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Jan 15 2020
News
Pelosi, Democrats try impeachment as election issue as acquittal looms
Democrats pivoted to making impeachment an election issue Tuesday as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi prepared a vote to send articles of impeachment to the Senate, where President Trump is all but guaranteed an acquittal.
The House is set to vote Wednesday on a resolution to transmit the two articles of impeachment against Mr. Trump to the Senate, ending a nearly four-week delay during which
Washington TimesSep 28 2021
Analysis
After Afghanistan, what kind of wars does Pentagon want to fight?
As the last of the U.S. forces withdrew from Afghanistan and closed the books on the longest war in American history, the general consensus seemed to be that politicians won’t be asking the Pentagon to do that again anytime soon.
The “that” includes sending hundreds of thousands of troops, as was the case at the height of the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, to win hearts and minds in
Christian Science MonitorOct 03 2013
News
Capitol Police: Suspect killed after car chase
Police shot and killed a woman who led them on a car chase Thursday from the White House to the U.S. Capitol, injuring two officers and forcing a short-lived lockdown of the sprawling complex, law enforcement officials said. During a news conference Thursday evening, officials also said that a girl, who was approximately 1 year old and was in the Black Infiniti sedan, is in good condition and
PoliticoDec 02 2014
News
Justices Struggle To Find Line Between Threats, Free Speech Online
The U.S. Supreme Court struggled Monday with conflicting notions of where to draw the line between free speech and criminal threats in the Internet age. At issue was the conviction of a Pennsylvania man for making threats against his estranged wife and an FBI agent.
After Anthony Elonis' wife left him, he began posting grisly messages on his Facebook page, promising not to rest until
NPR (Online News)Feb 24 2020
News
The evidence doesn't back Democrats' panic that Bernie can't win
Lots of Democrats are in full panic that Bernie Sanders will win the nomination and get clobbered in the general election — and bring the party down, too. But the evidence, particularly the polling, doesn't back those doomsday warnings.
Why it matters: Virtually every national and swing state poll shows Sanders tied with or beating President Trump. And, unlike every rival, he has a
AxiosJun 02 2020
Opinion
Trump is incapable of wielding power
On the first day, nothing. Nothing too on the second and third and fourth and fifth save for complaints, idle and intermittent. By the sixth, a retreat underground amid the crashing bricks and bottles, a quiet reassurance of safety (his). Then on the seventh night: soundbombs and gas deployed not in the hope of retaking the streets of Washington from the looters of stores and mere private
The Week - OpinionApr 13 2020
Background
White House
The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. It is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. and has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800. The term "White House" is often used as a metonym for the president and his advisers.
The residence was designed by Irish-born architect James Hoban[3]
WikipediaJun 18 2019
News
Trump Officially Launches 2020 Campaign - Here's What the Polls Show and Why He's Rejecting Them
President Donald Trump officially jumps into the 2020 presidential race today with an event in Orlando, Florida. But if recent polling holds true, he has a lot of ground to make up. Former Vice President Joe Biden not only leads the Democratic field, but he holds a 10-point advantage over the president.
"I believe we can win Texas and Florida if you look at the polling data now," Biden
CBNDec 02 2019
News
Trump team positions Pence as the antidote to anti-Trump animus
The president’s campaign aides recognize Trump’s personality is a liability with the voters he needs to win over. That’s where Mike Pence comes in.
When Donald Trump’s reelection team shamelessly acknowledged during a World Series campaign commercial that America’s 45th president is “no Mr. Nice Guy,” it was doing more than shock-and-awe advertising.
Noticeably absent from the 30
PoliticoJun 06 2019
News
Trump Pressures Mexico as Second Day of Border Talks Begin
U.S. has threatened to impose tariffs starting Monday if no deal is reached on slowing migrant crossings
President Trump said Thursday that progress was being made in border-security talks between Mexican and U.S. officials, but warned that Mexico must “step up to the plate” if it wants to head off tariffs planned for next week on $350 billion in imports.
Officials were set to
Wall Street Journal (News)