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Mar 08 2015
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O'Malley emerges in New Hampshire as potential Clinton rival for 2016 but soft sells potential challenge
Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley is emerging as a potential challenger to Hillary Clinton for the party’s 2016 presidential nomination but appears unwilling, at least for now, to mount a head-on challenge to the front-running Clinton.
O’Malley on Friday night at a Democratic fundraiser in key voting state New Hampshire declined to discuss two Clinton controversies -- donations to
Fox News (Online News)Apr 23 2020
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Mitch McConnell gets bipartisan blowback for pushing bankruptcy over federal aid for reeling states
The House is expected to clear a $484 billion coronavirus relief package to replenish a small-business loan programs Thursday, sending it to President Trump's desk. Democrats won $100 billion for hospitals and national coronavirus testing in the legislation, but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blocked a Democratic push to include $150 billion for states and local governments. The White
The Week - NewsJan 04 2021
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Trump, in Taped Call, Pressured Georgia Official to ‘Find’ Votes to Overturn Election
President Trump pressured Georgia’s Republican secretary of state to “find” him enough votes to overturn the presidential election and vaguely threatened him with “a criminal offense” during an hourlong telephone call on Saturday, according to an audio recording of the conversation.
Mr. Trump, who has spent almost nine weeks making false conspiracy claims about his loss to President-
New York Times (News)Jun 12 2012
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White House backs Holder’s decision to appoint U.S. attorneys to probe leaks
The White House is standing by Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.s decision to appoint two U.S. attorneys to investigate the recent spate of national security leaks, rejecting Republican arguments that only an outside counsel would be independent enough for such a task.
Washington TimesJan 25 2015
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Even Fox News is outraged at Boehner and Netanyahu's plan to undermine Obama
Fox News is not exactly known as an ally of the Obama administration, especially when it comes to disputes between Obama and House Speaker John Boehner, or disputes between Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Yet two prominent Fox News hosts, Chris Wallace and Shepherd Smith, harshly criticized Boehner and Netanyahu on Friday for secretly arranging a Netanyahu speech to
VoxJan 22 2015
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Huckabee: Resisting the Supreme Court on gay marriage?
Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, a likely contender for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination and a leading voice for Christian conservatives, said Thursday that governors and state legislatures should consider ways to resist a Supreme Court decision that recognized same-sex marriage as a constitutional right.
On USA TODAY's Capital Download, Huckabee likened such a possible
USA TODAYFeb 01 2017
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Senate confirms Tillerson as secretary of state
The Senate on Wednesday made Rex Tillerson the next secretary of state, confirming the former ExxonMobil CEO on a 56-43 vote.
Four Democrats crossed party lines to join every Republican in approving Tillerson as President Donald Trump's top diplomat: West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, North Dakota Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, Virginia Sen. Mark Warner, and Maine Sen. Angus King, an independent who
PoliticoJul 02 2020
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New Hope for Civil Forfeiture Reform
Sweeping police reform is stalled in Congress: The House passed a bill last week that the Senate appears to have no plans to take up, while Sen. Tim Scott’s JUSTICE Act failed to get enough votes to advance to debate. But, a bipartisan group of senators is still pushing for incremental reform. Amid growing concerns over racial inequality in the criminal justice system, “civil asset forfeiture
The DispatchApr 13 2020
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CNN cuts away from 'propaganda' briefing as Trump plays video hitting press
CNN stopped its live coverage of the daily White House coronavirus task force briefing Monday when President Trump began playing a compilation of news clips portraying his handling of the pandemic in a positive light.
"To play a propaganda video at taxpayer expense in the White House briefing room is a new — you can insert your favorite word here in this administration," CNN anchor John
The HillJul 01 2020
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Cuomo ridicules New York City move to strip $1B in NYPD funding
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo slammed the New York City Council’s move strip the New York Police Department of $1 billion in funding, questioning “what it means” and calling for concrete action.
“I don’t know what it means,” Cuomo said during a press briefing Wednesday. “What does that mean? Does this mean I am less safe? Where did you take the billion dollars from? Does it mean I am more
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