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Apr 24 2019
News
Trump Says He Will Fight Subpoenas Related to Mueller Report
President calls subpoena of former White House counsel Don McGahn ‘ridiculous’
President Trump said his administration would fight House Democratic subpoenas related to the special counsel report, declaring, “I say it’s enough.”
“We are fighting all the subpoenas,” Mr. Trump told reporters on Wednesday as he left the White House for a speech in Atlanta.
House Democrats
Wall Street Journal (News)Oct 20 2014
News
Exclusive: Obama Administration Quietly Prepares "Surge" of Millions of New Immigrant IDs
Despite no official action from the president ahead of the election, the Obama administration has quietly begun preparing to issue millions of work authorization permits, suggesting the implementation of a large-scale executive amnesty may have already begun. Unnoticed until now, a draft solicitation for bids issued by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Oct. 6 says potential
Breitbart NewsMay 16 2022
Headline Roundup
Supreme Court Sides With Ted Cruz in Campaign Finance Case
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in his challenge to a federal law that limits how political campaigns can repay candidates' loans.
The law in question, which was a part of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act that was passed in 2002, placed a $250,000 cap on postelection contributions that campaigns are able to repay candidates for personal loans.
Forbes Vox TownhallOct 03 2019
News
Trump to sign order enhancing Medicare, heads to Florida to slam Dems' plans
President Trump will sign an executive order Thursday aimed at improving the Medicare program for seniors, hoping to redirect the 2020 conversation from his failure to overhaul President Barack Obama’s program to his step-by-step efforts to improve health care across the board.
Mr. Trump will promote the order in The Villages, Florida, a huge retirement community that’s home to many
Washington TimesAug 04 2016
Opinion
Trump's right — the system is rigged. Look at Common Core
Throughout his campaign, Donald Trump has argued that our political, policy and economic systems are rigged against ordinary Americans. The process that gave us Common Core is a perfect example of a rigged system in action.
Back in June 2009, two big Washington, D.C.-based organizations — the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers — announced their
Washington ExaminerOct 01 2019
Opinion
In Today's America, Everybody Who Disagrees with You is a Traitor
Throwing the word "treason" around, unmoored from its actual meaning, is a weapon for delegitimizing political opposition and dissent.
With a little over a year to go before the next presidential election, politicians, pundits, and political players have grown comfortable yelling "treason" in each other's faces. That's a problem. Except in those rare circumstances when the charge is
ReasonApr 08 2021
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: Debate Surrounds Biden's Infrastructure Bill, Democrats Prepare to Pass Through Reconciliation
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Debate surrounds President Joe Biden's “American Jobs Plan," which would alot $2.2 trillion over the next 8 years to fix roads and bridges, expand broadband internet access, invest in America's manufacturing sector and provide affordable housing and home-based care for the elderly and disabled. The plan would
AllSides StaffAug 04 2014
News
Wolff: The marijuana media miracle
The coming legalization of marijuana, advocated last week by The New York Times in perhaps the most noted editorial in its history, will create a consumer product as sought after as cigarettes (in their day) and booze. Hence, legalized marijuana, among its other lucrative effects — including closing gaps in state budgets with certain heavy taxes — offers a gold mine for the media business.
USA TODAYAug 04 2014
News
Wolff: The marijuana media miracle
The coming legalization of marijuana, advocated last week by The New York Times in perhaps the most noted editorial in its history, will create a consumer product as sought after as cigarettes (in their day) and booze. Hence, legalized marijuana, among its other lucrative effects — including closing gaps in state budgets with certain heavy taxes — offers a gold mine for the media business.
USA TODAYJan 22 2015
News
FBI Arrests Top New York Dem Lawmaker
The speaker of the New York State Assembly, Sheldon Silver, was arrested by the FBI on corruption charges Thursday. Prosecutors allege that Silver, a Democrat who’s served as speaker for more than two decades, was paid more than $4 million from a small New York law firm that focuses on real-estate tax reductions for residential and commercial properties. Silver failed to list the payments from
Daily Beast