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Feb 08 2015
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Kerry notes successes against Islamic State, says more time is needed
Secretary of State John F. Kerry on Sunday painted a rosier picture of the fight against Islamic State fighters than Kurdish allies have, underscoring the challenges that face the U.S.-led coalition taking on Islamic terrorists in Iraq and Syria. Working with Arab partners, coalition forces have taken back wide swaths of territory while killing top Islamic State commanders, Mr. Kerry told NBC’
Washington TimesJun 22 2019
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The Dems’ 2020 Election Strategy: Feeding, Clothing, and Housing Your Loved Ones on a Diet of Investigations, Open Borders, Climate, and Impeachment
I am sure the Democrat-controlled House has passed several bills and resolutions, maybe even some that matter, maybe even some that we conservatives would endorse. The thing is, most of us average American lugs do not live in Washington, D.C. We do not sit all day in the House of Representatives or attend legislative meetings, marveling at all the legislative hours of “hard work.” We do not
The American SpectatorFeb 05 2015
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Calls grow to arm Ukraine, as European leaders scramble for last-ditch peace plan
European leaders scrambled Thursday to try and forge a diplomatic deal to end fighting in eastern Ukraine, in an apparent bid to head off U.S. consideration of lethal military aid for the Ukrainian government in its war against Russian-backed separatists.
At the same time, a bipartisan call in Congress for the U.S. to arm Ukraine was only growing, with lawmakers saying the military aid
Fox News DigitalFeb 05 2015
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Ukraine crisis: Leaders in new diplomatic push for peace
Diplomatic efforts are under way to end renewed fighting in eastern Ukraine.
French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel held urgent talks in the capital Kiev, presenting a new peace initiative.
US Secretary of State John Kerry, who is also in Kiev, said the US wanted a diplomatic solution, but would not close its eyes to Russian aggression.
BBC NewsMay 14 2024
Headline Roundup
How Many People Have Died in Gaza?
Roughly 35,000 people have been killed in Gaza since Oct. 7, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry. Is the number accurate?
Confusing Counts: A May 6 report on the death toll from a United Nations agency said roughly 9,500 women and 14,500 children had been killed since the war began on Oct. 7. Two days later, the same agency reported that 4,959 women and 7,797 children had
CNN (Online News) Reuters Fox News DigitalApr 04 2019
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Reparations bill wins new momentum in Congress
House legislation to form a commission to study whether black Americans should receive reparations for slavery is getting a significant boost from Democrats on the presidential campaign trail.
Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.), the head of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), suggested that action on a reparations measure sponsored by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) is all but certain, with
The HillJan 10 2021
Headline Roundup
Apple, Google and Amazon Ban Parler
Amazon removed Parler, a Twitter-like social media app popular among conservatives, from its cloud hosting service Sunday, joining Google and Apple in banning the app from their services this weekend. While Google and Apple's bans allowed people who had already downloaded the app to continue using it, Amazon's decision to remove Parler from its hosting service takes the app completely offline
Newsmax (News) BuzzFeed News CNBCApr 04 2019
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NATO Turns 70
“President Donald Trump said on Tuesday his pressure on NATO nations to pay more for their defense is leading to tens of billions of dollars more in contributions, but the allies may need to boost their budgets even more.” (Reuters)
“In the first address to Congress by a NATO head, Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday acknowledged serious divisions within the alliance and called for bigger
The Flip SideOct 16 2019
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The Constitution’s ban on “cruel and unusual” punishment is in grave danger from the Supreme Court
With Kennedy gone, the Supreme Court’s already rethinking the Eighth Amendment.
There probably isn’t much doubt how Mathena v. Malvo, a case the Supreme Court will hear on Wednesday, will wind up being resolved.
The “Malvo” in this case is Lee Boyd Malvo, one half of the infamous pair of serial killers who terrorized the Washington, DC area with a sniper rampage in 2002. He was
VoxOct 09 2015
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These political scientists may have just discovered why U.S. politics are a disaster
There's a lot of disgust in America with politicians' inability to get things done. In the race to win the Republican presidential nomination, that disgust has so far benefited outsider candidates. Non-career politicians Donald Trump, Carly Fiorina and Ben Carson have all promised to ride in and fix Washington.
But new research by Nolan McCarty, a professor at Princeton University, and
Washington Post