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Nov 13 2019
Opinion
DACA’s Day in Court
When President Obama unilaterally changed immigration policy after repeatedly and correctly insisting that he lacked the constitutional power to do it, he said that congressional inaction had forced his hand. In the case of his first major unilateral move — “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals,” which gave quasi-legal status to illegal immigrants who came or were brought here as minors —
National Review (News)May 25 2012
News
Facebook Market Makers' Losses At Least 100 Million
May 24 (Reuters) - Claims by four of Wall Street's main market makers against Nasdaq over Facebook's botched IPO are likely to exceed $100 million, as they and other traders continue to deal with thousands of problems with customer orders.
HuffPostAug 20 2013
News
Egypt Arrests Major Muslim Brotherhood Figure
Egypt's military-backed authorities on Tuesday arrested the supreme leader of the country's Muslim Brotherhood, dealing a serious blow to the Islamist group at a time when it is struggling to keep up its street protests against the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi in the face of a harsh government crackdown.
HuffPostJun 03 2014
News
NBC and CBS Hosts See Prisoner Swap As 'Good Sign' of 'Diplomatic Breakthrough' With Taliban
While all three broadcast networks provided critical coverage of the Obama administration's decision to exchange five Taliban terrorists for American solider Bowe Bergdahl, Meet the Press host David Gregory and CBS This Morning co-host Norah ODonnell both attempted to spin the controversial deal as brilliant diplomacy.
May 09 2024
Headline Roundup
Biden Warns Israel: No More Offensive Weapons If Rafah Is Invaded
President Joe Biden stated that he would not send additional offensive weapons to Israel if the country went ahead with its invasion of Rafah.
For Context: Since the Oct. 7 attack, Biden has grappled with divisions within his party, with progressive lawmakers advocating for the Palestinian people in Gaza, and pro-Israel lawmakers pushing for Biden to support Israel and address growing
CNN Digital Wall Street Journal (News) Washington ExaminerNov 30 2012
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Boehner: ‘Fiscal cliff’ talks at a stalemate
The House speaker said Friday that negotiations over the fiscal cliff have reached a “stalemate, after President Obama accused Republicans of holding the middle class “hostage and declared that tax rates must rise for the wealthy as part of any deal.
Washington PostAug 26 2012
News
Obama: Mitt Romney Holds 'Extreme Views,' Would Make Things Worse For The Middle Class
In an interview with The Associated Press, Obama said Romney lacks serious ideas, refuses to "own up" to the responsibilities of what it takes to be president, and deals in factually dishonest arguments that could soon haunt him in face-to-face debates.
HuffPostOct 31 2013
News
Obamacare not for me, HHS head Kathleen Sebelius says
President Obama's top health care official apologized Wednesday for the broken Obamacare website and said it would take another month to fix but even as she defended the law as a good deal for most Americans she said there was no reason for her to have to purchase coverage from the exchanges.
Washington TimesOct 17 2019
News
White House stonewalling? Democrats overreaching? Supreme Court justices may be asked to decide
President Donald Trump says his impeachment battle with House Democrats "probably ends up being a big Supreme Court case."
If so, it may not be alone.
Several other legal disputes over Trump's personal, professional and political dealings, both as president and before taking office, are headed toward the nation's highest court just as the 2020 presidential campaign is heating up
USA TODAYMay 06 2015
News
5 Important Facts About Young ISIS Recruits
The anthropologist Scott Atran is one of the leading researchers on the question of why people turn toward violent extremism. He's spent a great deal of his career interviewing members of radical movements all over the globe, most recently Islamic State (also known as ISIS) members in Kirkuk, Iraq, and aspiring members in Barcelona and Paris. He recen
New York Magazine