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Jan 26 2015
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Win for Greece's far-left Syriza party sows fresh fears for eurozone
Fresh concerns about the future of the eurozone resurfaced to unsettle markets Monday after Greece's far-left Syriza party swept to power supported by voters opposed to the terms of the nation's international bailout.
Syriza party leader Alexis Tsipras agreed to form a coalition government with the Independent Greeks party, a right-wing group that is similarly opposed to the budget cuts
USA TODAYJan 26 2015
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The GOP's border bill would be a disaster
The House of Representatives is expected to vote this week on a bill that turns border security into a matter of zero tolerance: by 2020, every single person entering the US from Mexico illegally must be apprehended. Every. Single. One.
If even a single unauthorized immigrant gets across the border without being caught, DHS will get hit with penalties — getting everything from overtime
VoxSep 13 2019
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Beto O'Rourke: 'Hell Yes, We're Going To Take Your AR-15'
Advocating for gun control is no longer enough. On Thursday night, the Democratic presidential candidates promised gun confiscation.
The days when Democratic candidates would promise to restrict gun ownership, but then quickly assure voters they didn't mean your guns seem to be in the past.
During the second hour of Thursday's Democratic primary debate, former Rep. Beto O'Rourke
ReasonJun 08 2015
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As UHP moves to adopt rules on force, do other Utah departments need the same?
The Utah Department of Public Safety is looking at implementing rules governing the use of force by highway patrol troopers and a legislative committee is considering whether similar, uniform rules should be enacted for police departments statewide.
"While there is no way to specify the exact amount or type of reasonable force to be applied in any situation," the new proposed DPS rule
Jan 07 2013
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Battle Lines Drawn on Budget
Republicans won't accept further tax increases in coming budget and debt negotiations, the party's Senate leader said Sunday, putting GOP lawmakers on a collision course with Democrats over raising the government's borrowing limit.
Congress and President Barack Obama last week raised income-tax rates on high earners as part of legislation to avoid the series of spending cuts and broad
Wall Street Journal (News)Jul 23 2019
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Pelosi, Democrats launch Mueller messaging blitz
House Democrats on Tuesday will launch an aggressive communications campaign to highlight Robert Mueller's sweeping investigation into Russian election interference just ahead of the former special counsel's appearance before Congress for a pair of hotly anticipated hearings.
The office of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has crunched Mueller's 448-page report into a six-page document
The HillApr 30 2019
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Asylum Seekers Face New Restraints Under Latest Trump Orders
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Monday ordered new restrictions on asylum seekers at the Mexican border — including application fees and work permit restraints — and directed that cases in the already clogged immigration courts be settled within 180 days.
In a memo sent to Kevin McAleenan, the acting secretary of homeland security, and Attorney General William P. Barr, the president
New York Times (News)Apr 30 2019
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Trump sues Deutsche Bank, Capital One to block House subpoenas
President Donald Trump and his family are suing Deutsche Bank and Capital One to block subpoenas issued by House Democrats seeking Trump’s financial records.
In the federal lawsuit filed Monday in New York, Trump’s lawyers argued that the subpoenas serve “no legitimate or lawful purpose.”
"The subpoenas were issued to harass President Donald J. Trump, to rummage through every
PoliticoOct 03 2015
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Media Zeroes in On Two Words Jeb Bush Said in Response to Oregon Shooting, but Here’s the Context
Jeb Bush was skewered Friday by critics who zeroed in on two words he said during an off-the-cuff response to Thursday’s deadly shooting at an Oregon Community College.
“We’re in a difficult time in our country, and I don’t think more government is necessarily the answer to this. I think we need to reconnect ourselves with everybody else,” Bush said, according to BuzzFeed. “It’s just
The BlazeApr 20 2015
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Martin O’Malley calls Republican views ‘bull****,’ Hillary Clinton’s based on polls
Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley on Monday called the Republican Party’s economic agenda “bull****” and suggested that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sets her agenda based on polls.
Mr. O’Malley, who is considering a Democratic run for president, said he could not find “any truth” in Republican arguments that excessive federal regulations were holding back poor and middle
Washington Times