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Jun 25 2017
News
The American Presidency in Paralysis
Is the next vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court sooner or later?
Liberals despair. Trump’s “progressive” critics, long champions of a strong presidency, notably Barack Obama’s robust executive power, are abruptly born-again skeptics. What’s to worry? Trump’s Neil Gorsuch remains a constitutionalist who would challenge an imperial presidency. But Democrats don’t want to challenge this
The American SpectatorMar 11 2017
News
Trump Ramps Up American Military Action Abroad
Despite candidate Donald Trump's welcome sometimes-critical look at long-standing entangling U.S. alliances and arrangements, there was little doubt given his rhetoric on the war on terror that he would ramp up military involvement. He redeclared the war on terror in his inaugural—putting a new face and new rhetoric to a decades-long fight.
ReasonJan 22 2020
Analysis
Black lawmakers’ presidential endorsements are the most spread-out they’ve been in recent history
Nearly half of black Americans are solidly behind one Democratic presidential candidate — former vice president Joe Biden, according to the most recent Washington Post/Ipsos poll. And there’s significant support — 20 percent — behind Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) among black voters. But black lawmakers — and some rather high-profile ones — are making headlines for the diversity of their support
Washington PostDec 03 2013
Opinion
MSNBC panelist: Obama administration ‘most hostile’ to media
A segement of MSNBC Live over the weekend addressed the spat between the media and the White House over photographers’ access to the activities of President Obama. The complaint is that the president’s handlers are keeping news photographers from key events and instead circulating official photographs — read: cheery! — to the public.
That issue, plus others, prompted veteran reporter
Erik WempleDec 12 2013
News
GOP and conservative groups: The breakup begins
House Republicans and big money conservative groups are going through a breakup. Groups like FreedomWorks and Heritage Action demanded Republicans reject Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget deal — or else.
PoliticoFeb 01 2018
News
A divisive and misleading State of the Union
HAVE A president’s words ever rung more hollow? In his first State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Trump spoke of “what kind of nation we are going to be. All of us, together, as one team, one people and one American family.” Yet Mr. Trump could not avoid, even for an hour, lacing his address with divisive references to hot-button issues and graceless attacks on his predecessors
Washington PostMar 05 2015
News
American democracy is doomed
America's constitutional democracy is going to collapse.
Some day — not tomorrow, not next year, but probably sometime before runaway climate change forces us to seek a new life in outer-space colonies — there is going to be a collapse of the legal and political order and its replacement by something else. If we're lucky, it won't be violent. If we're very lucky, it will lead us to
VoxApr 25 2013
News
Email Trove Is Big Job for Bush Library
Along with the obligatory replica of the Oval Office the George W. Bush Presidential Center will house a less conventional collection of presidential artifacts when it is dedicated Thursday Millions of emails.
Wall Street Journal (News)Dec 03 2012
News
Insults fly as fiscal talks spark familiar disputes; Obama details emerge
After two years of endless debate and a national election, Democrats and Republicans on Thursday found themselves right where they started -- blaming each other for stagnant negotiations on taxes and government spending. House Speaker John Boehner declared himself disappointed that "no substantive progress" has occurred in two weeks of talks, saying Republicans were waiting for the White House
CNN DigitalMar 04 2015
News
Immigrants Worry They'll Face Deportation After Deferred Action Delay
Around 4 million unauthorized immigrants are stuck in legal limbo more than two weeks after a federal judge in Texas suspended President Obama's move to temporarily protect them from deportation.
Many of these parents of U.S. citizens and green-card holders are worried that the government will now force them to leave the U.S. The lack of legal clarity also means some of them are being
NPR (Online News)