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Aug 05 2019
News
Ahead of remarks, Trump proposes gun background checks perhaps tied to immigration reform
Ahead of his planned remarks Monday in the wake of this past weekend's shootings, President Donald Trump has proposed "strong background checks," perhaps, he said, tied to immigration reform.
In tweets Monday morning, the president said, "We cannot let those killed in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, die in vain."
At the same time, Trump also blamed the news media for "the anger
ABC News (Online)Jul 26 2019
News
New Senate Intelligence report shows “extensive” Russia 2016 election interference
It also notes that Russia targeted voting systems in all 50 states.
The Senate Intelligence Committee has just released the first section of its report on 2016 Russian interference, which found that hackers likely tried to access election systems in all 50 states, confirming widespread fears that America’s election system may not be secure from attack.
For the past two and a half
VoxJul 23 2020
News
Biden Courts '1 Million Muslim Voters', Wants American Children to Study Islam in Public Schools
Presumptive Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden told attendees at the Muslim Voters Summit this week that more should be taught about Islam in our public schools.
Biden included Islam as one of the "great confessional faiths" and said, "I wish we taught more in our schools about the Islamic faith. I wish we talked about all the great confessional faiths. It's one of the great
CBNSep 27 2019
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: House Launches Trump Impeachment Inquiry
Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the start of a formal House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump on Tuesday afternoon, saying "the actions taken to date by the president have seriously violated the Constitution."
The announcement followed scrutiny of a July 25 phone call between Trump and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, in which Trump asked Zelensky to look into
Henry A. BrechterAug 25 2020
Analysis
Like Joe Rogan, The RNC Will Thrive Because Corporate Media Fails
The Republican National Convention’s first night included all the usual partisan spin. That, of course, is why these occasions exist. But in 2020, the Republican narrative is a commodity, giving the RNC an allure with exasperated corporate media consumers who recognize they aren’t being served by mainstream journalists.
I have no idea how big this audience is, or whether it’s large
The FederalistNov 13 2020
News
Harvard v. Affirmative Action: Round 2
This Abridge News topic aggregates four unique arguments on different sides of the debate. Here are the quick facts to get you started:
THE QUICK FACTS
On Thursday, the First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Harvard's affirmative action policy does not violate civil rights law. Last year, a federal judge had originally ruled that Harvard did not discriminate Abridge NewsApr 30 2020
News
Trump says China wants him to lose his bid for re-election
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he believes China’s handling of the coronavirus is proof that Beijing “will do anything they can” to make him lose his re-election bid in November.
In an interview with Reuters in the Oval Office, Trump talked tough on China and said he was looking at different options in terms of consequences for Beijing over the virus. “I can do a lot,” he said
ReutersJan 09 2020
News
House Democrats' climate bill aims to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050
We can already draw some conclusions from yesterday's rollout of the "framework" for big climate legislation House Democrats are crafting through the powerful Energy and Commerce Committee.
Driving the news: The planned bill aims to achieve net-zero U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Its pillars include:
A "clean electricity standard" that forces utilities to provide
AxiosMay 31 2018
News
The real immigration crisis isn’t “missing” children. It’s family separations.
Thousands of Twitter users spent the weekend asking #WhereAreTheChildren?
The viral hashtag sprang up in response to a now widely shared New York Times article noting that the federal government had been unable to make contact with 1,475 unaccompanied minors awaiting deportation hearings.
First things first: Despite reports to the contrary, those children are not “missing” or “
VoxAug 06 2021
Perspectives Blog
When Ohio Speaks For the Country — Again
From the CenterThis view is from an author rated as Center.
There was a time when the state of Ohio was the nation’s political bellwether. Until last November, the Buckeye State had voted for the winning presidential candidate in every election since 1960, a record of success unmatched by any other state. But in last year’s election, the national media devoted much more attention to
Dan Schnur