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Apr 07 2020
News
New Data Show Black Chicagoans Diagnosed And Dying At Higher Rates Than Other Races
Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) today released demographic data for those diagnosed with COVID-19 in Chicago, as well as statistics showing how the virus has spread throughout the city. While the data gathered by CDPH includes only known cases of COVID-19 confirmed by testing, the figures clearly show great inequities in sickness and death by race and
Chicago Defender
Dec 12 2013
News
John Boehner: Conservative Groups Have Lost All Credibility
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) assailed conservative groups Thursday for opposing the latest budget deal, saying they had crossed a line and lost their credibility.
"This budget agreement takes giant steps in the right direction," Boehner said at a press conference. "But when groups come out and criticize something they've never seen, you begin to wonder just how credible those
HuffPost
Jan 29 2020
News
Trump’s Mideast ‘Deal’: Four questions on who gets what
President Trump came into office promising to succeed where so many had failed in formulating a plan for peace between Israelis and Palestinians. After three years, we get a look at his vision.
When President Donald Trump unveiled his Israeli-Palestinian peace plan Tuesday, a two-state initiative that was three years in the making, he hailed it as a “win-win opportunity” that will
Christian Science Monitor
May 20 2020
News
Trump threatens to 'hold up' funding to Michigan over mail-in voting
President Trump threatened to withhold funding from Michigan after he alleged that the state sent absentee ballots to all registered voters.
"Breaking: Michigan sends absentee ballots to 7.7 million people ahead of Primaries and the General Election," the president tweeted Wednesday morning. "This was done illegally and without authorization by a rogue Secretary of State. I will ask to
Washington Examiner
Oct 16 2019
News
Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, Tlaib to endorse Bernie Sanders
Three members of the so-called “Squad” of far-left freshman members of Congress are lining up behind Sen. Bernie Sanders for president.
Fox News has learned that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., will appear with Sanders on Saturday in Queens, N.Y., at a “Bernie’s Back” rally designed to generate excitement for the senator’s campaign following his recent heart procedure. Rep. Ihan
Fox News (Online News)
Jul 05 2019
News
Trump hails US military in 4th of July address
President Donald Trump has hailed the "brave men and women" of the US military during a speech at a controversial Independence Day event.
"We celebrate our history, our people, and the heroes who proudly defend our flag," he told a crowd at a rain-soaked Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC.
The "Salute to America" event featured military flyovers and fireworks.
Opponents
BBC News
Mar 10 2020
News
The Coronavirus Crash: Here's What Trump Is Proposing, Plus Some Good News from China
Monday brought the worst coronavirus crash so far, sending stock markets plunging in a freefall that led to the biggest drop since 2008. Now President Trump is proposing a step to stop the slide even as a bit of good news appears to also be coming out of China.
The White House is set to ask Congress for a payroll tax cut and economic assistance to hourly workers to help those hurt
CBN
Jun 19 2020
Opinion
Socializing State Budget Shortfalls Through Federal Bailouts Won’t Help: Here’s What Will
Citing COVID-19-related budget shortfalls, many state and local officials are calling for a nearly $1 trillion federal bailout. That works out to about $7,800 per household in new federal spending.
It’s also more than twice the projected COVID-related state and local revenue losses for 2020 and 2021 combined.
To go along with this would throw fiscal restraint to the wind. Luckily
The Heritage Foundation
Oct 24 2015
News
House votes to gut Obamacare through budget process
The House voted Friday to scrap Obamacare’s most unpopular mandates and taxes, putting in motion a plan to dismantle the law through the budget process despite Democratic derision and conservative-driven complaints the bill doesn’t go far enough.
Lawmakers voted along party lines, 240-189, to also defund Planned Parenthood for one year as punishment for its controversial abortion
Washington Times
Dec 29 2015
News
Clinton Goes Under Water; Trump Polarization Grows (POLL)
Negative views of Hillary Clinton have jumped to nearly their highest on record in ABC News/Washington Post polls, while Donald Trump’s personal popularity has grown more polarized along racial and ethnic lines.
Clinton’s favorability has burbled back under water: 45 percent of Americans now see her favorably, down 7 percentage points since midsummer, while 53 percent rate her
ABC News (Online)