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Mar 29 2024
Headline Roundup
US Journalist's Imprisonment in Russia Hits 1-Year Mark
U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich of The Wall Street Journal (Center bias) has now been detained in Russia for one year on charges of trying to steal military secrets.
The Details: The 32-year-old was reporting in Russia at the time of his arrest in March 2023. Gershkovich is the first U.S. journalist arrested on espionage charges in Russia since the Cold War. His detention has been
Wall Street Journal (News) Axios Washington TimesAug 16 2019
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Rep. Rashida Tlaib Cancels Visit To Israel And The West Bank
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., says she's canceling her visit to Israel and the West Bank.
Israel's interior ministry announced Friday that it would allow Tlaib to enter the country as a private citizen to visit her aging grandmother, after it banned her and Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., from going on a political trip amid pressure from President Trump.
In a statement Friday morning,
NPR (Online News)Aug 16 2019
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Democrat O'Rourke proposes domestic terrorism agencies to combat hate, gun massacres
Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke unveiled a plan on Friday to classify white supremacist violence as an organized crime problem and to create federal domestic terrorism offices, in a bid to combat hate crimes and gun violence in the United States.
O’Rourke hits the campaign trail again after nearly two weeks in his home city of El Paso, Texas, where a white gunman
ReutersApr 10 2020
Background
Israel
Israel (/ˈɪzriəl, ˈɪzreɪəl/; Hebrew: יִשְׂרָאֵל; Arabic: إِسْرَائِيل), formally known as the State of Israel (Hebrew: מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל), is a country in Western Asia, located on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea. It has land borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan on the east, the Palestinian territories of the
WikipediaMar 30 2023
Headline Roundup
Wall Street Journal Reporter Arrested in Russia, Accused of Espionage
Russian authorities said Thursday they had detained a Wall Street Journal reporter on suspicion of espionage.
The Details: Russia's Federal Security Service said it had detained Evan Gershkovich, a U.S. citizen, in the eastern city of Yekaterinburg.
Key Quotes: The FSB said in a statement that Gershkovich, “acting on the instructions of the American side, collected information
CNN Business Wall Street Journal (News) Washington ExaminerJun 17 2019
Opinion
OPINION: The CIA Is Running Scared
Last Wednesday the intelligence community launched its first attack on Attorney General William Barr’s investigation into its illegal acts and abuses of power during the 2016 election. In a New York Times article entitled “Justice Department Seeks to Question CIA in its Own Russia Investigation,” the IC makes clear its fear of the results of Barr’s investigation of their spy operation on
Guest Writer - RightJul 15 2013
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Reid-McConnell clash latest evidence that genteel Senate has turned into a fight club
The U.S. Senate, once considered the most exclusive and chummiest club in America, has in recent years been transformed into an ideological war zone, where comity and compromise have lost their allure, while confrontation and showmanship now pay big dividends.
“The only way you get something is to become obnoxious,” Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) declared during the recent immigration
Washington PostAug 28 2020
Analysis
The Problem With the New Trump Sales Pitch Is Trump
Night Four of the RNC ended with the same old president.
Ben Mathis-Lilley: Jim, I’ve changed my mind. Let’s start this chat right now, while Trump’s speech is still going on. It’s 11:19 p.m. and there are so many words left in it, many of them—not a joke—about pioneers settling the Open Range.
Jim Newell: Good idea. It is 11:22 p.m. and our president has 300,000 words left about
SlateFeb 23 2014
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Congress Inaction Prompts Obama To Act Alone
This week, President Barack Obama promoted tougher fuel efficiency standards for trucks. He touted progress on initiatives to strengthen the U.S. patent system. And he signed an executive order intended to speed up the process for approving import or export cargo.
Welcome to Obama's self-proclaimed "year of action," where hardly a day goes by without the president and his top advisers
HuffPostFeb 23 2014
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Arizona Businesses Urge Brewer to Veto Anti-Gay Bill
A recently passed bill in Arizona allowing businesses to refuse service to gays and others based on religious beliefs is stirring controversy as Gov. Jan Brewer considers whether to sign or veto it.
Some businesses fear it will spark a boycott of the state, much like the yearlong one after Arizona passed a controversial immigration law in 2010.
The law intends to allow business
Newsmax (News)