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Aug 16 2022
Headline Roundup
Minneapolis Schools Introduce Race-Based Layoff Policy
A Minneapolis Public Schools' contract with a teachers union introduces a policy that strengthens "educators of color protections" during layoffs.
The new contract states that teachers will be subject to layoffs or job changes in "order of seniority" unless the teacher is part of an "underrepresented group." The contract also calls for the development of "anti-bias anti-racist" staff
Washington Free Beacon The RootSep 25 2014
News
Chuck Todd takes aim at partisan media
NBC's Chuck Todd took a veiled shot at Fox News chief Roger Ailes, ABC's George Stephanopoulos, and possibly even himself during an interview this week with the conservative site Breitbart.
Discussing perceptions of media bias, Todd told Breitbart, "Look, it doesn’t help when any former political operative is involved as a news executive in any form."
The news executive in
PoliticoMar 01 2019
News
Michael Cohen's testimony prompts a new question: In web of Trump investigations, is anyone safe?
The first domino was an eager Trump campaign operative who shared what sounded at the time like an idle boast that Russia had dirt on Hillary Clinton.
The conversation between George Papadopoulos, a largely unknown foreign policy adviser for Donald Trump’s then-fledgling bid for the White House, and an Australian diplomat took on significance only later, after the Democratic National
USA TODAYSep 01 2016
News
Court upholds gun ban on medical marijuana card holders
A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld a government ban that prevents medical marijuana card holders from buying guns, Fox News reported.
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers nine Western states including California, Washington and Oregon, ruled the federal ban is not in violation of the Second Amendment. The states in that region that have legalized or effectively
The HillOct 07 2019
News
Trump’s defiance of oversight presents new challenge to Congress’s ability to rein in the executive branch
For the first time since Democrats took control of the House last year, President Trump’s effort to stonewall congressional efforts at oversight have begun to show some cracks.
On Thursday, a former State Department official set off a firestorm when he defied the White House’s no-cooperation strategy and provided Congress with text messages detailing the administration’s effort to
Washington PostNov 29 2019
News
How Trump’s Thanksgiving Afghanistan trip was kept under wraps amid extreme security
President Trump surprised troops and news outlets on Thanksgiving morning when he appeared in Afghanistan to thank troops for their service to the country and help serve a turkey dinner -- but doing so required extreme security measures to ensure both safety and to prevent the word from getting out.
"There's nowhere I'd rather spend Thanksgiving than with the toughest, fiercest warriors
Fox News (Online News)Oct 01 2019
Opinion
Red-state Dems worried broadening impeachment push will kill hopes of retaking Senate in 2020
Some red-state Senate Democrats are fretting that the ongoing House impeachment inquiry could expand uncontrollably and become a “kitchen sink” of complaints about President Trump, Fox News has learned.
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin and Montana Sen. Jon Tester specifically expressed concerns about a broadening impeachment push severely damaging Democrats' chances to win back a Senate
Fox News (Opinion)May 15 2019
News
Trump Administration ‘Censorship’ Erasing Affordable Care Act From Federal Websites
A new report details an ongoing campaign to remove references to and information about the 2010 health care law from official web pages.
President Donald Trump has failed so far to eliminate the Affordable Care Act, but his administration is making good progress disappearing the law from official government websites.
According to a report released Wednesday by the Sunlight
HuffPostJan 10 2020
News
Bernie Surges
As of Thursday night, Biden was leading in national polls with 26.6%, Sanders was second with 18.1%, and Warren was third with 15.4%. (FiveThirtyEight)
The left believes Sanders’s chances have improved, but notes that obstacles still remain.
“Sanders reportedly pulled in about $34.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2019, which makes for a total sum of nearly $100 million. No one
The Flip SideJul 19 2013
Opinion
Obama Takes Romney’s Advice on Detroit
Just before Detroit became the largest municipality to ever file bankruptcy, the failed city’s emergency manager, Kevin Orr, pleaded with top White House officials, including senior adviser Valerie Jarrett, for help. But no help was coming. That detail in the Wall Street Journal’s coverage of how the once-great city, now $11 billion in debt, finally succumbed may be the most telling of any in
Fox News (Online News)