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Jan 14 2016
Opinion
Ted Cruz Didn’t Report Goldman Sachs Loan in a Senate Race
As Ted Cruz tells it, the story of how he financed his upstart campaign for the United States Senate four years ago is an endearing example of loyalty and shared sacrifice between a married couple.
“Sweetheart, I’d like us to liquidate our entire net worth, liquid net worth, and put it into the campaign,” he says he told his wife, Heidi, who readily agreed.
But the couple’s
New York Times (News)Sep 09 2014
News
CO2 levels in atmosphere rising at dramatically faster rate, U.N. report warns
Levels of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere rose at a record-shattering pace last year, a new report shows, a surge that surprised scientists and spurred fears of an accelerated warming of the planet in decades to come.
Concentrations of nearly all the major greenhouse gases reached historic highs in 2013, reflecting ever-rising emissions from automobiles and smokestacks
Washington PostJun 08 2015
News
Utah's chronic homeless numbers drop from 1,932 to 178 in 10 years
After eight years of living homeless, Roger Smith was uneasy falling asleep without a chair blocking the door.
The 73-year-old Navy man remembers an unfamiliar sense of security after getting his own one-bedroom unit at Sunrise Metro Apartments in Salt Lake City, part of a Utah program to house the chronically homeless.
"I was a mess before that," said Smith, a South Dakota
Oct 01 2015
Opinion
Counterpoint: The Positive Side of Political Polarization
Three weeks before Halloween in 2002, the chambers of Congress considered House Joint Resolution 114.
In non-Congress-speak, that meant the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate voted on a bill officially called the “Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution 2002.” If passed, that meant then-President George W. Bush would be permitted to “use the Armed
InsideSourcesJan 11 2016
News
Barack Obama is a Moslem-Fiction!
Summary of eRumor:
Various stories and questions about Barack Obama.
The Truth:
Barack Obama announced his candidacy for President of the United States in February, 2007. As with other high profile politicians there are stories and questions that began circulating on the Internet about him.
There are several emails circulating that, in different ways, say that
Truth or FictionAug 02 2019
News
North Korea Conducts Third Missile Test Since Last Week Amid Stalled Talks With U.S.
North Korea has reportedly conducted a third test launch in just over a week, firing what appeared to be short-range ballistic missiles, according to South Korean officials.
The presidential office in Seoul said the South Korean and U.S. militaries believe the test to be of short-range ballistic missiles. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff noted that they flew about 137 miles and
NPR (Online News)Mar 15 2024
Headline Roundup
The Political Nature of Biden’s Rhetoric on US Steel
On Thursday, President Biden said he opposed Japan’s Nippon Steel’s planned acquisition of U.S. Steel, emphasizing the importance of “strong American steel companies powered by American steel workers.”
Swing States: An analysis from NPR (Lean Left bias) highlighted the proposed takeover as “a political lightning rod” in midwestern swing states, citing U.S. Steel’s roots in Pennsylvania
NPR (Online News) MarketWatch Wall Street Journal (Opinion)Sep 27 2015
News
Politics and Philosophy Clash Where the Pope Urges an Embrace of Refugees
Pope Francis challenged Americans last week to accept “the stranger in our midst” and reject a “mind-set of hostility” toward newcomers. But his invocation of the millions of Syrian and other Middle East refugees, a relatively small number of whom have been resettled in the United States, has been met with indifference or resistance by many in the 2016 presidential field.
Some leading
New York Times (News)Sep 18 2013
News
Iran Releases Human Rights Lawyer, Other Prisoners
Iran released a dozen prominent political prisoners, including a human rights lawyer who defended opposition activists and was imprisoned for three years, activists, media and the lawyer's husband said Wednesday.
The release of lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and the other prisoners comes ahead of a visit next week by Iran's new president to New York to speak at the United Nations. President
ABC News (Online)Sep 02 2014
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Putin Reportedly Says Russia Could ‘Take Kiev in 2 Weeks’
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia reportedly told a European official that he could “take Kiev in two weeks” if he wanted to, adding a new dimension to the tensions building in Ukraine as Russian forces become more involved in the fighting there.
As NATO leaders gather in Wales for a summit meeting, Mr. Putin’s remarks and the increasing presence of Russian military units in Ukraine
New York Times (News)