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Dec 18 2015
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House Passes $1.15 Trillion Spending Bill
The House on Friday passed a $1.15 trillion bipartisan spending bill that would keep the government funded through September and lift a 40-year-old ban on oil exports.
Wall Street Journal (News)Oct 07 2021
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Surprise! You may owe the IRS money because of a ‘math error’
If you get a letter from the IRS that says you owe money because of a math error, pay attention. You could get one of four kinds of letters: CP 11, CP 12, CP 13, or letter 6470. None of them is likely to contain good news.
The Taxpayer Advocate Service says 9 million Americans have gotten notices from the IRS that say the government is billing them for payment due to a “math error.” 7.4
PoynterJan 13 2022
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DOJ charges Oath Keepers founder, 10 others with seditious conspiracy related to Jan. 6 riot
The Department of Justice unveiled seditious conspiracy charges against 11 defendants, including the founder and leader of the right-wing Oath Keepers militia group, Elmer Stewart Rhodes III, for their role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
On Jan. 6, 2021, after then-President Trump had repeatedly claimed that the 2020 election had been stolen from him, thousands of his
Fox News DigitalSep 17 2020
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Wisconsin and Michigan
As of Wednesday night, former Vice President Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump by 6.7 percentage points in Wisconsin and 4.2 percentage points in Michigan. (RealClearPolitics)
Many on both sides agree that Trump’s polling in the Midwest is disappointing:
“Biden’s 6.7-point lead is almost identical to Hillary Clinton’s 6.5-point lead over Trump in the final RCP average of
The Flip SideDec 16 2021
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Jobless claims: Another 206,000 individuals filed new claims, rising from 52-year low
New weekly jobless claims ticked up slightly last week to hold near a 52-year low.
The Labor Department released its latest weekly jobless claims report Thursday at 8:30 a.m. ET. Here were the main metrics from the print, compared to consensus estimates compiled by Bloomberg:
Initial jobless claims, week ended Dec. 11: 206,000 vs. 200,000 expected and an upwardly revised 188,000
Yahoo NewsDec 30 2021
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Why many House Democrats are retiring or moving on before the next election
Just this week, three House Democrats announced they won't seek reelection in 2022: New Jersey's Albio Sires, Florida's Stephanie Murphy and California's Lucille Roybal-Allard. That makes 23 House Democrats who have announced they're retiring or running for another office next year, as the party braces for the possible loss of its already slim majority in the House in next year's midterm
CBS News (Online)Sep 23 2021
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U.S. Jobless Claims Hover Near Pandemic Low
Jobless claims climbed slightly last week, as demand for workers keeps a lid on layoffs and the economic recovery shows signs it is holding up during the latest Covid-19 surge.
Initial unemployment claims, a proxy for layoffs, rose by 16,000 to a seasonally adjusted 351,000 last week from a revised 335,000 the prior week, the Labor Department said Thursday. The four-week moving average
Wall Street Journal (News)Dec 29 2021
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The US just hit a record average of daily new Covid-19 cases
The US hit a seven-day average of 265,427 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, blowing past the country's previous record of about 252,000 daily cases, reported nearly a year ago on January 11.
The new peak, according to Johns Hopkins University data, comes amid a rapid acceleration of infections in the United States -- and across the world -- since last month.
And experts predict the
CNN DigitalOct 09 2020
Analysis
Trump Keeps Inciting Domestic Terrorism
One hallmark of the Trump era is that incidents of terrorism are not followed by the traditional calls for national unity but often deepen the partisan divide. On Thursday, federal and state officials announced the arrest of 13 men in Michigan associated with a group called the Wolverine Watchmen on assorted charges of terrorism, conspiracy, and unlawful weapons possession. The most lurid of
The NationJun 14 2021
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Biden calls NATO's common defense pact 'a sacred obligation' amid cyberattacks
President Joe Biden on Monday called NATO’s Article 5 – which states an attack on one member nation is an attack on all – "a sacred obligation," and NATO was poised to update how it will respond jointly to cyberattacks.
"I constantly remind Americans that when America was attacked for the first time on its shores since what happened back at the end of World War II, NATO stepped up,” the
ABC News (Online)