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Oct 06 2021
News
Democrats and Republicans point fingers as the debt ceiling deadline looms
Congress is running out of time to raise the debt ceiling — the limit on how much money the federal government is able to borrow — before Oct. 18, which is when Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said the country could run out of cash to pay its bills.
Here's everything you need to know about how the debt ceiling works (and what happens if efforts to raise it fail), courtesy of the NPR
NPR (Online News)Sep 22 2020
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Trump's Supreme Court front-runners 'antithetical" to Ginsburg's legacy, critics say
The women on President Donald Trump's shortlist to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court do not reflect Ginsburg’s legacy and could undo key civil rights victories she backed during her 27 years on the court, LGBTQ and civil rights advocates warn.
“Just having a woman, any woman, does not cut it,” Sunu P. Chandy, legal director of the progressive National Women’s Law
NBC News DigitalJun 15 2018
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DOJ Clinton Report Blasts Comey, Agents, but Finds No Bias in Conclusion
A long-awaited watchdog report provided a sweeping and detailed rebuke of actions taken by former FBI Director James Comey to publicize details about the politically charged investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server, but found no evidence that the probe was affected by bias or other political considerations.
Wall Street Journal (News)Jun 12 2019
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Bernie Sanders to Deliver Defense of His Democratic Socialist Philosophy
For five decades, Bernie Sanders has embraced the label of democratic socialism, one that has defined his political ideology and won him millions of loyal supporters even as it has become a cudgel for opponents seeking to portray him as too radical.
On Wednesday, two weeks before the first set of primary debates, he will defend his core political beliefs, delivering a formal address on
New York Times (News)Jul 20 2021
Data
Most Voters Agree With Trump on Need for State Election Reform
Joe Biden may have won the White House, but in the political battle over election integrity, former President Donald Trump seems to be winning.
A new national telephone and online survey by Rasmussen Reports finds that 61% of Likely U.S. Voters agree with a statement Trump issued last week on his website: “Election Reform must happen in Swing States like Pennsylvania, Michigan, Georgia
Rasmussen ReportsNov 28 2019
Analysis
How To Fight With Your Family At Thanksgiving
Set down the bowl of mashed potatoes. Don’t raise up that drumstick in anger. And, no, we’re pretty sure the solution to getting along with your family this Thanksgiving is not serving a boat of cannabis-infused gravy.
Holidays can be hard. Holidays mixed with politics can be even harder. But here at FiveThirtyEight, there are two things we are grateful for: Politics and data. So when
538 (ABC News)Mar 17 2021
News
A Close-Up Picture of Partisan Segregation, Among 180 Million Voters
The broad outlines of America’s partisan divides are visible on any national map. Republicans typically dominate in most Southern and Plains states, and Democrats in Northeastern and West Coast ones. Democrats cluster in urban America, Republicans in more rural places.
But keep zooming in — say, to the level of individual addresses for 180 million registered voters — and this pattern
New York Times (News)Jul 19 2019
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Merriam-Webster appears to jab Brit Hume for citing its first definition of racism to defend Trump
The official Twitter account for Merriam-Webster Dictionary appeared to jab Fox News senior political analyst Brit Hume on Tuesday for citing its first definition of racism to defend President Trump’s tweets about Democratic congresswomen of color.
Hume took to Twitter on Monday to condemn the president’s tweets, which said the congresswomen should "go back" to other countries, writing
The HillJan 22 2021
News
House lawmakers reintroduce bipartisan bill to weed out foreign disinformation on social media
Reps. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) and John Katko (R-N.Y.) on Friday reintroduced legislation intended to cut down on foreign disinformation and propaganda spread on social media, in particular following a spike in the content after the presidential election and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Foreign Agent Disclaimer Enhancement, or FADE, Act would attempt to address foreign
The HillJan 06 2020
News
John Bolton Says He Will Testify in Senate Impeachment Trial if Subpoenaed
WASHINGTON—Former national security adviser John Bolton, seen as a central witness in President Trump’s efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate a political rival, said he is willing to testify in a Senate impeachment trial if he is subpoenaed by lawmakers.
Wall Street Journal (News)