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Oct 14 2014
Opinion
The Primaries Project: Blanket Primaries Have Yet to Deliver
So far, the 2014 primary cycle casts doubts on the argument that blanket primaries will mitigate partisanship and polarization. Last week we published the report, “The 2014 Congressional Primaries: Who Ran and Why” that focused on the dynamics that have developed in the two major political parties through the 2014 primaries cycle. Although our report concentrated on Democrats and Republicans
Brookings InstitutionApr 18 2019
News
Mueller report says investigators struggled with whether Trump committed crime of obstruction
A detailed report from special counsel Robert S. Mueller III said investigators struggled with both the legal implications of investigating President Trump for possible obstruction of justice, and the motives behind a range of his most alarming actions, from seeking the ouster of officials to ordering a memo that would clear his name.
“The evidence we obtained about the President’s
Washington PostMay 12 2014
News
Secret Service agents pulled off White House patrol to help protect a top official’s aide
Top Secret Service officials ordered members of a special unit responsible for patrolling the White House perimeter to abandon their posts over at least two months in 2011 in order to protect a personal friend of the agency’s director, according to three people familiar with the operation.
The new assignment, known internally as Operation Moonlight, diverted agents to a rural area
Washington PostOct 25 2019
News
Federal Court Holds DeVos in Contempt for Not Trying Very Hard to Stop Loan Collections From Defrauded Students
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was held in contempt by a federal judge Thursday for violating a court order to stop collecting loan repayments from thousands of students that were defrauded by a for-profit chain of colleges. Magistrate Judge Sallie Kim of the U.S. District Court in San Francisco issued a preliminary injunction in May 2018 for the Department of Education to cease collections
SlateApr 16 2019
News
In major shift, Trump to allow lawsuits against foreign firms in Cuba
The Trump administration will allow lawsuits in U.S. courts for the first time against foreign companies that use properties confiscated by Communist-ruled Cuba since Fidel Castro’s revolution six decades ago, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday.
The major policy shift, which will be announced on Wednesday, could expose U.S., European and Canadian companies to legal action and deal a
ReutersAug 02 2019
Opinion
Democrats Don't Care About Baltimore
Last weekend, the president got bored and decided to see if he could make Democrats defend one of the most dangerous, mismanaged places in the country. And of course, he could. It wasn't hard. He just sent a flurry of tweets criticizing the city of Baltimore and Rep. Elijah Cummings. President Donald Trump called Baltimore a "disgusting, rat and rodent invested" hellhole, a "corrupt mess" that
Guest Writer - RightMay 01 2013
News
UPDATE: SAUDI EMBASSY SAYS IT NEVER WARNED U.S. GOV’T ABOUT BOSTON BOMBING SUSPECT
The U.K. Daily Mail recently claimed that a senior Saudi government official revealed to its sources that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia had sent a written warning to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in 2012 about Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of the suspects accused in the Boston Marathon bombing. But now, the Saudi Arabian embassy in Washington, D.C. is denying the Saudi government warned the
The BlazeApr 30 2024
Headline Roundup
Why Have Abortions Risen in the US?
More states limited access to abortion following the reversal of Roe v. Wade in 2022. Meanwhile, abortions in the U.S. have risen.
The Details: A report from the Guttmacher Institute, an abortion rights advocacy group, says over 1 million abortions occurred in the U.S. in 2023. "This represents a rate of 15.7 abortions per 1,000 women of reproductive age, and is a 10% increase since
The Federalist The Economist Wall Street Journal (News)Sep 29 2014
News
Michele Bachmann Clarifies That 'Boring' Gay Marriage Remark
Michele Bachmann is singing the same, tired tune on same-sex marriage after all.
The Minnesota representative spoke about marriage equality with The Huffington Post's Michelangelo Signorile for his SiriusXM Progress show during the Values Voter Summit in Washington Friday. During the brief conversation, she said marriage equality is "not an issue" and is actually "boring" now.
HuffPostJun 11 2019
News
Joe Biden: Republicans ‘Know Better,’ Will Change After Trump
Joe Biden told a room of donors and lobbyists on Monday that Republicans “know better” and suggested that the GOP would be open to cooperation at the end of Donald Trump’s presidency ― comments seemingly contradicted by the party’s eight years of lockstep opposition during Barack Obama’s two terms.
“Here’s the deal: we all know, and I don’t think this is hyperbole, we all know in our
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