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Jan 28 2021
News
Ousted Fox News editor: Reaction to Trump's loss a result of 'informational malnourishment'
A former political editor for Fox News who was fired last week said the public reaction to former President Trump’s election loss is a result of “informational malnourishment.”
Chris Stirewalt, who had defended Fox News’s relatively early call that President Biden won Arizona, which proved to be accurate but infuriated Trump and his supporters, wrote in a Los Angeles Times op-ed
The Hill
Jul 22 2021
News
A Stern Warning for Biden's Supreme Court Commission: Court Packing Will Only Lead to 'Escalation'
President Biden's Supreme Court Commission met virtually for the third time this week, and once again the debate about adding more justices to the nation's highest court took center stage.
The 36-member commission listened to hours of testimony from more than two dozen experts on the court's nomination process, its makeup, and how long judges should serve.
Among those testifying
CBN
Mar 16 2017
News
Trump Unveils 'Hard Power' Budget That Boosts Military Spending
The Trump administration's new budget blueprint aims to quantify the president's nationalistic agenda in dollars and cents. The plan, released Thursday morning, calls for significant increases in military and border-security spending, along with corresponding cuts in many other parts of the government.
NPR (Online News)
Jun 19 2020
News
White House announces plans for Fourth of July celebrations
The White House said in a statement Friday it will be hosting a “2020 Salute to America” on the South Lawn for the Fourth of July.
The announcement signals another big celebration in honor of Independence Day, set with “music, military demonstrations, and flyovers to honor our Nation’s service members and veterans.”
President Trump will also give a speech prior to the traditional
Fox News Digital
Sep 03 2019
Opinion
Israel’s Good and Bad New Realities
New alliances with Arab nations are positive but unstable, and old enemies are most dangerous when in a weakened state. One of the most radical changes in the labyrinth of the Middle East is the near cessation of the old formal hostility of the Arab nations to Israel. That does not mean that the destruction of the Jewish state is not still a commandment among hundreds of millions of Arab
Victor Hanson
Jan 14 2021
News
Armed 'militias' are illegal. Will authorities finally crack down if they show up at state capitals next week?
As armed supporters of President Donald Trump prepare to converge on state capitals and Washington, D.C., this weekend and Inauguration Day, some legal experts are calling on authorities to enforce longstanding laws outlawing organized groups that act as citizen-run, unauthorized militias.
Federal law, constitutions in every state, and criminal statutes in 29 states outlaw groups that
USA TODAY
Dec 17 2020
Opinion
Does Joe Biden Understand the Modern GOP?
The dissonance between the first and second halves of Joe Biden’s landmark speech this week encapsulates a central strategic challenge he’ll face as president.
During his victory speech on Monday, following the Electoral College vote, Biden denounced more forcefully than ever before the Republican Party’s legal maneuvers to overturn his win, arguing that they constituted an effort “to
The Atlantic
Sep 01 2020
News
Trump's favorability and perceptions of COVID-19 response stagnate post-convention: POLL
President Donald Trump's efforts to build his appeal and define his opponent at the Republican National Convention, using pageantry and the White House as the backdrop, had little apparent impact on the electorate's impressions of both him and former Vice President Joe Biden, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll finds.
Trump's week of celebration did not improve his favorability, even among his
ABC News (Online)
Jul 28 2014
News
Strong on defense, weak on taxes: 26,000 Pentagon workers owe back taxes to IRS
It turns out that even having high security clearance doesn’t mean you are up to date on paying your taxes: the government’s chief watchdog said Monday that 26,000 Defense Department workers and contractors with high clearances are in arrears. The problem is a big enough security risk that the intelligence community has formed a working group to try to get a handle on in. They are trying to
Washington Times
Aug 31 2020
News
John Thompson: Legendary African American basketball coach dies
Coach John Thompson, who led the Georgetown University Hoyas basketball team to victory at the 1984 national championship, has died aged 78.
Thompson, who was the first black coach to win the title, is credited with boosting minority representation in college basketball during the 1980s.
He recruited more than 20 players who went on to join the NBA and four who - like him - are
BBC News