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Jul 31 2014
News
Islamic Militias Declare Control of Benghazi
Islamic hard-line militias claimed to have taken control of Libya's second largest city, Benghazi, after defeating army units, taking over military barracks and seizing tanks, rockets and hundreds of boxes of ammunition.
The extent of the militias' control of the city was not clear. On Thursday, the city's streets were nearly empty, with residents staying indoors and shops closed—but
Wall Street Journal (News)Feb 11 2015
News
Obama opens door to 'limited' ground combat operations against ISIS
President Obama on Wednesday opened the door to "limited" ground combat operations against the Islamic State, as he asked Congress to formally authorize military force against the terrorist network.
The president, in a proposed resolution and a letter to Congress, underscored the "grave threat" posed by ISIS.
"If left unchecked, ISIL will pose a threat beyond the Middle East,
Fox News (Online News)Mar 09 2020
Analysis
Congress Quietly Repeals More of Obamacare
At the end of 2019, Congress repealed three significant tax components of the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare. Each of them had been included in the initial legislation to raise the revenue required to pay for the new spending the law called for.
The biggest of the three was the so-called Cadillac tax, which was expected to raise about $197 billion over the next decade. Congress
ReasonAug 28 2020
Analysis
Trump Lit Up The Skies (And The Right) While The Streets Raged — And Remade Conventions Forever
The most impressive political fireworks display most will recall ever seeing on their TV sets finished President Donald Trump’s address at the close of the four-day Republican National Convention (RNC) Thursday evening, wrapping up the party’s rallies, energizing the president’s supporters, and changing the convention genre forever.
Just one week after a physically isolated,
The FederalistFeb 20 2020
News
'I sleep at night': Ex-Trump adviser John Bolton says his testimony would not have changed impeachment outcome
Former national security adviser John Bolton defended his decision not to testify in the impeachment process against President Donald Trump, adding he didn't believe the result would have been any different if he had.
"People can argue about what I should have said and what I should have done," Bolton said Wednesday during a lecture at Vanderbilt University. "I would bet you a dollar
USA TODAYSep 22 2014
News
NRA hopes to influence three key Senate races
The National Rifle Association will weigh in on three of this year's key Senate races with a multimillion dollar ad buy beginning Wednesday.
The NRA effort is aimed at boosting Republican Senate challengers in Arkansas, Colorado and North Carolina - the outcomes of which could likely determine which party controls the chamber.
The group's campaign is expected to top $4 million in
CNN (Online News)Apr 15 2020
Analysis
Pandemics are not wars
There are better metaphors to describe what’s happening right now.
In a tense moment near the climax of the 2016 sci-fi film Arrival, Louise Banks (Amy Adams) tries to explain to a military commander why it’s not just the words they teach to their alien visitors that matter, but also the framing and grammar they use to teach those words.
“Let’s say that I taught them chess
VoxJan 16 2013
Opinion
President Obama Introduces a Plan to Reduce Gun Violence (VIDEO)
President Obama puts forward a specific plan to protect our children and communities by reducing gun violence, introducing legislative and executive action that combined would close background check loopholes to keep guns out of dangerous hands; ban military-style assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and taking other common-sense steps to reduce gun violence; make schools safer; and
Whitehouse.govJan 20 2014
News
A Loophole Allows Lawmakers to Reel In Trips and Donations
After some time in the hot tub, an evening cocktail reception and a two-and-a-half-hour dinner in a private dining room named Out of Bounds, Representative Adrian Smith, Republican of Nebraska, made one last stop, visiting the lounge at the Four Seasons Resort hotel here to spend more time with the lobbyists and other donors who had jetted in from Washington, D.C., to join him for the weekend
New York Times (News)Mar 03 2020
Opinion
Extremely early voting is the worst part of this 2020 Democratic presidential circus
Could the 2020 nominating process be any zanier?
You might assume I’m referring to the sheer size of the original Democratic field, or the obscene spending by former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg, or maybe the fact that Iowa can’t count its votes and Nevada can’t explain its byzantine caucus system. Actually, I’m talking about the most counterproductive element in this circus:
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