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Feb 18 2018
News
Donald Trump, a Playboy Model, and a System for Concealing Infidelity
In June, 2006, Donald Trump taped an episode of his reality-television show, “The Apprentice,” at the Playboy Mansion, in Los Angeles. Hugh Hefner, Playboy’s publisher, threw a pool party for the show’s contestants with dozens of current and former Playmates, including Karen McDougal, a slim brunette who had been named Playmate of the Year, eight years earlier. In 2001, the magazine’s readers
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Feb 10 2015
News
Kayla Mueller's Parents Say They Have Been Notified Of Her Death
The parents of an American woman held by the Islamic State group said in a statement on Tuesday that they have been notified of her death.
The White House said Kayla Jean Mueller's family received a message from her captors over the weekend, which was authenticated by the U.S. intelligence community, the Associated Press reports.
On Friday, the Islamic State group released a
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Apr 25 2019
News
Joe Biden uses Charlottesville as motivation for 2020 run: 'We are in the battle for the soul of this nation'
Joe Biden is officially in the race for president.
His long-awaited answer to the biggest political question in the country the past few months ended on Thursday, making him one of 20 Democrats vying to become the party's 2020 presidential nominee.
"The core values of this nation, our standing in the world, our very democracy, everything that has made America America is at stake
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Apr 26 2021
Opinion
How do Biden’s first 100 days in office compare with Trump’s?
A president’s first 100 days are an arbitrary benchmark, a point of measurement journalists are fond of because it allows us to draw comparisons between the current officeholder and Franklin D. Roosevelt, the last chief executive whose first three months were truly momentous.
But in recent times, the 100-day trope has also been taken seriously by presidents — including both Donald Trump
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Nov 14 2023
Headline Roundup
Hundreds of US Officials Urge Biden to Demand Ceasefire in Gaza
Hundreds of United States officials have reportedly signed internal memos submitted through the State Department’s “dissent channel” protesting the Biden Administration's handling of the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas.
Details: First established during the Vietnam War, the dissent channel allows officials to raise concerns and voice disapproval with federal policies.
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Apr 26 2021
Analysis
D.C. statehood: Advancing the cause of Democrats? Or democracy?
Eleanor Holmes Norton’s family has been fighting for equality since the 1800s, when her great-grandfather escaped slavery to come work in Washington, D.C., but – as she puts it – “didn’t quite find his freedom.”
She grew up in segregated neighborhoods, went on to Yale Law School, and has represented the District of Columbia in Congress for 30 years. Yet as a delegate, she has never
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Oct 04 2012
Opinion
Healthcare
America's health care financing and insurance systems need major reform. Policymakers should take decisive steps to move today's bureaucracy driven, heavily regulated third-party payment system to a new patient-centered system of consumer choice and real free-market competition. In such a system, individuals and families would make the key decisions and control the flow of dollars.
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May 21 2024
Headline Roundup
Is Corporate Greed Causing Inflation? New Fed Report Disputes Biden's Claims
President Joe Biden has frequently attributed inflation to corporate greed. Is corporate price gouging the driving force behind inflation?
Details: A new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco concluded that the inflation experienced over the past few years is not the result of corporate markups. The report stated, “markups have risen substantially in a few industries
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Mar 04 2020
Opinion
The Democratic Party Wasn’t Ripe for a Takeover
Not long ago, commentators were declaring that “Bernie Sanders’ revolution is coming” and “It’s Bernie’s party’s now.” Pundits were delivering eulogies over the supposedly lifeless body of Joe Biden’s campaign. The moderate candidates in the Democratic presidential race who hadn’t yet dropped out were lagging behind Sanders. The only chance of stopping the Vermont senator’s socialist takeover
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Nov 01 2019
News
California’s Latino voters helped turn state blue. Will others catch the wave?
Latino voters in California skew Democratic, driven in part by the politics of immigration. Should that trend repeat nationally, the demographic tide of Latino votes could move more states onto the Democratic ledger.
Lorena Gonzalez remembers well the political earthquake that struck her home state of California 25 years ago. She felt it clear across the country, in Washington, D.C.,
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