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Sep 29 2023
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House Votes Against Spending Bill as Shutdown Deadline Approaches
The House of Representatives failed to pass a short-term spending bill Friday to avert a government shutdown this weekend.
Details: With 21 Republican representatives voting against the bill that would have funded the government for an additional 31 days, the vote failed with 232 opposed and 198 in favor. While the vote is being deemed a “failure” for House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA
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Mar 02 2024
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Former NYT Editor Says He Was Shamed by Paper’s Staff for Liking Chick-Fil-A
This week, former conservative New York Times Opinion (Left bias) editor Alex Rubenstein alleged in an op-ed published in The Atlantic (Left bias) that he was shamed by the paper’s staff for saying he liked Chick-Fil-A, drawing media perspectives.
The Details: Rubenstein said he was at an orientation session when he was asked his favorite sandwich as part of a team-building exercise.
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Oct 08 2012
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Romney sees retreat in Obama’s foreign policy
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said Monday that President Obama has embraced a passive foreign policy that retreats from the bipartisan consensus that has governed for generations, and said that under Mr. Obama the United States no longer shapes events on the global stage. Speaking at the Virginia Military Institute, Mr. Romney said in his campaign’s first major address on foreign
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Oct 08 2012
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Obama launches pre-emptive strike ahead of Romney’s foreign policy speech
President Obama’s re-election campaign on Monday launched a pre-emptive strike ahead of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s planned foreign policy address, arguing that Mr. Romney has failed the the commander-in-chief test on the global stage — in part by staking out positions to the right of former President George W. Bush. The Obama camp released a new television advertisement
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Nov 14 2022
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Biden, China's Xi Hold First In-Person Meeting
President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping held their first in-person meeting of Biden's presidency on Monday.
Key Quotes: In remarks before the meeting, Biden said he and Xi share a responsibility "to show that China and the United States can manage our differences" and find ways to collaborate on "urgent global issues." Xi said the two countries "need to find the right
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Nov 03 2022
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Election Denial Warnings: Concern for Democracy or Political Tactic?
Since former President Donald Trump broke precedent by refusing to concede defeat in the 2020 Presidential Election, warnings of election denialism have become a central pillar of Democratic Party campaign messaging.
Key Quotes: An analysis from the Washington Post found that a majority of Republican candidates in the midterm elections “denied or questioned the outcome of the last
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Sep 11 2012
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Premiums for family health plans hit $15,745
It sounds like good news: Annual premiums for job-based family health plans went up only 4 percent this year. But hang on to your wallets. Premiums averaged $15,745, with employees paying more than $4,300 of that, a glaring reminder that the nations problem of unaffordable medical care is anything but solved. The annual employer survey released Tuesday by two major research groups also
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Sep 10 2012
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Ryan was once a big backer of federal auto loans
A green-energy auto loan program that has come under sharp scrutiny lately from Republicans got an early boost back in 2008 from Rep. Paul Ryan, records show. Writing to Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman, Mr. Ryan, Wisconsin Republican and now nominee for vice president, and three Democratic lawmakers cited the “importance and impact of this federal loan program in a letter about the Energy
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Dec 28 2023
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Haley Doesn't Mention Slavery When Answering Question About Cause of Civil War at NH Town Hall
A voter in New Hampshire admonished 2024 Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley for not mentioning slavery when she answered his question about the Civil War's cause.
The Details: At a town hall event in Berlin, NH, Haley was asked what she believed caused the Civil War. "I think the cause of the Civil War was basically how government was going to run," she said. "The freedoms
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Sep 06 2012
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Young face put on illegal migration at DNC
Democrats broke yet another barrier Wednesday when they invited an illegal immigrant young adult onto the stage at their nominating convention in Charlotte  part of a historic Hispanic outreach program the party hopes will cement ties to the fast-growing ethnic voting bloc in the country. Its likely the first time an illegal immigrant has taken the podium at a major party convention,
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