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May 30 2013
News
Poll: Obama's Job Approval Drops
President Barack Obamas job approval rating slipped amid the recent scandals involving the IRS and the U.S. response to the September attacks in Benghazi, Libya, a new Quinnipiac University poll finds.
Wall Street Journal (News)
May 05 2015
News
Hillary Clinton to Challenge GOP on Immigration
Hillary Clinton, making her first visit to Nevada since she announced her 2016 presidential run, will call for a path to citizenship for some 11 million people in the U.S. illegally, and contrast that position with Republican contenders who stop short of that stance.
In 2013, the Senate passed legislation with some GOP support that offered the chance
Wall Street Journal (News)
May 25 2012
News
Muslim solider guilty in plot to blow up Texas restaurant full of Fort Hood troops
WACO, Texas – A federal jury on Thursday convicted a Muslim soldier on six charges in connection with a failed plot to blow up a Texas restaurant full of Fort Hood troops, his religious mission to get "justice" for the people of Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Fox News (Online News)
Sep 28 2012
News
Medicare (United States)
Medicare is a national social insurance program, administered by the U.S. federal government since 1965, that guarantees access to health insurance for Americans ages 65 and older and younger people with disabilities as well as people with end stage renal disease. As a social insurance program, Medicare spreads the financial risk associated with illness across society to protect everyone, and
Wikipedia
Oct 12 2015
News
How Bernie Sanders turned himself into a serious presidential contender
Bernie Sanders faces the biggest test of his decades-long career this week.
The committed Democratic socialist and sometimes self-styled radical has consistently argued that his brand of populist politics can win elections. In Vermont, his rumpled persona and righteously indignant approach to economic inequality helped him climb from mayor of Burlington to congressman and U.S. senator
CNN (Online News)
Nov 05 2020
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: Biden Projected as Next President by Major News Outlets; Trump Starts Legal Challenges
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UPDATED 11/7/20 at 7:00 p.m. ET: Former Vice President Joe Biden was projected the winner of the 2020 presidential election Saturday by multiple major news networks, as his vote tally reportedly passed President Donald Trump's in the key states of Georgia and Pennsylvania.
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AllSides Staff
Apr 09 2019
News
Kirstjen Nielsen Resigns
“Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigned on Sunday amid President Donald Trump’s growing frustration and bitterness over the number of Central American families crossing the southern border. Trump announced on Sunday in a tweet that U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan would be taking over as acting head of the department.” (AP News)
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The Flip Side
Nov 10 2016
News
Protesters target Trump buildings in massive street rallies
For many Americans across the country, Donald Trump's victory is an outcome they simply refuse to accept.
"Not my president," protesters chanted in rallies coast to coast. Tens of thousands filled the streets in at least 25 US cities overnight -- with demonstrations outside Trump's properties. While most protesters were peaceful, dozens were arrested. At least three officers were
CNN (Online News)
Apr 08 2019
News
Who is Kevin McAleenan, Trump's acting Homeland Security chief after Kirstjen Nielsen leaves?
President Donald Trump's pick to head the Department of Homeland Security didn't take the traditional route to his position, but Kevin McAleenan has carried out every aspect of the president's hard-line immigration strategy in an attempt to seal the southern border.
With Sunday's resignation of Kirstjen Nielsen, the former business and corporate lawyer steps into a perilous position
USA TODAY