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Apr 22 2021
Perspectives Blog
Did The New York Times Spread Misinformation About a Capitol Officer’s Death?
Earlier this week, it emerged that Capitol Police officer Brian D. Sicknick suffered two strokes and died of natural causes a day after the January 6 riot at the Capitol, according to a ruling by the District’s chief medical examiner.
The ruling means federal prosecutors will likely be unable to bring homicide charges in connection with his death. Two men have already been charged
Julie Mastrine
Apr 15 2020
News
Resentment grows as governors pile on rules for reopening economy
The federal government has issued constantly evolving criteria for Americans to return to work safely during the coronavirus crisis, while various governors this week began adding their own layers of rules for reopening states for business — a process increasingly leading to partisan disputes in state capitals.
The guidance has ranged from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Washington Times
Apr 23 2014
News
Texas is next! AG warns BLM wants 90,000 acres after Bundy ranch standoff
The attorney general of Texas has a stark warning for state residents on the heels of the federal governments armed standoff at the Cliven Bundy cattle ranch. The BLM may be headed to our neck of the woods next with intent to take over 90,000 acres of prime Red River property.
Washington Times
Apr 15 2020
News
The meaning of Joe Biden's big week
As Democrats close ranks ahead of the November election, party leaders are pushing a perhaps unlikely message: Big government is back.
Dear reader:
Joe Biden has had a pretty good week. On Monday, his erstwhile competitor Sen. Bernie Sanders endorsed him, saying, “We need you in the White House.” On Tuesday, his old boss President Barack Obama endorsed him, releasing a 12-minute
Christian Science Monitor
Mar 02 2020
Analysis
The fate of Obamacare is in the Supreme Court’s hands yet again
The Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will hear California v. Texas and United States House of Representatives v. Texas, two consolidated cases that represent an existential threat to Obamacare, and that were brought by a coalition of Republican-governed states. For the third time since President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act in 2010, the justices will hear a lawsuit
Vox
Oct 18 2013
News
Cruz: No, I Cannot Guarantee Another Shutdown Won't Happen in January
Too soon? The government’s only been fully funded and open for business for 30 hours or so. But apparently that doesn't matter to some Republicans. Indeed, during a recent interview, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) claimed that he’d “do anything” to stop Obamacare
Townhall
Oct 16 2013
News
Boehner Supports Deal, but Says G.O.P. ‘Fight Will Continue’
House Speaker John A. Boehner threw his weight on Wednesday behind the Senate deal to reopen the government and avert a default. He pledged to continue fighting President Obama’s health care law, but in a different manner.
That fight will continue. But
New York Times (News)
Oct 15 2013
News
Senate works to end shutdown, raise debt limit
Senate leaders explored the outlines of a deal Monday that would end the two-week-old government shutdown and give the Treasury Department enough borrowing room to stave off a potential default this month, but all sides cautioned that the specifics are all still up for negotiation.
Washington Times
Dec 18 2013
News
Obama Panel Recommends New Limits on N.S.A. Spying
A panel of presidential advisers who reviewed the National Security Agency’s surveillance practices urged President Obama on Wednesday to end the government’s systematic collection of logs of all Americans’ phone calls, and to keep those in private hands, “for queries and data mining” only by court order
New York Times (News)
Feb 18 2014
News
Bombings in Syria Force Wave of Civilians to Flee
Hundreds of thousands of Syrian civilians have fled rebel-held parts of the city of Aleppo in recent weeks under heavy aerial bombardment by the Syrian government, emptying whole neighborhoods and creating what aid workers say is one of the largest refugee flows of the entire civil war.
New York Times (News)