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Dec 02 2020
News
Trump threatens to veto defense bill over tech liability shield
President Trump on Tuesday night threatened to veto a defense bill if it does not include the repeal of a legal shield for internet companies, throwing down the latest gauntlet in a fight over a piece of must-pass legislation.
Trump’s warning took aim at Section 230, which gives tech companies protections for third-party content posted on their platforms and allows them to make "good
The HillFeb 16 2020
News
6.1 Million Individuals Off Food Stamps Under Donald Trump
Approximately 6.1 million individuals dropped off the food stamp rolls since President Donald Trump’s first full month in office in February 2017, according to the latest data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
The USDA data showed that 6,074,074 individuals discontinued their participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) between February 2017— when
Breitbart NewsJul 29 2013
News
American dream dying: Obama’s economy sends 4 of 5 near poverty: poll
Four out of five Americans are near poverty, walking the line between joblessness and welfare application, and the American dream under the current Obama administration is slowly dying, a new survey shows. The findings reported by The Associated Press come as President Obama is making yet another public relations round to convince the American public that the economy is on the track toward
Washington TimesMay 03 2024
Headline Roundup
Florida's Lab-Grown Meat Ban: Protecting Jobs or Stifling Market Innovation?
How should government officials and the agricultural industry respond to the growth of the lab-grown meat industry?
For Context: This week, Florida banned lab-grown meat. As the name suggests, lab-grown meat is cultivated from extracted animal cells supplied with proteins, sugars and fats.
From the Right: A writer in the Washington Examiner (Lean Right bias) commended Florida’s
MSNBC The Hill Washington ExaminerSep 23 2013
News
Gingrich: Obama's big debt limit deception
As a historian and a former speaker of the House who negotiated successfully through two government shutdowns, a successful welfare reform bill, the first tax cut in 16 years and four balanced budgets, I am offended and a little frightened by President Barack Obama's deliberate dishonesty about the debt ceiling.
On Wednesday, speaking to the Business Roundtable, Obama said:
"You
CNN (Online News)Mar 29 2021
Opinion
America’s Immigration Amnesia
In the early 2000s, Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas were accustomed to encountering a few hundred children attempting to cross the American border alone each month. Some hoped to sneak into the country unnoticed; others readily presented themselves to officials in order to request asylum. The agents would transport the children, who were exhausted, dehydrated, and
The AtlanticJul 25 2014
News
Rep. Ryan Unveils His Anti-Poverty Plan, A Rebuke To LBJ Programs
For much of this year, Republicans have talked about finding new ways to get Americans out of poverty but have offered few specifics — until now.
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan unveiled his plan Thursday to fight poverty, which he says will help fix safety-net programs that he calls fragmented and ineffective.
Here are the highlights of Ryan's plan:
Allow states
NPR (Online News)Jul 23 2020
Opinion
Why This Revolution Isn't Like the '60s
In the 1960s and early '70s, the U.S. was convulsed by massive protests calling for radical changes in the country's attitudes on race, class, gender and sexual orientation. The Vietnam War and widespread college deferments were likely the fuel that ignited prior peaceful civil disobedience.
Sometimes the demonstrations became violent, as with the Watts riots of 1965 and the protests at
Victor HansonMar 30 2020
News
The U.S. weighs the grim math of death vs. the economy
Hollstadt Consulting CEO Molly Jungbauer has had to let go 30 of the 150 employees at her St. Paul, Minnesota firm to weather the drop in revenue from travel industry clients because of the coronavirus.
She’s worried about her daughter, who lives in New York and has the disease. But she also worries that shutting the economy with open-ended stay-at-home orders could have an “
ReutersMar 23 2020
News
Senate to resume talks on massive economic stimulus bill for the coronavirus after Democrats block vote on legislation
Senate leaders and Trump administration officials are resuming talks Monday morning on a giant stimulus bill aimed at propping up an economy hard-hit by the coronavirus, after weekend negotiations failed to produce a deal.
Senate Democrats voted Sunday evening to block the bill from advancing, infuriating Republicans. Democrats have alleged the bill does too much to help prop up
Washington Post