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Aug 14 2019
Opinion
Jeffrey Epstein’s Death and Our Age of Conspiracy Theories
One tragedy of the billionaire sex offender’s death is that it will make it harder to argue against the paranoia that is increasingly consuming our politics. Anyone who’s watched a courtroom TV drama has heard the phrase “Hard cases make bad law.” It’s a legal maxim that says really extreme — i.e., rare or weird — cases are not only hard to generalize from, they’re also a bad foundation for
Jonah GoldbergApr 20 2015
News
House Negotiators Nearing Deal to Curb NSA Data Collection Powers
House negotiators are close to a deal that would effectively end the National Security Agency’s controversial bulk data collection program, and congressional aides believe the bill is likely to win the endorsement of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D., Vt.), who opposed the legislation last year.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R., Va.) plans to introduce a bill this week that
Wall Street Journal (News)May 09 2015
News
The surprising strategy behind Hillary Clinton's liberal moves
There's a counterintuitive reason for Hillary Clinton's recent shift to the left: it could help her win the general election.
First there was her embrace of same-sex marriage in a video for the Human Rights Campaign shortly after she left the State Department in 2013. Then she started talking tough on corporate tax dodgers. And in just the past couple of weeks she's said she would
VoxJul 20 2022
Headline Roundup
Senators Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Reform Electoral Count Act
A bipartisan group of 16 senators introduced legislation on Wednesday to reform the Electoral Count Act of 1887.
The effort, led by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), would increase the number of Congress members required to object election results and clarify the vice president's "solely ministerial" role in certifying such results. To further ensure a peaceful
Axios Washington Examiner The IndependentDec 06 2019
Opinion
Adam Schiff’s Attack on the Free Press
Even if John Solomon’s reporting on Ukraine was misleading or destructive, it wouldn’t warrant being unmasked by the government. Where are all the self-styled champions of the free press now that Adam Schiff has used the surveillance powers of the state to smear not only his political rivals but a journalist?
With the release of the House Intelligence Committee’s impeachment report
National Review (News)Nov 07 2013
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Senate approves workplace gay rights bill
The U.S. Senate approved 64-32 a historic gay rights bill to ban workplace discrimination based on sexual preference or gender identity.
"It is time for Congress to pass a federal law that ensures all our citizens, regardless of where they live, can go to work unafraid to be who they are," said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.
54 Democrats supported the legislation and
USA TODAYApr 16 2015
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Deal Reached on Fast-Track Authority for Obama on Trade Pact
The leaders of Congress’s tax-writing committees reached agreement Thursday on legislation to give President Obama “fast track” authority to negotiate an ambitious trade accord with 11 other Pacific nations, beginning what is sure to be one of the toughest legislative battles of his last 19 months in office.
The “trade promotion authority” bill — likely to be unveiled Thursday afternoon
New York Times (News)May 28 2019
Opinion
OPINION: Trump’s High-Wire Act of Reestablishing Deterrence without War
Trump’s opponents at home and abroad would love to see him get the U.S. into a messy intervention right before the election.
Donald Trump inherited a superficially stable world from Barack Obama that, in fact, was quite volatile. There had been no tense standoffs with North Korea, but also apparent intercontinental ballistic missiles with possible nuclear warheads now pointed at the
Victor HansonApr 15 2015
News
Hours from deadline, bipartisan Medicare bill heads to White House
America's doctors can rest easy: Not only has Congress ensured they will be paid in full for the services they render to Medicare patients, it has ended the yearly ritual putting that in doubt.
The Senate voted 92-8 to approve a long-term "doc fix," as the legislation adjusting Medicare fees has long been known, less than three hours before federal officials would have reduced payments
Washington PostMar 04 2020
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Results from Super Tuesday
This Abridge News topic aggregates four unique arguments on different sides of the debate. Here are the quick facts to get you started:
THE QUICK FACTS
On Tuesday, voters in 14 states cast ballots for the Democratic primary.As of 7am EST Wednesday, Joe Biden won 9 states (including Texas), mostly in the South, while Bernie Sanders won 3 states (including Abridge News