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Jul 13 2021
Opinion
Cubans are losing their fear. We want change.
On Sunday, Cubans came out to the streets in more than 50 towns and cities and raised their voices to call for an end to the dictatorship. Unprecedented scenes took place across the island — although you would have been excused if you thought you were watching protests anywhere else in Latin America. The region has been a hotbed of discontent in recent months, but Cuba has been suffering for a
Guest Writer - Center
Mar 24 2015
News
Pro-choice House leaders: Don’t let abortion-funding ban scuttle Medicare deal
Democratic leaders of the House’s pro-choice caucus said Tuesday they plan to support a bipartisan deal to overhaul Medicare payments, even though it includes a familiar ban on using federal funds for abortion.
The statement by Reps. Diana DeGette of Colorado and Louise Slaughter of New York is an attempt to salvage the Medicare deal struck by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and
Washington Times
Apr 10 2020
News
Minneapolis Providing Millions In Coronavirus Assistance To Illegal Aliens
Foreign nationals living illegally in Minneapolis, Minnesota, are eligible for financial assistance programs that are intended to help small businesses and families struggling with the coronavirus pandemic.
Democratic Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, in conjunction with the Minneapolis City Council, announced earlier in April that more than $5 million would be allocated from the city’s
The Daily Caller
Aug 18 2020
News
Trump to Pardon Women's Suffrage Leader Susan B. Anthony
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he will pardon Susan B. Anthony, a leader in the women’s suffrage movement, who was arrested for voting in 1872 in violation of laws permitting only men to vote.
Anthony is best known for her role in the movement to secure voting rights for women, but she also was a strong anti-slavery and voting rights pioneer.
“She was never pardoned,” Trump
Newsmax (News)
Mar 26 2020
Fact Check
Testing Should Take Place Wherever There Are Cases, Despite Trump's View
During a news conference Wednesday evening, President Trump said: "We don't have to test the entire state in the Middle West or wherever they may be. We don't have to test the entire state. I think it's ridiculous. A lot of those states could go back [to work] right now, and they probably will."
He's correct that the entire population of a state does not need to be tested right now.
NPR (Online News)
Sep 25 2012
News
Romney Touts 'Prosperity Pacts' To Help Middle East, Developing Nations
Saying that foreign aid must play a role in bringing peace to the Middle East, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney made the case today for what he calls "prosperity pacts" that would aim U.S. assistance packages at nations that develop "the institutions of liberty, the rule of law, and property rights."
Romney was addressing the Clinton Global Initiative in New York, a forum
NPR (Online News)
Nov 11 2021
News
A Capitol Rioter Will Spend More Than 3 Years In Prison For Punching A Police Officer In The Head
Scott Fairlamb, a former mixed martial arts fighter from New Jersey captured on video punching a police officer in the head at the US Capitol on Jan. 6, was sentenced on Wednesday to 41 months in prison.
Fairlamb is the first Capitol rioter set to spend years behind bars. The sentence from US District Judge Royce Lamberth was three months less than the 44 months in prison that
BuzzFeed News
Jun 25 2021
News
Harris answers question about border visit by attacking Trump
Vice President Kamala Harris flipped a question at her Friday press conference in Texas into a chance to attack former President Donald Trump's hard-line immigration policies.
Republicans and even some Democrats had previously criticized the vice president for making her first border trip to El Paso, a city nearly 1,000 miles away from what they call the epicenter of the border crisis,
Washington Examiner
Dec 15 2021
News
Evictions on the rise months after federal moratorium ends
Soon after losing his trucking job amid the pandemic, Freddie Davis got another blow: His landlord in Miami was almost doubling the rent on his Miami apartment.
Davis girded for what he feared would come next. In September he was evicted — just over a month after a federal eviction moratorium ended. He’s now languishing in a hotel, aided by a nonprofit that helps homeless people.
Associated Press
Jun 19 2021
News
Georgia removes 100,000 names from voter registration rolls
More than 100,000 names will be removed from Georgia's voter registration rolls in an attempt to keep the state's voter files "up to date," Georgia's secretary of state announced Friday.
"Making sure Georgia's voter rolls are up to date is key to ensuring the integrity of our elections," Republican Brad Raffensperger said in a statement. "There is no legitimate reason to keep ineligible
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