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Sep 17 2019
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6 Years Ago, Democrats Failed on Guns. Have They Learned From Their Mistakes?
Beto O’Rourke reshaped the national gun debate when, in response to a string of deadly mass shootings, he called for a mandatory buyback of the military-style assault weapons used in the massacres. “Hell yes, we’re going to take your AR-15, your AK-47,” he said during last week’s debate. “We’re not going to allow it to be used against our fellow Americans anymore.”
Gun rights advocates
Mother JonesJun 13 2012
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Obama Seeks New Taxes on Rich
President Barack Obama called on Congress Monday to enact new taxes on the wealthy, restructure the tax code and approve short-term spending measures as part of an election-year budget plan aimed at boosting job growth and helping the middle class.
Mr. Obama's $3.8 trillion budget for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1 was quickly dismissed by congressional Republicans and GOP presidential
Wall Street Journal (News)Apr 23 2020
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4.4 million Americans sought jobless benefits last week, as economic pain continued across the United States
More than 4.4 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, according to the Labor Department, a signal that the tidal wave of job losses continues to grow during the coronavirus pandemic.
It’s the fifth-straight week that job losses were measured in the millions. From March 15 to April 18, 26.5 million have likely been laid off or furloughed. Jobless figures on this
Washington PostMay 23 2013
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Obama speech to focus on drones, Guantanamo prison
From the targeted killing of Americans overseas to the future of the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, President Barack Obama will lay out the framework and legal rationale for his administration's counterterrorism policy in a widely anticipated speech Thursday. Administration officials tell CNN that Obama will use the National Defense University speech to continue to call on engagement with
CNN (Online News)Feb 25 2015
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Obama meets with immigration activists ahead of Florida town hall
President Obama plans to highlight aspects of his executive actions on immigration not subject to a ruling by a Texas judge that temporarily blocked the administration's deferred-deportation program, according to some immigration advocates who met with Obama on Wednesday.
Obama met with 17 advocates at the White House, hours before a town hall-style forum in Miami. Obama will push those
Washington PostJan 02 2014
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Obamacare Effects Begin to Hit Home
The hangovers from New Year's Eve have gone and now millions of Americans are waking up to headaches from Obamacare sticker shock.
Middle-class families are finding out the exact cost of the Affordable Care Act to their weekly budget, and they are realizing they have to make cutbacks in their lifestyles to afford higher healthcare insurance premiums, The Week reports.
Calling
Newsmax (News)Jan 02 2014
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Obamacare Effects Begin to Hit Home
The hangovers from New Year's Eve have gone and now millions of Americans are waking up to headaches from Obamacare sticker shock.
Middle-class families are finding out the exact cost of the Affordable Care Act to their weekly budget, and they are realizing they have to make cutbacks in their lifestyles to afford higher healthcare insurance premiums, The Week reports.
Calling
Newsmax (News)Dec 29 2014
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In Battle to Defang ISIS, U.S. Targets Its Psychology
Maj. Gen. Michael K. Nagata, commander of American Special Operations forces in the Middle East, sought help this summer in solving an urgent problem for the American military: What makes the Islamic State so dangerous?
Trying to decipher this complex enemy — a hybrid terrorist organization and a conventional army — is such a conundrum that General Nagata assembled an unofficial brain
New York Times (News)Dec 04 2019
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House Impeachment Committee Says Trump Abused His Office
Democratic-led Intelligence Committee approves report alleging president engaged in misconduct, obstruction for personal gain.
A Democratic-controlled House committee approved a report accusing President Trump of soliciting foreign election interference and placing “his own personal and political interests above the national interests” by pushing Ukraine to announce an investigation
Wall Street Journal (News)Feb 24 2021
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Minneapolis Just Voted to Fund the Police. Why Isn’t That Getting More Coverage?
From the CenterThis viewpoint is from a writer rated Center.
Minneapolis, the city where a worldwide movement began last summer after the death of George Floyd, is back in the news again. Well, not really.
There are undoubtedly newsworthy things happening in Minnesota. The Minneapolis City Council voted unanimously, 13-0, on Feb. 12 to approve $6.4 million for more
Henry A. Brechter