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Mar 05 2015
News
Michael Brown’s parents to file wrongful death lawsuit against Ferguson, Darren Wilson
The parents of Michael Brown Jr. have made plans to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Ferguson and former Ferguson police officer, Darren Wilson. Attorneys for the family, Anthony D. Gray and Daryl D. Parks addressed the media Thursday morning during a news conference that took place at the Greater St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church.
Michael Brown’s parents, Michael
Fox News Digital
Mar 01 2024
Headline Roundup
Federal Judge Blocks Texas Immigration Crackdown Law
A federal judge blocked Texas state officials from implementing an immigration law which would grant state authorities and judges the ability to arrest, jail and issue deportation orders of those suspected of unlawful entry into the state.
For Context: Senate Bill 4 (SB4), signed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in January, aimed to criminalize illegal border crossings at the state level,
CBS News (Online)
Reuters 
Washington Examiner 
Mar 26 2019
News
Trump and Republicans Seek to Turn the Tables in Post-Mueller Washington
President Trump and his Republican allies went on the offensive on Monday, vowing to pursue and even punish those responsible for the Russia investigation now that the special counsel has wrapped up without implicating him or his campaign in a criminal conspiracy to influence the 2016 election.
Mr. Trump, grim faced and simmering with anger, denounced adversaries who have pounded him
New York Times (News)
Mar 26 2019
News
Democrats plan to block Green New Deal in Senate vote Tuesday
The Senate will vote Tuesday to take up the Green New Deal, the progressives' prescription to battle climate change, but it is expected to be blocked by Democrats, who support many of the ideas in the plan but believe Republicans are trying to score political points by forcing a quick vote on the nascent proposal.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, has made
CNN Digital
Feb 22 2014
News
As Midterm Elections Loom, the Aisle Gets Wider
President Barack Obama's decision to exclude from his budget a Republican-backed change to Social Security sent the latest signal that both parties are shifting away from making policy concessions in favor of a do-no-harm strategy aimed at unifying their bases ahead of the November elections.
Although the midterms are still 8 1/2 months away, the prospects for enacting significant, new
Wall Street Journal (News)
Nov 15 2020
News
Trump Urges Judge to Preserve Suit Over Pennsylvania Ballots
The Trump campaign urged a judge to preserve its bid to block Pennsylvania from certifying President-elect Joe Biden as the winner, claiming there’s evidence that voters in Democratic-leaning counties were improperly allowed to fix errors with their ballots.
In a filing Sunday in federal court, the campaign said a half-dozen Pennsylvania counties named in the suit illegally allowed
Newsmax (News)
Feb 09 2014
News
More Federal Privileges to Extend to Same-Sex Couples
The federal government will soon treat married same-sex couples the same as heterosexual couples when they file for bankruptcy, testify in court or visit family in prison.
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. was preparing to issue policies aimed at eliminating the distinction between same-sex and opposite-sex married couples in the federal criminal justice system, according to a speech
New York Times (News)
Sep 18 2019
News
A divided Fed cuts key rate for 2nd time this year
WASHINGTON (AP) — A sharply divided Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate Wednesday for a second time this year while saying it’s prepared to continue doing what it deems necessary to sustain the U.S. economic expansion.
The Fed’s move will reduce its benchmark rate — which influences many consumer and business loans — by an additional quarter-point to a range of 1.75% to 2
Associated Press
Mar 14 2013
News
Left, Right Unveil US Budget Utopias
Rep. Paul Ryan R-Wis. speaks about the 2014 Budget Resolution during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington March 12 2013. Carolyn KasterAP Photo Budgets are like dreams. When conservative House Republicans and liberal Democrats in the House Progressive Caucus each released their broad budget plans this week what we really saw was a window into two drastically different visions of the
ABC News (Online)
Jan 31 2014
Opinion
It’s Not Just MSNBC Making Flip Assumptions About Non-Liberal Racism
Last night, the official Twitter feed of MSNBC used a Cheerios Super Bowl commercial to make a crack about non-lefties being uncomfortable with race-mixing:
After an eruption of outrage on Twitter, including a volley of colorful family snapshots under the hashtag #MyRightWingBiracialFamily, MSNBC online chief Richard Wolffe withdrew the Tweet:
The Cheerios tweet from @msnbc
Matt Welch