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Sep 26 2017
Opinion
OPINION: Do Republicans Really Care About the Deficit?
Though America really doesn’t need a tax cut — demographic pressures alone suggest the need for more, not less, future revenues — President Trump and the Republican majority want one. But they don’t want to pay for it, which means the budget deficit is going to rise. Based on what we’ve seen so far, the increase in the deficit could be at least $1.5 trillion over 10 years.
New York Times (News)Apr 05 2017
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Susan Rice becomes the target of conservative attacks over Flynn unmasking
The mood was light when President Barack Obama’s former national security adviser Susan Rice took a stage in mid-January with President Donald Trump’s incoming successor, Michael Flynn. Rather than pass a baton to Flynn, she said, she should give him a case of Red Bull.
PoliticoMay 05 2020
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Free coverage for contraceptives? Supreme Court again considers religious exemptions
The Supreme Court may be observing social distancing these days, but that won't stop it from prying into the nation's bedrooms. Again.
Federal courts have been doing just that for nearly a decade in an effort to determine whether the federal government can require cost-free insurance coverage for contraceptives. On Wednesday, the clash between religious liberty and reproductive rights
USA TODAYMay 05 2020
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Flynn bombshells cast doubt on Mueller prosecutor Brandon Van Grack's compliance with court order
Explosive, newly unsealed evidence documenting the FBI's efforts to target national security adviser Michael Flynn -- including a top official's handwritten memo debating whether the FBI's "goal" was "to get him to lie, so we can prosecute him or get him fired" -- calls into question whether Brandon Van Grack, a Justice Department prosecutor and former member of Special Counsel Robert Mueller'
Fox News DigitalMar 14 2017
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The Worst Argument for Trumpcare
Of all the arguments to make for repealing and replacing Obamacare, the very worst is that people don’t need health insurance. Yet this is a Trump administration talking point. White House press secretary Sean Spicer told reporters last week, “When we get asked the question, ‘How many p
National Review (News)Feb 26 2020
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Five takeaways from the Democratic debate
The Democratic White House hopefuls slugged it out on Tuesday at the party's 10th presidential debate, with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) coming under a fierce volley of attacks ahead of Saturday’s primary in South Carolina.
Here are five takeaways from a heated night in Charleston, S.C.
Rivals desperate to stop Sanders
Sanders occupied the center spot on stage, and it was
The HillNov 06 2015
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Live From New York: It's A Saturday Night Trumptroversy
Not everyone finds SN'Ls choice to have Trump host to be funny, but if Latino activists can mobilize voters they'll get the last laugh.
HuffPostNov 25 2019
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DOJ vows appeal after judge orders ex-White House counsel Don McGahn to appear before Congress
Former White House counsel Don McGahn must appear before Congress pursuant to a subpoena issued earlier this year, a Washington, D.C. federal judge ruled late Monday, in a major setback to President Trump's effort to keep aides from testifying before House impeachment investigators.
If McGahn wanted to assert executive privilege to avoid testifying, U.S. District Court Judge Ketanji
Fox News DigitalMay 14 2019
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Tensions Flare With Iran
“Iran threatened [last] Wednesday to enrich its uranium stockpile closer to weapons-grade levels in 60 days if world powers fail to negotiate new terms for its 2015 nuclear deal, raising regional tensions as a U.S. aircraft carrier and bombers headed to the Middle East to confront Tehran.” (AP News)
The left worries the strategy of ‘maximum pressure’ is not working, and about the risk
The Flip SideNov 12 2016
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The Democratic Party descends into 'civil war' after Clinton's loss
President-elect Donald Trump’s unforeseen election win over Hillary Clinton has ignited immediate infighting inside the Democratic Party, with progressive members lashing out at the establishment wing for failing to defeat one of the most flawed Republican presidential candidates in a generation.
Business Insider