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Jun 24 2019
News
Close Call with Iran
On Thursday, a US official stated that “a U.S. military drone has been shot down in international airspace over the Strait of Hormuz by an Iranian surface-to-air missile.” (Reuters)
On Friday, “President Donald Trump said [that] he abruptly called off the swiftly planned military strikes on Iran because the likely deaths of 150 Iranians would have been so out of proportion to the
The Flip SideSep 24 2019
News
In Trump’s attacks against Biden, Democrats see a worrisome reprise of 2016
Joe Biden’s campaign released videos last weekend to supporters and memos to reporters attempting to debunk the unsubstantiated claims President Trump is promoting about Biden, his son Hunter and Ukraine’s freshly minted celebrity president. They sent out a fundraising appeal offering up bumper stickers emblazoned with Biden’s new mantra that he will “beat Trump like a drum.”
But in a
Washington PostDec 09 2013
News
NSA Spying Has Tech Companies Worried About Their Most Precious Thing
Big technology companies are seeing signs that the public's worries about government spying are a threat to their future profits, analysts say.
These concerns haven't started to hit their bottom lines quite yet. But critical international growth, particularly for businesses selling cloud-based products, has become more challenging after the disclosures this summer about the National
HuffPostOct 25 2017
News
Republicans, Wall Street score victory in dismantling class-action rule
Banks, credit card issuers and other financial companies will be able to block customers from banding together to sue over disputes, after the U.S. Senate on Tuesday narrowly killed a rule banning the firms from using “forced arbitration” clauses.
ReutersMar 24 2020
News
Trump calls for restarting economy by Easter: ‘We have to get back to work’
President Trump said Tuesday during a Fox News virtual townhall that he wants the country’s economy re-opened by Easter amid questions over how long people should stay home and businesses should remain closed to slow the spread of coronavirus.
Speaking from the Rose Garden alongside others on his coronavirus taskforce, Trump said he "would love to have the country opened up and just
Fox News (Online News)Jul 24 2018
News
Tariffs Aren’t the Greatest for Harley, Whirlpool, Dozens More
President Donald Trump tweeted Tuesday that “tariffs are the greatest!’’ just as a fresh batch of earnings reports showed the early toll from his trade war. Harley-Davidson and Whirlpool added to a chorus of companies saying that tariffs are cutting into their profits and forcing them to raise prices. The effects are global, with the U.S. imposing tariffs on goods from China, the EU and other
BloombergAug 28 2013
Opinion
Boehner’s Mission: Defend the Constitution
No need to shut down the government — just Mr. Obama’s unlawfulness. President Obama‘s brazen refusal to “take care that the laws be faithfully executed” is inciting Washington insiders to use the “i” word: Impeachment. Senator Tom Coburn (R. Okla.), who has served 19 years in the Senate and calls himself a friend of the president, told a town hall meeting last week that the president’s
The American SpectatorJun 02 2019
News
Trump tells UK he 'wouldn't pay' $50 billion Brexit divorce bill
Less than 24 hours before Donald Trump is set to touch down in the United Kingdom on his first state visit to the country, the US President has sent Britain's political establishment into a spin -- telling the UK it should "walk away" from Brexit talks if the European Union does not give it what it wants. "If you don't get the deal you want, if you don't get a fair deal, then you walk away,"
CNN (Online News)Feb 13 2020
News
House Attempts Last-Ditch Effort to Revive ERA: Why Critics Say It Does More Harm Than Good
Today the House of Representatives votes on a bill that attempts to retroactively remove the deadline for ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment. It's a last-ditch effort by Democrats to get the controversial amendment added to the Constitution.
"With this resolution, we take a giant step toward equality for women, progress for families, and a stronger America," Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA
CBNMar 16 2019
News
Trump offers 'sympathy' and support to New Zealand after mosque massacre
President Trump offered his “warmest sympathy” and America's full support to the people of New Zealand following the deadly massacre allegedly carried out by a white nationalist at a mosque during prayer services Friday.
The attack left 49 dead and more than 20 injured.
“My warmest sympathy and best wishes goes out to the people of New Zealand after the horrible massacre in the
Fox News (Online News)