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Feb 15 2021
Analysis
US returns to UN rights body: What is gained ... and given up
When the United Nations’ Human Rights Council called an emergency session Friday to take up the mounting protests and increasing repression in Myanmar in the wake of the military coup there, a United States delegation was present for the discussion.
That may not sound like news. But until this week, the U.S. would have been absent: The Trump administration pulled out of the world’s
Christian Science Monitor
Aug 06 2014
News
Is the race for control of the Senate over already?
The midterm contest is almost over and the Republicans are winning. That, at least, is the impression left by some modelers and other analysts. But three months out from November, many questions remain before the ballots can be counted.
For politics aficionados, half a dozen outlets are offering assessments and predictions. Three use traditional methods of handicapping (analysis of
Washington Post
May 14 2015
News
Lawmakers caught in battle between House ethics cops
Two Capitol Hill panels that police the ethics of members of Congress appear to be battling about which has authority over 10 lawmakers accused of unwittingly accepting improper travel and gifts from the state oil company of Azerbaijan.
A Washington Post story published Wednesday detailed the contents of a confidential Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) investigation of a 2013 trip to
USA TODAY
Sep 11 2019
News
Risk or safety? The dividing line between Joe Biden and his challengers.
Joe Biden’s first Iowa television ad this summer flashed four quick photos of the former vice president with Barack Obama, along with a tagline about as far as possible from their old “hope and change” rallying cry.
“Strong, steady, stable leadership,” intoned a gruff narrator.
He may be running on the Obama record, but the promise of Biden’s third presidential campaign is
Washington Post
May 11 2015
News
5 "Clinton Cash" Revelations That Have Leftists Steaming
Breitbart Senior Editor-at-Large Peter Schweizer’s Clinton Cash has the Hillary Clinton campaign so riled up that they have now posted an entire webpage attempting to debunk claims in the book via obfuscation and misdirection.
Thus far, the so-called Vast Right Wing Conspiracy has apparently hijacked The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other leftist outlets, all of whom are
Breitbart News
Jul 19 2019
News
Uncle Sam is hurting...and is now eyeing 16-year-olds to fill military ranks
The best way to fix the U.S. armed forces’ recruiting challenges may involve dipping further into the nation’s high schools.
As the Army, Navy and other services contend with a thriving economy and a directive to expand their ranks, there is a growing debate over whether the military should consider lowering the minimum enlistment age from 17 to 16. More than a dozen countries,
Washington Times
Aug 01 2013
News
Congress will leave for summer recess with little accomplished
Congress is slinking toward an August exit from Washington with little to show for the past few weeks, and House Republicans suffered a major setback Wednesday when they had to pull their first domestic spending bill of the year from the floor, realizing they didn’t have the votes to pass it. Far from the late-summer deadline fights of 2011, when the government flirted with a debt default, or
Washington Times
Sep 10 2019
News
6 in 10 call a recession likely; Trump approval drops by 6 points: POLL
Six in 10 Americans say a recession is likely in the next year and as many are concerned about higher prices because of the trade war with China, helping to knock 6 points off President Donald Trump’s job approval rating in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll.
Trump fell from a career-high 44% approval in July to 38% now, a point off his career average, with 56% disapproving. His
ABC News (Online)
Dec 18 2012
News
Boehner proposes short-term tax fix; Democrats say no
Washington (CNN) -- House Speaker John Boehner on Tuesday proposed letting tax rates go up on income above $1 million as a short-term step to avoid some of the fiscal cliff while continuing to negotiate a broader deal with President Barack Obama. The White House and Democratic leaders immediately rejected Boehner's move, saying the focus of the incremental negotiations should be a
CNN Digital
Jul 18 2019
Opinion
OPINION: A ‘Train Wreck’ Was Averted at the Supreme Court, but for How Long?
While the rule of law prevailed in the census case, it still hangs by a thread.
The poison emanating from the White House in recent days has been so overwhelming that it’s hard to remember that something else held the country in thrall just a week ago: the prospect that President Trump would defy the Supreme Court and insist on adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
Guest Writer - Left