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Nov 05 2012
News
Obama, Romney launch final blitz
President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney barnstormed their way across more than a half-dozen battleground states on Sunday, making closing arguments to a closely divided American electorate before Tuesday's vote.
CNN (Online News)
Dec 16 2021
Perspectives Blog
Facts vs Myths: Was the 2020 Election Stolen?
The claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Donald Trump has underscored most political discourse in the U.S. for over a year. There is no evidence that voter fraud led to Trump’s defeat. But some on the right and elsewhere hold a broader definition of “stolen” in this case.
What Left-Rated Media Does Frame claims of stolen election as baseless Henry A. Brechter
Jun 01 2013
News
Rand Paul: GOP Needs To Become A 'Bigger' Party
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul said Friday that Republicans could appeal to a broader electorate in blue states like California by connecting with voters who have shunned the party in the past and by being big enough to agree to disagree on some issues.
HuffPost
Mar 14 2019
News
A Beto O’Rourke Presidential Campaign Could Flip Texas
He’s the only Democrat who has come close to putting the country’s most populous red state into play in the last two decades.
Former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s decision to join the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, announced Thursday, may turn out to be a dangerous development not just for President Donald Trump, but the Republican Party writ large.
O’Rourke has
HuffPost
Oct 25 2019
News
LIVE UPDATES: Hearing underway for student athlete lawsuit over playoffs
10:53 a.m. Hearing underway for student athlete lawsuit over playoffs On Thursday, the parents of 14 cross country runners at Jones College Prep filed a complaint in Cook County Circuit court against the Illinois High School Association and the Chicago Board of Education on behalf of all Chicago Public Schools athletes that have missed out on state playoffs as a result of the Chicago Teachers
Chicago Sun-Times
Dec 17 2019
Analysis
In American Politics, Everyone’s A Cynic
Everybody is cynical and few people are changing their minds. That’s the takeaway from the House’s impeachment hearings. (Well, that and Steve Castor’s unconventional taste in briefcases.) It’s the sort of national attitude that you might suspect would inspire political apathy. If you think all politicians are crooked do-nothings, you might care less what they do.
But a half-century of
538 (ABC News)
Dec 13 2019
News
Anti-Semitism EO
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order aimed at combating anti-Semitism on college campuses. The order states, “While Title VI does not cover discrimination based on religion, individuals who face discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin do not lose protection under Title VI for also being a member of a group that shares common religious practices
The Flip Side
Jun 07 2015
News
Hillary Clinton Traces Friendly Path, Troubling Party
Hillary Rodham Clinton appears to be dispensing with the nationwide electoral strategy that won her husband two terms in the White House and brought white working-class voters and great stretches of what is now red-state America back to Democrats.
Instead, she is poised to retrace Barack Obama’s far narrower path to the presidency:
New York Times (News)
Oct 01 2020
News
Covid-19 vaccine alone won't defeat spread of virus, report warns
A successful vaccine for Covid-19 will not conquer the spread of the virus alone, with restrictions on daily life likely to continue for some time, a team of experts have said.
Hundreds of teams of researchers around the world are working to produce a vaccine against the coronavirus, with 11 currently in phase three human trials. The UK government has reserved access to six potential
The Guardian
Aug 06 2019
News
Trump sues over California law forcing candidates to turn over tax returns
(CNN)President Donald Trump sued California Tuesday challenging a state law that requires candidates for president to disclose income tax returns before they can appear on the state's primary ballot.
The federal lawsuit from Trump and his campaign is the latest move by the President to resist efforts to turn over his tax returns. The law adds an "unconstitutional qualification" to the
CNN (Online News)