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Jul 03 2020
Opinion
Republicans have found their excuse to leave Americans in the lurch
The June jobs report is out, and Republicans are again declaring victory. Payrolls grew by 4.8 million in June, according to government surveys, and the official unemployment rate fell to "only" 11.1 percent. "HISTORIC JOBS NUMBERS!" President Trump tweeted. The Washington Post's Jeff Stein reports that in response, Republicans are starting to coalesce around a second round of economic rescue
Ryan CooperNov 14 2019
News
7 Key Takeaways From The First Public Impeachment Hearing
Diplomats Bill Taylor and George Kent were the first two witnesses to publicly testify in the House’s impeachment investigation into President Donald Trump.
The House Intelligence Committee on Wednesday held the first televised hearing of its impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. Democrats are investigating his attempt to withhold U.S. military aid to Ukraine until the
HuffPostDec 02 2019
Opinion
Aunt Becky and the ‘Underpaid Teachers’ Myth
What the college-tuition scandal can teach us about public-school teacher pay.
According to the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) — a liberal think tank affiliated with teachers’ unions — public-school teachers earn, on average, 21.4 percent less than private-sector workers in other fields who have similar educational and demographic characteristics. According to EPI, by offering higher
National Review (News)Jul 27 2012
News
Obama Gets Ahead Of Mitt Romney On Israel
President Barack Obama said Friday he is releasing an additional $70 million in military aid for Israel, a previously announced move that appeared timed to upstage Republican rival Mitt Romney's trip to Israel this weekend.
The stepped-up U.S. aid, first announced in May, will go to help Israel expand production of a short-range rocket defense system. The system, known as Iron Dome, has
HuffPostDec 05 2015
News
How Republicans are targeting Clinton on foreign policy
Republican groups are moving to the next phase of their plan to take down Hillary Clinton.
After spending much of the year focused on her use of a private email server as secretary of State as a way of raising doubts about her ethics and honesty, outside GOP groups are pivoting to her record as the nation's top diplomat to call into question her leadership abilities.
The focus on
USA TODAYJan 09 2020
News
Standing down: How Trump decided that not striking back was his best option on Iran
America's top diplomat on Iran was only a few minutes into a speech on Tuesday afternoon when he was handed an urgent note.
Brian Hook, the special representative for Iran, was in Los Angeles to talk about US policy toward Iran. But by the time he stepped to the podium, he was already more than an hour late, having spent much of the day on a secure line speaking to US officials in
CNN DigitalMar 01 2019
News
Undocumented immigrants pay millions of dollars in state taxes — even in the reddest states
President Donald Trump insists that there’s a national emergency at the “very dangerous southern border.”
He’s called it an “invasion” of undocumented immigrants endangering the lives and livelihoods of hardworking American citizens. And he’s used this narrative to justify taking billions of dollars from the US military to build a border wall.
But when a reporter disputed Trump’s
VoxJan 31 2023
Headline Roundup
Debt Ceiling Standoff Continues as Biden, McCarthy Set to Meet
President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) will meet Wednesday for a one-on-one meeting as a standoff on the debt ceiling continues.
The Details: A number of Republicans in the House and Senate are pushing for spending cuts to accompany any increase in the debt ceiling. The Biden administration is refusing to negotiate, accusing House Republicans of holding the
USA TODAY The Daily Caller The HillJun 06 2015
News
GOP motorcycle ride and pig roast draws seven presidential hopefuls - and major media coverage
This pig roast could trump a certain steak fry - and it will certainly go down as a moment in Republican pop culture history. That would be “Joni’s First Annual Roast and Ride,” a bodacious event on Saturday organized by Sen. Joni Ernst. It includes a 40-mile motorcycle ride across the Iowa countryside to honor military veterans - boasting good cheer, thudding bikes and a full police escort -
Washington TimesAug 28 2019
News
Mattis swipes at Trump, warns of ‘storm clouds gathering’ amid fractured alliances
Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis took several implicit swipes at President Trump’s leadership in an op-ed published Wednesday, warning about the fallout from fractured alliances and increasing divisiveness under the current administration.
Mattis’ comments were included in a lengthy essay adapted from a forthcoming book and published in The Wall Street Journal. They amount to the
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