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May 28 2019
Opinion
OPINION: Texas Is About to Expand Its Program for Teachers Carrying Guns
Twenty years after Columbine, the United States is still looking for how to stop mass public shootings. The rest of the world, where mass public shootings are actually much more common, is also looking for solutions. Russia, France, Finland, and Norway are among the European countries that have experienced far more deaths per capita from these attacks.
Change is coming, if slowly, in
Guest Writer - RightApr 10 2024
Headline Roundup
Trump Says He Won't Sign National Abortion Ban if Elected
2024 Republican candidate and former President Donald Trump told reporters on Wednesday that he would not sign a national abortion ban if he retakes the White House in November.
For Context: On Monday, Trump released a video outlining his position on abortion. In the video, he celebrated the overturning of Roe v. Wade in the summer of 2022, which made abortion a state-level issue. In
HuffPost The Hill New York Post (News)May 22 2019
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Probe Inconclusive on VA Governor Northam's Racist Yearbook Pic
An investigation ordered up by a Virginia medical school failed to determine whether Gov. Ralph Northam is in a 1984 yearbook photo of a man in blackface next to someone in a Ku Klux Klan hood.
Investigators with a law firm hired by Eastern Virginia Medical School said Wednesday they couldn't "conclusively determine" the identities of either person in the 35-year-old photo.
They
CBNMay 22 2019
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Impeachment
“More Democrats are calling — and more loudly — for impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump after his latest defiance of Congress by blocking his former White House lawyer [Don McGahn] from testifying on Tuesday.” (AP News)
The left is disturbed by Trump’s expansive assertion of executive privilege, and generally supports impeachment.
“As attorneys sworn to uphold
The Flip SideMar 21 2024
Headline Roundup
Partisan Fallout From Schumer's Netanyahu Criticism Continues
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s call for new elections in Israel last Thursday sparked significant pushback throughout the week, especially from Republicans.
The Details: Schumer, the highest-ranking Jewish lawmaker in the U.S., argued that Israelis should replace Netanyahu with a leader committed to a two-state solution. Some Republicans criticized Schumer’s speech for meddling
Wall Street Journal (News) ABC News (Online) Washington TimesDec 18 2012
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NRA to 'push back' soon, sources say
Amid the tidal wave of shock and grief that followed the mass murder at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., the gun-control lobby immediately launched a well-coordinated campaign to pressure Congress and the Obama administration into enacting stricter regulation of guns and rifles. These forces -- led by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, D-N.Y., and Sen.
Fox News (Online News)Dec 11 2012
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John Boehner Gives Fiscal Cliff Counteroffer To White House
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) sent the White House what his office is describing as a fresh offer to stave off the tax hikes and spending cuts set to take place at the end of the year.
"We sent the White House a counter-offer that would achieve tax and entitlement reform to solve our looming debt crisis and create more American jobs," said Boehner spokesman Michael Steel. "As the
HuffPostApr 15 2024
Headline Roundup
Jury Selection Begins in Trump Hush Money Trial
On Monday, the hush money trial of former President Donald Trump began in New York with jury selection. The trial itself could last up to eight weeks.
Key Details: Hundreds of prospective jurors will show up as the jury selection process begins; that process could last up to two weeks. Prospective jurors will not be asked about their political affiliation, but they will be asked if they
CNBC Fox News (Online News) NBC News (Online)Jul 10 2019
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Will Another Court Vote to Strike Down Obamacare?
Nearly a decade after the passage of the Affordable Care Act, the health law is still tied up in the courts. You could be forgiven for having lost track of the latest in Obamacare lawsuit news, which now involves conservative states suing a federal government that agrees with them, and several former legal critics of the health law weighing in against the latest legal attack. Let's see if we
ReasonDec 23 2014
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Al Sharpton: De Blasio's Call to End Protests "Ill Defined"
Rev. Al Sharpton is poking New York City mayor Bill de Blasio after he called for a halt in protests against law enforcement until after the two police officers who were murdered have their funerals.
“Is a vigil a protest? Is a rally?” Sharpton told Reuters when asked about his response. He added that de Blasio’s remarks were “an ill-defined request.”
According to Reuters,
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