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Mar 11 2019
News
Former Gillibrand aide resigned in protest over handling of sex harassment claims
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), one of the most outspoken advocates of the #MeToo movement who has made fighting sexual misconduct a centerpiece of her presidential campaign, spent last summer pressing legislators to update Congress’ “broken” system of handling sexual harassment.
At the same time, a mid-20s female aide to Gillibrand resigned in protest over the handling of her
Politico
Nov 04 2019
Opinion
The Last Trusted Prosecutor in Washington
John Durham is the legendary lawman digging into how the intelligence probe of Donald Trump started.
John Durham may be the most consequential and least known figure in Washington right now.
In May, U.S. attorney general William Barr selected Durham, a longtime prosecutor with a résumé so sterling it nearly glows, to investigate the origins of the special counsel’s probe into
National Review (News)
Mar 14 2015
News
Emails Hillary Clinton Said Were Kept Could Be Lost
As Hillary Rodham Clinton this week defended her use of a personal email account to conduct State Department business, she emphasized that because she was corresponding frequently with other department officials on their government accounts, the messages were preserved on government servers.
But the State Department disclosed on Friday that until last month it had no way of routinely
New York Times (News)
Apr 02 2024
Headline Roundup
Oregon Re-Criminalizes Small Amounts of Hard Drugs
On Monday, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed a bill that re-criminalized small amounts of hard drugs.
The Details: Violators can now be charged with a misdemeanor and face up to six months in jail. The law will also establish “task forces” that focus on behavioral health, and reduce “barriers to consumer access to substance use disorder treatment.”
Deflection: Drug users who
Oregon Public Broadcasting
The Daily Caller 
NBC News Digital
Jul 01 2020
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias Alert: Reporting Differs in Incident with St. Louis Couple, Protesters
Media bias occurred over the weekend after a viral video showed a St. Louis couple displaying guns in front of their house on Sunday and telling Black Lives Matter protesters to leave their private street. Protesters had entered a gate to march toward the mayor’s house to hold a demonstration demanding her resignation.
Coverage from media outlets AllSides rates as being on the right
Julie Mastrine
Mar 04 2024
Headline Roundup
Oregon Lawmakers Vote to Undo a Significant Part of Drug Decriminalization Law
Oregon legislatures passed a bipartisan bill undoing a significant part of the state’s 2021 drug decriminalization law.
Details: The bill allows for penalties for the possession and sale of small amounts of drugs such as methamphetamine or heroin, and allows law enforcement to seize drugs if used in public spaces such as parks and sidewalks. Small possession of drugs can now lead to a
The Guardian
The Hill
Fox News Digital
Jul 02 2019
News
House Democrats sue Treasury to turn over Trump tax returns
The House Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday filed its long-awaited lawsuit over the Trump administration's refusal to turn over the president's tax returns, kicking off what could be a lengthy legal battle.
The committee, chaired by Rep. Richard Neal (D-Mass.), filed a complaint against the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service in federal court in D.C., asking the court
The Hill
Feb 12 2014
News
Rand Paul announces suit against Obama administration over NSA
Sen. Rand Paul said Wednesday he’s suing President Barack Obama and top national security officials over the government’s sweeping electronic surveillance program made public by intelligence leaker Edward Snowden.
The Kentucky Republican and the conservative group FreedomWorks are filing a class-action challenge against the government’s phone metadata collection effort, which stores the
CNN Digital
Sep 26 2019
News
Senate confirms the late Justice Scalia's son to head Department of Labor
The Senate confirmed Eugene Scalia — son of late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia — to be the United States' next labor secretary Thursday afternoon by a vote of 53-44 along party lines.
The younger Scalia was nominated by president Trump to fill the position after former Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta resigned in July due to backlash over how he handled the case of now-dead accused
The Blaze
Dec 29 2020
Perspectives Blog
When Cracks Appear in the Republican Wall
You know it’s hard out here for an optimist.
We can see that the outgoing president will continue to indulge his penchant for brinkmanship and disruption until noon on Jan. 20, and that the consequences of his behavior will create all sorts of obstacles to his successor and inflict all sorts of hardship on suffering Americans. We can see that the COVID-19 coronavirus will wreak post-
Dan Schnur