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Jan 15 2021
News
Politico Newsroom In Uproar Over Ben Shapiro’s Guest Playbook Column
Politico faced an internal uproar on Thursday after its decision to let right-wing podcast host Ben Shapiro write a guest column in its widely read Politico Playbook newsletter, with staff asking editors why a pundit with “a long history of bigoted and incendiary commentary” would be given such a massive platform.
Shapiro, who rose to prominence as an editor at far-right media outlet
HuffPostDec 01 2021
Opinion
Congress is getting ready to do what it does best: Procrastinate
Congress is getting ready to procrastinate on government spending bills yet again.
As a Friday deadline fast approaches, lawmakers are scrambling to approve another continuing resolution (CR), or short-term spending bill, that will give them a new January deadline for passing full-year funding bills. If the CR passes by Friday, lawmakers will narrowly avert a government shutdown, and
VoxDec 16 2020
Opinion
America, We Have a Problem
The rise of ‘political sectarianism’ is putting us all in danger.
The turbulence that followed the Nov. 3 election has roiled American politics, demonstrating an ominous vulnerability in our political system.
Donald Trump used the 41-day window between the presidential election and the Dec. 14 meeting of the Electoral College to hold the country in thrall based on his refusal to
New York Times (Opinion)Nov 12 2020
News
Who decides when an election is over?
The media don’t determine the winner, and President Trump has the right not to concede. But there are after-effects. Enter America’s next great civics lesson.
Dear reader:
When the presidential race was “called” last Saturday for former Vice President Joe Biden, I was sitting with a few other reporters in an Italian restaurant near the Trump National Golf Club in northern
Christian Science MonitorMar 31 2021
News
Pentagon Set To Roll Out Policy That Provides The Military With Access To Gender Transition Treatments
The Pentagon is scrapping former President Donald Trump’s policies regarding transgender people serving in the military in favor of new rules, the Associated Press (AP) reported Wednesday.
The new regulations stipulate that transgender people deemed fit to serve in the military can serve as their self-identified gender, anonymous Department of Defense (DOD) officials told the AP.
The Daily CallerOct 19 2021
News
Mitch McConnell says he wants to focus on the future, not the past, in 2022. Donald Trump may disagree.
Even as former President Donald Trump remains a divisive force atop the Republican party, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) wants to make the 2022 midterms all about President Joe Biden.
"I do think we need to be talking about the future and not the past. I think the American people are focusing on this administration — and what it’s doing to the country. It’s my hope the ’22
PoliticoNov 16 2020
News
President Trump still hasn't conceded. What are the implications?
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
Major news outlets called the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election for Joe Biden on Saturday, November 7th, 2020. However, as of Sunday, November 15th, President Trump still has not conceded.On Saturday, November 14th Abridge NewsOct 19 2021
News
Republican and Democrat Lawmakers Step Up Efforts to Adopt Tougher Tech Laws
Legislation to curb the influence of big technology companies, including putting new restrictions on online content, is starting to gain traction in Congress as lawmakers narrow their targets and seek to build on public attention.
A bipartisan group of senators including Amy Klobuchar (D., Minn.) and Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa) came out last week in favor of legislation that would
Wall Street Journal (News)Dec 15 2020
Analysis
A new vaccine and a soon-to-be president begin turning the page
On a day of hope, tragedy and constitutional affirmation, the United States could at last sense eventual deliverance from the twin menaces of 2020: a murderous virus and a vanquished President's quest to extinguish democracy.
In a twist of history Monday, the first injections that will end the pandemic went into American arms just as the Electoral College, in a pageant showcasing the
CNN DigitalAug 30 2021
News
Education Department to probe 5 states with ‘unacceptable’ school mask bans
Federal education authorities launched five investigations into statewide school mask bans on Monday, ratcheting up the Biden administration's feud with Republican governors as Covid-19 infections disrupt the fall back-to-school season in some communities.
The Department of Education’s civil rights office will review indoor masking prohibitions in Iowa, Oklahoma, South Carolina,
Politico