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Sep 18 2014
News
Journalists Say Obama's Press Restrictions 'Significantly Worse' Than Past Administrations
Editors and reporters meeting in Chicago raised concerns Wednesday about what they described as a lack of access and transparency undermining journalists' work, several blaming the current White House for setting standards for secrecy that are spreading nationwide.
Criticism of President Barack Obama's administration on the issue of openness in government came on the last day of a three
HuffPost
Mar 13 2020
Analysis
Trump’s 7 worst statements on the coronavirus outbreak
In the novel coronavirus, President Donald Trump has finally met a problem that can’t be solved with his usual bag of political tools: obfuscation, denial, deflecting blame, and misinformation.
That hasn’t stopped him from trying, even if it means saying things that endanger public health.
As of March 12, the US has seen 1,323 confirmed cases of Covid-19, the disease stemming
Vox
Sep 16 2014
News
ISIS fight: Congress to vote on arming Syrian rebels
House Republicans will require the White House to provide a detailed plan for arming and training Syrian rebels to fight ISIS in exchange for giving it the OK to carry out the mission. The provision -- which is expected to be added to a must-pass spending bill funding the government through mid-December and could face a vote as early as Wednesday in the House -- would require the Secretary of
CNN (Online News)
Aug 08 2013
News
Sequestration Forces Federal Agency To Turn Thermostat Up To 80 Degrees
Beyond the table-thumping, the congressional hearings and the big political speeches, government employees are quietly dealing with the reality of sequestration and working to adjust their agencies to the drastic budget cuts. For some, it has meant forgoing maintenance or training the next generation of leaders, while others are cutting corners in whatever way possible -- including turning up
HuffPost
Apr 26 2019
News
DeVos Didn’t Try to ‘Defund’ Special Education
In a CNN town hall, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a Democratic candidate for president, went too far when she said Education Secretary Betsy DeVos “not only has tried to defund special education, but she also has tried to get rid of the Special Olympics funding.”
Klobuchar has a point about the Special Olympics, but the administration’s proposed budget keeps the bulk of the special education
FactCheck.org
May 15 2020
Headline Roundup
Virus Testing is up Overall, but Some States May be Falling Behind
Conflicting headlines and different reporting angles have helped fuel confusion around the status of COVID-19 coronavirus testing in the United States, and whether or not the country is performing tests adequately, or if it's falling short.
Some outlets are focusing on the recent overall increase in daily tests conducted in the U.S., while others are singling out certain states and
Associated Press
New York Post (News) 
Vox
Jun 06 2017
News
Bad tradecraft: How the Intercept may have outed its own leaker
The Intercept, a journalism website funded by eBay billionaire Pierre Omidyar and run by investigative journalists Glenn Greenwald and Jeremy Scahill, produced an important scoop Monday.
Its article, drawn from a classified National Security Agency document the Intercept said it received anonymously, exposed “a months-long Russian intelligence cyber effort against elements of the U.S.
Los Angeles Times
Oct 05 2014
News
Nurses Union Contradicts CDC Director's Claim That Hospitals Are Well Prepared for Ebola
President Obama and the Centers for Disease Control are being quite careful to tell America that our hospitals are fully prepared for any possible outbreak of Ebola. But members of a nurses union disagree. They say US hospitals aren't prepared at all. On September 30, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Dr. Thomas Frieden, assured the country that US
Breitbart News
Apr 29 2019
News
Trump’s New Nafta Faces Mounting Resistance in Democratic House
Pelosi and other leaders signal they won’t allow a vote without certain changes to labor rules.
President Trump’s push to revamp North America’s trade rules is hitting a roadblock in Washington as Democrats and labor groups demand changes, dimming its chances of passage before next year’s presidential election.
As Congress returns from recess this week with a full plate of
Wall Street Journal (News)
Apr 29 2019
News
Joe Biden to kick off presidential bid with speech to union workers
Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will hold his first event as a presidential candidate in Pittsburgh on Monday, speaking before union members whose endorsements may be key in the primary race.
Biden, who joined the 2020 Democratic race last week, is counting on organized labor to comprise a significant part of his support, but despite his longstanding ties to unions, it may not be
Reuters