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Jul 24 2019
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Budget Deal Reached
“President Donald Trump and congressional leaders have announced a critical debt and budget agreement… The agreement is on a broad outline for $1.37 trillion in agency spending next year and slightly more in fiscal 2021. It would mean a win for lawmakers eager to return Washington to a more predictable path amid political turmoil and polarization, defense hawks determined to cement big
The Flip SideFeb 20 2014
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REPORT: Network News Ignoring Toxic Coal Ash Spill In North Carolina
A massive spill of toxic coal ash in a North Carolina river on February 2 has been entirely ignored by ABC, CBS and NBC. The spill has led to a federal investigation and allegations that the state's Governor -- who worked for the corporation behind the spill and has received substantial campaign donations from it -- has been too lenient on the company, which was discovered to have spilled coal
Media MattersSep 20 2015
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Obama administration urged by police, GOP candidates to be more outspoken on cop killings
Obama administration officials are being urged by law enforcement and Republican presidential hopefuls to be more outspoken about police officers being targeted and shot, amid a recent series of fatal attacks.
"This is the president's problem because he has not shown law and order to be the rule of the day," Republican presidential candidate and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie recent
Fox News DigitalDec 18 2012
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GOP Focuses on Millionaire Tax Breaks
Republican Sen. Tom Coburn has released a breakdown of how much the federal government forgoes in tax revenue due to various credits and deductions that benefit everything from NASCAR owners to gamblers. It's a fairly comprehensive analysis that should get bipartisan support, but one of the categories that Sen. Coburn targets to raise taxes from may be surprising: "the rich."
TownhallMay 29 2019
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Comey Rips Trump's 'Lies': 'Worst Deep-State Conspiracy Ever'
Former FBI director James Comey tore into President Donald Trump and claims the bureau tried to prevent him from winning the 2016 election, calling the idea the "worst deep-state conspiracy ever."
Comey wrote an opinion piece for The Washington Post and called Trump a liar throughout.
"We must call out his lies that the FBI was corrupt and committed treason, that we spied on the
Newsmax (News)May 29 2019
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Block the vote? The battle over ballots and the future of American democracy.
As partisanship becomes more correlated with demographics, voting itself is once again a crucial front in the battle between the two parties, with Democrats pushing for greater access and some GOP-led states tightening requirements. Eighth in our ‘Democracy Under Strain’ series.
President Lyndon B. Johnson used 50 pens to sign the Voting Rights Act into law. Television footage of the
Christian Science MonitorAug 01 2013
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Administration readies income checks for Obamacare
The Obama administration is set to unveil new procedures that will greatly expand the government’s ability to verify the income of Americans who seek government subsidies under the federal health care law. “We’re going to be sampling 100 percent. There’s new information,” Gary Cohen, deputy director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, told the House Ways and Means Committee on
Washington TimesMar 26 2019
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Pentagon Green Lights $1B for Trump Border Wall
Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan notified Congress Monday that the Pentagon has authorized $1 billion to build 57 miles of "pedestrian fencing" along the US-Mexico border.
According to the statement, the fencing will be 18 feet high and will be erected within the Yuma and El Paso Sectors of the border. The funds will also go towards "constructing and improving roads, and
CBNJul 22 2019
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How Equifax's $700 million settlement could end up compensating you for ID theft
Americans will now get compensation for losses tied to one of the biggest data security failures ever.
Credit-reporting company Equifax has agreed to pick up the tab in a proposed deal with the Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and 50 states and territories to settle allegations that it did not implement sufficient security measures to protect its network.
USA TODAYMar 25 2019
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With Mueller report in, nothing's over. But for Trump, everything has changed
Special counsel Robert Mueller, whose investigation in large part has defined the first half of President Trump's tenure, was spied in front of the White House on Sunday morning as he and his wife walked across Lafayette Square toward St. John's Episcopal Church.
The former FBI director looked, finally, relaxed.
That wasn't exactly the impact his long-awaited and confidential
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