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May 20 2020
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Trump threatens funding after Michigan absentee ballot move
President Donald Trump threatened Wednesday to hold up coronavirus relief money for Michigan after he said — erroneously — that the state had sent absentee ballots to millions of voters. It’s not clear that he can do so.
Michigan mailed applications for the absentee ballots, not the ballots themselves.
“Michigan sends absentee ballots to 7.7 million people ahead of Primaries and
Associated PressJun 12 2020
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J.K. Rowling's Tweets Stir Controversy in the Trans Community
This Abridge News topic aggregates four unique arguments on different sides of the debate. Here are the quick facts to get you started:
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On June 6th, author J.K. Rowling stirred controversy by retweeting an article titled "Opinion: Creating a more equal post-COVID-19 world for people who menstruate" and commenting: "‘People who menstruate.’ I’m Abridge NewsNews Media
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Sep 01 2012
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A Fine Night For Romney, But No Game Change
It's been the political world's obsession for weeks leading into the Republican National Convention in Tampa. Would nominee Mitt Romney manage what would be miraculous for any candidate, and in a handful of days and one big speech wash away the problems of a modern candidacy?
Turns out Romney's moment Thursday night was a fine one, if not a great one.
NPR (Online News)Aug 30 2012
News
Wednesday Night Grand Slam
GOP Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan delivered exceptionally strong remarks in Tampa tonight, capping off an incredible hour of nationally-televised speeches from Republican headliners. The construction and tone of Ryan's address was masterful. He was serious, earnest, likeable -- and he took apart President Obama's record with great skill and relish.
TownhallApr 28 2016
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Donald Trump and Barack Obama: Proof Republicans and Democrats Live on Different Planets
Barack Obama has created a never-ending financial nightmare. GDP is zero…Obamacare costs are exploding…retail sales are awful…manufacturing numbers are awful…job gains are only for low-wage menial jobs for the uneducated or illegal aliens. The media won’t report it, but this is a economic Armageddon. The middle class is being destroyed. I call it “The Obama Great Depression.”
In a
Breitbart NewsMar 06 2020
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Blowout: U.S. Economy Added 273,000 Jobs in February
The great American jobs creation machine is firing on all cylinders, with February’s jobs figures showing far more strength than expected and both January and December being raised higher than previously reported.
The U.S. economy added 273,000 jobs in February and the unemployment rate ticked down to 3.5 percent, the government said Friday.
Economists had forecast 175,000
Breitbart NewsMay 15 2020
Opinion
Covid-19 Reality Has a Liberal Bias
Unfortunately, the virus doesn’t care about political spin.
On Tuesday, the U.S. government’s top experts warned that Covid-19 was by no means under control, and that premature easing of social distancing could have disastrous consequences. As far as I can tell, their view is shared by almost all epidemiologists.
But they were shouting into the wind. Clearly, the Trump
Paul KrugmanAug 31 2020
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Wisconsin's Gov. Tony Evers tells Trump not to visit Kenosha
President Trump is not welcome in Wisconsin, at least not if you're asking Gov. Tony Evers.
Evers, a Democrat who has been critical of Trump, urged the president to reconsider traveling on Tuesday to Kenosha, where recent protests against police brutality have exploded into deadly riots in recent days.
“I, along with other community leaders who have reached out, are concerned
Fox News DigitalMay 14 2020
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Nearly 3 million Americans file for unemployment, bringing total to over 36 million
A total of 2,981,000 more Americans filed for unemployment insurance last week, bringing the total number of jobless claims filed amid the coronavirus pandemic to more than 36 million, according to the Department of Labor.
Since late March, millions of Americans have lost their jobs as states shuttered their economies to stop the virus's spread. New unemployment filings peaked at a
ABC News (Online)