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Dec 11 2020
News
A Local Police Chief Struggles to Bridge 2020’s Bitter Divisions
Police Chief Steven Sargent knelt on the street for close to nine minutes, head bowed, hands clasped. He wore a sidearm on his hip and a gold badge on his chest. His stomach was in a knot.
The chief was surrounded by thousands of protesters gathered in his hometown, the second-largest city in New England. The crowd marched down Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and took a knee in front
Wall Street Journal (News)
Jul 02 2021
Opinion
Why the Law Is Strong Enough to Take On Donald Trump
A 15-count indictment for tax fraud and other charges filed in New York on Thursday against the Trump Organization and its longtime chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, has already stimulated as much hand-wringing as satisfaction from those who have called for accountability for Donald Trump.
Some express concern that Mr. Trump himself was not charged and may never be. Others
New York Times (Opinion)
Jan 07 2020
News
CNN settles defamation suit with Covington teen Nick Sandmann
CNN has agreed to settle a multi-million dollar defamation suit filed by Covington Catholic High School student Nick Sandmann over the network’s depiction of his 2019 encounter with Native American activists.
New York Post (News)
Jul 29 2021
News
Senate votes to take up infrastructure deal
The Senate on Wednesday agreed to take up a bipartisan infrastructure package, hours after senators and the White House announced they had reached a deal after weeks of closed-door haggling.
Senators voted 67-32 to greenlight the debate, with 17 Republicans joining all 50 Democrats to launch a floor effort that could conclude with a Senate victory for a bipartisan package that has been
The Hill
Feb 18 2021
News
Black History Month: 4 Inspirational African-American Inventors
As the nation continues to deal with racial injustice, February provides us with the opportunity to celebrate the many Black Americans who have shaped our history.
When Carter G. Woodrow proposed Black History Month in 1926 (initially Negro History Week), it was his intent to address the lack of African-American history acknowledged in the school systems.
Woodrow, known as the
Newsmax (News)
Jun 11 2020
News
All three major US markets sink as investors fret over long recovery
The Dow plummeted 6.9 percent on Thursday in its sharpest one-day decline since the start of the coronavirus as investors face the prospect of a slow perhaps painful recovery.
The Dow Jones industrial average plunged 1,861.82 points, to close at 25,128.17, while S&P 500 slid 5.9 percent, to 3,002.10. Even the Nasdaq Composite index of tech stocks, which has been less affected by the
New York Post (News)
Feb 02 2021
News
Mitch McConnell condemns Marjorie Taylor Greene's 'loony lies,' defends Liz Cheney
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday went to bat for GOP Conference Chair Rep. Liz Cheney while condemning remarks from freshman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.
McConnell issued a statement condemning the extremist views of Greene, whose support for QAnon and other conspiracy theories has drawn scorn from Democrats and some Republicans.
McConnell said the Georgia
USA TODAY
Jun 21 2020
News
Lawmakers use protest momentum to push state racial reforms
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The racial reckoning sweeping the country after the killing of George Floyd in police custody has generated momentum at state capitols for widespread reforms addressing a range of inequities.
Lawmakers have floated proposals to address affirmative action, racial disparities in school funding and health care, criminal justice reforms and even study reparations for
Washington Post
May 11 2021
News
Conservative Texan Chip Roy slams Elise Stefanik in scathing memo ahead of leadership vote
Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), a member of the House Freedom Caucus, considers Reps. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) his friends, but he doesn't think either should be the GOP conference chair.
Cheney, he said in a memo Tuesday, "forfeited her ability" to remain in the No. 3 leadership position by criticizing former President Donald Trump and "pulling us into distraction." So
The Week - News
Feb 08 2021
Analysis
Is it constitutional to hold an impeachment trial for a former president?
No one knows whether the Constitution permits the Senate to hold an impeachment trial for former President Donald Trump, now that he no longer holds office.
To be sure, there is a bevy of legal scholarship discussing this question. And, as a recent report by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service notes, “most scholars who have closely examined the question have concluded that
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