in power in the White House, Senate Republicans would seem primed to win control of the chamber in 2022. But Republican strategists are not measuring the drapes just yet.
Party officials
Washington ExaminerSep 17 2021
News
Democrats hope soaking the rich will sell Biden's spending plans
If Congress passes the vast reconciliation bill, voters will like what's in it. That's the Obamacare-like line some Democrats are taking as President Joe Biden steps up his campaign to pull the sprawling spending package across the finish line.
“What’s really, really important here is to emphasize how it’s being paid for,” Democratic pollster Celinda Lake told the Washington Examiner.
Washington ExaminerApr 19 2021
Fact Check
A pair of misleading GOP attacks on Biden’s infrastructure plan
President Biden has proposed a $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan, to be financed mainly by increases in corporate taxes. Here’s a guide to two misleading talking points that have already emerged.
“This is a massive social welfare spending program combined with a massive tax increase on small-business job creators.”
— Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), in an interview on ABC’s “This
Washington PostAug 18 2020
News
Trump slams Michelle Obama's DNC speech as too 'divisive'
President Trump on Tuesday criticized former first lady Michelle Obama for undercounting COVID-19 deaths and being too “divisive” in her prerecorded speech late Monday to the virtual Democratic National Convention.
“She was over her head and frankly she should have made the speech live, which she didn’t do,” Mr. Trump said of Mrs. Obama’s endorsement of Joseph R. Biden. “It was not only
Washington TimesJan 04 2021
Opinion
4 predictions for 2021
Most years, when our calendrical odometers turn over from a string of nines to zeroes, we take stock of the year behind us with some mix of satisfaction and regret, and set goals, make resolutions, and lay out plans for the year to come. On public questions plainly beyond our control — politics, the economy — we turn to pundits and other professional prognosticators to help us out, to better
The Week - OpinionMay 06 2021
News
Jobless claims drop to new pandemic low as US economic recovery gains steam
The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits for the first time fell to a new pandemic low last week, the latest evidence that layoffs are slowing as the economic rebound strengthens.
Figures released Thursday by the Labor Department show that applications for the week ended May 1 fell to 498,000 from a revised 590,000 a week earlier.
While the number of unemployed
Fox News (Online News)