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Jul 09 2013
News
Israel Urges US Not to Freeze Egypt Aid
Israel has urged Washington not to suspend its annual $1.3 billion in aid to Cairo in the wake of the ouster of Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi by the military, news reports said Tuesday.
Under U.S. law, all military and economic aid must be suspended to any country where the government is overthrown by the military, although Washington has not yet determined whether it considers the
Newsmax (News)
Dec 09 2014
News
CIA interrogation report: Battle lines being drawn
The public has yet to see the Senate Intelligence committee report on the rendition, detention and interrogation practices of the George W Bush administration, so its actual contents are currently the province of rumours and leaks.
With the release of its 480-page executive summary said to come on Tuesday, however, the arguments over its implications are already in full swing.
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BBC News
Jul 09 2012
News
Obama calls for Bush tax cut extensions for those making less than $250,000
President Barack Obama called Monday for Congress to pass a one-year extension of the Bush-era tax cuts for people earning less than $250,000 a year. "I believe prosperity comes from an economy that's built on a strong and growing middle class," Obama said at the White House, with people described as working Americans standing behind him. In addition, an Obama campaign official said the
CNN Digital
Jan 10 2013
News
Environmentalists Put Heat on Obama
The U.S.'s temperature record for 2012, after a year of extreme weather, is increasing pressure from some scientists and environmentalists on President Barack Obama to take further steps to curb the emissions they say contribute to climate change.
But congressional opposition and a sputtering economy all but rule out the prospect of sweeping legislation, leaving regulation as the most
Wall Street Journal (News)
Nov 29 2014
News
GOP's tech hurdle: They don't always get it
Republican presidential prospects like Ted Cruz, Rand Paul and Marco Rubio have tapped the tech industry’s fat wallets and mined its big-data expertise — but these 2016 hopefuls couldn’t be further from Silicon Valley when it comes to policy. A series of major divides — from the fate of net neutrality to the future of surveillance reform — still splits this trio of prominent pols from Internet
Politico
Jun 18 2016
Opinion
Why Britain doesn't play politics with gun tragedy
It was lunchtime on a warm, dull Friday in the West Yorkshire village of Birstall, UK, when locals gathered for an unusual vigil. In the paved marketplace of this small northern town of 15,000, Prime Minister David Cameron stood in silent tribute to fallen colleague Jo Cox, a popular freshman representative of his rival Labour Party, who was gunned down Thursday in the heart of her
CNN Digital
Oct 01 2015
Background
Lessening the Risk of Refugee Radicalization
The exodus of more than 4 million refugees from Syria since 2011 raises questions about whether Syrian refugee concentrations will become incubators for violent extremist groups. This Perspective takes a preliminary look at nine historical situations in which populations fled violent conflict or repression—in South Asia, East Africa, Central Africa, and the Middle East—several of which became
RAND Corporation
Nov 22 2014
News
Boehner: House GOP files Obamacare suit
House Speaker John Boehner said Friday he has sued the Obama Administration in federal court over its decisions to make changes to the President's health care law, which congressional Republicans argue were unconstitutional. The move was expected for months -- the GOP-controlled House of Representatives voted to approve the lawsuit in July. But Boehner had trouble retaining a law firm that
CNN Digital
Apr 26 2024
Headline Roundup
Blinken Meets With Xi in Beijing
Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday in an attempt to smooth over rising tensions.
Quotes from Blinken: When asked by CNN (Lean Left bias) whether China was violating Xi’s prior commitment not to interfere with U.S. elections, Blinken said, “We have seen, generally speaking, evidence of attempts to influence and arguably interfere, and we
The Hill
New York Times (News)
Washington Examiner 
Nov 12 2014
News
Gallup: GOP Congress More Popular Than Obama
Not soon after his media-enabled reelection, when President Obama's poll numbers almost immediately began to crater, the media narrative shifted to the steady drumbeat of, "But the approval rating for Congress is much lower." That spin was obviously directed at Republicans, who controlled Congress. Although "congress" can mean both the Democrat-controlled Senate and the House, this was a nifty
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