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Nov 12 2019
News
Reflections on Veterans Day
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
Veterans Day, a U.S. federal holiday, was observed November 11th.According to the U.S. military, "Veterans Day is a time for us to pay our respects to those who have served. For one day, we stand united in Abridge News
Feb 14 2015
News
Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber resigns amid ethics scandal
Oregon Democratic Gov. John Kitzhaber submitted his resignation Friday amid allegations that his fiancée Cylvia Hayes used their public positions for private gain, accepting money from private environmental nonprofits to pursue green policies in the state.
The announcement has not yet been made public but sources with direct knowledge of the matter told local news station KOIN 6 that Mr
Washington Times
Oct 13 2014
News
Could Americans be happy?
Between the Ebola threat, fears about ISIS, a slow economic recovery and little enthusiasm for President Barack Obama or Congress, it's hard to believe that many Americans feel good about anything. But an overlooked piece of data in a recent CNN/ORC poll revealed a surprising number of Americans are upbeat despite the seemingly constant onslaught of bad news. When asked, "how are things going
CNN (Online News)
Sep 13 2015
News
ABC-WaPost Poll: Trump, Hillary 'Neck-and-Neck'
The major parties' front-runners, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, are neck-and-neck, according to a new ABC News-Washington Post poll.
Democrat Clinton registers 46 percent support to Republican Trump's 43 percent, according to the poll, which has a 3.5 percent plus/minus margin of error.
When all adults are counted, Clinton's advantage rises to 51-39 over Trump. The Post
Newsmax (News)
Sep 13 2015
News
Report: Iran finds 'unexpectedly high' uranium reserve after Dems seal nuke deal for Obama
Iran has reportedly found an unexpectedly high reserve of uranium, following assessments that the country is running low on the nuclear raw material and just days after President Obama essentially secured an international nuclear deal with the country's leaders.
The discovery was reported first by Reuters and based on comments made by Iranian nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi to the state
Fox News (Online News)
Apr 19 2019
News
OPINION: A Portrait of the White House and Its Culture of Dishonesty
As President Trump met with advisers in the Oval Office in May 2017 to discuss replacements for the F.B.I. director he had just fired, Attorney General Jeff Sessions slipped out of the room to take a call.
When he came back, he gave Mr. Trump bad news: Robert S. Mueller III had just been appointed as a special counsel to take over the investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016
New York Times (News)
Apr 19 2019
Opinion
OPINION: Don McGahn may have single-handedly saved Donald Trump's presidency
On Friday morning, Donald Trump took to Twitter to attack the Mueller report -- and, not-so-subtly -- his former White House counsel Don McGahn.
"Statements are made about me by certain people in the Crazy Mueller Report, in itself written by 18 Angry Democrat Trump Haters, which are fabricated & totally untrue," Trump tweeted. "Watch out for people that take so-called 'notes,' when
Guest Writer - Left
Aug 05 2019
News
Mass Shootings
“29 people were killed and about 50 injured in less than 24 hours” in two mass shootings. “In the Texas border city of El Paso, a gunman opened fire Saturday morning in a shopping area packed with thousands of people during the busy back-to-school season. The attack killed 20 and wounded more than two dozen, many of them critically. Hours later in Dayton, Ohio, a gunman wearing body armor and
The Flip Side
May 29 2019
News
EU Elections
“The European Union’s traditional center splintered in the hardest-fought European Parliament elections in decades, with the far right and pro-environment Greens gaining ground on Sunday after four days of a polarized vote.” (AP News)
The left is relieved to see pro-environmentalists make headway, but worried about the demise of centrism and rise of the far right.
“Underscoring
The Flip Side
Aug 04 2014
News
Poll: Only 3% of voters think Congress is very productive
Democrats are fond of labeling the 113th Congress "the least productive Congress in modern history."
And according to a new poll, a strong majority Americans agree with them.
Nearly three-fourths (74%) of registered voters said Congress has been "very unproductive" or "somewhat unproductive" this year, according to a poll released Sunday by NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist
CNN (Online News)