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May 06 2021
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White House migration strategy faces new backlash from Central American leaders
President Joe Biden wants to stem soaring migration levels through aid to Central American countries and by targeting corruption, efforts that have shown mixed results in years past while stoking new opposition in a region that feels scapegoated by the new U.S. administration.
Buy-in from leaders in the countries people are leaving is "fundamental" to achieving success, said Michael
Washington Examiner
Jan 11 2018
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Whether or Not Trump's Libel Threat Violates the First Amendment, It's Clearly an Assault on Free Speech
One of the president's lawyers sent a threatening letter last week to author Michael Wolff and to Steve Rubin, Wolff's publisher at Henry Holt. The attorney, Charles Harder, claimed to be "investigating numerous false and/or baseless statements" in Fire and Fury, the hot new book on the Trump administration that Wolff wrote and Rubin published. Harder demanded, on behalf of the president of
Reason
Feb 23 2021
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Top Security Officials to Testify on Failure to Blunt Capitol Attack
Top officials responsible for the security of the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 attack are scheduled to testify before Congress Tuesday about the failure to adequately prepare for and counter a deadly riot on the day lawmakers convened to certify the results of the presidential election.
A joint bipartisan committee of senators will question three security officials who resigned in the
Wall Street Journal (News)
Feb 23 2021
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Senate set to examine Jan. 6 attack on Capitol, grill former officials on security failures
Two Senate committees are set to meet Tuesday in the first public congressional inquiry into the Jan. 6 Capitol security failures that allowed a pro-Trump mob to storm the building as lawmakers were certifying the presidential election results in a joint session.
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSCAC) and Rules and Administration Committee will convene
Fox News Digital
Aug 10 2015
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Man Is Shot in Ferguson After Police Say He Fired at Officers
St. Louis County police officers shot and critically injured a man who fired at them here late Sunday night, the authorities said, setting this region on another tense and uncertain course on the same day that hundreds gathered to commemorate the anniversary of the killing of Michael Brown, a black teenager, by a white officer.
New York Times (News)
Apr 14 2018
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McClatchy: Mueller Has Evidence Cohen Was in Prague in 2016
Peter Stone and Greg Gordon of McClatchy DC report that sources close to special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election say that authorities have obtained evidence proving that President Trump's personal attorney, Michael Cohen, did in fact make a trip to Prague after denying he had ever been there. If true, this would confirm at least one aspect
Townhall
Feb 22 2021
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Supreme Court rejects Trump effort to shield tax records from NY prosecutors
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a last-ditch bid by former President Donald Trump to keep his financial records, including years of his tax returns, out of the hands of the Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus Vance Jr.
The decision, the second time the nation’s highest court has refused to block a grand jury subpoena for those confidential records, was announced in an order with no
CNBC
Aug 15 2014
News
'They're Talking To People': Tensions Ease In Ferguson As Police Change Tactics
Ferguson, Mo., saw more protests last night – but instead of meeting demonstrators with tear gas and armored vehicles, police walked with them, and posed for photos. The shift came after days of clashes sparked by the police killing of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown.
NPR (Online News)
Aug 20 2013
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NYPD Won't Answer Questions About Bloomberg's Gun Safety Violations
Monday during a joint press conference with NYC Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced the confiscation of more than 250 illegally sold guns and the indictment of 19 after an extensive undercover operation.
Townhall
Nov 13 2019
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University of Florida Student President Faces Impeachment Over $50,000 Donald Trump Jr. Visit
As President Trump’s public impeachment hearings get underway Wednesday on Capitol Hill, a slightly smaller-scale impeachment probe is unfolding at the University of Florida. UF’s student president is facing his own impeachment inquiry after he helped bring Donald Trump Jr. and his girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle to campus last month at a reported cost of $50,000. The school’s student government
Daily Beast