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Dec 02 2022
News
Iranian athlete’s family home demolished by officials, media outlet says
The family home of Iranian rock climber Elnaz Rekabi has been demolished, according to the pro-reform news outlet IranWire, after she rose to international prominence this fall for competing with her head uncovered.
Rekabi competed without her hijab in South Korea in October, just as anti-regime protests swept Iran following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in the custody of
CNN (Online News)Jan 14 2022
News
Left-wing group secured $158 million taxpayer-funded contract to help illegal immigrants avoid deportation
A progressive group that views immigration enforcement agencies as a "threat" to civil liberties secured a $158 million taxpayer-funded contract to help unaccompanied minors avoid deportation, records show.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded the Vera Institute of Justice, a left-wing nonprofit that backs defunding the police, the contract in 2021 to "provide
Fox News (Online News)Feb 01 2023
News
‘Seniors are getting ripped off’: progressive congressman Mark Pocan on overhauling Medicare
Democrats may not control the House of Representatives anymore, but congressman Mark Pocan is not giving up on his legislative agenda. Pocan, a Wisconsin Democrat and the former co-chair of the congressional progressive caucus (CPC), instead focuses on playing “the long game” of policymaking.
Pocan’s commitment to promoting progressive policies will be on display Wednesday, as he
The GuardianMay 08 2023
Perspectives Blog
Beyond 1:1 Dialogue: How We Can Depolarize at Scale and Climb Mount Polarization
This blog was written by Aaron Kohrs of the Braver Angels Washignton D.C. Alliance. He has a Center rating.
Everyone knows we need to change—we need to depolarize our politics at a national scale. The entire political discourse of our nation needs to shift: to be less corrosive, more productive, and more reflective of our country’s many diverse, nuanced viewpoints. The question then
Aaron KohrsSep 18 2013
News
GOP revises plan on debt limit to avert shutdown
House GOP leaders Wednesday announced that they will move quickly to raise the government's borrowing cap by attaching a wish list of GOP priorities like blocking "Obamacare," forcing construction of the Keystone XL pipeline and setting the stage for reforming the loophole-cluttered tax code
TownhallAug 08 2022
News
After passage of climate bill, long road awaits
In some ways, it’s a peculiar time for Congress to be heaping tax credits onto the electric vehicle industry.
Sales of electric vehicles are skyrocketing and recently hit record highs, according to Cox Automotive. General Motors, which lost access to the old U.S. tax credit for electric vehicles three years ago, has sold 70,000 plug-ins since then despite a public relations disaster
Washington PostNov 24 2021
Opinion
Why the Democrats’ Agenda Is So Popular but Democrats Are Not
After months of dilly-dallying, the Biden agenda is on the move. President Biden just signed into law a signature bipartisan infrastructure package that the last several presidents had tried and failed to achieve. The Build Back Better Act, Democrats’ huge social spending bill investing in families, children, housing, drug pricing reform, climate change mitigation, and tax breaks for the
SlateOct 18 2022
News
UK leader in peril after Treasury chief axes ‘Trussonomics’
The U.K.’s new Treasury chief ripped up the government’s economic plan on Monday, dramatically reversing most of the tax cuts and spending plans that new Prime Minister Liz Truss announced less than a month ago. The move raises more questions about how long the beleaguered British leader can stay in office, though Truss insisted she has no plans to quit.
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Associated PressJul 15 2022
Analysis
Saudi dissidents 'betrayed' by Biden trip as he defends his planned visit
As President Joe Biden defended his plans to visit Saudi Arabia, a country he once vowed to make an international “pariah,” Saudis who have fought to reform the absolute monarchy called the trip a betrayal that could have devastating consequences.
“We feel betrayed,” Abdullah Alaoudh, a U.S.-based leader of the National Assembly Party, an opposition group, told NBC News in a phone
NBC News (Online)Dec 08 2022
News
Senators Tillis, Sinema revive talks on potential immigration deal during lame-duck session
Sens. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., and Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., are reviving talks on a potential immigration agreement that would see a pathway to citizenship combined with border security measures -- an effort to see if there is appetite for a reform bill before Republicans take the House early next year.
Sources familiar with negotiations told Fox News that the two lawmakers have a draft
Fox News (Online News)