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Dec 23 2014
Background
Americans Love The Holidays, But Spend Them Doing Things They Hate
We’ve made it to Christmas week, and it’s a magical time of year. But it’s weeks earlier — around the time the festive drinks arrive at my local Starbucks — that I start brimming with excitement and anticipation about spending time with family and friends. And then I find myself in line behind 25 people at the mall, when even streaming David Sedaris’s “Santaland Diaries” on my iPhone doesn’t
538 (ABC News)Oct 09 2020
Analysis
Arizona used to be a conservative stronghold. Now it may go blue.
Two years ago, Yasser Sanchez was all in for Martha McSally. An influential leader in the Latino community, he took the Republican Senate candidate around to Spanish-language radio, television, and newspapers. He put up signs for her.
Now, he’s planning to vote for her opponent.
Senator McSally, Mr. Sanchez explains, is in lockstep with President Donald Trump – whom he vigorously
Christian Science MonitorNov 09 2016
News
Clinton publicly concedes, says she hopes Trump will be 'successful president'
Hillary Clinton, hopeful Tuesday that she was poised to shatter the nation's "highest and hardest glass ceiling," instead Wednesday publicly conceded the presidential race to Donald Trump, saying the nation owed "him an open mind and the chance to lead."
“I hope that he will be a successful president for all Americans," Clinton told supporters, including her staff, as she tried to
USA TODAYNov 26 2019
News
Bloomberg News Won’t Investigate The Former Mayor During His Presidential Run
In a memo to staff, the editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News told the newsroom that the publication will continue its “tradition of not investigating” its CEO and namesake, Michael Bloomberg, or his family and foundations after he declared his candidacy for president on Sunday.
The head of Bloomberg News, John Micklethwait, said the policy not to investigate will be extended to other
HuffPostJun 11 2019
News
Trump v Mueller: how the president won the messaging wars
Critics say Mueller failed to stand up for his investigation and to get the word out to the American people about what he found.
In so many ways, Robert Mueller was the right man for the job.
The former special counsel was fast, precise, ran a tight ship and, working in a hyper-partisan environment under the full glare of history, Mueller managed to investigate and document a
The GuardianMay 17 2015
News
Utah woman still missing 1 month after disappearance
A month after Elizabeth Elena Laguna-Salgado disappeared while walking from school in downtown Provo to her apartment, her family is getting increasingly desperate to find the young woman.
So far, no trace of the 26-year-old has turned up despite searches by police and scores of volunteers, an offer of a $15,000 reward and pleas for information from Laguna-Salgado's loved ones and
Apr 28 2021
Analysis
The free speech case so complicated it seems to have stumped the Supreme Court
Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L, which the Supreme Court heard on Wednesday, is a tough case. And it’s not tough because it presents the kind of politically toxic questions that often cause the justices to retreat into their partisan corners.
Members of the Court from across the political spectrum spent Wednesday morning struggling to determine when a school district should be
VoxDec 16 2014
News
Jeb Bush to ‘Actively Explore’ Run for President
Jeb Bush will “actively explore the possibility of running for president” in 2016, according to an announcement the former Florida governor posted to his Facebook page Tuesday morning.
Mr. Bush, whose father and brother served as president, is the first Republican to formally explore a 2016 candidacy. More than a dozen others are publicly weighing whether to seek the White House.
Wall Street Journal (News)Dec 14 2014
News
The Candidate Hundreds of Former Obama Staffers Are Backing for President in an Open Letter — and It’s Not Hillary
More than 300 former campaign employees of President Barack Obama expressed their support in an open letter for Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) for president in 2016.
“We believed in an unlikely candidate who no one thought had a chance,” said the letter, first reported by the New York Times. “Rising income inequality is the challenge of our times, and we want someone who will stand up
The BlazeAug 12 2019
News
New Rules Can Deny Green Cards For Immigrants On Food Stamps
The rule change is one of the most aggressive efforts by the Trump administration to restrict legal immigration.
Trump administration rules that could deny green cards to immigrants who use Medicaid, food stamps, housing vouchers or other forms of public assistance are going into effect, potentially making it more difficult for some to become U.S. citizens.
Federal law already
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