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Apr 01 2022
Analysis
The DOJ Finally Seems to Be Moving Toward a Trump Investigation
Despite Donald Trump’s genius for evading responsibility, this was the week that we learned that federal criminal investigators might finally actually be focusing on his inner circle and even approaching the vicinity of investigating the former president himself. The Washington Post reported on Wednesday that the Justice Department is looking beyond those who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021,
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Sep 05 2019
News
Nation's failed weed war turned many into prisoners and others into moguls
It was 2012, and Ferrell Scott was watching television inside Pennsylvania's Allenwood federal penitentiary when he learned that the sale of marijuana, something he was given a life sentence for just four years earlier, was becoming legal in two states.
Colorado had approved its recreational use, the inmate learned from the broadcast, and so had Washington.
Scott had been
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Apr 19 2022
News
Joe Biden told Barack Obama he will run again in 2024 – report
Joe Biden has told Barack Obama he will run for re-election in 2024, according to a Washington website, the Hill.
The site cited two anonymous sources. One was quoted as saying Biden “wants to run and he’s clearly letting everyone know”.
It was not clear when Biden told Obama his plans. But Obama visited the White House earlier this month, to celebrate the Affordable Care Act.
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May 05 2022
News
Karine Jean-Pierre to replace Jen Psaki, becoming first Black woman and openly gay White House press secretary
WASHINGTON — Karine Jean-Pierre will make history by becoming the first Black woman, and first openly LGBTQ person, to hold the job of White House press secretary, President Biden announced on Thursday afternoon.
“Jill and I have known and respected Karine a long time and she will be a strong voice speaking for me and this Administration,” the president said in a statement.
Jean-
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May 05 2022
News
Russia Ambassador to U.S. Says NATO Not Taking Nuclear War Threat Seriously
Russia's envoy to the United States has told Newsweek that leaders of the U.S.-led NATO military alliance do not grasp the true gravity of a potential nuclear conflict erupting, as a tense war of words among powers looms over the ongoing fighting in Ukraine.
As officials and other influential figures of the U.S. and allied nations accuse the Kremlin of summoning the specter of nuclear
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Jul 06 2022
Opinion
Brace Yourself for the Biden Housing Bust
For many readers, the above title will conjure up memories of the 2008 housing crash caused by the proliferation of subprime mortgages and the subsequent tsunami of defaults. But a better corollary for the coming Biden bust is the Carter crash that occurred three decades earlier. During the final two years of Carter’s term, sales of existing and new homes collapsed because the Fed was forced
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Aug 09 2022
News
Inside Biden’s hot streak, from the poolside to the Capitol
President Biden sat by the White House pool on Saturday, taking in the Washington heat and phoning senators as his long-stalled economic agenda was on the brink of passing the Senate.
It was a heady but fragile moment, and Biden — who had carefully kept his distance from the talks until now — wasn’t leaving anything to chance. He called Democratic Sens. Mark R. Warner (Va.), Amy
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Oct 19 2021
News
Battle Over Vaccine Mandates Heats Up Across the Nation
Protests are erupting across the country over COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Parents in California are fired up, protesting outside the state Capitol and across the state.
"The harder they push, the louder we'll get,” said Angie Matthews, a parent from Stockton.
California teachers are now required to get the shot. The mandate is coming for students too once the vaccine is fully
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Oct 29 2020
News
'Guns, Protests And Elections Do Not Mix': Conflict Experts See Rising Warning Signs
Members of a Quaker congregation in Maryland are so concerned that President Trump will prematurely declare victory when states are still counting ballots — a process that could take days — that they are ready to take to the streets in nonviolent resistance.
They say such a scenario would amount to a "coup" — even if it involves lawyers fighting in court, and not the military.
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Oct 27 2020
News
Electoral college explained: how Biden faces an uphill battle in the US election
Trump won the presidency in 2016 despite Clinton receiving almost 3m more votes, all because of the electoral college. How does the system work?
When Americans cast their ballots for the US president, they are actually voting for a representative of that candidate’s party known as an elector. There are 538 electors who then vote for the president on behalf of the people in their state
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