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Dec 18 2014
News
Rand Paul: Trade With Cuba 'Probably A Good Idea'
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul said Thursday the lengthy U.S. economic embargo against Cuba "just hasn't worked" and voiced support for opening trade with Cuba in the aftermath of the Obama administration's policy shift regarding the communist island.
Paul became the first potential Republican presidential candidate to offer some support for President Barack Obama's decision to attempt to
HuffPost
Feb 04 2020
News
States scramble to carry out Trump’s coronavirus travel order
After a weekend of panicked calls and emergency meetings, federal and state officials were still struggling Monday with how to carry out stringent new travel restrictions ordered by the Trump administration and where to quarantine passengers arriving from China to control the spread of the coronavirus in the United States.
In interviews, state officials said the order came on Friday
Washington Post
Dec 30 2019
News
Trump reshapes 9th Circuit with conservative appointments
Nearing the three-year mark of his first term, President Trump already has appointed a whopping 10 judges to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, giving a conservative makeover to the well-known liberal bench.
Mr. Trump is second only to President Clinton in the number of judicial appointments to the San Francisco-based appeals court, which is the largest federal circuit in
Washington Times
Jan 07 2017
News
DNC's 'gross' negligence led to its hacking, Trump tweets
Just hours after the U.S. declassified an intelligence report Friday that offered new details on an alleged influence campaign stemming from Moscow-- including cyber activity-- President-elect Donald Trump took aim at the Democratic National Committee for allowing its systems to be hacked.
Fox News Digital
Jun 17 2015
Opinion
OPINION: John Dean: Decades later, the importance of Watergate
John Dean writes Watergate has left a deeper scar on U.S. politics than any other scandal.
CNN Digital
Mar 11 2017
News
Donald Trump Plays Background Role in Health-Care Battle
The course of Donald Trump’s presidency will be defined by his ability to seal a deal to rework the U.S. health-care system, but so far he has outsourced the job of hammering out the details to about a dozen Republican leaders and White House advisers while he serves in the background as a pitchman.
Wall Street Journal (News)
Sep 09 2020
Perspectives Blog
When the World Waits For John Kelly
If he chose to do so, former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly could become the most consequential endorser in the history of American politics. And he wouldn’t even have to endorse.
In the days since it was first reported that President Donald Trump had allegedly disparaged American military veterans, speculation regarding Kelly’s role in the controversy has reached a fever pitch.
Dan Schnur
Jan 20 2016
News
In potential landmark case, Supreme Court takes up Obama's immigration plan
In a signal of the potential magnitude of the dispute, the justices instructed lawyers to address whether President Obama’s unilateral action violates the 'take care' clause of the US Constitution.
Christian Science Monitor
Feb 17 2017
News
Trump's Thursday Press Conference, Annotated
President Trump began his press conference Thursday afternoon naming his new nominee for labor secretary, R. Alexander Acosta. He then moved on to a range of topics, from the resignation of Michael Flynn as national security adviser and U.S. relations with Russia, to an upcoming executive action on immigration.
NPR (Online News)
May 12 2013
News
9/11 Hijackers and Student Visas
Lawmakers on both sides of the immigration debate have falsely claimed that “some or “all of the 9/11 hijackers were in the U.S. on student visas. Only one of the 19 hijackers came to the U.S. on a student visa. The rest arrived here on tourist or business visas. Independent ¦
FactCheck.org