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Aug 13 2020
Background
America Needs A Transformative Foreign Policy
The COVID-19 crisis and the movement for racial justice have transformed the debate on what makes Americans safe, from calls to shift Pentagon spending to public health infrastructure to demands for defunding of the police. But Congress and the presidential candidates have lagged behind public sentiment on many of these issues, most notably the need for a radical rethinking of U.S. foreign and
Forbes
Mar 30 2017
News
Dem leaders give centrists space on Gorsuch
Senate Democratic leaders are giving centrist colleagues space on Neil Gorsuch despite strong pressure from the liberal base to sink President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee.
The Hill
Aug 13 2020
Analysis
The U.S election has all the ingredients to become a river of disinformation
The U.S presidential election will take place in 82 days, but fact-checkers from all over the world can already tell that the United States has the ingredients to see a campaign flooded by mis/disinformation. Here are some urgent tips not only for the press but also for voters.
The fact that the polls aren’t showing a leading candidate, with a wide margin of voting intention, has caught
Poynter
Jul 11 2018
News
Dems push to postpone Kavanaugh confirmation until Mueller probe ends
Conservative Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh embarked on a round of courtesy calls Tuesday with key Republican senators who control his Supreme Court nomination, while frustrated Democrats argued for a postponement of the confirmation hearing until special counsel Robert Mueller completes the Russia investigation that they hope could damage President Trump.
Washington Times
Oct 28 2016
News
In 2016 election, a division over what 'corrupt' means
Donald Trump's campaign has capitalized on a widespread notion that the Washington is corrupt. But populist voters interpret that differently than establishment voters do.
Christian Science Monitor
Apr 13 2021
News
Bipartisan bill calls for US investigation into lab leak COVID-19 origin theory
A bipartisan bill recently introduced in the U.S. Senate calls on the federal government to conduct its own investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, including whether or not the virus originally leaked from a Chinese lab known as the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
The lab leak theory — popular among many Americans and reportedly suspected by several U.S. officials and
The Blaze
Mar 28 2017
News
A trade war is brewing inside the White House between rival camps
Soon after President Trump took office, an executive order was quietly drafted to suspend talks with China on an obscure but potentially far-reaching treaty about bilateral investment.
Los Angeles Times
Oct 30 2017
News
Manafort and former business partner charged with conspiracy in connection with special counsel probe
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his longtime business partner Rick Gates have been charged in a 12-count indictment with conspiracy against the United States, conspiracy to launder money and making false statements.
Washington Post
Nov 20 2019
News
Read: Gordon Sondland’s opening statement for the impeachment hearing
“We followed the president’s orders,” Sondland says.
Gordon Sondland, the US ambassador to the European Union, is testifying to the House Intelligence Committee Wednesday morning in the highest-stakes impeachment hearing yet — and his opening statement has now been released.
In it, Sondland confirms that there was a “quid pro quo” imposed on Ukraine, and says that he was carrying
Vox
Dec 21 2017
Opinion
OPINION: You Cannot Be Too Cynical About the Republican Tax Bill
The rush to enact the tax bill was designed to mask — as a break for the middle class — what is in fact a $1.4 trillion package of benefits for key donors and lobbyists, the richest members of Congress, President Trump, his family and other families like his.
Guest Writer - Left