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May 03 2024
Headline Roundup
Diplomats Pursue Agreements for Long-Term Middle East Peace
As U.S. media focuses on high-profile Gaza protests, diplomats are working behind the scenes on agreements that aim to establish peace in the Middle East.
The Details: While Hamas considers an Egypt-brokered Israeli ceasefire agreement, the U.S. and Saudi Arabia are reportedly finalizing a bilateral defense agreement including normalization with Israel, and Israeli officials are
CNN (Online News) Foreign Policy The Daily WireAug 29 2015
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Common Core Results Show Initial Goals Unfulfilled
Results for some of the states that participated in Common Core-aligned testing for the first time this spring are out, with overall scores higher than expected though still below what many parents may be accustomed to seeing.
Full or preliminary scores have been released for Connecticut, Idaho, Missouri, Oregon, Vermont, Washington and West Virginia. They all participated in the
Newsmax (News)Apr 08 2019
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Trump keeps pushing legal boundaries — and 10 other takeaways from Kirstjen Nielsen’s ouster
President Trump often demands legally dubious solutions to complex problems. When he’s denied, he blames others — including his own staff. That’s really the nub of why he’s pushing out Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen.
The 30-minute sit-down in the White House residence at 5 p.m. on Sunday wasn’t like the end of an episode of “The Apprentice.” It wasn’t televised in prime
Washington PostFeb 16 2015
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Boehner says House has spoken on DHS funding, Obama's plan for ISIS isn't 'smart'
House Speaker John Boehner is giving little ground to President Obama and his fellow Democrats on Capitol Hill on key issues, blaming Senate Democrats if the Homeland Security Department runs out of money and criticizing the president’s proposal to fight The Islamic State.
Boehner said on “Fox News Sunday,” in an interview taped on Friday, that Senate Democrats are blocking votes on a
Fox News (Online News)May 25 2015
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Hillary Clinton's email dump won't stop Benghazi questions
The emails to 'H' don't contain a smoking gun, at least not yet.
That's hardly surprising since Hillary Clinton herself chose which emails to turn over to the State Department.
But the first batch of messages released from the now-notorious personal account that she used as secretary of state does make clear that this is one headache that will linger for the front-running
CNN (Online News)Oct 24 2014
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Fast and Furious: Family of Slain Border Patrol Agent "Baffled" Obama's Executive Privilege Used to Protect Holder's Wife
Late Wednesday evening the Department of Justice turned over a list, or Vaughn Index, of Operation Fast and Furious documents being held from the American people and Congress under President Obama's assertion of executive privilege. The list was turned over after a long legal battle with government watchdog Judicial Watch. Yesterday in an initial review of the list by Judicial Watch, it was
TownhallJan 04 2023
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Microsoft Workers Form Company's First US Union
Microsoft recognized its first labor union in the U.S. after a super-majority of employees at ZeniMax Media, a Microsoft subsidiary, voted to unionize.
For Context: Microsoft acquired ZeniMax for $7.5 billion in 2021. The firm created popular games such as Doom, Fallout, and Elder Scrolls. Microsoft said that it voluntarily recognizes the employees' legal right to choose to unionize.
Business Insider CNBC Fox BusinessAug 29 2013
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Who's Up for Another Obamacare Delay?
Here we have another Obamacare implementation delay that threatens to adversely impact the timely roll-out of legally mandated state exchanges, on which millions of Americans will rely. Yawn. It's only your healthcare, America. Reuters has the details:
The Obama administration has delayed a step crucial to the launch of the new healthcare law, the signing of final agreements with
TownhallApr 11 2016
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Is the ACLU Good for America?
Since its creation on Jan. 19, 1920, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has often been at the center of controversy and public debate. They have taken on issues ranging from abortion, the death penalty, and immigration to religious displays, drug policy, and the war on terror. In fact, the ACLU has appeared before the US Supreme Court more times than anyone except the US Department of
ProCon.orgFeb 07 2015
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Benghazi committee wants Hillary Clinton interview ‘as soon as possible’
The chairman of the House Select Committee tasked with investigating the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack on a U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya, said Friday he plans to begin interviews with State Department personnel as early as next week and released a list of 20 names of people, including top current and former Obama administration officials, he also plans to interview.
“I am
Washington Times