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Jun 04 2019
News
Congress finally passes $19 billion in disaster aid
Lawmakers approved the package Monday after months of delays.
More than a year since Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, seven months since Hurricane Michael hit Florida, and two months since flooding destroyed towns in Iowa and Missouri, Congress has finally passed a $19.1 billion disaster aid package.
The funding, which took Congress roughly six months to approve, is set to
Vox
Sep 03 2013
News
Hagel, Kerry Appearing Before Congress
Congress is holding its first public hearing about U.S. plans for military intervention in Syria as President Barack Obama seeks to convince skeptical Americans and their lawmakers about the need to respond to last month's alleged sarin gas attack outside Damascus.
HuffPost
Jan 16 2016
News
Reuters Poll: Most Voters Don't Think Bill Clinton Big Factor in Election
Bill Clinton may not be the "secret weapon" that Hillary Clinton needs in the U.S. presidential race. And the former Democratic president may not become the albatross that Republican candidate Donald Trump expects, either. Bill Clinton simply is not wielding that kind of influence - good or bad - over voters so far this year, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll. A majority of Americans,
Newsmax (News)
Feb 06 2013
News
Pentagon to cut aircraft carrier presence in Persian Gulf to 1 due to budget strains
The U.S. military is planning to shrink its aircraft carrier presence in the Persian Gulf from two to one due to looming budget constraints -- in a dramatic signal from the Pentagon about the real-world impact of automatic budget cuts that still have not been averted. U.S. military officials confirmed Wednesday that the Navy would reduce its presence. The decision will go into effect
Fox News Digital
Dec 01 2014
News
Supreme Court to hear online free speech case
The high court will hear oral arguments Monday in the first examination of free speech rights and social media. The outcome of the groundbreaking case, Elonis v. U.S., could decide the limits of what you post online. Tara Elonis asked for a protective order from her soon-to-be ex-husband, Anthony.
CNN Digital
Jan 15 2016
News
Fact check: The sixth Republican debate
Republican presidential candidates stretched facts in the final debate before the Feb. 1 Iowa caucuses on FOX. One of the final debates before the Feb. 1 Iowa caucuses contained old and new claims alike: Sen. Ted Cruz, who was born in Canada, said the law was “quite clear” that the “child of a U.S. citizen born abroad is a natural-born citizen” and therefore eligible to be president. Legal
USA TODAY
News Media
Univision
Univision Communications Inc. (UCI) is an American media company serving Hispanic America dating back to the first Spanish-language television network in the U.S. in the early 1960s. UCI has evolved into a multimedia company with 16 broadcast, cable and digital networks; 61 television stations; and online and mobile apps, products and content creation facilities in Miami, New York and Los Angeles.
Jun 03 2019
News
Don’t let Fox gaslight you over Laura Ingraham’s defense of Paul Nehlen
Fox News has again found itself in a firestorm over the abhorrent conduct of its prime-time hosts, this time over Laura Ingraham’s defense of Paul Nehlen, a prominent white nationalist and anti-Semite. The network is trying to bully, bluster, and gaslight its way out of potential fallout from advertisers with the ridiculous claim that Ingraham wasn’t actually defending Nehlen.
For years
Media Matters
Oct 19 2015
Opinion
OPINION: The Decline and Fall of Congress
The Republican contest to avoid being House speaker, one of the most storied and powerful positions in American governance, should tell us that something in our politics has changed profoundly. Kevin McCarthy, Paul Ryan and Trey Gowdy are ambitious men of exceptional talents and highly developed conservative convictions. They have already sacrificed family time to get where they are.
Guest Writer
Mar 20 2019
News
Senate GOP poised to go 'nuclear' on Trump picks
Senate Republicans are set to hit the gas on confirming hundreds of President Trump’s nominees by muscling through a rules change that would dramatically cut down on the amount of time required to confirm district court and executive nominations.
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who supports the change, hasn’t tipped his hand on when the proposal will come to the Senate floor.
The Hill