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Dec 17 2017
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Senator-elect Jones not joining calls for Trump resignation
Democrat Doug Jones, who scored an upset victory last week in the U.S. Senate race in Alabama, said on Sunday he did not believe President Donald Trump needed to resign over sexual misconduct allegations against him.
ReutersJun 11 2018
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The Fed’s Biggest Dilemma: Is the Booming Job Market a Problem?
No question looms larger for Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell than this: How low can the U.S. unemployment rate safely go?
Only twice in the past half-century has unemployment fallen to its current rate of 3.8%—for a few years in the late 1960s and for one month in 2000.
Wall Street Journal (News)Jan 05 2017
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Top Intelligence Officials Testify on Russia Hacking Allegations
The hearing comes amid tensions between President-elect Donald Trump and the U.S. intelligence community.
Time MagazineJul 15 2021
Perspectives Blog
In the Biden Era, Fact Checkers are Falling Short
From the CenterThe mainstream media’s haters get a lot wrong. Contrary to their never-ending cries, I’d bet that most journalists don’t hate America, and most of their time isn’t spent on anti-Trump message boards or at Democrat-funded dinner parties.
But if the haters are complaining about the media’s weak fact-checking during the Biden administration, they’ve got a solid case.
Henry A. BrechterMay 24 2020
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GOP Considers Back-to-Work Bonuses
WASHINGTON—Senate Republicans are examining offering cash incentives for unemployed Americans returning to work, looking for an alternative to the extension of enhanced jobless benefits supported by Democrats.
Republicans are concerned that the current $600 a week unemployment payment—on top of state unemployment benefits—is so generous that it is discouraging people from going back to
Wall Street Journal (News)May 24 2020
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Facebook Is Taking Down Posts That Cause Imminent Harm — But Not Posts That Cause Inevitable Harm
In January 2020, Facebook executives began paying attention to a new coronavirus spreading across the globe. The virus was deadly and highly contagious, and when the World Health Organization shared guidance about it, the company’s leadership dropped their typically hands-off approach to misinformation.
“We decided we would remove content that directly contradicted [the WHO] and could
BuzzFeed NewsDec 16 2017
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Senate Democrats to force vote on FCC net neutrality repeal
The top U.S. Senate Democrat said on Friday he would force a vote on the Federal Communications Commission’s decision to repeal landmark net neutrality rules, but the move was unlikely to block a ruling that could reshape the digital landscape.
ReutersFeb 07 2018
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Trump’s Latest Surprise: Shutdown Might Be a Good Idea
A week ago, President Trump stood before Congress as an improbable unifier. “Tonight,” he declared, “I call upon all of us to set aside our differences, to seek out common ground and to summon the unity we need to deliver for the people.”
New York Times (News)Mar 12 2018
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Trump throws gun purchase age to states, courts
President Donald Trump said he would wait for the courts to rule before acting on raising the minimum age for some gun purchases, putting off one of the more contentious gun safety measures he had backed after the latest U.S. school shooting.
ReutersMar 31 2019
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Judge tosses Trump executive order, restores Obama drilling ban
President Donald Trump exceeded his authority when he reversed bans on offshore drilling in vast parts of the Arctic Ocean and dozens of canyons in the Atlantic Ocean, a U.S. judge said in a ruling that restored the Obama-era restrictions.
U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason in a decision late Friday threw out Trump’s executive order that overturned the bans that comprised a key
Washington Times