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May 28 2021
News
Paul Ryan Critiques Trump’s Grip on the Republican Party
Paul D. Ryan, the former Republican speaker of the House, re-entered the political arena on Thursday night with a speech obliquely criticizing Donald J. Trump and warning Republicans that the only viable future for the fractured party was one unattached to the former president.
“Here’s one reality we have to face,” Mr. Ryan said during a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
New York Times (News)
Apr 09 2021
News
US May Send Warships to Russia Over 'Concern' of Presence in Ukraine
The United States will send warships to the Black Sea on Ukraine's East coast to counter the Russian military's increased presence in the next few weeks. White House press secretary Jen Psaki described the buildup in a press conference as "deeply concerning," according to AFP News.
"The United States is increasingly concerned by recently escalating Russian aggressions in eastern Ukraine
Newsmax (News)
Aug 07 2021
Analysis
Protecting the Right to Vote
Fifty-six years ago, on August 6, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed into law the Voting Rights Act. It is rightly remembered as a landmark in the struggle for equal rights, but the labor of protecting the vote continues even now. This week, senators are reportedly working furiously behind the scenes to ready revisions of S. 1, the “For the People Act,” for adoption before next week’s
The Bulwark
Oct 06 2020
News
Puerto Rico Governor Throws Support Behind Trump
President Donald Trump is picking up a new endorsement less than 30 days before the election.
Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez Garced (R) announced her endorsement of Trump during an interview on Telemundo. She said, “I ask all Puerto Ricans who are listening to go vote.”
“They have to go to vote, exercise their right to vote, and evaluate who has represented being a person who
Independent Journal Review
Jul 16 2021
News
Apple Has a Growing Homeless Encampment on Its Property
Apple has committed billions of dollars to fixing California’s housing crisis. But clusters of homeless people living in dilapidated RVs, shacks, and tents have taken over dozens of acres of undeveloped land owned by the company in the center of Silicon Valley. There’s even dumpsters and porta-potties.
Anywhere from 30 to 100 homeless people have coalesced on the property owned by the
Vice
Aug 14 2020
News
Trump gets endorsement of NYC police union
BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) — Seeking to amplify his law-and-order message, President Donald Trump on Friday told hundreds of New York Police Department officers that “no one will be safe in Biden’s America” if the former Democratic vice president defeats him in November .
“This guy has been taking your dignity away and your respect,”″ Trump said of former Vice President Joe Biden. “And I’m
Associated Press
Oct 21 2021
Perspectives Blog
Democrats Seek Intraparty Compromise as Spending Plan is Cut Back
Democrats and President Joe Biden are downsizing their multi trillion-dollar spending plan, working to appease key centrist Democrats while preserving top party priorities and advancing the bill in a timely fashion. Biden has reportedly knocked the spending bill's price tag down from $3.5 trillion to between $1.75 and $1.9 trillion. Plans for two years of free community college, a $150
AllSides Staff
Jan 13 2021
News
Newt Gingrich: 'Enormous Danger' to Dictate If Trump Runs Again
It is an "enormous danger" for Democrats, led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, to push to impeach President Donald Trump in hopes of preventing him from running again for the presidency in 2024, ex-House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Wednesday.
"What I object to is the idea that the U.S. Congress, whether Democrat or Republican, is going to dictate to the American people who they're allowed
Newsmax (News)
Mar 03 2021
News
Pentagon report: Rep. Ronny Jackson harassed staff, used alcohol on duty
The Pentagon has released a biting report of the conduct of Texas Republican Rep. Ronny Jackson during his tenure as White House physician in the Trump administration.
The Defense Department inspector general, who released the report, said Jackson made "sexual and denigrating statements about one of his female medical subordinates to another of his subordinates."
It also details
USA TODAY
Mar 22 2021
News
Biden infrastructure, jobs spending push could hit $4 trillion
President Joe Biden will be briefed by advisers this week on infrastructure, climate and jobs proposals being considered by the White House that could collectively cost as much as $4 trillion, according to people familiar with discussions. Biden advisers are weighing a price tag of between $3 trillion and $4 trillion for new legislative action, including repairing the country’s crumbling
Reuters