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Jul 15 2019
News
How President Trump became the GOP’s ‘new normal’
That President Trump has changed political discourse and the presidency is beyond doubt. But that’s not to say his provocative style will be the way of the future.
On Election Day 2016, Ari Fleischer was so unhappy with the choices for president he left his ballot blank.
It pained him to do so. Mr. Fleischer is a staunch Republican; he had served as President George W. Bush’s
Christian Science MonitorOct 28 2019
News
Bolton Deputy Wants Court Ruling Before He Talks In Trump Impeachment Inquiry
Investigators in the impeachment inquiry of President Trump want to talk to Charles Kupperman on Monday. But it's unclear whether the former White House official will show up.
As they gather evidence behind closed doors, House investigators had been expected to press Kupperman to corroborate key elements of a top U.S. diplomat's account that Trump built a shadow foreign policy team
NPR (Online News)Dec 14 2021
Headline Roundup
Supreme Court Denies Health Care Workers' Religious Challenge to NY Vaccine Mandate
The Supreme Court on Monday denied two requests from New York health care workers who said the state's vaccine mandate for their industry violates their constitutional right to freely exercise their religion.
The court's unsigned order offered no explanation of the ruling. Justice Neil Gorsuch, joined by Justice Samuel Alito, dissented and criticized the court for purportedly denying
New York Times (News) SCOTUSblog National Review (News)Aug 12 2013
News
President Obama dares Republicans to shut down government
President Obama delivered a forceful defense of his health care law at a press conference Friday afternoon, daring congressional Republicans to force a government shutdown over their plans to defund the law. He called the 40 House votes to repeal Obamacare an “ideological fixation” and added: “There’s not even a pretense that they’re going to replace it with something better.” Why was Obama so
Washington PostJan 14 2015
News
Obama and Republicans State Cases on ISIS Effort
President Obama told congressional Republicans on Tuesday that he would work with them to hammer out the text of legislation to authorize the American military operation against the Islamic State, setting the stage for a wide-ranging debate over the use of force in Iraq and Syria.
At the first meeting of the year between Mr. Obama and congressional leaders at the White House,
New York Times (News)Dec 13 2012
News
White House, nonprofit groups battle over charitable deductions
The White House and the nations most prominent charities are embroiled in a tense, behind-the-scenes debate over President Obamas push to scale back the nearly century-old tax deduction on donations that the charities say is crucial for their financial health.
In a series of recent meetings and calls, top White House aides have pressed nonprofit groups to line up behind the presidents
Washington PostJul 29 2013
News
Treasury Secretary: Congress Must End Uncertainty On Debt
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew says the debt ceiling needs to be raised, but without another economically damaging partisan fight.
In a series of interviews on the Sunday morning political talk shows, Lew said Congress needs to lift the "cloud of uncertainty" over the nation's finances and raise the limit before it fully expires on Sept. 30.
"The fight over the debt limit in 2011
NPR (Online News)Dec 03 2012
News
Norquist: 'Tea Party 2' Backlash if Obama Sends Nation Over Fiscal Cliff
Grover Norquist, the founder of Americans for Tax Reform, predicted a tea party backlash that would dwarf the movements success in the 2010 midterm elections if President Barack Obama pushes the nation over the “fiscal cliff.
“Tea Party two is going to dwarf tea party one if Obama pushes us off the cliff, warned Norquist on NBCs “Meet The Press.
When asked “Are you over? by
Newsmax (News)Jul 22 2013
News
Great news: Obama to pivot to the economy
I’ve lost count of the pivots back to jobs and economic growth Barack Obama has promised over the years. (The NRCC counts eleven times, but that seems low.) His first promised pivot came in December 2009, when he promised to put off ObamaCare and conduct a “hard pivot” to jobs, which had continued their decline 10 months after the passage of his $800 billion stimulus. That ended up being a
HotAirOct 22 2019
Opinion
The Unraveling of Mick Mulvaney
The White House chief of staff, still “acting” after all these months, should never have been cast in the role of spin doctor.
There he goes again.
This weekend, Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff, sat down with Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday” to try to bind some of the gaping wounds he’d inflicted on President Trump’s impeachment defense in recent days.
New York Times (Opinion)