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Jun 22 2022
Opinion
Why Watergate-era campaign finance laws haven’t stopped corruption
Ellen L. Weintraub is a commissioner on the Federal Election Commission.
The burglars who broke into the Democratic National Committee’s headquarters at the Watergate office complex 50 years ago sparked coverups, investigations, constitutional crises, a presidential resignation, deep damage to Americans’ faith in government and a raft of bipartisan legislation aimed at restoring that
Washington Post
Jun 28 2018
News
In Influence if Not in Title, This Has Been the Kennedy Court
Justice Anthony Kennedy has served for more than 30 years under two chief justices: William H. Rehnquist and John G. Roberts Jr. Courts are by tradition named for the chief justice. Since 2005, it has been the Roberts court.
New York Times (News)
Aug 31 2020
News
U.S. tops 6 million coronavirus cases
The United States on Monday topped 6 million confirmed cases of COVID-19, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. The U.S. has reported a million more coronavirus cases and about 21,000 more deaths in just the past three weeks.
The grim milestone continues a trend that sees the U.S. reporting far more confirmed cases and higher numbers of coronavirus-related deaths
CBS News (Online)
Dec 26 2020
News
Nashville names hero cops who cleared area before Christmas bombing
Nashville Mayor John Cooper praised the six quick-acting cops who evacuated buildings in downtown Nashville, putting themselves in danger to save lives on Christmas morning.
“They are heroes. And I am grateful for them and all of Nashville’s first responders,” Cooper said, CNN reported. The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department identified the officers, who range from a rookie to an
New York Post (News)
Dec 05 2021
News
Bob Dole, longtime GOP senator and 1996 presidential nominee, dies
Bob Dole, a longtime Senate Republican leader and the party's presidential nominee in 1996, died Sunday at age 98.
Dole's death was confirmed in a tweet by the Elizabeth Dole Foundation.
"It is with heavy hearts we announce that Senator Robert Joseph Dole died early this morning in his sleep. At his death, at age 98, he had served the United States of America faithfully for 79
NPR (Online News)
Nov 19 2017
News
Top Commander: I'd Decline 'Illegal' Nuclear Order From Trump
Air Force Gen. John Hyten, the top U.S. nuclear commander, said he would decline an "illegal" nuclear launch if President Donald Trump called for one, the Washington Examiner reported Saturday.
Newsmax (News)
Dec 28 2017
News
Alabama secretary of state says Jones will be certified
Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill confirmed Thursday morning that Democrat Doug Jones will be certified the winner of the Alabama special Senate election despite Republican Roy Moore's refusal to concede and request for a new election.
CNN Digital
Jun 16 2020
Analysis
‘History in the making’? Seattle protest zone prompts rethink on policing.
As a police chopper circles overhead, a protester named John, wearing a Black power pin, stands watch at a barricade at the entrance to Seattle’s spontaneous new hub of activism – a six-block area that demonstrators initially dubbed the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ).
Orange barricades left behind by police, who abruptly vacated the Seattle Police Department’s East Precinct
Christian Science Monitor
Feb 10 2021
News
CDC report: Double-masking can block more than 90 percent of viral particles
Double-masking — specifically, wearing a surgical mask underneath a cloth mask — may provide an extremely high level of protection against the viral particles that cause Covid-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday.
A year into the pandemic, the report is the first from the CDC that breaks down how well certain mask-wearing techniques work to protect
NBC News Digital
Aug 19 2021
News
Report: FBI was in possession of viral Hunter Biden video saying laptop stolen by Russians — and admitting it would be a security risk — as early as 2019
A new report alleges that the FBI must have known as early as December 2019 that Hunter Biden thought Russians had stolen one of his laptops and would use compromising video stored on its hard drive to blackmail him or his father, who was running for president at the time.
The FBI's knowledge of Biden's beliefs would directly contradict what his father, President Joe Biden, told the
The Blaze