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May 02 2019
News
Barr’s a No-Show at House Panel as Mueller Fight Splits Parties
Attorney General William Barr escalated his fight with House Democrats eager to question him about Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report after spending five contentious hours before a Senate panel defending the actions of President Donald Trump.
Barr denied Democrats in the House their chance to confront him face-to-face, refusing to show up for a scheduled Judiciary Committee hearing
BloombergMay 01 2019
News
Impeachment, 'Battle Axes,' Infrastructure: Can Dems and Trump Really Stick to $2T Deal?
Democratic leaders met with President Trump at the White House Tuesday to discuss rebuilding America's infrastructure, saying they share the same goal.
That includes building new roads, increasing broadband, and improving the power grid. They say the president agreed to invest $2-trillion into a new plan.
No one has explained how the massive spending plan would be paid for. But
CBNMay 14 2014
News
Obama to Speed Infrastructure Permits, Highlight Highway Funding Squeeze
President Barack Obama on Wednesday will announce plans to speed up permits for building roads, bridges and other infrastructure, part of a broader effort to highlight the administration's focus on transportation as a highway trust fund runs dry.
A White House official said the new plan would add to prior efforts to "cut through red tape and expedite permitting decisions," while
Wall Street Journal (News)Jun 03 2020
Opinion
Plain talk about police and race is not enough
In the aftermath of President Trump’s deplorable assault on peaceful demonstrators in Lafayette Square and his threat to use the military against Americans, we heard — finally — some candid and unvarnished discussion of police abuse from a surprising array of people.
Perhaps most important to the public debate were the voices of religious leaders who denounced Trump’s use of violence
Jennifer RubinNov 25 2019
News
Esper forces out Navy secretary over disputed SEAL case
Navy Secretary Richard Spencer resigned Sunday at Defense Secretary Mark Esper’s request over a private compromise Spencer proposed to the White House that would have allowed a sailor accused of war crimes to retire as a SEAL rather than being kicked out of the elite force’s ranks, the Pentagon said.
Spencer‘s departure marks the latest development in a case that has pitted military
PoliticoNov 12 2014
News
Remember Who Held Election's Purse Strings As Congress Sets 2015 Agenda
Following the Republican wave that swept away the Democratic Senate majority last week, reporters, advocates and pundits debated the efficacy of the estimated $3.7 billion in political spending shelled out over the past 22 months.
Articles pondered whether all the money spent even mattered. Billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer's funds were widely deemed wasted, as were the millions
HuffPostSep 17 2014
News
Obama: U.S. Won't Commit Ground Troops to Combat in Iraq
President Barack Obama insisted he will not authorize a U.S. ground war in the fight against the militant group Islamic State, as he sought to contain the fallout from a top commander's suggestion that he would recommend U.S. ground troops if the current strategy falls short of the administration's goals.
Mr. Obama, speaking Wednesday to troops at MacDill Air Force Base during a visit
Wall Street Journal (News)Feb 05 2020
Fact Check
Fact-checking President Trump’s 2020 State of the Union address
President Trump’s State of the Union speech once again was chock-full of stretched facts and dubious figures. Many of these claims have been fact-checked repeatedly, yet the president persists in using them. Here, in the order in which he made them, are 31 statements by the president.
As is our practice with live events, we do not award Pinocchio ratings, which are reserved for complete
Washington PostOct 06 2013
News
Boehner: Republicans Will Not Pass 'Clean' Debt-Limit Hike
House Speaker John Boehner said on Sunday that there is "no way" Republican lawmakers will agree to a measure to raise the nation's debt ceiling unless it includes conditions to rein in deficit spending.
Pressed on the ABC news program "This Week" on whether the Republican-led House would pass a "clean" debt ceiling increase that included no conditions, Boehner replied: "I told the
Newsmax (News)Oct 06 2013
News
Cruz: Use debt ceiling debate for leverage
Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas linked raising the debt ceiling to funding the Affordable Care Act in an exclusive interview Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union” with Candy Crowley.
“The debt ceiling historically has been among the best leverage that Congress has to rein in the executive," Cruz said.
He listed three objectives as Republicans approach the debt ceiling.
"No. 1, we
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