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Feb 09 2015
News
Rubio nabs key former Romney aide
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) Is adding a veteran New Hampshire political operative to his team as he continues mulling a possible 2016 presidential bid, the latest sign that he is seriously preparing to launch a campaign later this year.
Jim Merrill, who worked for former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney and ran his 2008 and 2012 New Hampshire primary campaigns, joined Rubio's
Washington PostNov 09 2016
News
Hillary Clinton delivers emotional, conciliatory concession speech at New Yorker Hotel
Hillary Clinton emerged Wednesday morning after a crushing loss at the hands of Republican Donald Trump and a repudiation by the American people, admitting that she’d been deeply stung by the loss but vowing to respect the result while encouraging Americans to keep “an open mind” about the incoming president. Speaking in New York City and flanked by her family, a somber Mrs. Clinton made the
Washington TimesAug 18 2020
News
The 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment
This Abridge News topic aggregates four unique arguments on different sides of the debate. Here are the quick facts to get you started:
THE QUICK FACTS
August 18 marks the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which guaranteed women’s constitutional right to vote.Ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment Abridge NewsMay 15 2020
Analysis
COVID-19 Contact Tracers or Cootie Cops?
Tracing where people have been and who they’ve met can be effective for battling disease. But, oh boy, does it lend itself to abuse.
As if the viral-lockdown apocalypse wasn't already weird enough, now it looks like we'll be dealing with battalions of cootie cops checking on our comings and goings. Technically, they're "contact tracers" and their jobs involve speaking with people who
ReasonJul 18 2012
News
In Ohio, fired-up Romney pledges to ‘fight for soul of America’
Mitt Romney brought his newly aggressive style of attack against President Obama to the battleground state of Ohio Wednesday, hammering the president over his recent comments on small businesses and pledging to “fight for the soul of America.
The presumptive GOP nominee, at a town-hall meeting in Bowling Green, seized on the fact that Mr. Obama has held some 100 fundraisers in the last
Washington TimesAug 19 2021
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: Afghan Government Collapses as Taliban Takes Over Country
The Taliban took control of Afghanistan this week as the Afghan government collapsed, marking a return to power for the militant group after being ousted by the United States twenty years ago. Read some of our Headline Roundups on the situation:
Perspectives: Placing Blame as Afghanistan Falls to Taliban Biden Defends Afghanistan Withdrawal After Taliban Takeover Perspectives: Global AllSides StaffMay 14 2020
Analysis
The Supreme Court Isn’t Eager to Let Faithless Electors Blow Up the 2020 Election
No justice seemed prepared to let 538 obscure party loyalists choose the next president.
The Supreme Court indicated on Wednesday that it probably won’t blow up the 2020 election by letting 538 people you’ve never heard of pick the president. This presidential race promises to be one of the most divisive and chaotic in recent history, and courts should not inject any unnecessary mayhem
SlateJul 11 2012
News
OPINION: Budget Insanity
Last year, Congress agreed to $1.2 trillion in automatic spending cuts, unless politicians find other things to cut. They didn't, of course. So now, with so-called sequestration looming in January, panic has set in. Even the new "fiscally responsible" Republicans vote against cutting Energy Department handouts to companies like Solyndra and subsidies to sugar producers. Many claim that any cut
TownhallDec 25 2019
Opinion
The Vaping-Marijuana Nexus
Another unintended consequence of celebrating pot use.
A surge in vaping related lung illnesses this year caught the medical community by surprise, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reporting more than 2,500 lung illnesses and 54 deaths. Politicians are targeting e-cigarettes, but the CDC reported last week that marijuana is so far the greatest common denominator
Wall Street Journal (Opinion)Jan 02 2014
News
Health Law's Uneasy Launch
Nearly four years after President Barack Obama signed his health initiative into law, the Affordable Care Act is officially reshaping America's $2.75 trillion health-care system.
A survivor of bare-knuckle political fights, a U.S. Supreme Court challenge and a technologically disastrous rollout, the law now faces a fundamental test: Can its mix of government subsidies and market-based
Wall Street Journal (News)