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May 19 2022
Headline Roundup
Senate Approves $40 Billion for Ukraine Aid
The Senate voted 86-11 on Thursday to approve $40 billion in additional military, economic and humanitarian aid for Ukraine as Russia’s invasion continued.
Speaking before the vote, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said the aid package would “meet the large needs of the Ukrainian people as they fight for their survival.” Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) also
Associated Press Fact Check Fox News (Online News) The HillDec 28 2014
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CNN/ORC Poll: Bush surges to 2016 GOP frontrunner
Jeb Bush is the clear Republican presidential frontrunner, surging to the front of the potential GOP pack following his announcement that he's "actively exploring" a bid, a new CNN/ORC poll found. He takes nearly one-quarter — 23% — of Republicans surveyed in the new nationwide poll, putting him 10 points ahead of his closest competitor, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who tallied 13%.
CNN (Online News)Aug 01 2013
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Senate Votes 86-13 to Block Measure to Cut Off Aid to Egypt
The Senate voted overwhelmingly to block a vote on cutting off aid to Egypt, a move aimed at tamping down growing frustration with the military takeover in Egypt.
The 86-13 vote to table the measure comes as President Barack Obama is dispatching two senior Republican senators, Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, to the country in an effort to calm tensions
Wall Street Journal (News)Mar 14 2019
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Trump faces Senate revolt in vote on border emergency
President Donald Trump's declaration of an emergency on the US-Mexico border looks likely to be dealt a blow by dissident Republican senators.
Several members of the president's own party are expected to rebel when the Senate votes on Thursday on a proposal to revoke his declaration.
The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives last month backed the measure.
Mr Trump
BBC NewsAug 20 2016
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DONALD TRUMP'S NEW FOCUS: WOOING AFRICAN-AMERICANS
Donald Trump is undergoing a campaign pivot, but it doesn’t have anything to do with his remarks Thursday night that he regretted some of his statements (he left unspecified which) over the course of his raucous year-long campaign. Trump’s semi-apology set political pundits abuzz, but the most notable change in Trump’s rhetoric in recent weeks has really been his direct and repeated appeals
NewsweekApr 11 2016
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Trump: I was cheated in Colorado by failing to follow rules that were clear to everyone months ago
The funniest part of this is when he says the rules in Colorado were changed to help “a guy like Cruz.” In reality the rules were changed to block guys like Cruz. Colorado used to award its delegates via a caucus, but that backfired in 2012 when Rick Santorum upset Mitt Romney there. That’s how it tends to go with caucuses — unlike a statewide primary, they benefit well-organized candidates
HotAirMay 19 2015
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Republicans Very Troubled By Clinton Donors See No Conflict With Their Own Dark Money
For four months, the Republican Party and its many presidential hopefuls have laid into likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton over donations to a family foundation. That these attacks contradict the GOP's broader stand on campaign finance -- and call into question their own weighty burden of donor conflicts -- hasn't troubled them at all.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) called contributions
HuffPostOct 30 2014
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Maine Officials Fail to Reach Compromise With Nurse Over Ebola Quarantine
The governor of Maine said Thursday that negotiations with the nurse who cared for Ebola patients in Sierra Leone had failed to reach a compromise that would allow her to take walks, runs or rides but would prevent her from mingling with the public.
As a result, Gov. Paul LePage said he would “exercise the full extent of his authority allowable by law.” Though he did not make it
New York Times (News)May 26 2020
Opinion
The covid-19 lockdown has served its purpose. It’s time to end it.
The covid-19 lockdown has served its purpose. The time has come to end it.
The objective of the lockdown was never to stop every American from getting covid-19, which is impossible; it was to buy time to learn about the virus and prevent our health-care system from being overwhelmed. We have accomplished those goals. The Trump administration is on track to procure nearly 200,000
Marc A. ThiessenMay 09 2015
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Age counts: 92 percent of Americans prefer a presidential candidate under 60
How old is too old to run for president? Americans have an age range in mind. Consider that the current crop of presidential hopefuls ranges in age from 43 to 75 - and in the middle is Gov. Scott Walker checking in at 47, Sen. Rand Paul at 52, Martin O’Malley at 53, Jeb Bush at 63, Hillary Clinton at 67. Too name a few.
But now there’s a YouGov poll revealing what age Americans actually
Washington Times