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Mar 20 2020
Headline Roundup
California, New York On Lockdown
New York and California enacted state-wide lockdowns this week in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Governors Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) and Gavin Newsom (D-CA) each asked people to stay home unless absolutely necessary, and that non-essential businesses halt operations. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) also urged residents to stay home, and Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak (D) told non-essential
Los Angeles Times Reuters New York Post (News)Mar 13 2024
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Dollar Tree, Family Dollar Plan to Close Nearly 1,000 US Stores
On Wednesday, Dollar Tree and Family Dollar announced plans to close 970 U.S. stores.
Key Details: Dollar Tree, which operates about 16,774 stores, plans to close about 600 Family Dollar stores this year, and 370 over the next few years. Thirty Dollar Tree stores are also expected to close as their leases expire.
Key Quote: “Persistent inflation and reduced government benefits
Wall Street Journal (News) Fox Business CNN BusinessOct 29 2020
Analysis
Judging ‘Obamacare’: Justice Barrett’s first high-profile case
Amy Coney Barrett joined the U.S. Supreme Court this week – replacing the liberal icon Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died last month – and is expected to further strengthen the court’s conservative majority.
Which conservative justices she aligns with, though, will be an open question in some cases. Even in terms of general judicial philosophies – like originalism, which interprets
Christian Science MonitorJul 31 2023
Headline Roundup
Twitter Threatens to Sue Hate and Disinformation Watchdog CCDH
On Monday, Twitter’s parent company X threatened to sue an organization that tracks online hate speech and misinformation over “misleading claims” about Twitter.
The Details: The UK-based Center for Countering Digital Hate said it received a letter earlier this month from X CEO Elon Musk’s lawyer, Alex Spiro. The letter referenced a study the CCDH published in June saying Twitter failed
ZeroHedge Semafor The HillJul 05 2012
News
7 points that could tip the election
With the Supreme Court health care ruling out of the way, operatives on both sides now see just a handful of inflection points that could shape the arc of an increasingly calcified, close race between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. In a campaign in which news cycles burn hot and fast  and then out  in a matter of hours, very little has happened to actually shake up the
PoliticoNov 29 2014
News
For Obama and the Pentagon, an uneasy relationship
On a trip to Afghanistan during President Barack Obama's first term, Defense Secretary Robert Gates was stunned to find a telephone line at the military's special operations headquarters that linked directly back to a top White House national security official.
"I had them tear it out while I was standing there," Gates said earlier this month as he recounted his discovery. "I told the
TownhallJun 11 2012
News
Darrell Issa schedules contempt vote on Eric Holder
A House committee will vote next week on holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress, a rare act that steps up a months-long confrontation between Republicans and the Obama administrations top law enforcement official. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, chaired by California Republican Darrell Issa, is seeking a trove of documents detailing the Fast and
PoliticoDec 28 2023
Headline Roundup
DOJ Threatens to Sue Texas Over New Immigration Law
The Justice Department threatened to sue Texas if it enforced a new immigration law empowering local officials and judges to arrest and deport migrants entering the U.S. illegally.
Key Quotes: In a letter to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, the DOJ said the new law was “unconstitutional and will disrupt the federal government’s operations,” adding, “The United States will pursue all
New York Times (News) The Daily Caller Houston ChronicleFeb 22 2022
Headline Roundup
Germany Halts Certification of Nord Stream 2 Gas Pipeline
Germany has announced that it is halting certification of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline amid the threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The 764-mile pipeline would carry natural gas to Germany from Russia and would be operated by a subsidiary of Russia state company Gazprom. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that the pipeline "cannot go online" while Russian troops are in eastern
Fox Business NBC News (Online) ReutersOct 04 2014
News
Situation In Texas Is 'Urgent' After 13 Abortion Clinics Close Overnight
Thirteen abortion clinics shut down in Texas overnight after a federal appeals court decided to allow a strict new anti-abortion law to go into effect. The closures left only seven providers in Texas, and all are concentrated in urban areas. Abortion providers are now scrambling to inform women that their appointments were canceled for the coming week and help them find other options.
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