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Jun 18 2019
News
Trump prepares to bypass Congress to take on Iran
The Trump administration and its domestic political allies are laying the groundwork for a possible confrontation with Iran without the explicit consent of Congress — a public relations campaign that was already well under way before top officials accused the Islamic Republic of attacking a pair of oil tankers last week in the Gulf of Oman.
Over the past few months, senior Trump aides
PoliticoOct 29 2012
News
Activists Pour Cash Into Voter Turnout
In a tight election where voter turnout could be crucial, a new force is sending people door to door to try to get conservatives to the polls.
Conservative groups, most notably Americans for Prosperity, are spending millions of dollars to ensure that as many supporters as possible cast a ballot. Their efforts, echoing voter drives by unions and other Democratic-leaning groups, represent
Wall Street Journal (News)Jul 06 2021
News
U.S. Exit From Afghanistan Seems Illogical; Why It’s Happening Anyway
The U.S. military hasn’t suffered a fatality in Afghanistan since February 2020—that is, for 16 months. So the tangible costs of staying in the country, at the reduced troop levels that had become the new normal, would have been relatively low.
Meantime, the intangible risks of leaving, on humanitarian as well as strategic grounds, are relatively high.
So what is it about the
Wall Street Journal (News)Aug 01 2022
Perspectives Blog
Can Open Primaries Reduce Polarization?
This piece was originally published on Divided We Fall, which AllSides rates as mixed. It was written by Jeremy Gruber, Dan Butler, Sarah Anderson, and Laurel Harbridge- Young.
The Continued Success of our Democracy Demands Open PrimariesBy Jeremy Gruber – Senior Vice President at Open Primaries
"That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that
Divided We Fall (author)Oct 09 2013
Opinion
Shutdown mess? No, it's democracy
Timothy Stanley says shutdowns are hard but not uncommon, and reflect the complex difficult process of passing laws, spending money and checking power.
CNN DigitalMar 26 2021
News
Photos show Biden 'cheat sheets' during first formal press conference
President Biden referenced "cheat sheets" detailing key policy points and the identities of attending journalists when he conducted the first formal news conference of his presidency on Thursday.
Photos taken at the event showed Biden holding a card labeled "infrastructure," with key statistics and talking points. One bullet point noted that "China spends 3 times more on infrastructure
Fox News DigitalOct 08 2015
News
Syrian official says 'wide-scale offensive' launched
The Syrian regime, which had appeared earlier this year to be on the ropes, has launched a wide-scale offensive, a senior military official said Thursday.
CNN DigitalMay 16 2018
News
North Korea cancels talks with South, threatens to pull out of U.S. summit
North Korea sent shock waves through the Trump administration’s hope for a history-making summit with Kim Jong-un, angrily canceling a planned meeting with South Korean officials Wednesday to protest joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises and calling into doubt President Trump’s announced meeting with Mr. Kim in Singapore in less than a month.
Washington TimesJan 21 2015
News
SOTU Fact Check: Obama's Health Care Debt Bomb
In his State of the Union Tuesday, President Obama claimed that Obamacare has helped cut the deficit by two thirds by slowing the rate of health care spending growth.
TownhallAug 09 2021
News
The Democrats who could run to replace Cuomo
ALBANY — While Gov. Andrew Cuomo has not thrown in the towel on his future yet, it’s probably a safe bet to assume he will not be elected to a fourth term in 2022.
Despite the crescendo of calls for the New York governor to step down early, no Democrats have yet declared their intentions to run to succeed him. And there’s plenty of time for wild cards — perhaps a celebrity or
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