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Feb 12 2020
News
Trump Congratulates AG Barr for ‘Taking Charge’ of Roger Stone Case
President Trump took to Twitter Wednesday to congratulate his attorney general William Barr for “taking charge” of the Roger Stone case after all four prosecutors on the case withdrew over a disagreement with DOJ officials regarding the severity of their sentencing recommendation.
“Congratulations to Attorney General Bill Barr for taking charge of a case that was totally out of control
National Review (News)Jul 15 2019
News
Trump Accused of Racism for Telling 4 Dem Congresswomen to 'Go Back' to Their Countries
Democrats are condemning President Trump for weekend tweets targeting "progressive Democrat congresswomen."
The tweets claim that representatives came from other countries, calling on them to "go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came."
At least four Democratic freshman congresswomen have been extremely vocal in their criticisms of
CBNAug 05 2015
News
What do they stand for? Good luck finding out
Presidential campaigns once saw their websites as useful tools to tell voters where they stood on the big policy issues of the day. Sure, the information may have been a bit wonky, even riddled with bullet points. But Americans genuinely interested in the candidates' ideas could get some details straight from each one on what they’d do if elected president on everything from Social Security to
PoliticoAug 05 2015
Opinion
OPINION: Donald Trump's immigration policy is insane. But at least he has one.
Donald Trump is many things, but a deep thinker with a nuanced grasp of the complexities of public policy is not one of them. Yet he stands firmly at the front of the GOP presidential pack largely because of one issue: immigration. And before you dismiss his thoughts on the subject as the rantings of a simple-minded xenophobe, understand that more than any other candidate, he's offering
Guest WriterJul 18 2012
News
Public Opinion on Voter ID Laws: Strong Support, Shaky Foundation
The latest public opinion poll I've conducted with colleagues at the University of Delaware's Center for Political Communication (CPC) finds that Americans strongly support voter identification laws--those which require individuals to show government issued identification when they vote.
HuffPostApr 26 2019
News
Trump says U.S. did not pay any of the $2 million that North Korea sought for Otto Warmbier’s care
President Trump said Friday that the United States did not pay any money to North Korea, which had issued a $2 million bill for the hospice care of American Otto Warmbier, the comatose University of Virginia student sent home from Pyongyang in 2017.
“No money was paid to North Korea for Otto Warmbier, not two Million Dollars, not anything else,” Trump said in a morning tweet in which he
Washington PostFeb 13 2016
News
Hillary Clinton Sharpens Focus After Democratic Debate Tussles
Hillary Clinton forcefully attacked Senator Bernie Sanders before a heavily black audience Friday, highlighting his criticism of President Obama, the Affordable Care Act and for what she suggested was a single-minded focus on economic fairness at the expense of racial justice.
One day after the two squared off at a debate that emphasized issues relating to race and gender, Mrs. Clinton
New York Times (News)Feb 11 2020
Opinion
Limbaugh: A Genius at Radio
His ‘army of one,’ inspiring millions who’d been ignored, changed the political landscape. Genius is often defined in myriad ways. One trusted criterion is the ability to do something extraordinary in a field where others could not — and doing something that perhaps will never be done again by anyone else.
By that measure, Rush Limbaugh certainly is the genius of talk radio, a genre in
Victor HansonSep 17 2020
Perspectives Blog
Gallup Poll: People Worried More About Media Bias in Others’ News than Their Own
In an increasingly polarized and biased media landscape it is normal that Americans might worry about the bias of major publications — however, a recent Gallup poll has found that Americans are more worried about others reading biased news than bias in their own media consumption.
The poll found that about seven in ten Americans are concerned with bias in media consumed by other
Rick WytmarFeb 28 2017
News
Trump lays out his vision for America in speech to Congress
President Trump delivered his first address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday night, laying out the agenda for his presidency and, in broad terms, his vision for the country.
Pulling from his campaign speeches and others since taking office, the president ran off a list of accomplishments since taking office and issued promises for the year ahead. Trump highlighted new lobbying
Washington Post