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Nov 11 2014
News
GOP Senate Can't Resist a ‘War on Women’
During his reelection campaign, Mitch McConnell pledged that if he became Senate majority leader, one of his priorities would be legislation to ban abortions after 20 weeks. “In a Republican Senate, under my leadership, we would have the kind of real debate on the issues that the American people want,” McConnell told the National Right to Life Conference. Except polls show that seven in 10
Daily Beast
Sep 12 2019
Opinion
McGahn’s testimony could rock the White House. But it might come too late.
Remember Donald McGahn?
The House Judiciary Committee has gone to court to enforce the subpoena it issued in April for the former White House counsel’s testimony. Arguments are teed up, and the court has an expedited schedule providing for a fairly fast resolution of the dispute, with a hearing on the merits Oct. 31. Expect the courts to quickly dispose of the administration’s far-
Guest Writer - Left
Jul 23 2019
News
Pelosi, Democrats launch Mueller messaging blitz
House Democrats on Tuesday will launch an aggressive communications campaign to highlight Robert Mueller's sweeping investigation into Russian election interference just ahead of the former special counsel's appearance before Congress for a pair of hotly anticipated hearings.
The office of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has crunched Mueller's 448-page report into a six-page document
The Hill
Aug 01 2015
News
Obama revokes 22 illegal immigrants’ amnesties; unclear if they will be deported
Homeland Security has punished 22 illegal immigrant Dreamers who refused to give up their three-year deportation amnesties and exchange them for two-year permits, and has instead revoked them entirely, officials told a federal court late Friday.
And the department has agreed to turn over sensitive information on about 2,600 other Dreamers who were issued three-year amnesties in
Washington Times
Nov 04 2014
News
7 things that will almost definitely happen on election night
Happy Election Day, America. Things have changed since the last time everyone went to the polls. Then, Barack Obama was re-elected to a second four-year term. Now, he's been largely benched by his party, spending less time on the campaign trail than his much more popular wife, first lady Michelle Obama, former president Bill Clinton and potential future presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
CNN Digital
Dec 02 2019
News
Trump’s Tax Returns
Last Monday, the Supreme Court blocked enforcement of a House subpoena for President Trump’s financial records “until the president’s lawyers file a petition for review of the D.C. Circuit’s decision. The move provides a reprieve for Trump for now, and it likely sets the stage for a broader showdown over the subpoena early next year, with a decision to follow by late June.” (SCOTUSblog)
The Flip Side
May 24 2019
News
Trump gives AG Barr authority to declassify documents related to 2016 campaign surveillance
President Trump on Thursday night issued a memo giving Attorney General William Barr the authority to declassify any documents related to surveillance of the Trump campaign in 2016.
Trump also ordered the intelligence community to cooperate with Barr. The memo read: "The heads of elements of the intelligence community... and the heads of each department or agency that includes an
Sep 10 2019
News
Impeachment, Shutdown, Gun Control: Conflict Looms as Congress Returns
The House and Senate are back in session this week, after a six week recess, with a bold agenda for the rest of the year. The list promises to deliver controversy, from pursuing an official impeachment inquiry to avoiding a possible government shutdown.
Republican Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA) is criticizing House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler for preparing a vote on impeachment
CBN
Mar 02 2016
News
Executive on a Mission: Saving the Planet
What Ray Anderson calls his “conversion experience” occurred in the summer of 1994, when he was asked to give the sales force at Interface, the carpet tile company he founded, some talking points about the company’s approach to the environment.
“That’s simple,” Mr. Anderson recalls thinking. “We comply with the law.”
But as a sales tool, “compliance” lacked inspirational verve.
New York Times (News)
May 19 2014
News
Scientists Rebut White House Global Warming Claims
A group of independent scientists, economists, and meteorologists has issued a pointed response to the scientific foundation of the Obama administration's claims that humans are drastically changing the climate by burning fossil fuels.
With expertise in multiple disciplines, including climate research, weather modeling, physics, geology, statistical analysis, engineering, and economics
Newsmax (News)