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May 23 2013
News
New gay-rights battleground: Virginia
Welcome to the gay rights battleground of Virginia. Yes, you read that right. In the 2013 off-year elections, a state that once leaned solidly to the center-right has become the newest focal point in the national debate over same-sex relationships. A gubernatorial race already defined partly along culture-war lines has grown even more contentious since last weekend, when Virginia Republicans
PoliticoJun 14 2018
News
The fraught racial politics of entrance exams for elite high schools
Last week, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio proposed a drastic change in the way students are admitted to the city’s elite high schools.
Students gain entry to one of these eight “specialized” schools by scoring high enough on a single exam called the Specialized High School Admissions Test (SHSAT). De Blasio has called for phasing out the exam and instead admitting the top students
VoxSep 22 2014
News
Rand Paul Looks To Expand His Turf To San Francisco
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) plans to open an office in the San Francisco Bay area, a heavily Democratic location that will give him prime access to Silicon Valley donors ahead of a potential 2016 presidential bid.
Paul told the San Francisco Chronicle on Saturday that he plans to travel to the San Francisco area frequently but had no specific plans for when he would open the office. He
HuffPostApr 09 2020
Analysis
Fox News’ dangerous coronavirus “Mission Accomplished” moment
Tuesday brought the highest number of recorded COVID-19 deaths in a single day in the United States since the novel coronavirus reached our shores. The COVID Tracking Project identified 1,941 new fatalities -- eclipsing Saturday’s previous record of 1,352 -- and placed the overall total at 12,621 -- a greater number than the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate of H1N1 flu
Media MattersMar 30 2020
Opinion
Hannity must go
Recent personnel actions at Fox just happen to have fallen when people turn away from their phones and laptops. On Friday, March 13, news emerged that the Fox Business show of Trish Regan had gone on hiatus — along with another show — as part of the network’s resource shift toward the coronavirus. Days earlier, Regan had issued a fact- and reason-defying riff on air about the politics of the
Erik WempleSep 21 2023
Headline Roundup
Biden Pushes for Mideast ‘Mega-Deal’ Including Saudi-Israel Normalization
The Biden administration is pushing for a “grand bargain” to reshape geopolitics in the Middle East, including normalizing relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia.
The Details: The deal may also include a defense pact between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia, as well as U.S. support for uranium enrichment in a Saudi civilian nuclear program. On Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Reuters Al Jazeera Washington ExaminerMar 25 2021
Analysis
To fight pandemic, people gave up liberties. Will they get them back?
Zoe Buhler was scheduled for an ultrasound appointment on the September morning when Australian police entered her home. The pregnant mother, still in her pajamas, was handcuffed in front of her partner and two children. Her 4-year-old scurried to hide under a bed. Ms. Buhler’s offense? She’d posted a message on Facebook detailing an upcoming peaceful protest in Melbourne against stringent
Christian Science MonitorDec 02 2019
News
Ursula von der Leyen: The making of Europe’s top leader
The presidency of the European Commission is one of the most important offices of the EU, making its occupant critical to the functioning of the bloc. Few expected Ursula von der Leyen to fill that role.
When Daniel Goffart and Ulrike Demmer published their biography of Dr. Ursula von der Leyen five years ago, the reason for their interest in Germany’s then-defense minister was clear
Christian Science MonitorSep 11 2023
Headline Roundup
Biden Announces New Strategic Partnership in Vietnam
The U.S. and Vietnam announced a new strategic partnership in tech and aviation during President Joe Biden’s two-day visit to Hanoi.
A ‘New Stage’ of Relations: The new deals seek to expand supply chains related to semiconductors, AI, and cloud computing between the two countries. Furthermore, Vietnam Airlines said it would buy 50 of Boeing’s 737 Max jets in a “landmark” $7.8 billion
Associated Press The Messenger Fox News (Online News)Sep 14 2013
News
KERRY: U.S., RUSSIA REACH AGREEMENT ON SYRIA CHEMICAL WEAPONS PLAN
After days of intense negotiations, the United States and Russia reached agreement Saturday on a framework to secure and destroy Syria’s chemical weapons by the mid-2014 and impose U.N. penalties if the Assad government fails to comply.
The deal, announced by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Geneva, includes what Kerry called “a shared
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