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Jul 03 2013
News
Was The Overthrow Of Egypt's Government A Coup?
Was the overthrow of Egypt's Islamist government on Wednesday a coup?
Much hangs on the exact words used to describe what happened.
If the U.S. government determines the Egyptian military carried out a coup, it could affect the $1.5 billion in economic and military assistance Washington gives Egypt each year.
"U.S. aid is cut off when a democratically elected government is
NPR (Online News)Nov 27 2013
Opinion
’60 Minutes’ and Benghazi: Five hard realities
Today, CBS News distributed a summary of findings from an internal investigation into the discredited Oct. 27 “60 Minutes” report on Benghazi. The investigation was conducted by Al Ortiz, executive director of standards and practices at CBS News, and the findings addressed the various red flags that “60 Minutes” failed to heed in featuring the testimony of Dylan Davies, a security contractor
Erik WempleFeb 28 2015
News
Marco Rubio: Critics of Immigration Bill Were Right
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said Friday that he is indebted to America for welcoming his Cuban immigrant parents, while he continued to back away from his 2013 legislation that would have allowed illegal immigrants to become U.S. citizens.
Mr. Rubio, a likely presidential contender, was a major sponsor of a bill that was cast by conservatives as bestowing amnesty on law-breaking immigrants
Wall Street Journal (News)Mar 21 2024
Headline Roundup
Partisan Fallout From Schumer's Netanyahu Criticism Continues
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s call for new elections in Israel last Thursday sparked significant pushback throughout the week, especially from Republicans.
The Details: Schumer, the highest-ranking Jewish lawmaker in the U.S., argued that Israelis should replace Netanyahu with a leader committed to a two-state solution. Some Republicans criticized Schumer’s speech for meddling
Wall Street Journal (News) ABC News (Online) Washington TimesMay 28 2015
News
Map: The best states for nail-biting Senate races
If you’re a fan of competitive races, North Carolina is the state for you.
Over the past quarter-century, the Tar Heel State has hosted the tightest Senate races, with an average 6.1-point margin of victory, according to Eric Ostermeier, author of the Smart Politics blog and a research associate at the University of Minnesota. Eight of the nine elections held in North Carolina since
Washington PostJul 03 2012
News
OPINION: Obama, SCOTUS, Taxes and Your Freedoms
Last Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to uphold Obamacare's individual mandate (indictment) to collect more taxes from you and me. President Barack Obama's taxation shell game, which flies in the face of the freedoms we celebrate this week, is just one more reason his presidency and Obamacare need to be overturned this November.
TownhallMay 27 2015
News
Confirmed: The State Department Knew Benghazi Was Terrorism Within Hours
This isn't a "bombshell revelation" per se, because multiple strands of evidence have pointed to this truth for some time. For starters, then-CIA director David Petraeus told CNN that the US government knew the Benghazi massacre was a terrorist act "almost immediately," and a State Department email sent the morning after the attack accurately pinned the blame on Ansar al-Sharia. Documents
TownhallNov 18 2014
News
It’s Time to Lay Waste to the Islamic State
They beheaded another one of ours. The psychotic savages of the Islamic State have claimed a third American victim.
Peter Kassig once served as a U.S. Army Ranger. Starting in 2012, he founded a relief organization for the victims of the Syrian civl war. Kassig took food, medicine and supplies to the front lines, helping countless Muslims, including the wounded, the elderly, and
The BlazeNov 20 2013
News
CNN Buys Into Right-Wing Myths About D.C. Circuit And Filibuster Reform
CNN congressional correspondent Dana Bash repeated the right-wing myth that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, arguably the second most important court in the country, is currently "evenly split" and inaccurately reported that the blanket filibusters preventing up-or-down votes on President Barack Obama's judicial nominees are "sacrosanct."
In the wake of a flurry of
Media MattersOct 03 2012
Opinion
Mitt Romney's George W. Bush problem
Its a matter of when, not if, President Barack Obama turns to Mitt Romney at the first face-off here Wednesday night and repeats some variation of the same line the president and his campaign have used all year: Mitt, electing you would mean a return to the same policies that got us into this financial mess in the first place.
Politico