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Nov 14 2012
News
Holder, Mueller face mounting questions on why Petraeus probe kept under wraps
Attorney General Eric Holder and FBI Director Robert Mueller are facing mounting questions over why they neglected to tell the rest of the Obama administration about the investigation into David Petraeus until Election Day, with one top lawmaker now demanding an explanation.
Fox News (Online News)Nov 19 2016
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Ignore the Mob—Long Live the Electoral College
This week, anti-Trump protesters hit the streets in big cities around the country, chanting "This is what democracy looks like!" Yes. That's the problem.
For many Democrats, the greatest political system is the one that instills their party with the most power. Now that it looks like Hillary Clinton will "win" the fictional popular vote over Donald Trump, people—not just young people
ReasonOct 30 2012
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Romney stays in public eye minus political talk in wake of Sandy
Mitt Romney on Tuesday attended a relief effort in Ohio for the victims of superstorm Sandy – staying in the public eye but keeping away from political talk with just seven days left before Election Day. “We have heavy hearts, as you know, with all of the suffering going on, said Romney, standing on an equipment box inside a Kettering, Ohio, gymnasium. “I appreciate what you have done
Fox News (Online News)Mar 08 2019
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As Trump visits tornado victims in Alabama, is he playing politics with disaster relief?
Hours after a deadly tornado ripped through Alabama over the weekend, President Donald Trump took to Twitter to promise the state would receive "A Plus treatment" from the federal government as local officials began their recovery.
But the president's strongly worded commitment – and his decision to visit the state on Friday, just days after the storms there killed 23 people – marked a
USA TODAYOct 16 2022
Headline Roundup
Xi Jinping Calls for “Rejuvenation of The Chinese Nation” at CCP Congress
Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a nearly two-hour long speech before a gathering of Chinese Communist Party leadership on Sunday. In the address, Xi doubled-down on the nation’s “zero-COVID” policies which have increased the Party’s control on the Chinese people, praised a crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, reiterated the CCP’s intentions to control Taiwan, and called for
Fox News (Online News) Associated Press ReutersSep 18 2014
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Journalists Criticize White House for 'Secrecy'
Editors and reporters meeting in Chicago raised concerns Wednesday about what they described as a lack of access and transparency undermining journalists' work, several blaming the current White House for setting standards for secrecy that are spreading nationwide.
Criticism of President Barack Obama's administration on the issue of openness in government came on the last day of a three
ABC News (Online)Sep 13 2012
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Protesters Encircle U.S. Embassy in Yemen
Hundreds of protesters encircled the heavily fortified U.S. Embassy in San'a on Thursday, including a few who climbed over the embassy's main gate, as demonstrations against a film insulting the Muslim prophet Muhammad spread to a third day and another Arab country.
Wall Street Journal (News)Apr 16 2013
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Boston Marathon Explosions Already Being Blamed on the Right
Before any information was available that might indicate who is responsible for the horrific Boston Marathon bombings Esquires Charles P. Pierce cautioned readers against jumping to conclusions and blaming the attack on foreign terrorism. However he was compelled to remind people that Monday is the official Patriots Day...
The BlazeNov 28 2015
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Black Lives Matter Demonstrators Plan Protest in Famous Chicago Shopping District
After days of protests in Chicago since the release of a video showing a black teenager shot 16 times by a white police officer, demonstrators were poised to disrupt Black Friday shopping with a march through the heart of the city’s most famous retail district.
Demonstrators scheduled the march on Friday, the traditional beginning of the holiday shopping season that packs Michigan
The BlazeOct 17 2013
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Republicans Back Down, Ending Crisis Over Shutdown and Debt Limit
Congressional Republicans conceded defeat on Wednesday in their bitter budget fight with President Obama over the new health care law as the House and Senate approved last-minute legislation ending a disruptive 16-day government shutdown and extending federal borrowing power to avert a financial default with potentially worldwide economic repercussions.
New York Times (News)