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Apr 08 2020
News
Bernie Sanders drops out of the 2020 race, clearing Joe Biden's path to the Democratic nomination
(CNN) - Sen. Bernie Sanders ended his presidential campaign on Wednesday, clearing Joe Biden's path to the Democratic nomination and a showdown with President Donald Trump in November.
Sanders made the announcement in a call with his campaign staff, his campaign said. Sanders' exit caps a stunning reversal of fortune following a strong performance in the first three states that voted in
CNN Digital
Jan 05 2021
News
Iran Enriches Uranium
“Iran began enriching uranium Monday to levels unseen since its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers and also seized a South Korean-flagged tanker near the crucial Strait of Hormuz.” (AP News)
“The move is the latest of several recent announcements by Iran to the International Atomic Energy Agency that it plans to further breach the deal, which it started violating in 2019 in retaliation
The Flip Side
Jun 23 2019
News
Trump says US moving forward on additional sanctions on Iran, willing to help 'make Iran great again'
President Donald Trump says the United States is putting additional sanctions on Iran and that he would support a course of action to "make Iran great again" should Tehran agree to a nuclear weapons ban. "We're putting additional sanctions on, they're going on slowly and, in some cases, pretty rapidly, but additional sanctions are being put on Iran," the President told reporters on the South
CNN Digital
Apr 29 2018
News
Kim Jong-un Says North Korea Will Abandon Nuclear Program if U.S. Pledges Not to Invade
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un told his South Korean counterpart President Moon Jae-in that North Korea would be willing to denuclearize in return for a commitment that the U.S. will not invade the country. The New York Times reported Kim’s offer—made Friday during the historic summit between the two countries—and other details of the meeting Sunday via a South Korean government spokesman.
Slate
May 03 2018
News
This Trump Lie Is Worse Than Most
The problem? “Of the three prisoners only one, Kim Dong-cheol, a South Korean-born American pastor, was detained during the previous Obama administration.” The other two were detained last spring when Donald Trump was in the White House.
Bloomberg
Mar 03 2020
Fact Check
Trump and the ‘New Hoax’
Democratic presidential candidates harshly criticized President Donald Trump for using the term “hoax” in connection with the coronavirus outbreak. There’s no question that the president described the disease as the Democrats’ “new hoax” at a political rally on Feb. 28 in South Carolina.
But the following day, after the death of the first American from coronavirus in Washington state,
FactCheck.org
Apr 16 2021
News
Hosting Japan’s leader first, Biden signals new global priorities
Japan has been an underappreciated U.S. ally. With a White House invitation, President Joe Biden is underlining the two countries’ common principles as a crucial counterweight to China.
When Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide becomes, on Friday, the first foreign leader to meet with President Joe Biden at the White House, it will break a long and pretty consistently kept tradition
Christian Science Monitor
Oct 22 2019
News
Trump compares impeachment drive to 'lynching'
President Trump called the House Democrats’ push for impeachment a “lynching” Tuesday as he called on Republicans to rally around him amid the inquiry.
Mr. Trump used the incendiary language as he tested a new line of attack, reasoning that Democrats should be careful what they wish for because he feels they are watering down the standard for impeachment.
“So some day, if a
Washington Times
Oct 22 2019
News
Fury as Trump compares impeachment inquiry to 'lynching'
Donald Trump referred to impeachment proceedings against him as a “lynching” in a Tuesday morning tweet, sparking condemnation for using such a racially charged word to describe his political predicament.
“So some day,” the president wrote, “if a Democrat becomes president and the Republicans win the House, even by a tiny margin, they can impeach the president, without due process or
The Guardian
May 19 2020
Opinion
Remembering the legacy of Brown v. Board of Education
Sunday, May 17, marked the 66th anniversary of the landmark 1954 Supreme Court decision, Brown vs. the Board of Education. The Brown decision addressed consolidated issues from four different cases — in Kansas, South Carolina, Delaware and Virginia — involving racial segregation.
The unanimous opinion of the Court was written by Earl Warren, Republican President Dwight Eisenhower’s
Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.