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Aug 03 2018
News
U.S. Added 157,000 Jobs in July; Unemployment Rate Slips to 3.9%
The Labor Department on Friday released its hiring and unemployment figures for July, providing a fresh snapshot of the American economy.
New York Times (News)Jun 04 2013
News
House Republicans To Defund ACORN Again, Even Though It Still Does Not Exist
House Republicans are scheduled to vote on two separate budget bills this week, each of which would reject funding for the poverty activism group ACORN, despite the fact that ACORN disbanded three years ago.
HuffPostAug 02 2018
News
Pence Says Return of Soldiers’ Remains Shows U.S. Progress on North Korea
Vice president credits Kim Jong Un with fulfilling a promise.
Wall Street Journal (News)Jul 06 2018
News
China hits back after US imposes tariffs worth $34bn
US tariffs on $34bn (£25.7bn) of Chinese goods have come into effect, signalling the start of a trade war between the world's two largest economies.
BBC NewsJan 29 2020
News
On Tuesday, President Trump unveiled his long-awaited Middle East peace plan. White House
On Tuesday, President Trump unveiled his long-awaited Middle East peace plan. (White House)
The left is critical of the plan, arguing that it is biased towards Israel and thus unlikely to gain Palestinian support.
The right applauds the plan, arguing that it offers realistic proposals that will necessarily be part of any deal.
The Flip SideAug 13 2020
Background
What Mike Pompeo doesn’t understand about China, Richard Nixon and U.S. foreign policy
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered a blistering speech about China on Thursday. The problem was not simply that the nation’s chief diplomat was decidedly undiplomatic. Worse was his misrepresentation of history and his failure to suggest a coherent or viable path forward for managing a relationship that more than any other will define this era.
The secretary asked what Americans
Washington PostSep 02 2013
News
White House confident on winning Hill support on Syria but scrambling to get votes
Secretary of State John Kerry, bolstered by evidence the Syrian government used lethal sarin gas on its own people, expressed confidence Sunday that Congress would back President Obama's decision for a military strike on the Middle East country.
Fox News DigitalNov 02 2023
Fact Check
Biden’s dismissal of the reported Palestinian death toll
The Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7 killed more than 1,400 civilians and soldiers, according to count by the Israeli prime minister’s office. Israel’s response — a bombing campaign and now a major ground assault — had killed 8,309 as of Sunday, according to a count by the Gaza Health Ministry, which is controlled by Hamas, a militant group designated a terrorist organization by the U.S. State
Washington Post Fact CheckMay 08 2013
News
Benghazi "talking points" altered, White House and State Dept. officials say
Senior White House and State Department officials played a much larger role than they acknowledged in drafting erroneous administration talking points about the Sept. 11 terrorist attack in Benghazi, according to congressional investigators preparing for a dramatic hearing Wednesday in the House.
Washington TimesJan 08 2016
Opinion
OPINION: 'American Sniper' widow: Gun control won't protect us
Many of us taking part in the CNN town hall on guns have been touched by someone who chose to do evil.
I am sharing my thoughts with you because I feel I can relate to people on both sides of the issue of gun control. I have been afraid of guns, I have sworn I would never use a gun on another person and so did not need one, and I have wanted to deny the existence of evil
Guest Writer