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Sep 04 2020
News
Republicans credit Trump's intense outreach for growing Latino support
Republicans say President Trump’s decision to make Hispanic voters a priority is boosting his support with this critical bloc in public opinion polls and threatening Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s prospects in key battleground states.
Trump received 28% of the Hispanic vote four years ago. But a fresh national poll from Quinnipiac University pegged the president’s support with this
Washington ExaminerNov 21 2015
News
Paul Ryan’s biggest early challenge: Finding a ‘routine’ as House speaker
Paul D. Ryan is a bit of a control freak: Each day should have a similar rhythm, each meeting should begin on time, each day should end like the day before.
All of which makes his new job as speaker of the House, overseeing a raucous caucus of 246 Republicans, an odd fit for this very Type-A personality. This past week was an early test. “I’m really kind of into routines, so I’m still
Washington PostFeb 06 2020
News
House to vote on legislation to protect workers' rights to form and join unions
The US House of Representatives will vote on a bill on Thursday to protect US workers’ right to form and join unions that supporters are calling the “most ambitious pro-labor legislation” in decades and one Republican congressman has dismissed as “the worst bill in congress”.
The ‘Protecting the Right to Organize Act, PRO Act has strong support from congressional Democrats and labor
The GuardianFeb 16 2015
News
ISIS Empire: Smuggling, shakedowns, donations feed swelling terror budget
As the Islamic State seeks to export its brand of barbaric terror to would-be affiliates, the U.S. faces a growing challenge to find the sources of ISIS funding and blunt its flow to allied militants.
The terror army's most recent atrocity was the mass beheading of 21 Coptic Christians in Libya. It remains unclear how closely tied those militants are to ISIS in Iraq and Syria, but the
Fox News DigitalMay 11 2015
News
Governor names Alan Matheson to lead Utah Department of Environmental Quality
Alan Matheson figures his undergraduate degree in international relations will serve him well in his new job as director of the Utah Department of Environmental Quality.
"I know people are passionate about matters of the environment. By some degree, I'm being thrown into a cauldron of controversy," Matheson said Monday, moments after Gov. Gary Herbert announced his nomination to succeed
Jul 17 2020
Opinion
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Where Is the Outrage Over Anti-Semitism in Sports and Hollywood?
Recent incidents of anti-Semitic tweets and posts from sports and entertainment celebrities are a very troubling omen for the future of the Black Lives Matter movement, but so too is the shocking lack of massive indignation. Given the New Woke-fulness in Hollywood and the sports world, we expected more passionate public outrage. What we got was a shrug of meh-rage.
When reading the dark
The Hollywood ReporterOct 13 2020
News
Judge Barrett decries 'attacks' on family, 'caricatures' of her Catholic faith
Judge Amy Coney Barrett said Tuesday that her family has been “attacked” during her bid for a seat on the Supreme Court, and she’s seen “caricatures floating around” concerning her Catholic faith, but said she’s going through it because she feels a duty to defend the law.
As senators kicked off the first round of questions, Judge Barrett said she knows she’s made “distinct” choices to
Washington TimesApr 30 2021
Perspectives Blog
Biden moved left. But is he dividing or uniting the country?
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on usatoday.com under the headline, "Biden said he wanted to unite Americans. Then he moved further to the political left."
In our world where agreement, especially among the politically fractured media, is rare, there seems to be a general consensus on one thing: President Joe Biden is governing further left than expected. From The New
AllSides StaffApr 24 2016
Opinion
Can Sanders' millennials switch to Clinton?
Bernie's Brooklyn mourned Tuesday's New York primary results as Hillary Clinton solidified her lead over the shaggy, endearing ideologue. This may be the beginning of the end for Bernie Sanders, but that doesn't mean Clinton can coast. Far from it.
Sanders recently stressed that if Clinton does become the nominee, she'll have to do a much better job of engaging his supporters -- namely
CNN DigitalMay 07 2015
News
Obama Mounts Unusual Defense for Trade Pact
President Barack Obama is mounting his latest defense of a Pacific trade agreement with a visit Friday to the headquarters of a quintessential importer, Nike Inc., a move that scrambles the traditional political arguments for free trade.
By traveling to the huge importer of shoes from Asia, the president will highlight the consumer benefits of a deal to lower tariffs. Presidents almost
Wall Street Journal (News)