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Jul 04 2012
News
Dark economic clouds gather anew over Obama campaign
After a month in which his re-election campaign picked up momentum, hard economic realities are about to hit President Barack Obama as he takes to the road on a campaign bus trip through the Rust Belt.
Poor manufacturing data earlier this week followed by a likely weak jobless report on Friday are reminding Obama that he has a lot of work to do to convince voters he is bringing the
TownhallMay 12 2020
News
Fauci warns U.S. Senate that coronavirus vaccine will take time to develop
Leading U.S. infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci on Tuesday warned Congress that while the federal government is working to help manufacture a vaccine against the new coronavirus, its development “might take some time” to come to market.
As a result, Fauci told a Senate health committee in prepared testimony, the nation’s efforts to battle the deadline virus and the COVID-19 disease
ReutersJul 13 2020
News
Washington’s NFL team officially retires name and logo after sponsor backlash
The National Football League team in Washington, D.C., will officially retire the team’s name and logo, the club announced Monday. A new name was not announced.
The organization, which had its name since 1932, launched a review of its name after partners and sponsors began to criticize the team for failing to acknowledge the sensitivity regarding the name and logo to Native Americans
CNBCJun 26 2020
Opinion
Tucker Carlson: Trump could well lose the election - he must defend America's institutions
Not many people are saying it out loud on the right, but the fact is that President Trump could well lose this election. In fact, unless fundamental facts change soon, it could be tough for him to be reelected.
If the president does lose, that would mean that just a few months from now, Joe Biden would become the president. The United States government would fall under the control of
Tucker CarlsonJun 23 2020
Opinion
Coronavirus caused a lobbying boom. It's hurting our democracy.
The coronavirus pandemic has gutted the American economy. Small businesses have shuttered their doors, large corporations have filed for bankruptcy, unemployment rates have soared to the highest levels since the Great Depression — and entire industries may need help from the government to avoid collapse.
But as millions of Americans struggle to pay their rent on time, one industry is
The FulcrumJan 16 2020
News
Giuliani associate: 'President Trump knew exactly what was going on' in Ukraine
The day the House submitted articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate, a Ukraine-born associate of Trump’s lawyer said that “President Trump knew exactly what was going on" in Ukraine during the White House's alleged pressure campaign at the center of Trump's upcoming trial.
Lev Parnas, who is alleged to have assisted in the pressure campaign,, said Trump and
USA TODAYApr 07 2020
News
Trump aide Peter Navarro warned 'as many as 1.2 million souls' could be lost to coronavirus: reports
While President Donald Trump played down concerns about the coronavirus in January and February, a top White House adviser warned that a coronavirus pandemic could cost the country trillions of dollars and endanger millions of Americans, according to two new reports.
Peter Navarro, the top trade and manufacturing aide to the president, laid out the warning in two memos - one on Jan. 29
USA TODAYMay 10 2019
Background
How China doesn't play fair on trade
Donald Trump calls the Chinese "cheaters" and "manipulators." He's made it clear that if he becomes president, the U.S. will no longer lose big to China. To fight back, he talks often of slapping a 45% tax -- or a tariff -- on Chinese goods coming into the U.S.
As Trump frequently points out, there's a huge imbalance in U.S.-China trade. Last year, the U.S. bought almost $500 billion
CNN DigitalJan 09 2020
News
House Democrats' climate bill aims to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050
We can already draw some conclusions from yesterday's rollout of the "framework" for big climate legislation House Democrats are crafting through the powerful Energy and Commerce Committee.
Driving the news: The planned bill aims to achieve net-zero U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Its pillars include:
A "clean electricity standard" that forces utilities to provide
AxiosDec 22 2020
News
Questions Answered #2
“Can the incoming Biden administration point to anything positive left behind by the Trump administration? Something they can build on.” - Cheryl, Tennessee
“My conservative friends often say that President Trump has done many amazingly good things for the country. But when pressed about the specifics of these good things I never get an answer about why that was good and what the actual
The Flip Side