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May 20 2019
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Pete Buttigieg slams Fox News hosts while appearing on Fox News
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg used a Fox News town hall in New Hampshire on Sunday to slam two of the network's primetime opinion hosts, knocking both Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham by name on the network where they each host an hour.
The moment came when the South Bend, Indiana, mayor was trying to explain why he agreed to do a town hall with Fox News, something
CNN Digital
Sep 19 2019
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Revealed: how US senators invest in the firms they're supposed to regulate
Analysis of financial disclosure data shows 51 senators and their spouses have as much as $96m invested in corporate stocks
As they set national policy on important issues such as climate change, tech monopolies, medical debt and income inequality, US senators have glaring conflicts of interest, an investigation by news website Sludge and the Guardian can reveal.
An analysis of
The Guardian
Aug 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
Reuters
Jan 25 2017
Headline Roundup
Voter Fraud Investigation
President Trump is vowing an investigation into alleged voter fraud, despite a lack of evidence behind his claim that 3 million to 5 million people voted illegally in last year's election.
Washington Times
USA TODAY
Washington Post
Aug 28 2018
Headline Roundup
U.S. Court Rules North Carolina Gerrymandered Map Is Unconstitutional
A federal court on Monday ruled that Republicans in North Carolina illegally gerrymandered the state's congressional map to benefit the GOP, saying that it may require new districts be drawn before the November midterms.
Reuters
Washington Post
Washington Examiner
Apr 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
Wikipedia
Jul 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 Post
Feb 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
HuffPost
Feb 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)