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Jan 07 2020
Opinion
President Trump is leading America toward war without end in the Middle East
It has come to this. An impeached president — still pending trial in the Senate — orders the assassination of a leading Iranian general as he is meeting with the leader of Iraq, a supposed ally. He does so without consultation, much less approval, of Congress. Besieged at home, he lashes out abroad.
This president ran on the promise to end the “endless wars “in the Middle East. Earlier
Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.Dec 02 2019
News
Duncan Hunter Will Switch to Guilty Plea in Campaign Finance Scandal
After maintaining his innocence for more than a year, California Republican Duncan Hunter will plead guilty on Tuesday to allocating campaign funds for personal use, nearly six months after his wife and former campaign treasurer admitted to illegally misusing thousands of dollars in donations.
“The plea I accepted is misuse of my own campaign funds, of which I pled guilty to only one
National Review (News)Mar 03 2020
News
Netanyahu’s future still uncertain after Israeli election
JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political future remained up in the air Tuesday as preliminary results and exit polls from Israel’s third election in under a year indicated the embattled leader would fall short of securing the parliamentary majority needed to form a new government.
Netanyahu, set to go on trial on corruption charges in two weeks, claimed victory
Associated PressJun 18 2019
Opinion
OPINION: The Example of Hong Kong
If you need an example of man’s desire to be free, and his willingness to resist tyranny, look to the streets of Hong Kong. Some 2 million residents of the city gathered there, in protest. The population of the city is only 7.3 million. It was a stirring sight — one of the most stirring the world has seen in recent years.
The protests in Tiananmen Square were stirring, too. That was
Guest Writer - RightFeb 17 2021
News
Four impeachments, zero removals: Sign of cracks in Constitution?
A key check on presidential power doesn’t seem to be working the way the Founding Fathers envisioned. We look where a cycle of partisanship may head.
After two tumultuous impeachments of former President Donald Trump in little over a year, it’s clear that today the impeachment process works far differently than the Founding Fathers intended.
The authors of the Constitution
Christian Science MonitorFeb 17 2021
Analysis
Biden brings compassion, centrism and a big-time vaccine promise at CNN town hall
As he gently told a traumatized 8-year-old girl, "Don't be scared, honey. Don't be scared," Joe Biden showed that the days of presidential pandemic denial and indifference to America's suffering are over.
His reassuring words to second grader Layla Salas came during a CNN town hall in Wisconsin on Tuesday night when he also tried to move the nation on from the divisive aftermath of the
CNN (Online News)Apr 16 2020
Analysis
The Senator of State
For Chris Murphy, the Democratic senator from Connecticut, everywhere he goes is a reminder that his star is on the rise.
On a gray, rainy February evening in Hartford, he spoke for two hours with constituents about why he’d just voted to remove President Donald Trump from office in the Senate impeachment trial. What should have been a stuffy political event turned into a cathartic,
VoxFeb 16 2021
News
McConnell Doesn’t Care About Trump Brand in 2022, He Just Wants Electable Candidates
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, facing the prospect of campaigns from the pro-Trump wing of the Republican party, signaled his willingness to get involved in primary elections to improve the party’s chances of regaining control of the chamber in the next round of elections in 2022.
The key to GOP chances of retaking the Senate is “getting candidates who can actually win in
Wall Street Journal (News)Feb 15 2021
News
Trump’s acquittal further polarizes factions within the GOP
One day after the Senate acquitted former president Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial, Republicans continued to diverge in what the future of their party should be, with a chasm widening between those who want nothing to do with the former president and those who openly embrace him. The division is playing out as Trump promises a return to politics and as both factions within the
Washington PostApr 21 2021
News
In a roiled Minneapolis, schools are testing new model for safety
Students in Minneapolis are at the epicenter of the police-free schools movement. Amid high tensions, the model of moving toward a new culture of safety within schools is being tested and, some say, strengthened.
When Nathaniel Genene walked into his Minneapolis high school last week for the first time in over a year he quickly noticed that there was no uniformed police officer standing
Christian Science Monitor